... in the two editions of the same paper. The duty alone thus amounted to 7s. Among the objects successfully accomplished in great part by the advocacy of the Athenceum may be named the abolition of the Stamp Duty and of that on paper. The whole of the profit ...

... brought before the House, in connection with the abolition of purchase, he should move that the cost be paid by loan instead of by annual vote. Mr. CARDWELL laid upon the table the Royal warrant for the abolition of purchase in the army. The House then went ...

... Customs duties on coffee and chicory and the excise chicory by one-half. Thus the duty ground and rousted coffee will be reduced from 44. 2d. per lh, on raw coffee from 28a. to 14a per ewt, chicory from 26a 6d. to 13a 3d. per ewt. and the Exciae duty on chicory ...

... the augmentation of the legacy and succession duties on their merits. These merits involved, not only the question of expediency, but also of time, and he was informed that the augmentation of these duties would be strongly objected to on both sides of ...

... enapended work and the abolition the anger comes into elect. Over 2,000 men have thne been tampcrarily thrown idle. There were last year 7,972 petitions (led in liqaidation by arrangement, and 4,162 remtatione registered. The .stamp duty alone was 422,377 ...

... present physically incapacitated from performing those active duties of external display which it was once Ler pride and pleasure to fulfil, he is yet able to discharge those higher duties of attention to the great interests of the Government with ...

... last year. lie the customs duty the same amount !a*t year, namely, £21.0371,300, and the oxcise at £25,747,000, or decease of £38,000. Siam; 8 ho took at £10.050,000, which whs increase of £103,000; and land tax and house duty £2,350,000, which was increase ...

... characterised the Bill as • sop to demecracy, which would not add one iota to the national defence/a. Dealing first with the abolition of purchase, he professed his astonishment at an economical Ministry sowing down with a wantonly extravagant proposal ...

... difficulty were altogether mythical. He gave his support to the Bill in its amended form.—Sir J. PAUNOTON objected to sb. abolition of the year of gram, and ap I' proved ef fie exclusion of catechisms sad hrinolfasia from tha assisted seboola.—Yr. Pomona ...

... shopkeepers at the petty sessions through the country ? Does Blythen think that our worthy magistrates do not do their duty towards the poor collier in putting a step to these unjust weights and measures? I know that the magistrates will be kindly ...

... be near his medical attendant. The Standard, alluding to Lord Cairns' conviction that his first, as well as most congenial, duty is the exercise of his judicial functions, ventures to anticipate that on his return be will be found entering upon the sphere ...

... Gledstone's letter to Mr. Dee 0. bLP., in refsrence to the it would impuee on the choice ct the Government, be mai .-- v iuulturt. duties, to resign thew benefices, there being a provision ----------• Sovereign Pontiff. lie also adverted to a conversation opposed ...