... ves of the nation as busy as the little girls in the slave factories of Leeds and other places. In the first place, the abolition of tithes by compulsorj' commutation is resolved upon in England as well as in Ireland- 1\11'. O'CONNELL' threatened Repeal ...

... this subject. lIlr. UILLON presented a petition from the working classes at the iron works at Carron, in Scotland, for the abolition of the duiies on soap, corn and other necessa- ries, the cost of which pressed heavily on the labouring classes. Mr. GROTE ...

... not all. The Budget must come on soon, and a frightful exposure that will be. The assessed taxes must go, and so must the stamp duties, or there will be a yell which shall be heard from hence to the echoes of Killarney. All these matters fall on the devoted ...

... he had felt it to be his duty to restrain his feelings as much as possible, lest he should prejudge the case; but now that a bill was before the h use, and the petitions in its favour were pouring in, he felt it equally his duty to deprecate the attempts ...

... -e(luctions made, though he thought that the duty on d T!tlt might be considerably lowered without IOts to t he revenue. He also thought the gradual scale of -eduction on advertisement duty injudicious, and that 1 duty of Is. 6d. on each advertisement would ...

... with exception of the stamp duties,' the expenses of collecting are the lowest of all, the assessed taxes cost us the least in collection of the four great branches into which our taxation may be divided, of the customs, excise, stamps, and the assessed taxes ...

... the committee was then appointed. The report on the Stamp Duty Act was brought up by Mr. BERNAL. On the motion that the report be read, Mr. HUME complained of the great hardship of the stamp duties. iNI r. COBBETT wished to ask if the noble lord (Al- ...

... gentlemen opposed it, the house divided For the second reading. 3J7 Against 78 Majority. .239 STAMPS ON ADVERTISEMENTS. ()it the iiiotioti of Lord ALTHOllP the stamp duties oa advertisements were reduced to Is. Gd. in Great Britain, and to Is. in Ireland. THE ...

... gentlemen opposed it, the house divided For the second reading. 3J7 Against 78 Majority. .239 STAMPS ON ADVERTISEMENTS. ()it the iiiotioti of Lord ALTHOllP the stamp duties oa advertisements were reduced to Is. Gd. in Great Britain, and to Is. in Ireland. THE ...

... itistead of having the option, as now enjoyed by the Bank of England, of compounding for the stamp duty on ttieit-tiotes, should be compelled to pay 78. per cent. atamp duty upon the notes which they issued. Also with a view to ascertain their solvency, he proposed ...

... went into committee on the stamp duty bill. In reply to a question, RICE said the reduc- tion on the stamp duty on advertisements would com. tuence at the expiration of next quarter. Mr. S. RICE moved a clause hiking off the duty oil ...

... inoffensive neighbour, the Cambrian. NEWSPAPER STAMPS. By the following extract from the Parliamentary- Return, just printed by order of the Ho ise of Commoll. of the number of Stamps issued by the Stamp Office to the Provincial Newspapers, in the year ...