... in the Corps Legielatif. With reference to the res, the proposcd changes would consist in a ai lowerirg of the stamp duty, the abolition of the ti receseity for Government authorisation, and, in ;case of offences against the press laws, the substi. a' ...

... THE ABOLITION OF SMALL CREDITS. I _- _- - TO T5IM XDITORe OF 'TliL LIVnBPOoL ERCUflY. t Gentlemen,-I have read the article on this question whioh appears in your paper of to-day. Will you allow me to draw your attention to the lact that before the passing ...

... that the abolition of the stamp or was calculated to do good to the working classes. He int hoped a real puoblie meeting would be hold ere long in chi Liverpool for, thispurpose of considering the subject. He ans felt convinced that the abolition of the ...

... pace with the de- E re- mand, the abolition of the duty would be a great o ice gain to the consumer ; but if the price of the c ed paper is to be kept up by contingencies produced a vo- or augmented by the abolition itself, we may as b to well, it is ...

... that1 theur is limore than) one ?? of dealliig Wvithi obnoxiotus duties. ?? caln seei nothimig betweeni rectention of the whole and abolition of the whole. I 8almh a imodilicatiomi of at duty as would extend R trade airl benefit eousmlnlers, without diminishin ...

... complained of by gard 'the Society for the Abolition of Taxes on Know- fore OF dsmri - ledge. According to the common sense meaning and of the act, no fewer than fifty-one periodicals are will I TI iliable to the stamp duty. Yet we find the Corn- eto I missioners ...

... alxed on the outside ed thereof a postage stamp or stamps denoting the rate of postage it hereinafter speciied in thatbehalf, or which dloall be duly en.. 30 losed In a rover stamped, or on which a stamp or stamps shall be sffixed on the ...

... responsible to the very opinion it creates h, and educates, and which would resent a like y, injustice. Whether the abolition of the stamp n- duty would be for the interest of the press, it is ne- m cessary to ascertain whether the change will be f ed one of ...

... INIQUITOUS ADVERTISEMENT DUTY. ba . _ ?? I3ert evening Me Fvrrf. nrnnneA A A dth - aqt evpnin~. Ur- Viwn'f~ n- - 4+ -- - i Last evening, Mr. Ewart proposed to move a ti resolution in favour of the abolition of the adver-w d tisement duty; and, if Parliament ...

... weak 1 or mersure of levying duty, n-t aooordbeg to the vafue, but ac. 1 el cording to the denominatiton. Ihore was a oratain duly on I it bohea tea, a certatn duty en cong-n, another duty on young t :, hyson, and antother duty on old by9su, he auppo cd ...

... ssssien under the acts referred to. Stamps foreign bills of yielded £345,601 9d., being somewhat man tun wee exported. penny duties goods in or bulk ana on animals reached £82,868 3c. l£j and the eighteenpenny duty an shipping hOto and bills cflading ...

... newspaper stamp, which would involve the loss of C only a quarter of a million. The advertisement duty was denounced by Lord Derby, and will probably be given up OA, without further strugge. The paper duty produces nearly E a million, and its abolition is therefore ...