... , meet- ; with very strong opposition . The result n ; itiir ;) lly is that people are . • il ' roid that tlie abolition ot tlie stamp-duty will fall through . At present , a , paper published lierc , with a circiihttioii of 3000 copies , lias to pay ...

... without any good result until the year named , when the prohibition was removed , and a duty of Is . pelsquare yard was imposed on all forei gn papers imported . The Stamp-duty on English-made paperhaugiugs was at the same time removed . Frenchmade paperhangings ...

... annexed statement . Anil thiy venture to lni ]> e that tlie Members of this Chamber especially will fed it ^ tolie both Jihcir duty and privilege to give a firio andfavoutalile . andli'ading testimony to the Baaneeifect , Sici-cd , by ai . i . uii . uucut ...

... share of the prizes . W HAT BECOMES or TIIE OLT > POSTAGE-STAMPS . — Thanks to a public appeal by Pastor Maurach in Livonia , ire have at last learned what becomes of -the old postage-stamps and to what end the thousands of aged and youthful collectors ...

... think it • will- ' De felt by every one who is conversant with politics that there is a special duty on the constituencies of the kingdom , and a special duty on that portion of them -sfhich is for the first time intrusted with . to . e electoral -mint ...

... incapacity , There wag much prejudice to encounter , women not being considered fit fo . the rude duty of voting fora meml '; ° r of Parliament ; but it was a duty to rise above such prbJidice ^ . In early times , women , while they had very hea ^ y nrf 103 ...

... , expressed a hope that the meeting would give a fair and impartial hearing to Lord Schomberg Kerr . It was no part of his duty to complain of any particular person , more particularly of Sir William Scott , who was a very old fr iend of those present ...