... voted for M. Martel's amend- ment recommending the abolition of warings, the substitution of judicial for administrative juris- diction over the press; the lowering of the stamp duty; and the abolition of the law which required the autborisation [of government ...

... cri- ticism as that which the concession of the right of debate in the Chambers calls forth. The reduction of the stamp duty, and the abolition of the necessity of previous authorization for the establishment of a new journal, -are laudable mea- sures. The ...

... ttO, a e look forward to its abolition. With Itotle Stamp Duty and the Advertisement a *ve reiterate our often expressed opinion, that iatter, if reduced, would confer much greater to(re geaerat advantages than the abolition of :in;er aud, to sunl up, viewing ...

... STAMP DUTY ON NEWSPAPERS. A meeting of newevenders, convened by circular and advertisements, was held last evening at St. Martin's- ball, Long-acre. The meeting was convened for 7 o'clock, but it was an hour later before the chairman, Mr. WILD, accompanied ...

... deceive the masses. But it is not only the . stamp-duty' which. should be condemned: it is':like, o .wise the iniquitous, duty upon paper which sho.uld ,i become the object '.of loud denunciation. Tbis n duty averages twenty'or 'twenty-five per cent. Thus ...

... penny-postage stamp. That gentleman observes that my competency to write on financial matters may be judged of from my stating- If the excise duty on paper were abolished, the half-penny stamp on newspaper supplements, and the advertisement duty on advertisements ...

... abolish the stamp, probate, and legacy duties on life po. sue licies of assurance uinder £500, and that, if so good an in- can tention be carried out, the performance of the great social to duty of life assurance, by the heads of families find others and ...

... column in length pays no more duty than thatof he A. the poor girl who wants a place ais howus~maid or cook. Re- wi a- peal the stamp duty and you free the newispaper from a Th lgreat burthen : the reduction of the stamp fromi fourpencei to m Isone penaty ...

... their goods. The advertisement and newspaper stamp duties he regarded as equally objectionable, and the time had come for thoir repeal.. Mr. Alderman BALDWIN also spoke strongly in favour of ?? of these duties; if they were remove he believed that they ...

... ABOLITION OF FLOGGING IN TREI Army and Navy, and the Substitution of other punishments in lieu thereof. It is gratifying to be able to record the probability that the public ear will no longer be offended, and humanityI outraged, by the sickening details ...

... your ob- 4 ecbeteremoval, as 'Speedily RS possible, of all taxes o Iupoa knoledge, but ?? S the game right of prlnting both stamped copies '(for post) land ueapeI coies (for local crcualation). of your journals as Is new 'enjoyed -b y fifty GnS London, ...

... more simple in its operations, its main feature-that is, the abolition of the stamp on news- papers not going through the Post-office-is preserved. News. papers may be stamped or not. If stamped they will go through the Post-office as they do now, and on ...