... THE ADHESIVE POSTAGE STAMP. With reference to a recent paragraph respecting the resolution said to have been passed by the Town Council of Dundee, to the effect that Mr. James Chalmers was 'the originator of the adhesive stamp, and not Sir Rowland Hill ...

... an active part in urging upon Parliament, and in other ways promoting the repeal of those obnoxious duties—the newspaper stamp, the advertisement duty, and the tax upon the production of paper, and his great public serviced in this respect were recognised ...

... seven-eights have accrued to the public. The Abolition Committee see no reason to doubt that the effect of the repeal of the railway passenger duty will be similar to that of the repeal of the stage carriage mileage duty, which means that it will benefit the ...

... published, 2 stamps. BENSON'S new PAMPHLET of CLOCKS, the largest yet published, with designs and prices. Free, 2 stamps. BENSON'S new PAMPHLET of JEWELLERY. illustrated. 2 stamps. BENSON'S new PAMPHLET of SILVER and FLEA FRO-PLATE, illustrated. 2 stamp. BENSON'S ...

... WOLSELEY has been appointed Quartermaster-General ; that is, the officer under the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief whose duty it is to see the laws and regulations of the army carried out. This is a very important appointment, because it has been made ...

... the best thanks of the meeting for their zealous support of the Government and assidous st.tentiou to their Parliamentary duties, and expunging unabated confidence in them.—The resolution was seconded by Mr. 4.. G. BAYLIS, and carried.—Mr. HASTINGS, iu ...

... takes the business in bead. At Cape Alprech, there are neither Eurydice nor Neese. but Ligia Mania fulfils their duties. At Equates, these duties are •madertakea by numerous °randier. It is worth notieg that.these four points SIP* quite clam to each other ...

... times transformed that it is with some shamefacedness that I state the latest developement. Since the abolition of the Victoria as a theatre, it has done duty as a coffee hall, amongst other things, and served the poor people over the water with more or less ...

... door open and the shop articles strewn about the floor. Twenty pounds was found to have been stolen iu money stud postage stamps. An entrance was effected throagh a back room window, a jemmy having been used to break the glass so as to allow of the window ...

... was done so well, the bicycle might be utilised for other military purposes. Corps of bicyclists might undertake the same duties as have been efficiently performed by corps of mounted infantry. THOUGH we are not in the habit of regarling Americans as ...

... the change are—tho abolition of booking fees, a reduction of rates, a uniformity of charges both for long and short distances, and the introduction of stamp labels on the Post-oboe system, which may be purchased like any other stamp. A correspondent of ...

... unhappy condition of Ireland ; and whereas Ler Britannic Majes'y's Government seems unable to fulfil its normal governing duties of affording protection to life and property in Ireland ; therefore it is resolved that the Seereary of State should be insttucted ...