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Show English Tax on Newspapers. On June 1C 1S5T,, Knglaud'H uevvs-paper uevvs-paper stamp duty was nbojlshiul and tho iclgn of the cheap dall bogan This "tax on knowledge" wa,s first Imposed Im-posed In 1712 and vvns mado most severe se-vere by tho act bf 1820, which fixed It nt 4 pence (S teuis) a sheet, with 3 shillings C pence (87 cents) duty on each advertisement. Tho whig reduced re-duced tho duty to n penny In 1SI1C, hut when thu Crlirenn war broke out and ovoryono wa'iitcd tho news even a penny duty vaa, found to ho Intolerable. Intoler-able. Ht repeal Is called tho Magna' Charta of tho Hrltlsh press, |