... 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 ...

... 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. ...

... difficulties as Jamaica. They have had to meet in succession the cessation of the slave trade, the abolition of slavery, and equaliza- tion of the duties on free and slave grown sugar; but they have surmounted these difficulties, and are now in a position ...

... attention to certain bills now before the House for rendering valid letters patent for inventions which bad not been duly stamped within the time limited for that purpose; said ho did not intend to oppose tbe second reading of the bill. Lord Chelmsford ...

... tho Exchkqceb, in reply to J. Fergusson, stated that no instructions bad been giv by the Board of Inland Revenue to exact stamp duty of on marriages celebrated by clergymen in England or Scotland, and application had been made to the board to know if such ...

... duty 021 tting sm I ten-ments to be re- daced from 611. to d Fire insurance duty reduced to Is. Cd anip duty on insurance policies rediaced to id Appraizement charte:-party stamps reduced, end ecclesinstical licenses. ...

... expensive processes of Abolition nuent. That consummation reached, more convenient title can easily be found—one that will -uit the altered circumstances of the country. A military map, a dictionary and committee of Abolition e'ongressmen will settle ...

... of the swift coming end, General Lbs found it his duty to advise Mr. Davis to make terms. But Mr. Davis was headstrong, lie could have saved slavery so far as to get six years for its gradual abolition ; he could have made honourable capitulation, and ...

... —The hairmaa then distributed tbe prizes, and afterwardi addressed the boys generally npon the importance attending to their duties, and to the prospeot tbat opened out before youth iv the present day who were diligent and careful in their attention at school ...

... his support of the Catholic Emancipation and Reform Bills, and the Dissenters resented his hostility to the Bill for the Abolition of . the Test and Corporation Acts. His lordship's connection with the Whigs in December, 1851. Daring that connection Lor ...

... London, has settled down in Paris for the winter. A letter from Paris says that the Government has decided to withdraw the stamp, without whioh no political newspaper can be sold the publio streets, from every journal that has been condemned for defamation ...

... which yon given me. At the same time I thought it duty not to delay a single hour when I beard, in the middle of the night, that friends were about to sppear at Sheffield. I thought it my bounden duty, an old soldier the cause—(cheers) —to come here and ...