HL Deb 06 July 1815 vol 31 c1134
Earl Stanhope

, alluding to the Bill on the table proposing an additional Stamp-duty upon Advertisements inserted in the Newspapers, and upon Newspapers, animadverted strongly upon this measure; conceiving it calculated to reduce the revenue, to interfere with the interests of trade, and to impede the liberty of the press. Therefore the noble earl gave notice of his intention on these grounds to oppose its farther progress.