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FIDE . -OK THE DUCHESS . The fiMt rolurne ^ of this Dramatic picture of High life (« " jet Kj >«* jj in Paris ) , is given InPart 5 S of the FAMILY HERALD ftr January , price only Sixpence . The Family Heraldis A domestic magaxiae of useful information and amusement , a chserful and instructive fireside companion , the welcome guest of every home , and unquestionaWy the most popnlar Periodical eww published . Everybody «_ dsand _ l Boobiallers soil the family Herald , A * i _ gle perasal will Jest its merits . Order Part 55 .
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IMPORTANT NOTICE . THE £ 0 XD 05 _ ES HATE BESTO A HOME FOR HOSBSI UtDTJSTR- " . parens . - ? . S . B _ nfi «_ be . Es « ., M . P ., T . Wakley , Bs ? ., H P ., B . BondCabheU , Esq ., M . P . . TTavs yo _ read tha Tract os the Land and Builiing Society for the Working Milliens ! If n « t , get it , read it . Friee only One Peany . Pablished fer the Society , by & . Berber , iff , Hol / rrell ^ treeS , StraacL Sold by all cheap booksellers , an * the Society * * agent » : also to bo had , —_ h full icfaraatien , of Daniel William Rnffy , secretary , offices ofthe Society , IS , Totienham-coBrt , Ue— -road , St Panerai , LoHdaa , by tending three pottage stamps .
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PORTRAITS OF EEARGTJS O'GOKHOR , THOKAS DtTKCOHBE , AKD OTHJ 3 R GREAT LEADERS . fjTHE advertiser is commissioned to di « pose of 180 Pic JL ture Frames , suitable for the above portraits , at ebonthalt the usual prices , News Agents Trill find this an opportunity which seldom , occurs , as they must be -cleared out ia a f « w days . Note down the address . Samuel Jlolmss , St Gregory ' s fjhurch Alley . Norwich , here all orders will meet with prompt attention .
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PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Ese-, M-P . T MARTiy informs his Meads and the Chartist body generaUy , that he has reduced the price of his BthogriipMc fnlUength portrait of tkeir Illustrious Chief to the follovving priea ' . —Prints , It ; coloured ditto , 21 . 6 d »
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TO TAILORS . Kow Ready , by approbation of her Majesty , Queen Vic toria , andH . R . H . Prince Albert , fWSE -OKD 08 and PARIS AUTUMN aai WINTER J . FASHIOSS for 18 « 7 and 1 W 3 , by Benjamin Read and Co ., 12 , Hart £ treet , Bloomsbury-square , London , & nd by Q . Berger , Holy—ell-street , Strand , London ; a most magnificeat and superbly-coloured Print , surpassing rrerything ef tbe kind previously published , accomn-iiedrrim the mast fashionable fullsiis Dres » , Riding- , ? rock , Huntiig , and Wrapper Coat-patterev , frith every particular part for each complete ; Also , the most fashioaable and newest style Waistcoat Pattern , including the manner ef Cutting and making np tho whole , with information respecting tho new scientific system of Osttinsr , which trill be pnblis & ed Jan . 1 , 1818 , and will sn . p srsede everything of the Knd before conceived . Price * sC 5 ; or , post free , to all parts of tho kingdom , lis . Patent Keasures , with fall explanation , Ss the set ( tho greatest Imrrovement ever inown ia the trade ) . Patterns te measure sent post free to all parts of ths kingdom , Is eacb . NEW PATBITT INDICATOR , for ascertaining pro-£ 6 rtior , and disproportion ia all gjitems of cutting , tho metaeJ of using it , and mannar « f variation clearly illustrated—Caveat granted to B . Read for the same , April 22 , 1 S 47 , signed by Messrs feole and CapmaeL Patent GScr , 4 , Old-square , Lincoln's-inn , Londoa . —Declaration signed by tie Right Honourable Sir & . Carroll , Lord Hayor of London , Hay 1 st , 18 * 7 . l ? riee , with diagrams clearly explained , " s ; or , post free , 7 fi 8 d . Sold by Messrs Head and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , BIoomsbary-sn , aare , London ; O . Berger HolyweU-sfreet , Strand , London ; and 2 H booksellers in the kingdom . Post-oSce orders and post staaps taken as cash . Habits H . H . L . performed for tie trade . Bust for fitting Coats om Boys * figures . ~ Fere-_ ien provided . —Instructions i « Cutting complete , for all Irinas of Srvla and fashion , vrkich can be acetmplished ia an incredibly short time , but the pupil may ceitiae * satil be is fidly satisfied .
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Letters Addressed To The Workingr Men Of...
LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE WORKINGr MEN OF ENGLAND ASSOCIATED IN TRADE UNIONS , ON THE NECESSITY OF A CHANGE .
IXTRODUCTORr ADDRESS . Fellow Countrymen . —There needs no apology from OSS of year own order who , for the last thirty years of his life baa been engaged in producing wealth for the enjoyment of others , receiving in return the very small pittance which , through the present social economy by which labour is regulated , generally falls to the lot ofthe labourer ; much less is it necessary from one who for twenty years of that time has been gnsaged , co-operatively with bis own trade , in endeavouring to sustain an honourable position for
labour in society , through whatever means that trade , either by itself , iaits co-operative capacity , or IU union -with other trades , < Sdtt 3 d ifl Ic 3 wisdom devise ; I shall , therefore , at once proceed to address you—gov , who despite the deteriorating influences of the last fifty years , are still enabled to hold fast in the bonds of anion , that good fellowship and spirit of fraternity known only to unionists , who , like myself , tore been nurtured in its arms , -who have , and do experience the strong attachments arising out of the common sympathies of our nature , and reciprocated by men , whose thoughts , feelings , and actions are congenial with our own .
I propose , than , to write to you a series of letters on the above-aataed subject ; to you , the men still in anion—not . that in addressing you , as members of a trade union , I would wish by you to be considered as exclusive ; not that because , as a unionist , I feel the strong sympathies * which belong necessarily to the united , but simply from the conviction that there is in the united trades a power which , if wisely directed , would befonnd efficient for the purpose of effecting—Srst , its own emancipation ; after which the emancipation of the working order generally . For this reason alone , then , I address myself to you—The working men of England in trade unions associatedunder the hope that my thoughts , ' clothed in words , * may * reach soma kindred spirits , warm with the love of freedom , from whence alight may arise , which shall become the beacon of liberty to the slave castes of the world .
