... distinction. In 1758 the Lords refused their assent to the suspension of certain Customs duties on Irish tallow; in 1811 they threw out a bill for re- ducing the duty on molasses, and although they adopted the successive remissions of the Corn- laws down ...

... mnonth. NEw DUTY ON STAGE CAsIsaAoES.-Under the new Inland Revenue Act, just printed, the duty on stage carriages licensed to carry not more than eight persons is reduced to 10s, aud for a supple- meitary licence for the period, 6d. The duty per muile to ...

... the c present year was within three of 500. Of I these 323 are papers which have come into a existence since the abolition of the stamp duty P in June 1855; 174 are old papers, formerly d publishedi' at fall price, but now become cheap t] papers-making ...

... to duty, as a part or ingredient thereof sball be cha geable with the full duty payable on sucht article; or, if composed of more than one article liable to duty, then with the full duty payable on the article charged with the highest rate of ...

... there was an increase are the Spirit duties, the duties on Sugar and Tea, though the favourable difference in 1862 was not very important'in amount, being less than £133,000. In the revenue derived from the duties on Malt, Hops, and Wine there was a decrease ...

... blankets, all belong- ing to the ipoor, are constantly lying in tise pawnshops 11 of Glasgow alone !j 2. The imposition of. a stamp-duty on pawnr-tickets il is not only fitted to diminish the pawen traffic in gene- V ralI ; it would sweep away at once this ...

... so. . ABOLITION OF NEWSPAPNR STAMP, H- Sir S. NORTUCOTE asked whether news-; 1 paper proprietors, who may have in their 'pos- e session any stamped sheets on the day when the t proposed new regulations for the abolition of a the impressed ...

... amendmnent,} .siinply because the only other alternative'w~as: 'tbe unconditional abolition ,of. chrch-rateis.. Sir U,. PETO opposed the amendment. No- thing short of' totasl abolition. would :satisfy' Dis-? ,senters, who entirely objected to a 'tax to which ...

... pursued. in At first the differential duty upon brandy was abolished, - surrendering'£446,000; but in July the duties were th raised, which reduced the loss to the . revenue to th £46,000 only, while the increased duties on the other sol spirits made an actual ...

... The Chancellor of the Exchequer had recently taken the duty off paper because it stood in the way of popular instruc- tion, and now an agitation is being raised for the abolition of the paper duty in churches, because it is supposed to stand in the way ...

... India, the Windsor Sus- pended Canonries, the Public Works (Ireland), the Edinburgh University, the Inland Revenue, the Stamp Duties on Probates, &c., the Revenue Departments Accounts. The House adjourned at 7 p.m. H MOUSE OF COMMONS-THuRSDAY. The House ...

... Although Po' again and again contradicted, the assertion was neN reiterated on Wednesday night that those who dum desire the abolition of Church-rates wvant tode- ing prive Churchmen of the power of rating thema- for selves. In varied forms of expression this ...