... petition was ordered to be drawn up t 9 so as to ask for the abolition of stamp receipts on all X sums under £100, and, failing, this, that Government t t would adopt the system of penny receipt stamps in the l e case of all sums above £5 and under ;£100.-Scotsman ...

... discussion must be reserved for a future period. a Mr. Milner Oribson's motion for the abolition of all P taxes on knowledge, such as paper 'duties, newspaper stamps, &o., vhich stood on the order book of the House 0 of Commons for Monday, lens been postponed ...

... opposed the bill, onl the ground that d the allowance wevs well earned, and that its abolition, thosigh it a 'would not prevent British sailors from doing their duty, woald discourage the gallant attempts of which we had had so many ecca- sionsto bh proud ...

... 19s. 2d.; 1848-sumnmerassizes, 2550, 18s., besides large sums for ainterest. STAMP DUTIES (IDELANM). a On the motion of Mr. D)IUKSON, return of the amount of Stamp a Duties in Ireland for each year, commencing with the year 1840 r up to the present time ...

... not accept the boonus offered by the Govren-t teli noent in the abolition of the brick duties and the reduction on son stamps, as a fair recompense for the great agricultural wrong. ?? duties oie marine insurance ought to have been in- eluded. on- Slar. ...

... the chair at 4 o'clock. The House went into committee, upon which Mr. GREENE moved the following resolution:- That astamp duty of £5 shall be payable for and upon the first ?? which may be eorolled pursuant to a bill for beter enabling the Gai Fie~ a$d ...

... Committee on the Stamp Duties Commo ?? __e_ 1. ?? I_ tit Bill. The measure itself seemed to meet with much dis- favour in many quarters; but it -was submitted to and carried. until the clause regulating the ad valarem scale of duties wasproposed. The ...

... apot~~nemntof ismotion ?? ox rAFER, &C. Petitions were presented for the removal of taxes on paper, stamp -duties on newspapers, and advertisement duty, from London an Wlestminster, by Mr. C- Liishiiigtotn also from various places by Mr. Labouchere, Sir ...

... the subject of tie stanep duties, applicable r also to conveyances and to mortgages, and to move that it be printed. Mr. MULLINGS inquired whether. on the stale which the Right Hon. Gentleman now proposed, the highest stamp duty to be paid would be £250 ...

... relignious bodies; by bir -. F. Davie, from Dunbar, for the abolition of religions tests in uliversiltes; by Mr Cowan, from the Edinburgh and Glrsgow RailWay Comlpany, pray'ing that the Stamp Duties Bill ro ar not pass into a law; also tronm the corn- mrcsioners ...

... divisions upon motions for adjournmenat, the second in reain ws efrrd unti Fridy. STAMPS' DUTIES. The report of the resolutions of the committee upon the stamp PE duties was brought up, and, on the motion that it be received, i Sir H. NILLOUGHEY asked ...

... aldditioti to the 27 previously employed on Sunday, re- l ieved NIPS parsons from all Sunday duties wvhichl could prevent their 'attention to religious duties. And this relief lid chieflbten effected during the last six months, being the very period during ...