Those who endure Seep wrongs for man , aad scorn and chains , bat heap Thousand fold torments on themselves and him . I need not tell you of the many difficulties which attend the settlement oi a " question such as that proposed ; or of the raany ^ attempts heretofore made by gome Of the master minds in almost every trade to do so ; of the thousand failures that have taken place , and of the present wrongs endured by oar order ; it is enough for me that our wrongs exist , despite all our previous efforts to remove them , fes , my brothers , -ws are the same slave caste , tha mere 'hewers of wood and drawers of water ; ' without power , either socially or politically ; entirely dependent upon causes beyond our control for the means of sustaining life
from day to day ; while within us—with ns—and by ns—is all the reality of our country ' s strength ; the weight of which is even now crashing ta death thoatinds of ns by whose labour ftat power was created . With all thiajraare . acquainted ; therefore , I will not occupy your time by entering into detail * which will serve only to excite the passions , although I confess the difficulty of restraining thelanguage of expression within the bounds prescribed by class made legislature . Still it ranst be done , if ever we hope to progress feeyond the present system of oppression ; for , with the Oppressed only can reform begin . Give me , then , your reason — your judgment — your reflections —your deep , serious reflection—while I endeavour to show you the reasons why I consider
that a change is necessary is the application of trade unions . I ask yon to weigh my every word with care , consider well the facts aad figures that I shall advance in the forthcoming letters , and although it should happen that in the investigation of the subject proposed , I should be compelled to touch some of your long cherished prejudices ; let it be remembered the progress made by society has been under the same difficulties . We lore to conserve whatever we believe to be right , and can never be persuaded to give it up until a strong internal or external power compels ns to yield . Should , however , the strong conservative feeling of which I have . spoken , cause the passions to predominate , when the fit has passed , ask yourselves this question : Why
are we yet strong in numbers and so weak in power ? the answer must be , there are errors in practice with bs somewhere , or tha advantages of our combinations would ba manifested in the improved state of ourselves and families . And then reflect upon the proofs again . Ask yourselves again , and again' . Why is it that it is so ? For my object in writing ' these letters will be to show , that the policy which wa ara now pursuing , however £ ood it might hsvB beanin ages that are gone , is of no advantage to us now ; that whilst society has made great progress in general information , we tho members of trade anions , holding fast the long cherished conviction that our combination was all sufficient for our security , have actually sunk in the scale of
intelligence , the proof of which may be clearly seen in the continual efforts that we make to secure for our labour a jast remuneration . We still cry ' strike , ' and the enthusiasm is echoed through our ranks like the sound of a talisman . Strike , and for what ? $ o sustain ourselves against the weight of competitive labour straggling for life , capital , machinery , gOCial-chlcsue , and political monopoly , in wh . icb . _ we resemble aman under the influence of strong drink who imagines himself aHercules in physical strength , and in the attempt to exercise it with the shadow of hisfrenried creation , falls by the weight of his own effort . With this evil I have determined to battle ,
aad I call upon you , the men of thought astrenergy in the ranks of labour , tocotne . £ orward id' ths help of one , who , vy £ b . jmr exertions , will leave nothing sndoii & to r . lacathe wealth producer in the condition : 0 & free man , instead of the veritable slave that he aowja . . in tha name of all that is good , then , put 'your ' shoulder to the wheel , for if tho present system af distributive robbery bo suffered tSpsaiiauejit must finally destroy that union which oerejr now exists as Sffienument of laboniV-g &§ £ ^ ae 8 i of labour ' s foH ft lrafc capable of beitt £ DKr ^^^ rrer of redemptioa . fc >; the hunmn ^^;^ M ^ It 2 feTaim and end of •¦¦ < 1 V - :: " *^^ stt'TBiR 9 ' TJmmt * - QOEKfOSj - - .-S & of Jaauary 8 £ S ,
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( gejibg-wiaithftV . laxogBr ^ MagtrrSn ^ , ! " ' -T Price 6 d . , A PRACTICAL TKEATISfc ON SPADE HUSBANDRY ,. ..- " . ' beiag fea r ^ iMrtai oJ f « ur years' ex ^ rieacs , ' Vjsr . j . SlLlBTZ . ITGowaa and Co . j 16 , Great "Wine—18 l ^ $ re $ i , lo » doa and may bo had of all booksellers . . ' 1
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JffSTPITB . HSHB ^ rwcBantsEScs , ¦ - ¦ - . l * - ' - HO . Xiff . OF y T „ E iitisuftiis ;' g 3 Ht 8 RW » .. . ¦•* ¦;" .::. 1 . The Fnnerai of &« tear ^ . m ^^ h , 6 y BrnestJoaeS . , ; : ¦ : ' : / ¦ ¦&' .-2 . Oar New Year '* AddMss ..-:: . . i 5 . 2 asBrrec _ oBS of the Wo & hig SliSSea . — Tb . 9 Men ofKent and Esses ?* " " , j--- ; 4 . Tho Swtch Critics » ttd ^ iiaS 05 is ? ftB 7 * . i . The Romano * of A Peojtt * . ; -j ^ - ' 6 . The Poor Man ' s Legel _& ts _ £ ' "' . ; ., 7 . National Literature—• 'Efcalnferaal Comedy . 8 . Our National Defences , 9 . Literary Review . Letters ( pre-paid ) to oa addressed to the Editors , 16 Great Windmill Street , Haymarketj London . . Orders received by allageats forae ^ Kortbarn Star " and all bsoksellers in town and . coontzy .
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Just Pablished , price Oca Pctlny , A LETTER by FrAiaos O'Cohhob , Eeq . , M . P ., « TO THB RICE AND THB POOR ; To those * 'hoX ! va in Idleness Without Labour , ond to those who tee Willing to Labour but Compelled to Starve . ' Price 2 « . per 108 , or 19 j . per 1890 . ( 1 TSTHAT MAY BE DONE WITH THREE ACRES V V OF LAND , ' Explained in a Letter , by FsAZaut , O'CoNKoa , Bsft ., MeP . To be had at the Office of the National Land Company 1 U , High Bolton ,
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Now Ready , a New Bditiea ef MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FAEMS . To be had at the Ker & tm Star Office , 16 , Great Wind mill Strett ; and of Abel HaywaoS , Manchester , Thb Chkltbnham Chartists being anxious to know when the Cavalry of the Land Company will pass through their sickly town , we beg to inform them , that Cheltenham will have . that honour on Tuesday nest , the llth inst ., at ten o ' clock .
