... the abolition of the Paper Duty would exercise such an influence upon the moral and social condition of the country as would far outweigh all financial considerations. Already we see the beneficial tendencies which the repeal of the Newspaper Stamp and ...

... increase of population, and the cheapness at which the article is produced. The repeal of the Newspaper Stamp, and the abolition of the Advertisement duty, have called into existence a vasr number of daily, semi-weekly, and weekly newspapers. The improved ...

... , is swallowed up in this inscrutable vortex of Government taxes. The repeal of the Advertisement Duty, and the abolition of the Newspaper Penny Stamp, at once show the beneficial tendency of removing all taxes upon Knowledge. The House, last night, ...

... proposal is to establish a penny stamp on Bank cheques. From this source the Chancellor of the Exchequer expects to raise 300,000/. He makes a soothing appeal to the Irish members to support him in attempting to equalise the duty on Irish spirits. No doubt ...

... the fire assurance duty cause a much greater amount of business in that department, and bring into tbe National Exchequer a far larger amount of revenue. We must get rid of this great obstacle to fire assurance—the Government stamp duty—or at least obtain ...

... under the head of Excise, to the amount of 119,0001; the P o sl-offic e also shows an advance on the year of 90,0001; and (in Stamps of no less than 233,8791 Underbehead of Taxes, there is a small increase of 2,0001, while the miscellaneous, which covers ...

... the practice of absolute reciprocity, Now, so far as by any force of example or diplomacy this could be effected, It was the duty of the goyerilrgent to do it ; and very f _ great strength would be giv.ehlo.any governifient by the united testimony they ...

... Imitted that i: lan 1 we exempted from probate duty, some equivalent ought to be established, and for this purpose he would approve of the repeal of the probate duty, and of raising the legacy and succession duties. Ti ey ought not to forget the local taxes ...

... certain ruin if the new, and, according to the better opinion, illegal resolution of the government to subject them to the stamp duty if they inserted advertisements, have so bestirred themselves on the question of legality, that they have obtained a respite ...

... great poets stating also that to the novels written by marry men of genius no exception could be taken. By the abolition of the stamp duty they could now get excellent newspapers for a penny, and it appeared to him to be. a. wonder amongst the many wonder ...

... this outrageous and unreasonable proposal, namely, the repeal of the ninepenny coal duty in the City of London. If this has any force, what shall be said of the abolition of the Liverpool Town Dues? We think, in justice to such an important place, our Town ...

... that some steps should be adopted for the purpose of liberating the crew of the Cagliari, now so unjustly imprisoned. The Stamp Duty on Drafts Bill passed through committee, and the House then went into committee on the Indian resolutions postponed from ...