... districts interested the abolition of the present Indian cotton, waited upon Lord Palmerston and feir C. Wood, the President of the Council for India, on Friday afternoon, for the purpose of obtaining the removal of the duties. A memorial having been read ...

... seven years renewing th» income tax and the tea and sugar duties for the year; sanctioning the occasional licenses to sell beer, &c.; the reduction of the duty on playing cards, and the stamp duty on foreign loan bonus, were severally agreed to, and ordered ...

... attorneys. There are moie tliau 1 attorneys on the rolls, and of the number many carry business in London, each whom has to pay stamp duty of £9 a year, while the country practitioners pay the annual sum of £*>. The prisoners, Elward Smith, builder, William Marchant ...

... communication. MISCELLANEOUS. The Paper Duty Repeal.—The following is from the Publishers Circular :—lt appears, from a report just published, that on the Ist October, 1861, the day of the abolition of the paper duty, the stock of paper in the hands of wholesale ...

... may arrive in time to countermand his departure for England, and his Boyal Highness will continue the ordinary course of his duty. Tiie Houses of Parliament.—The Houses of Parliament look brighter and more prim than they did last session. have not only ...

... Europe rendering homage to the of the natiou, it is paiuful to see young people, carried away byillusions and forgetful of the duty of gratitude due to our best allies, make of the name Rome- that name which is the desire all—the signal for war. hen the hour ...

... understanding which exists between her Majesty and the Prince of Wales is a source of much consolation to the Queen. The dutiful attention of the Prince, whom her Majesty constantly consults on all important matters connected with the State, is most marked ...

... the cost the deeds, ich, believed, might be greatly shortened and iplified, would be the onlv effectual remedy. The cost the stamps was a material element, and they would L'ct much unless they could induce the Chancellor tho chequer to make the transfer ...

... T. C. Haliburton, N. Kendall, H. Paull, J. J. Rogers. On the motion for second reading of the qualification for offices abolition bill (ayes 63, noes 54), the following voted For the second reading, R. ; against it, T. C. Haliburton, N. Kendall. Mr. St ...

... accustomed charges ; but that thought proper demand an augmentation their ray. and that this demand the Sheriff has felt it his duty resist. Sunday morning, the Judges attended divine service l!o church, accompanied by the High Sheriff, Chaplain, I'nder Sheriff ...