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THB PORTRAIT OF MR JOKBSf . This portrait will be in the hands of our Scotch agents ia time far issue on the 29 th instant . Oar agents in or near Edinburgh will have their parcels forwarded to the care of Messrs W . and H . Robin son , 11 , Greenside-street . Parcels for other parts <» f Scotland to the care of Mr W . Love , 10 , Nelsonstreet , Glasgow . Our Yorkshire , Lancashire , Lincolnshire , Nottinghamshire , Derbyshire , Cheshire , Leicestershire , Northamptonshire , "Warwickshire , and Gloucestershire agents will receive the portrait in time for issue on Saturday , February 19 th . Ths more southern counties , Wales , and Ireland , on the following weefc ' Agents in the county of Durham must npply to Mr J . Turnbull , Side , Newcastle . Yorkshire , to Mr J . Cooke , 67 , Meadow-lane , Leeds . Lancashire and Cheshire , to Mr A . Heywood , £ 8 , Oldham-street , Manchester . Those agents having weekly hook parcels from London will have the portrait sent in their own parcels .
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NOTICE . In reply to J . S ., Nottingham , Mr O'Connor begs to say that not only will he receive subscriptions for the defence of his seat , but further , holding the trust for others , and not for his own benefit , he would consider it a very great injustice to be called upon to pay one shilling out of his own pocket ; and as to the mode of transmitting the money , let alimonies upon that account be addressed by Post-office order , payable to Feargus O'Connor , and directed to' Mr Wm . Rider , Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , London . '
The Northern Star, Saturday, Januarys, Ims.
THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , JANUARYS , IMS .
The Town House Of Chartism. There Is An ...
THE TOWN HOUSE OF CHARTISM . There is an ominous deficiency in the quarter ' s revenue , of considerably above a million ; the taxes have increased , but the Excise and Customs have decreased—fearful signs of the decay of home production and of foreign trade ; pauperism is spreading with rapid strides over the country , and as one pauper drags another after him , the canker of poverty keeps growing upwards on the social tree , affecting more and more , with every day , those upper ranks that thought themselves secure ; misery breeds discontent ; discontent , disruption of the artificial links of society ^
fresh bayonets and bludgeons are required to keep the ferment down , increasing taxation , and , by this , the evil they are intended to prevent ; the metropolis teems with rising palaces , a few men obtain employment in their erection , and then perish houseless in sight of the very piles they have raised ; the Queen builds new residences , and adds to those she possessed , while the Bnions are insufficient to shelter the poor 1—in the midst of this Chartism walks sternly through the streets—looking , amidst the vast chaos of wealth and miserylooking amid the homes of idleness , luxury , and power—looking for its home as well , in that city where every other faction has obtained a home .
True , Chartism in the North has many country-houses ; it has its Halls in Manchester , Oldham , Leeds , Birmingham , etc . — but it yet lacks its Town-house . It has no dwelling with its Dame on the door , showing it is not ashamed to own . it—there is no" CHARTIST HALL" in London , worthy the metropolis . We are happy to find that the London Chartists intend remedying the deficiencyand , although we attach no value to bricks and mortar , as a qualification for the franchise , we think that , in this instance , bricks and mortar would prove a powerful aid towards a national organisation of the movement . A a
in London we behold the heart of monopoly , the focus of class-legislation , so ought London to present a worthy front of opposition . As the synodjof faction is housed in St Stephen ' s , so ought Chartism to confront it in its own abode—so ought it to'have a fixed habitation to point to , and boldly to write its name on the entablature of its own palace . This would , at once , prove the power and unity ofthe movement—itr would be a rallying point to metropolitan Chartism—it would take it from the pothouse ; it would rescue it from the exclusiveness of one circle ; its open doors would invite the stranger to enter , hear , and become a convert—whereas now the obscure local
gathering passes unnoticed and unknown j It would give the stamp of dignity and permanency to the movement , and be a place worthy for the Sessions of England's NATIONAL
CONVENTION . We attach much value to a good , metropolitan organisation , of which a Hall has now become an indispensible requisite . A metropolitan demonstration has ; twice the effect of a provincial one , from this evident reason * ; a northern gathering is remote ; two or three hundred miles may intervene ; the voice of the / meeting comes deadened b y the roar ofthe train ; the people's will loses power in expression , when conveyed only on a sheet of paper ; bring that meeting In juxta-position with the
seat ot power ; let tha living voice ring in the ear of faction , instead of a dead letter flitting past its eye , —then it becomes too near to be trifled with , —the impediments of distance and delay « ease to exist , and as , in business , a personal intermm te taoja elective tliaft a tedious correspondence ^ ' eq the personal presence of Chartism in the very home of faction will command that respect , the knock at the distant door of its oater courts can never challenge ; . . , It is for these reasons , we think , not Lon-
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doji alone , fcutthe country as well , oSgM ^ " take up" the ( question of a'Metrbpblita ' ri"J *^ ll ; The localities may answer ' , they have enough to do in erecting halls for themselves;—but ^ we reply , this too would be a Hall for themsejve ^ -r-it would be a Hall , not only for Londonijbjitj for the nation . ; " ;¦>' ' : ?" :-. v ~ have alluded to the National Convention-- a ; body that ought to meet ami ^ hyjmih the meeting of Parliament , to watchiand ^ et on its proceedings—and this Hall wouldjbe a fiting senate house for England ' s Democracy . : We trust , and doubt not , that the metropolis anugDuntry will further the imflertaKing with
energy and enthusiasm , and that , the Hall will bs W $ hy ~ of the cause ; for , let our friends remember , it would be better to have no Hall at all , than one insignificant in dimensions , and thus unworthy of the cause . Spaciousness is a necessary requirement ; the committee should erect a Ha ) l > commensurate with the vastness of our movement and the numbers it emi braces , or they had better build none . But we doubt not that the judgment and energy of the committee who have so laudably undertaken this great work , will carry it to a judicious and successful issue—and sincerely do we wish them all-good speed !
