... had & heavy excise duty upon 1% As soon as 18 went to the Observer office, or the Manchester Examiner ofice, or the MancAcster Guardian cffice 18 had 0 go ou to & G vernmeut oifice 4o bavs & a'swp laced on each paper, and every stamp was charged 44. Then ...

... the shackles by which the Press was weighted —the repeal first of the advertisement duty, l the abolition of the compulsory stamp, and , the extinction of the paper duty—there came I a development of journalism which within the last quarter of a century ...

... Saturday. He advocates the disestab ishment of the English Church, the abolition of the laws of rnnm‘vlvilnn and entail, the a-similation of the counl‘ with the borough francise, the abolition of can vassing. household suffrage, triennial Parliaments, the thorough ...

... there is no tear of cattle plagve becoming so destractive as it was in 1560, inasmuch as with proper regniations it may be stamped out in a short time, The Cominittee make several recommendations with aview (o the existing reguiations being amended An inguest ...

... been removed by the repeal of the | Advertisement Act in 182, of the Stamp Act in 1855, l and in 1866 the last blow was dealt at the censorship | by the abolition of the paper duty. In his opinion, | freedom of speech should not be confined exclusively ...