... Vrocctditio in Varliantent. HOUSE OF LORDS. Friday. June 2L CHURCH RATRS. Lord DERBY, in presenting a petition against the abolition of Church Rates, expressed a hope that the recent rejectment in the other house of the bill for the unconditional repeal ...

... for a congress on the affairs of Italy. hen any sorb pr position was made it would be the duty of tier Mnjesty's Goveriiment to consider it. (Laughter ) ABOLITION Or FASNINO TOLLS- Mr FN ` W ICK asked the Pr esident of the Hoard of Trade if Her Majesty's ...

... Repeal, Trustees (Scotland). Conjugal Rights (Scotland), and Lord Clerk Register's Salary Abolition. The Edinburgh University Bill, Inland Revenue Bill, and Stamp Duties ou Probates, itc., Bill passed through Committee. The Houe adjourned at 9 p.m. (OUSE ...

... of Lords acted wisely last year in rejecting the bill for the abolition of the paper duty ; and he should have preferred this year the reduction of the tea duty to the repeal of the paper duty. At the same time, he thought the control of the Commons the ...

... which had been done.; the abolition of the advertisement duty, and the stamp on newspapers, and the paper duty had become a question of pure finance. In fact, the House was far more pledged to the repeal of the war duties on tea and sugar, ...

... and cord, £280; advertising, nearly .£3000; printing for show cards, counter hills, and box labels, £.8000; and for postage stamps, a little under .0110. At the same meeting, Mr King (foreman of the soap powder department), gave the following interesting ...

... weie pursued. At first, the differential duties upon bran ly was abolished, surrendering £440,000; but in July the duties were raised, which reduced the loss to the revenue to £46,000 only; whilst the increased duties on the other spirits made an actual increase ...

... Paper Duty oc. and after Ist Oet•her next, the loss on the six months from that date to the end of the financial year beinicestimated at £575.0110. These are the two principal features of the budget ; but there are some nt'mor changes, The duty on chicory ...

... removing it from thesorry pre-eminence which it bad acquired front its exceptional state. STAMPED CIRCULATION OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. MR annual return of the issue of stamp.; to each newspaper in the United Kingdom has ju,t been issued. We quote the returns for ...

... circulatbm. The more respectable among them tell ne the truth, we doubt not, when they give us figuresbut, since the abolition of the compulsory stamp, there is no check on the others; and while it is easy to seethe meaning, it is more difficult to gunge the weight ...

... could be found no other place 60 suitable as Regent's Park. CHURCH RATES ABOLITION DILL. On an appeal from Mr S. ESTCOURT, Sir J. TRELAWNY agreed to postpone his bill for the abolition of church rates for • fortnight, in order to allow the arrangements for ...

... two years the duties imposed on English produce imported into France will be further considerably reducers. M. Michel Chevalier, the well-known political economist, has been just named Grand Officer of the Legion of honour. THE ABOLITION OF PASSPORTS. ...