We trust , however , that the NAME of the CHARTER will , . lie inscribed boldly on its walls .
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THE TEN -HOURS' ACT . . After more tfea ifojrfcyjyeaTs ' -struggle , the Ten Hours' Bill at last received the sanction of the Legislature in the . kfitj session of the late Parliament . No single -act of modern times was preceded by « uch ample and full discussion . Public meetings b y the thousand were held upon the subject . Numerous pamphlets were issued , and the newspaper press was almost constantly debating it . Four ' Select Parliamentary Committees investigated
and reported , ana the . questioni wfiajbe thenie of discussion in almost every successive session of every Parliament during' that IdngptsMil At length , ia spite of . Jhejeiosi : j ^ erful ^ oppBs | tion , the advocates oftl ^ Bieasure h , ^ f $ Bjgra * tification of seeing : j $ be ' ^ BuT' r | i |^ ie an " Act / ' and looWdfer ^ rd to ih | ilf ^ i |^ next May , when the ten hours ' clause &;^ £ dime into operation , with pleasure , as the filial termination of their struggles , and the full consummation of their labours .
Certainly if ever the decision of the Legislature upon any . subject was entitled to respect , it was in this case ; but it appears that the determined opponents , of the measure are resolved to make yet another ; fight against its introduction , and to endeavour to prevail upon Parliament , immediately upon its re-assembling , to repeal the ten hours' clause before it can come into operation . . The mode adopted by these parties is exceedingly ingenious , but at the same time so transparent , that it can deceive no one as to its real character . They have formed what they call a c < Millowners '
Association , " but this association does not tike upon itself the task of soliciting a repeal of the law . That is to be . done by the factory * operatives themselves , for whose signatures the " Associated Millowners" have _ prep ared a petition , in which , they set forth , am * ng other reasons for repeal , tliafc the limitation of the hours of labour to : ten , will come into operation at a time when the petitioners would otherwise be able , as they reasonably expect , hy working eleven hours , to make up , though but partiall y , for the severe loss they are now undergoing .
We very much mistakethe character of the factory operatives if they can be either cajoled or coerced into the signing of such a petition . They are much better political economists than their employers , and are not to be duped by such specious fallacies : The late movement among them for a total cessation of labour , rather than submit to a reduction of wages , showed clearly to what causes they attributed former reductions . They know that it is because markets cannot be found fast
enough for the goods they have formerly produced , that so many thousands of them have been so long unemployed , and that thousands more have heen working short time ; and they have come to the conclusion that it would be much better to work under such regulations as would spread the employment equally over the year , rather than work unreasonable hours' at one period , with no other result than to speedily glut the markets , and be tl . rown idle at another .
Of what advantage ; would it be to the operatives to have this clause repealed , and to accept eleven hours instead , as a final settlement of the question , as the millowners' petition states they will ? The additional six hours a week , we imagine , would add but very slenderly , indeed , to their wages , while it would greatly accelerate the glutting of the markets , and , consequently , hasten the time for shutting the milla again , i The question , after all , is one which does not rest upon random guess-work . B y careful calculations , based upon facts , we may approximate pretty closely to the true number of hours for which it is profitable or justifiable to
run the machinery . If Mr Cobden be right in some views he has recentl y expressed , there are neither markets nor cotton enough in the world to enable us to work ten hours a-day all theyear round . If trade was , as it ought to be , regulated with a view to preserve a proper proportion between supply and demand , the sudden variations , the tremendous panics , and the frightful sufferings they create would be unkuown . The inevitable tendency of the " let alone" principles is to produce such calamitous results . The passing ofthe Ten Hours'Act was a step in a direction in which we shall have to advance further , if we wish that trade should be placed upon a sound basis and carried on with general advantage to the community .
If the operatives were to aid , in the slightest degree , this movement , they would merely be playing into the hands of a fw selfish and greedy speculators , who are in haste to get rich , and care not at what cost , too , ihey do so . They would unsettle that which , it has taken many years to accomplish , and throw the factory hands again into the power of the masters , to be woiked or sent adrift as suited their convenience .
There ought to be no doubt as to the course which they will take . This movement of the associated millowners demands . an immediate counter movement from the Short Time Committees throughout the couatry . Parliament ought to know what the opinions of the operatives really are upon the subject . If they have changed , let the fact be kpown . If , as we believe , they have not changed , but still retain as earnestly and as firml y as ever , those views which years of toil and sad experience have deepl y implanted in their minds , then they owe it to themselves to undeceive the Legislature , and prevent it from being imposed upon by any false representation as to their
opinions . It is but reasonable to ask that an Act , which was carried by large majorities after unexampled discussion and agitation , shall at least have a fair trial . If , after ^ . that fair trial , it is found to he injurious , let it . be repealed by all means—but we must insist upon that repeal being based upon actual experience of its evil consequences , instead of the crafty anticipatory suggestions of the Millowners' Asssociation .
