... country at large. In 1855 the repeal of what have been called the Taxes on Knowledge, viz., the newspaper stamp, the advertisement duty, and the Excise duty on paper, was brought about through the exertions of Mr. Thomas Milner Gibson, at that time the colleague ...

... education, however, was not quite so indefinite. It proposed the abolition of the little payments of weekly :elm imposed on those who used the National school. What advantage from the abolition of fees could possibly compensate for the destruction of voluntary ...

... their Parliamentary duties at all. The seventh session has well-nigh run its course, and many a boastful Radical member will wish that it was but the opening and not the closing of Parliament. If the Radicals of the Sir WALTER FOSTER stamp imagine for one ...

... furnished lawyers with oysters, and left shells for their clients. It is not to be expected that all officials will be of this stamp, or that an archangel will please everybody. Yet, there is every reason for hoping that a surveyor like Mr. GOODA.CRE, to ...

... has been held in Southwark, for the purpose of endeavouring to obtain a repeal of the Watermen's Company's Act. The stamp duty on fire insurance, in the Year ended March last, was no less than £1,956,069. The Lord Chancellor has just been pleased ...

... programme the conference will be asked to consider the following subjects Adult suffrage; 2. Nationalisation of the land, 3. Abolition of the House of Lords: I. Bribery at elections to be made an act of felony; 5 . Legislative independence for Ireland. MR ...

... intends, as soon as possible, to confer the same advantage of adaptability in regard to telegraph stamps which has been introduced with reference to receipt stamps. As to pillar boles, thereis some delay in fixing the indicators as to clearance of successive ...

... inhabited house duty, and the system of valuation all over the country. He hoped, therefore, it would be felt that be was not shirking his duty if he had not undertaken that gigantic task. At theism* time. if he was unable to deal with the heath duties as • whole ...

... the stamp duty on Stock Exchange contract notes in lieu of the present stamp tb.ty OS bonds to tearer; the extension cf the lieesee duty paid by dealers in English game to dealers In fr reign game, and the enforcement of the use of receipt ...

... aware, these classes were instituted by the Notts. County Connxil. He remarked that the most important and the most onerous duty entrusted to the County Council was that of promoting technical education. A special committee was appointed to carry this ...

... and sugar.' DZIXATOLOOY.—SIIIIIIII-pet Marks, Birth Marks. Moles Ben, removed by • new scientificprocesa. Ganranteed Bond stamped directed envelope to Dr. Evans, Shirley to,thamptow, who will sand lull instructions tree. COLONEL EYRE, C. 8., AT MANSFIELD ...

... mid Sunday of Lent, taking for them some little present, such as a cake or • trinket. A youth engaged in this amiable act of duty was said to go a-mothering. and thence the day itself came to be called Mothering Sunday. One can readily imagine how, after ...