... LITERARY SELECTIONS. . _ . STORY OF THE ABOLITION OF TORTURE IN FRANCE. Dunixo my stay in Paris, a good years ago, I had the good fortune to be inho. to Madame de a lady of an ancient and family, slid far advansod in yeah My oesiralgo friend, for so Ilove ...

... Bill. The same year, and on other occasions since, he voted against Sir John TrolawnL's Church-rate Abolition Bill. In 1859, He voted against the Abolition of the Annuity Tax (Scot- land) Bill, The sameyyear, he voted against Lord John Roqsell's Amend- ment ...

... reduce the duty for Inbar small teammate from 6d to Id ; to reduce the duty on appraise:mete, and to relieve the special pleaders sad conveyancers by putting them on the same footing se attorneys. He proposed also to rodeos the stamp duties on eoclesiestioal ...

... Government prefoned getting 6d. duty properly secured to them rather than a 5». duty which they only obtained in a very few instances. The duty on re-insurance, imposed last year, proposed tn remove as being burdensome, and the duty on what were termed time ...

... regard to expenses incurred for public works. He likewise advocated the suppression of the octroi dues and the abolition of the stamp duty upon newspapers and of the irupos . a upon salt. In conclusion, he proposed the introduction of an income tax. M ...

... condition of having a proper printed I stamped paper, because the Government preferred getting ! a 6d. duty properly secured to them rather than a ss. duty which they only obtained in a very few instances. . The duty on le-insurance, imposed last year, he ...

... neglect of duty by an appeal to a letter addremed to them by the Governor, who intimated that he was eating in Recordante with taatrnations he had received from the Government* Two more of the warders of this prison have been Kneaded from duty. The Negro ...

... troops from the ranks to perform labours and duties which oould aa well be done by free negroes or slaves, and provides that all able-bodied male free negroes between the agea of and 45shall be held liable for duty, auch aa working upon fortifications, bridges ...

... hit own dincretirm is n Aft military di.cipinie. Mr Mancini: inovni a declaring that the abolition of the import duty on foreign roper. whdat the foreign export duty un rag. mill imlow.l. tel inflicted great hardship on the Britiah mannfactrinis. and that ...

... interference of the CouncU would have had a salutary effect. import duties. The Secretary said he had addressed a letter to the Board of Trade in regard to the amendment of the rate of import duties on certain articles by the Belgian Govern- ment. There was ...

... them on the same footing attorney allowing them a reduction to the extent of half the duty for the first three years. (Laughter.) e also proposed to reduce the stamp duties on ecclesiastical licenses where the operation of the present system prevented the ...

... letting tenements to be re- duced from 6d. to ld. Fire insurance duty reduced to 1s. 6d. Stamp duty on insurance policies redaced to 1d. Appraisement charter-party stamps reduced, and ecclesiastical licenses. ...