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NATIONAL DEFENCES . This question 1 ms recently excited general interest , in consequence of au alarm on the subject originally sounded by the Morning Chronicle . The writer , under the signature of " P . ' ' professed , however , to give not his own views , but those of the Duke of Wellington ; and the Duke himself has this week confirmed the statement , by a letter , in which he states hia opinions at considerable length . It appears that he has urged the matter upon the attention of several successive Govern-
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' .-, — , fj / VrMi . rili . H- _! L « JWTMTtfn ^ fflff ^ T * WBWr ^^ TrTrfTTTriV ^ walriMlliw "—r i -it © entsi but without effect , and the appeaiis * ow made for "that pressure from without /' wmWhaa become , in this country , the 'm » v ^ ing power / . ' of all Governments . AmoB ^ th © 4 uaserous articles which have been elicited ^ . tha IJarl of EUesmere contributed one , in which $ e . M \ y endorsed the . views ; of the ^ Duke , and drew a strong picture of the military weakness of Eng land .. The . grounds upon . which " . . the alarm is ' raised are certainly , not at all of a visionary character . They resolve themselves into two " great facts . ' ' The first is , that the application of Steam to War Vessels , and to ,, „ r '
Navigation generall y , . has utterly destroyed the insular advantages which previously constituted the greatest safeguard of England , and , for all practical purposes of warfare , have placed it . nearly in the same position as a Continental country . The second is , that there is a strong disposition to take advantage of these means , at all events , in one nation and that the great wealth , and comparatively defenceless position of Great Britain , offers a powerful temptation to all nations , to which the general feeling—excited by British policy » -oh the Continent , is not unlikely to act as
an auxiliary incitement . France is the quarter from which a war of aggression and an invasion is most imminent . However much the fact may be deplored , every grade of society in that country seems to be animated by a deadly hatred to this country . Of course we do not mean to say that there are not exceptions to this statement , but it impossible to glance at the literature of France—at the speeches in its Halls of legislation—at the orations deli ' vered e # en at the banquets of the Reforming and Democratic party , without perceiving that this is the feet . The memory of the long war
: ; in which'England , by a profuse expenditure of blood and treasure , " put down the efforts of France for the right to choose its own forms of government , , and its own rulers , has eaten fike a cancer : into the national mind ; and the : crowning victory flf Waterloo is alike hateful , for thrusting back upon France the branch of the bourbons which it had expelled from ' | p ^ er-f ^ and ^ for inflicting upon the amour ' $ & $ & of dUsiiMf Essentially military , a disgrace which it naturally longs for a fair opportunity © f wiping off . It is only necessary to call to recollection
Prince Joinville ' scelebr / ated pamphlet , written immediately after a visit to Queen Victoria , forth $ purpose of showing how easy it would he VithiS ^^ steam ^ rs , and a comparatively smSit % i || p ^ tn ) ops , to take possession of this ^^^^ Snd 1 ; o the '' emp hatic declaration of M . iBSara-Sbllin , at > late Reform Banquet , as ieportod in 4 his ^ aper , "That there was : yet a ^ terloo . ^^^ ge , '' in ordesr to perceivs the natu ^ fipl ^ eaeral feeling of France toward s Eng ^ | g ||^ ow soon the circumstances may occur- ^ hsc ^ vwill favour the , open manifestation of that feeling * it is impossible to fix precisely . But the time cannot bs distant . The death of Louis Philippe Jwill , in all probability , " cry
havoc , and let slip the dogs of war . " Come when that event may , it will almost inevitably lead to an internal struggle in France . The new dynasty is not so deeply rooted as to preclude all hope of its overthrow by the various parties inimical to it , and there is scarcely any measure which wqul & create more general popularity for any ^ par ^ # secure more ardent support , than the pro ^ p ^ tlpn to pay off some of the old debts of hsadufeSor revenge owing to " perfidious Aibiigpgg ... Were ; - @ iB attempted , in what position should we be iii tb ; repel such invasion ? The , Duke of Welhhgtphrrand within the last few days his
opinions have been endorsed by the Ban oi Eilesmere ^ ays we should be utterly powerless We have neither the requisite fortifications and defences for our coast—our great estuaries , nor our rich populous commercial towns . We have only a very few thousand regular troops at home , the great bulk of our standing army being scattered among our far extended colonies ; and our ^ navy , though powerful ) is altogether unequal to the task of maintaining a complete cordon round an island , almost every point of which is available for the landing of an invading army . In the absence of these artificial defences and
trained troops , what have we to fall hack upon in the case of invasion ? Nothing but " the courage and pluck of Englishmen . " But mere instinctive bravery is no match for armed and disciplined bodies of soldiers , acting in combination , under the orders of skilled commanders . Lord Eilesmere , in short , considers the case so hopeless , that he says , " If the French were to appear at one end of London , the wisest movement that the Guards could make , would be to march out at the other . For , the rest , three howitzers would be sufficient , and the Lord Mayor would soon be busy with the details of billets , and whatever contribution might be accepted as a commutation for indiscriminate plunder . "
Such , then , is the position to which , with reference to self-defence , the money-mongers , the stock jobbers , the manufacturers , and the shopkeepers—the whole tribe of Mammon worshippers—who , for the last half century have ruled us , have reduced this country ! The " Old England , " whose " flag has braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze , " and whose historic annals include a series of victories
which stretch from Waterloo back through centuries to Cressy and Agincourt , now trembles at the thought of 50 , 000 men landing on her own shores . The wealth which their whole souls have been absorbed in heaping up , and in the pursuit of which they have introduced a policy which has disarmed the masses , and all but emasculated them , now lies the easy prey of the first bold and unscrupulous enemy who chooses to stretch forth his hand to take it .
Never was retribution more signal ! Theexclusivenessof the aristocratical classes , and the selfishness of the middle classes , have both tended to one point . Neither of them dared to permit the masses , either to learn the use of arms , or to have them in their possession . They knew how they robbed them of their just rights , and under the influence of this " conscience which makes cowards of us all , " they systematically and gradually repressed whatever military feeling or aptitude existed among the people , The militia have not been called up for years , and with the exception of a few gamekeepers , sporting men , and poachers , there are but few men in England who know how to holdjor fire off a gun .
