... of Cambridge w ithout success. During this interval he entered into the great movement which had for its object the abolition of the duty on cogs, and beoame one of the most succeasful orators of the League. In 1841 he was invited to stand for- Manchester ...

... at first a weekly paper, and the price was 3)(d. Out -of this amount Id. went for the Government stamp. i In addition there was 11d. a lb. for paper duty, and 1 a tax of ls. 6d. on each advertisement. Journalismi .than was lamupered by many difficulties ...

... Welling- ton secured for Lloyd's a greatly increased Sale. Further benefit followed the abolition of the Advertisement duty in 1853, and the removal of tie Stamp duty two years later enabled the paper to be reduced to twopence. To meet the enormous demand ...

... From that time its proprietor never looked back. The abolition of the advertisement duty in 1853 quickly doubled the receipts from that source; and when two years later the taking off of the stamp duty enabled the paper to be reduced to 2d. there was a ...

... Zealous, laborious, and emi. d nently conscientious, he fulfilled the duties of a very er arduous office with exemplary ability. His health a at last yielded, and, compelled by a sense of duty, he in. placed his resignation in the hands of the Govern. of ment ...

... first letter, without any date or ad. dress, but the post mark was London, Nov. 16, '69 :- Dear Father,-I send you a few stamps. I Will try and send you a few soon. Every kind of trade is so bad we can hardly get along. I am glad to say Willie has got ...

... 500 e Ip8wice and Cas- c/hester Vines ?? - -* 1,000 stLoUI Mercur- e Beccles Weekly Avews n In consequence of the abolition of the Stamp Duty these returns do not furnish the exact a criterion they formerly did of thec:eirculation of the various newspapers ...

... took Wakelin and Miles into elustody, finding upon Wakelin 1390 penny' stamps, and upon Miles IS shilling stamps, 61 twopenny stamps, 18 penny stamps, 4 threepenny receipt stamps, and a book, belonging to Mr. Vincent-The Drisoners made no ...

... series 4 resolutions de- 4 darin that the advertisement- duty :ouight to' be repealed, that the policy of subjecting cheap priodical lterature to stamp duty wasins e- 3ientand lthat the Excise duty 'on pspur.pre- veited4 e increase of good:litesrture.AE ...

... his sagacity and shrewdness were of immense service 'in: guiding the ?? through: the .,troublons`. Itimes of the abolition of the penny stamp' ddyty, its reductio i n pri0eandconversionfrom atri-w eily into 'a daily paper. Mr Pagan, 'though usually! , cautidu ...

... tbe Chan- cellor of the Exohequer. Mr. Chii.dkbs deacribed the aaw death duty as the knell of the differential duties. * ir W. Barttelot and Mr. J, Lowther disapproved of the new duty, whicb, on the other hand, wbi approved of Mr. Shaw Lefevre and Mr. Labouchere ...

... penny stamp ton each paper issued, in addition to the A ordinary duty on paper. Mr. Willmer FE gathered an excellent staff around him, G which included Mr. Justin M'Carthy, M.P., who came from Cork to join the paper. The abolition C, r,of the stamp duty ...