... the Corps Legislatiff. With 9efdKiiCs to the press, the pro. | posed changes wViaQ consist in a lowering of the stamp duty, tie abolition of the necessity for Go. vernment authorisation, and in cases of offences against the press laws the substitute of ...

... in the Corps Legielatif. With reference to the res, the proposcd changes would consist in a ai lowerirg of the stamp duty, the abolition of the ti receseity for Government authorisation, and, in ;case of offences against the press laws, the substi. a' ...

... cotaession to the pressq its ipcorfplete wihhout trial by jury, but it confers stome advantages- the reduction of the Stamp Duty, bte abolition ViMhnient o ef' d ation for the estab- Z ihnn ra newr journal, and no more fiatst'i boy the Mi~iter of the,, anterior ...

... committees in the Corps Legislatif. With reference t) the press, the proposed changes woald consist in a lowering of the stamp duty, the abolition of the neces. sity for a Governmcnt authorisation, and, in cases ci offences against the press laws, the substitution ...

... cri- ticism as that which the concession of the right of debate in the Chambers calls forth. The reduction of the stamp duty, and the abolition of the necessity of previous authorization for the establishment of a new journal, -are laudable mea- sures. The ...

... triumph over the gigantic difficulties which beset your path when this journal was started. The paper duty, the stamp duty, and the advertishment duty presented obstacles which were almost sufficient to deter any- one from issuing a cheap newspaper. LLOYD'S ...

... triumph over the gigantlo difficulties which beset your path when this journal was started. The paper duty, the stamp duty, and the advertisement duty presonted obstacles which were almost sufficient to deter anyone from Issuing a cheap nowspaper. Lloyd'8 ...

... member having complained that already the mails- these were coaching days-were so heavily laden with news. Eapero that if the stamp duty were removed Ia would not ber so, to travel in the mail coaches. (Lughter.) On the 10th of January, 1840, the people of ...

... and distributors stamps in Scotland, by transferring the duties to o:c-c: of Customs or Excise, or otherwise, as vacancies occur the present appointments. Major Anson-Arnmy (India and the colonies}-Sd- Committee to inquire into the duties performed blii ...

... misdemeanours, or simple contraventions, should be dealt with by common law. They further propose the abolition of stamp duties on newspapers, the abolition of caution money, and of the authorisation of government to found a journal, and the complete freedom ...

... bill has been intro.' duced by the Minster of Finance for the mnodifica- tion of newspaper stamps and the abolition of the duty on advertisoments, and of stamps for circulars containing advertisements. THztANQVMToC TrAM GOi'.-Owing toanxiety evinced by ...

... within it. It may, of course, be plausibly urged that no man can claim to exercise his rights if he neglects the corresponding duties; but by the very consent to abandon compulsion it is acknowledged that the impost cannot be justly or wisely enforced, and ...