This is a state of things which is disgraceful to the parties who have brought it about , and ought to be . immediately remedied . We do not mean to advocate unlimited armies or expensive fortifications . That an increase in the regular forces may be necessary , in the first instance , we believe ; that extensive additions ought to be made forthwith in our coast de fences , is certain ; but our main reliance , and it ought also to be the great strength of the government , is in the people themselves . The best and surest defence of a nation will be found in giving its population an interest in defending it . If the legislature is wise , it will knock down at at once all the barriers which
exclude the masses from a full participation in political power . They will then feel that they are , in reality , freemen , not slaves in the land of their birth . The next thing to be done is , 'to give each man " a , stake in the public hedge . " Let him have something to defend , and teach him how to defend it . One hundred thousand small farmers , each having his homestead , and his three or four acres of land to protect , and able to bring a stalwart son or two to the struggle , if . necessary , would be a more powerful and effective barrier against
ipf asion than twice the number of mere hirelings , however abl y drilled and disci plined . If the agitation of the subject awaken the ruling classes to the dangerous and suicidal nature of their past policy , it will j be a beneficial thing for all parties . Let them be assured that the thinking working men of this country will not be induced to sacrifice themselves to prop up hereditary monopoliser maintain the more galling and oppressive dominion of the traders ; who coin their toil and sweat into gold , but leave them the mere offal aa their
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PUBLIC REVENUE . The Revenue Befctifaa M fck financial year and quarter , which were published on Thursday ,- show a very considerable falling off in amount . The decrease on the year as compared with 1816 , is 2 , 217 , 454 / . ; the decrease on the corresponding quarter 1 , 155 , 3131 ; the departments in which the greatest decrease has taken p lace are | sr ^ se ly thosd which , are usually taken as an indication of the prosperous or adverse condition of the people—the Customs and theExcifiSi The decrease on the
year in the Customs i * 295 ^« 7 i , iit ths Extase 790 , 504 £ , considerably , more than oneihtMM the total decrease . I ^^ g at the ^| 3 fiejr > we find that nearly oni ^ Mlf of the t & 0 ' ^ - crease in the Estcise has oaurred ' . djjjri ^ % last quarter . This shows that-a gJF ^^ sjffi ^; tion of comforts and of necessaries nsifefe *^ taken place amongst the working , and the less wealthy of the middle classes , and that the commercial crisis has been gradually increasing its calamitous pressure upon tha country This state ofthe revenue will necessitate a revision of our system of taxational an early period of the Session . We trust that the
principle of direct taxation upon property will be still farther extended . If Sir R . Peel was in office it would be certain to be so ; but we much doubt whether Lord John and his wooden Chancellor have . courage enough , to venture upon such , a course If they do not , but follow their old plan of resorting to temporary expedients to meet the urgencies of the moment , they will in due time find themselves in the same position as when they were driven from office in 1841 , by the general consent of the people , and the propertied classes will be subjected-to a much more stringent measure than probably even Peel would propose at the present time .
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MiaOKLLAHEOlZt . Tub BvhVX or Fiekt-streit . —Mr Editor , for tho . last elev « n years I h & ve talisnin the Weekly . Disfatcb . and for the last five years I have regularly filed that paper and have them in my possession , but having lately rifid their wilful abuse of F . O'Connor , Egg ., M . P .. I have , from last Sunday , diacontinued it . I have , for many . yoars , read of the conduct of that gentleman , and have sorer heard or . read anything , derogatory to Mi character , ond until he does something wrong I sih & U place implicit confidence in him ; I am ti 6 tt & aub-- ( criber , as is also on * of nty children , to thfe Land Company , and the money I hava been payiojr for ths WaxKi . TDiBrATCH I shall paytowardg another tvro acre share for my other daughter , and if , through any unforeseen circumstances I shouldlose my money , I shall not crumble , as I am thoroughly convinced P .
O'Connsr ' s Intentions are good , and , for tha future ; I shall ha aconstantreaderofthe No & Tmev Stab , fours , truly , V 7 . Smith , broker , Ledbury , Herefordshire . This is to certify that the above declaration is perfectly correct in all its details . James F . McCobhack . Alex . Bvish , Sec . Ledbury , Colchester . —V 7 e ara compelled . to exclude the " Report * as its publication would causa as to be inundated by similar communications from all parts of the country . Wo have already great difficulty in providing- space tor ¦ the accounts of meetingi , & u . For such documents as that sent from Colchester it is impossible to Bad room . J . Dotle . —The time has gone by for any further notice ofthe subject of your letter . W . HiYwooD . —We have sent your letter to the directors . We cannot answer questions which it is their business to answer . IT . M . —No room .
Cbahtists of Great Bbitaih , —Tn a reeent number of the Nohcohfobmist we find the ex . rererend proprietor indulging in malignant sneering at Mr O'Connor , for Opposing the Coercion Bill for Ireland . As this man has twice been a candJdatefor parliament , and received on each occasion Chartist support , I think it behoves us to inquire on-what-ground we are to Assist in the election of a man that would attempt to undervalue or depreciate Mr O'Connor . Reasoning by analogy , it is right to assume that the man who sneers at another for opposing any measure would support such a measure if it were in his power . Now let me ask , what would your reflections be if thisman had been in the house to -have swelled the Ministerial majority ? Would his vote for the Charter , or separation of Church and State , i have been accepted as a compensation for such ! atrocity ! l am sure that you are too humane and disinterested to purchase support on such abominable con . ditions . Therefore , on all future occasions , let it be his
distingnisnel privilege to shift for himself , se far as you - are concerned . In another part of the same paper you will find an account of a lecture delivered in behalf of the new alliance , which was so' powerfully spiced with scripture , that it fascinated the tender tripe of all men whose good fortune it was to hear the 'inspired messenger . Now , working men , if there is any one character more d . ingerous ' and contemptible than another , it is the canting mawworm who seeks to renew the union between politics and religlon . by quoting scripture and interlarding his political statements with dogmas of a theological character . Beware of such men , and shun them . E . Rodehtsok , Plymouth , Sdoheditcu . —The suggested alteration in tbe petition has been forwarded to the Directors . 'Stabs' foh Ireland . —Henry Hargreaves strongly urges tho English Chartists to send conies of the Stab to Ireland . Stabs addressed to Mr Samuel Kushton , 31 , Laneaiter . street , York-street , Belfast , will bo faithfully distributed .
