... condition of having a proper printed stamped paper, because the Govern- ment preferred getting a sixpenny duty properly secured to tbem, rather than a ss. duty, which they only obtained in a very few instances. The duty on reinsurance imposed last year was ...

... tbe duty on tea from Is. to 6d. per lb. The duty on fire insurances is to be uni- formly reduced to Is. Od. ; the stamp on policies being reduced to Id , as also those on agreements for tbe letting of small tenements. Appraisement and other stamps are ...

... and the poor, it is a portion of the Government plan to assimi- late the duties on tea and opium to those of South Australia, and to reduce the duties on sugar and the export duty on gold from Is. 6d. an ounce to Is. an ounce, which, with other changes ...

... of his genius for dealing with the little. At present policies of in- surance bear a stamp duty of Is. Taat is paid once for all on tbe issue of a policy. It is the duty on the premium only that is paid annually. But Mr. Gladstone thinks this awful shilling ...

... ability witb wbieh Lord Lyons bad discharged hia duties at Washington. In no one of many thousand cases had he failed to obtain the bigheat approval of the Govern- ment, and to show how laborious his duties had been be might mention that in one year hia ...

... soldiers to oerfn labour and duties which oan aa well be done ar' negroea and slaves, and provides that all f f „ _• negroes between the ages of 18 aud 15 years shall held liable to perform any labour or iischeras duties witb the army, or in connection ...

... The Duties will be Resunv d on July 26th. Prospectuses on application to Mr. or Mus Bhsley. MYRTLE SPRING BOARDING BCHOOL, Near SHEFFIELD.— Evtabusuo 1838. H. C. FLOBY. Pbjscipal, Assisted by o mpetent Besident and Visiting Masters. Tlie Duties will ...

... should, at the proper time, be able to show that tbe Lord Chancellor was actuated by no other object than that of performiag his duty to tie Crown. After several other members bad addressed the House, Lord Palmerston severely reprehendel the course taken by ...

... resolution of the Watch Committee, reducing Detective-cfficer Leonard tc the rank of a first class constable for neglect of duty. Tbe Council, how- ever, wisely attached too much importance to the maintenance of proper discipline in the force to interfere ...

... commuted. But this is not the light in which the electors regard them. Church- rates are a tax, just as much as Income tax and stamp duty, and it would be quite as reasonable for the Government to say to tire country, Now ws will not reduce or repeal any tax ...

... him have a right to be informed of any facto that bear upon the discharge of his duties. In this esse the jury were satisfied that ths newspsper had dons no more than its duty re- quired, and they returned a verdict of not guilty, adding, We consider it ...

... face against every Radical who wished the South to be considered a con- quered territory, to be preyed upon by hordes of Abolition Vandals. He is ia favour of State Rights and the supremacy of State Governments as Boon as it can be accomplished, for he ...