... voted for M. Martel's amend- ment recommending the abolition of warings, the substitution of judicial for administrative juris- diction over the press; the lowering of the stamp duty; and the abolition of the law which required the autborisation [of government ...

... cri- ticism as that which the concession of the right of debate in the Chambers calls forth. The reduction of the stamp duty, and the abolition of the necessity of previous authorization for the establishment of a new journal, -are laudable mea- sures. The ...

... moved that thie repeslof the duty on pae as inexe dient. The whole of the debate It a~o~the qeto whether it weatl expedient to'have en income-a o d in the pound with the paper. duties continued., or of l0u. with the paper duties abolished. On a division the ...

... carried out measures which led te the repeal of the advertisement aL.' the stamp duty-(hesr)-aud which be trusted would now, -Ai to their consummate vio- ?? repeel of the duty on paper. That meeting was convened in consequence ot * request mmade to the ...

... of the Legislative Body thez debate on the bill on the press was resumed. d Various amendments proposing to reduce the stamp I duty on newspapers were brought forward and suc- cessively rejected. The new article 3 of the bill t] then passed. The debate ...

... monopolies and prohibitive duties thei4 could not escape the notice of men who had studied the ad-ril vautages of commercal. freedom ; and accordingly, in the the year 1850, the law for the abolition of the differential duties for was first proposed to ...

... On going into committee on the Customs Acts- . Reduction of Tobacco Duties- Colonel DicKsoN inquired if a drawback would be allowed to those merchants who have already paid the duty on their stock in hand. The CHANCELLOR of the ExcHEQr aa said it was ...

... by a stamped policy. The Board of Trade had desired the opinion of the assoca. tion as to the merits of a proposal made by the secretary at Lloyd's, for a remedy for the insecurity resulting from this decision. It was simply to impose a penny stamp on all ...

... any way with rapeot to the excise paper duty dit wan under Ihe seventh aetude, which provided for the.ed if miteton of general merchandise from F~ranca at no cuotomsne r, duty exceeding the amount of any excise duty imposed upon the eame commodities In England ...

... Gladstone's proposal to impose a stamp of one penny on notes of sale of foreign and colonial pro- dueo and on all brokers' contract notes, and a stamp of threepence on stock warrants, as well as a Tegis- tration duty of one penny upon each package of ...

... Then there would be a duty of 6s. a cwt. on chicory, yielding 90,000h. There would he penny stamps and 3d. stamps on certain trade documents: eating-hous, including pastrycook s, would be allowed licenses to sell wine or beer. The duty on game certificates ...

... what it is likely to effect. Its importance consists in this, that it commits the government of the United States to the abolition policy. President Lincoln, it mnsat be remembered, was never an abolitionist. He was the most conservative representative ...