... Chamber Deputies the on Signor lioesi's motion for the abolition the forced currency was tinned. Signor resumed his speech commenced the last sitting. did not consider expedient to subordinate the abolition of the forced currency to removal the deficit. urged ...

... submitted to you, among others bill for increasing the number of deputies to the Lower House, and bill for the abolition of the stamp duty printed matter, for which equivalent will be substituted. Th® revenue suffices to meet the expenditure of the state ...

... (Evening).—In sitting of the Legislative Body, the debate or the Press was resumed. Various amendments proposed to reduce the stamp duty on newspapers were brought forward and successively rejected. The new article (third) of the bill was then passed. The debate ...

... fines recoced, warnings dune away with, the clause for depriving a press offender of his electoral rights rejected, and the stamp duty reduced—these are the advantages which will now accrue to the press.” A uniform charge of one shilling for messages o! twenty ...

... debate on Signor Rossi's motion for the abolition of the forced currency wag continued. Eipor Ratazzi resumed his speech commenced in the list sitting. He did not consider it expedient to subordinate ths abolition of the forced currency to a removal of ...

... £513,000. The Customs duty on foreign spivits showed an~increase of £126,000, ‘principally under the head of Geneva end other spirits; but there had been a falling off in the duty on rum. There wa3 also an increase in the Excise duty upon the sugar used ...

... customs duty on tea of 14 florins per 100 Ib. I need not say that this proposal, contrary it is to the principle of free trade, meets with strong opposition. The result naturally is that people are afraid that the abolition of the stamp duty will fall ...

... speskiog (chttrs). Why, at that time, in a/oitioo heavy duty upon paper, the stamp upon every newspaper ; every advt that servant was wanted, a to sold—(laughter)— everything, however trifling, paid a duty to the .State of not le»s than 3* (id (bear, h ...

... submitted to you, among others bill fur increasing the number of deputies to the Lower House, and a bill for the abolition of the stamp duty on printed matter, far which en equivalent will be substituted. The revenue suffices to meet the expenditure of ...

... the interest of mere political parties are ended—whether for the weal or woe of this nation, God knowetb. Meanwhile it is the duty of all righteous men to upon this momentous sub- ject the people who are to be hereafter the strongest motive power in the ...

... department of 513,0001. The customs duty ...

... the advices from Madrid, the notion of the Provisional Government led to the inference that they in- tend the abolition of the octroi duties, It is also stated that the executive intends to reduce the expenses of the budget to £23,000,000 sterling, instead ...