E . Robertson , Plymouth , has sent a reply te ' Pro Patria's' last letter , but we cannot see the utility of continning the discussion . We give the following extract ! from Mr R . ' s letter : —In reply to' Pro Patrla , ' I beg to state that I have no objection to the exercise of tho privilege which « to the injured doth belong' of giving offences-, but he has not answered ray question as to the nature of the offences that are to he forgives bjr virtue of a ' general law , further than by allusion to Messrs O'Connor and M'Douall How was Cooper ' s behaviour relished when he ¦ charged Mr O'Connor with embezzling the fund of the Land Com . pany to support the Kobtbebv Stab . » Did not resolutions pass in every locality , testifying , in very strong language , the indignation felt at his conduct ? I was present at the Convention , and voted for his expulsion , in conjunction with the other delegate ? , as there was
no law in existence by virtue of which he was to give offence unscathed , and , therefore , you will perceive that I signally failed in exercising the privilege which to the injured doth belong * of forgiving Cooper for the part he acted , When I stated that Chartists had nothing to do with private character in their political capacity , I meant thereby to deny their right of sitting ih judgment upon their fellow . men for any other than political offences .. With respect to the poltti . oal movement here , I regret to state that it is not in my power to effect any . beneficial result at present ,, as tha golden keys ardin the keeping of a few , who expelled me as an enemy to democracy in the latter end of August last ; consequently , with the exception of Mr West ' s visit , I have taken no part in the political movement since , nor shall I ( with the exception of attending
public meetings , no matter by whom convened ) do more than battle the cemmon enemy as often as » chance offers .-E . RoBERTsojf . ~ Plym < mth , Jan . 3 rd , 1848 . Mr C . Connor , Ludlow . —Your six shillings was sent to tho Land Company's Office , as soon ' as possible after being received at the ^ StAB Office . | J ® "I havo to request that persons will retrain from sending monies to me for purposes not connected with the Northern Stab , w . Hides , J . Gaunett . — Yes , if a ' moderate' report was sent in good time . C . Sprinohah—The paper can be sent , but each paper will cost 3 d . postage . T . G ili , Wakefield . —Received . Shall be attended to . The ioth or Janoabt . — Members of the . iand Company are hereby reminded , that aU levies must be paid on or before tne 10 th inst ., to entitle them to hare their names placed in tho ballot box , at the' balloting on the 17 th inst .
D . P ., Glasgow . —A shilling a year is the required subscription . Members m . vy give more if they think proper . Address to Julian Harney , Noethebn Star Office . Ddrhah . —Members who have paid up tha full price of their shares are liable for ooth local and general levies . Wiixiam HnrcHiNs , —The money ( query ) has been re . ceived and credited to your branch , you roust see the secretary of your branch , and inform him thatyou have paid the money . Mr Seax-, Leicester . —Your London Agent ought toaupply the specimen , rr * The Belfast MAu .-Several of our Chartist friends wish to know the price of the volume of poems , bv Prancls Davis , reviewed in our last . P V ^ - ; , Printer- -In reply to . his communicaUoB , Mr O connor is perfectly aware that one of the virulent opponents ofthe Land Plan is a notorious Sedsmite . w . RHODEs .-Memborsvfho have been fortunate in the ballot stof ourie
, mu , r- , pay all general andlocal levies , indeed , they , above others , are bound to pay them , xaembers who have paid more than the sum required tor expenses , must be allowed to remain uponjthe books of the Company , until the expenses amount te the wnolo sum paid , when they will cease to have any claim . Okb ot thb Mob . — The amount of snhscription to an . title to one-year '* membership in-the . National Charter Association is four shillings nnd twopence . The money to be sent to Mr 0 . Doyle , at tho office of the National Land Company , from whom copies ofthe National Petition can b « had . MicnAEi , TfABB . —We believe that Arthur O'Connor was arrested at Slieerness ; he was tried at Maidstone . A Qoebb Question . —We commend the following to the consideration of the friends of discussion who may be hard-up for a subject on which to try their debating powers : —
„ , « R adford , Notts . « Sir , —Having received a Christmas gift , we wish to know if the lafrs . of equality ^ would make any difference in the distribution of "j § e gift between men and boys , or between superiority of labour ? ' We are , truly yours , RADfoao Chabtibts , LEQAI . NOriCB , —A j I bar * a considerable number of cases on hand , raq . ulriBg ulterior prooaediuge , I mutt . In order to eswble me ta do justioo to ay clients , decline
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receiving until further aotic « any more legal corres . pondsnee ( except sveh as relates to eaies fa h ^ d ) whether for the Stab or otherwise . ' * . ALL LETTERS CONTAINING HEW CASES ,
WILL REMAIN UMOTIOED . $ r" Lettiji to bi Aouasasro ih pottos to hb AT IS , GMAT WlHDMltt . BTMET , - HaIMASKST Eyen should fresh cases be accompanied by fees ' they will not be attended to . ' Lombon . Ernest Jomss U , Hon ors , Blackburn .-In order that I may get through jour ca »» , and some , hundred , of others ia which » ome progress has already been n , ( y 0 tt wUi aee from this week ' s Stab , that I have come to the determination to attend to no fresh cases . W « HouoHiotf , Blackburn . —I must give a similar reply to your last lefer with that which I have given to your neighbour , V ? m Howarth . W 0 . R ., LeadgatSi —Wre me the name and addrem o ? tbe ' mortgagee , and I will write to bim . I do not hnow , however , that I can do any good unless I see a copy of
your grandfathers win . 8 ahobl Smith . —I hope to be able to gire my further at . tention to J . Kibley ' a case be / ore long . See what I hava said above , under the head ¦ T 7 m . Howarth . ' E . M . Coventry . —To nullify the marriage you must pr oceed in the Ecclesiastical Court ; but , to set it aside , there must bo clear proof of the insanity , and the pro * ceedlngs would be expensive . If I saw the proofs which you could bring forward , I should be better able to judge of your chance of success . Chablottb , Manchester . - The mother of the illegitimate child must affiliate it ; and should the father put her upon proof of hia being the father , she must beprepared with evidence to show that he has admitted that it ia his child ; evidence that the child was placed under the care of his ( the father ' s ) mother , and that he contributed to its support , would , I think , be sufficient proof
,. _ of'his having admitted himself to be the father ; but if : / any further evidence can be adduced , it may be as well fetft-bring it forward . : 3 < CflANBKiEi , Bridgetown , Glasgow . —As you have got a copy of Charles Connor ' s will , send : mo a copy of such copy , and give me the address of the executor , and I will tea what I can do for you ; but , should I succeed ; I should be ashamed of myself If I were capable of taking any aucb . fee as you offer me : one tenth part of the sum you offer wsula be quite aJ much as I should think of . —Along letter ( with neither name of place or person ) absut the enclosure of a common ; about the opinions of Counsellor * Chitty and Clarke ; about something teat Lord Deoman Ha & said ; about Mr Marriott , and about George Strutt ; and various other peri on * mi
things ; but in evsry particular so unintelligibly stated , that I am quite ^» loss to understand it . If tha writer will send ? copies oi the cases laid before Counsellors Chitty and Clarke , and of their opinions I shall most likely see what the case is about , and will ad . riseaponit , ' - ' -: ¦ ' ¦ Oeobob Uiliisb , Batley Caw . —Before I anawer your casei you must inform me if the machinery which your sod was injured is one which is required by law to b « fenced or guarded ; whether your son , when he was injured , was employed about his usual and prober busi . ness ; whether boys of fourteen are commonly employed where such s machine is used as that by which your son was injured ; and if your son ' s injury was to . ha Sascribod to any special . or unusual cause or circum-Kstanco .
