... 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' ...

... NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTY BILL 5 The second reading of the Ne.-spa.. ?f Duty Bill passed the House of Comn?nso S ir day night by a sufficieut majori . , final success of the measure. The ooti the )f deed, was not at all directed ag.ins the il.' on the bill ...

... MARCH 21, 1855. NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTY BILL. The CHANcErLoR'of the EXCHEQUER, on Monday c night; explained to the House of Commons the lead- T ing provisions of the bill it is his intention to in- a troduce for abolishing the Stamp Duty on News- j. papers. The ...

... 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 ...

... their m illion of next year's taxes. No Pr e r hadtiw Ole I than Mr. Deedes rose and objected gr ad ts be, lA abolition of the newspaper stamp , le y to I: ' -d ?? ad not be able to spare a fifth part of'tsat h e la, It so to 10 fm tsu - 'It: rged Poor ...

... follow :-Stamp 4d. (subject to a discount tru of 20 per cent); 3d. per lb or 4d. per sheet on paper; the tar the whole duties including the news agency being cot tn, equal to 5td. out of every 7d. paper. In these days are dy too, the advertisement duty was ...