... In 1833 something was done by the reduction of the advertisement duty, and in 1836 much more help was given by the lowering of the newspaper stamp to a penny. In 1853 the advertisement duty was altogether swept away, and in 1855 the last penny of the newspaper ...

... Mazeppa, comes on, and he is very amusing in the recital of his catalogue of woes, all of which seem to be traceable to the abolition of Astley's as an equestrian establishment. Even 'its very name, he says, is changed, for it is now called the Westminster ...