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Mysterious Dbash —An inquest was held before Mr Bedford , at the Bedford Head , Maiden-lane Covent-g & rdeu , en the body of Mr William Hancock , Kged sixty-seven , newsvender , Ac . The deceased carried on business at li . Maiden-lane . In Oct ., 184 S , a cataract formed in both his eyes , for which ha had since been under medical treatment . His affliction preyed upon ha mind , and in September last lie attempted suicide by jumping off a Graresenfi steamer into the rirer . On Wednesday morning , tho 29 th tilt ., hia vrife , on waking , discovered deceased lying across the bed with Ma head hanging over the side and a deep wound in his throat . Mr Thompson , surgeon , of Tavatock-rtreet , was sent for , and sewed ' up the wound , and deceased seemed
to be recovering . On Sunday evening he became much excited , the vrbahd gaped open again , and Mr Thompgon was fetched , but he died shortly afterwards . The wound had been inflicted with a table knife . Mr Thompson not undertaking to say that the wound ( which nad escaped the large vessels ) waa ttiecauso of death , which might hare ensued from , soma internal disease , the coroner thought it important that the memory of deceased should not ba branded with the crime of self-murder , and adjourned the inquiry for the purpose of ' A post mortem examination'of the body . Condition oy the Working Classes . — In Rocltdalewid Middleton unemployed factory hands may rtill be seen strolling about the streets begging , but there is a prospect of some of the factories that have been standing being set to work . Last week , the . machinery in the two factories occupied by
Mesara . James Prockter and Song , who lately stopped payment , has been sold , and the purchasers , it is said , are going to commence working the concern . The theatre was opened last week , but out of five nights , for which performances were advertised , there were only three on which the actors appeared . On the others , the . few persons that attended had their money returned to them , as it was useless acting to empty 'benches . This arises entirely from stagnation in . trade . When times are good , the Rochdale theatre is almost supported by gallery attenders . bnt short time and bad trade have crippled the means of both . Stokeslby . —About one hundred printers , machine-men , bindersr stitchers , and folders , employed at Mr Pratt ' s wholesale printing establishment , partook of tea on the 31 st ultimo , provided by Mrs Pearson , the White Swan Inn . The evening was scent to the satisfaction of ell .
Saaious Acctdknt at the Eusrojf-SQiriHB Station or thk Norih-Wkstebs Railway Compaht . —On Thursday morning , at about half-past ten o ' clock , an accident , which might have been attended with very serious consequences , occurred at the North-Western Railway Station , Boston Square . For some tima past , there have been erecting at the station extensive ranges oi new buildings for the use of the company . These buildings are being erected by the Messrs Cubitt , and are now approaching their completion . This morning suddenly the whole ef
the side wail of the newly-ereoted vestibule , which is nearly completed , gave way , and fell with a terrific crash , burying in the ruins eleven persons ( men and boys ) who were employed in its erection . Assistance was immediately procured , and the unfortunate sufferers baring been extricated from the rains , were at once conveyed to the . hospital ; Three of them were injured bo slightly as to be able at once to proceed to their homes , the remainder were taken into the hospital , and one of the unfortunate persona is since dead . A deaf and dumb man is now the foreman of a printing office at Cork . , .
The island of Barbadoes is se densely populated that it contains a population of 731 inhabitants to the square mile . The first soiree of the Glasgow Athenaeum waa held on Tuesday last , and the chair was taken on the occasion by Mr Charles Dickens . Directions have been issued by the customs' authorities to admit all parcels of wild nutmegs , out ofthe shell , at the duty of-5 d . per lb . The Cottbmbam Fire . —The man who set fire to Mr Mayle ' s premises has made an ample confeesien of hU guilt . On Sunday night last , James Hayes , a native of Orantchester , who , up to the Saturday
preceding the fire , had been in Mr Mayle's employ , called upon him and stated that he set fire to the premises , but that he had no particular motive in so doing , nor did he bear . any ilUwiU to Ma master of whom and whose kindness he speaks in the highest terms . Hayes was examined on Monday , and fully committed for trial at the assizes . A public meeting of the City women ' s men willba held at the Bull and Bell , Ropemaker-street , Finabury , on Monday evening , January 17 th , Tlie Stepney shoemakers will meet at the Globe and Friends , Commercial-road East , on Tuesday evening , January 18 th .
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NOTICE TO DEPOSITORS . NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . 493 , New Oxford Street , London , 24 th December , 1847 .
WITHDRAWALS FROM BANK . The period of pressure in the Money Market having now passed , during which parties having funds in the Deposit Department of the National Land and Labour Bank were allowed to withdraw money to any amount , on demand , it is found necessary , both for the better security of Depositors , and for the convenience of the Bank , to re-establish the
principle of Notice for withdrawals over a certaia amount , and the following is the rule established for all Deposits to he received after the date hereof . The same rule applies to all Deposits made since the 2 nd October last , when the rules were tempora rily suspended , except where the Depositors may object , in which case they are required to withdraw their funds before the 20 th January next—failing which , they will be held to have acceded to the rules .
Sums not exceeding £ 10 . may be withdrawn on demand ; Q ?« ria 0 ., 4 nid not exceeding £ 20 ., seven days ' . notice required ; Over * 2 0 ., and not exceeding J 650 ., fourteen days ' notice required ; Exceeding £ 50 ., one month ' s notice required . The notice te be computed from the date of the receipt of such notice at the Bank Office in London , and the money will be paid or remitted on the 8 th , 15 th , and 29 th days respectively from such date . A copy of this notice will be sent to each persoa having made a ^ y deposit since 2 nd October last , at : his or her last address , during the ensuing week .
Persons not having received printed certificates for funds paid ia before 1 st November , 1847 , are re quested to apply for them forthwith . By order of the Proprietor , Thomas Prick , Manager ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08011848/page/4/
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