... daily iia|ier. Reading had become one of the necessaries of life, a» much as food and clothing, and only for the paper duties and stamp duty we should have the Times for 3d. instead of sd. It was with great regret he had seen in the pa]H'rs the death of Judge ...

... some apprehension that the present measure would but render their condition more rigorous. Mr. Rendall approved of the abolition of the removal system, knowing that it led to much miser} - and perjury. The alteration in rating he considered impolitic ...

... minister of late years has dared to avow that the stamp duty imposed purposly as check on low-priced periodical writing. To admit this, is to assert the principle of censorship. For the existing duty, amouuliug to a tax of 100 per cent, on a penny journal ...

... me labourers, and none perhaps are more than minister of the Gospel who zealously and conscientiously performs the sacred duties of his office. But these do not come under the head labourers. Handicraftsmen, mechanics, and day-labourers, he should consider ...

... weather, and the constant labour required of them, they exhibit the same chcerfulnosa, tho same ardour the discharge of their duties, they have manifested throughout the extensive operations in which they have been engaged. , I enclose the returns of the ...

... Fielding. He was in his siity-eighth year. Three daily papers are announced for publication in Glasgow on the abolition the compulsory stamp—vis., the Newt, the Morning Bulletin (at a peuuy,) and the Evening Digest (at a halfpenny.) It appears that the ...

... Observer, arc to undergo a “thorough reform” without delay. The first great reform to be proceeded with will embrace the abolition of the Ordnance Department, and the complete consolidation of the business hitherto transacted by them with the War Department ...

... provided that measure will lead to many improvementa conducive to the convenience and ilth of this great city. The abolition of the duty on newspapers will tend to diffuse useful infor nation among the poorer classes of her Majesty’s subjects. The principle ...

... thoughts, and kind feeling, Land of the lovely, the brave. and the free! Why are not tongues in sweet harmonies pealing Their duty, their love, and their homage to thee Behold our fair Sister* Lands radient and glancing Approval on duteous children whose ...

... in one day, is again doing duty in the Crimea. Mr. Sergeant has quite recovered from the illness with which he was seized in the Court Common Pleas, London. A recent case, in which the Bishop of Winchester thought it his duty proceed against a clerk in ...

... mam item of those expenses however, would be taken out of the way if the paper duty were abolished, for the British Workman now pays to the Exchequer, the shape of a paper-duty, the sum £300 a-vear It obvious that the retention of this sum the pockets of ...

... desirous of knowing whether he was willing to vote f r the abolition of the tax upon paper, especially as it had a direct influence ou the social condition of the people iu general. The stamp duty had been repealed, and wished to kuow whaiher were'pieparcd ...