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We understand that the Directors of the East India
Association of this city have agreed to an address to Sir
Henry Pottinger, and that two of their number, who are
deputed to present the same, are also charged to invite
Sir Henry to a public dinner. The proposal appears to be
most favourably received, and gives promise of a large
aid 8101/ Foilmtible krrout.—Cflugeto kph

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
PRIVY COUNCIL, Dec. 10.
THE LIEUTENANT-GOYERNOR OP GUERNSEY.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Mr. BURGE, on behalf of the petitioners, spoke at
great length, and having concluded his address,
Mr. S. WORTLEY followed on the same side, but not
haying finished shortly atter four o'clock, when their
Lordships rose, the further consideration of the case was
postponed till Thursday morning at ten o'clock.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 10.
(Nisi Prius Sittings before the Lord Chief Baron and
Special Juries.)
SCOTT V. O'BRIEN.

This was an action for an assault. The parties are
well known to the sporting world, and, judging from the
crowded state of the Court, the case seemed to excite
considerable interest amongst the persons connected
with the turf.
Mr. COCKBURN (with whom were Mr. Hance and Mr.
James) stated the facts of the plaintiff's case very nearly
as they afterwards appeared in evidence. He added,
however, that the plaintiff, smarting under the wrong
done him by the defendant, who was greatly his su-
perior in physical force, on the day on which the assault
occurred sent a friend to the defendant to demand that
satisfaction which, however improper, it was not unusual
under such circumstances for one gentleman to receive
from another. Mr. O'Brien declined meeting Mr.
Scott, whether upon any assumed ground of superiority,
or because he was opposed to that relic of barbarism,
duelling, ho (the Learned Counsel) did not pretend to
say. Under those circumstances, Mr. Scott brought his
action, and he had no doubt that a jury of gentlemen
would afford him ample redress for his outraged feelings.
Mr. Langley was the first witness called.—He de-
posed that he was outside Westminster Hall on the
Ist of July last, when the famous " Running Rein case"
was tried, in which Mr. Wood was the plaintiff, and
Colonel Peet the defendant. His attention was
attracted by the noise occasioned by a scuffle,
and ho observed Mr. O'Brien following and striking
at Scott, whom he was driving backwards.
When witness first saw them both parties were on
their legs, but on a sudden he missed Scott, and pre-
sently after, pressing his way forward, beheld Scott, with
one knee in the gutter and the other on the kerb-stone.
Scott was holding up his hand as if to defend himself,
and whilst in this position, O'Brien hit him deliberately
in the face and other parts of the body. Scott was
knocked down. Some friends afterwards assisted him to
rise, and he was put into a cab and drove off. O'Brien
had a blue ring on his finger encircled with gold. Scott's
face was much cut about the nose, his eyes were swollen,
and he appeared a good deal hurt. O'Brien is a much
taller, stronger, and younger man than Scott.
Cross-examined—Witness did not see the beginning
of the affray. Did not know that Scott bet on commis-
sion for Running Rein. Knew that on the day of the
trial there was betting going on outside Westmiaster
Hall as to the result.

Captain Hugh Brabazon Higgins stated that he was
outside Westminster Hall on the Ist of July. There
were a great number of persons assembled connected
with the turf. Witness was walking with Captain Garth
when Mr. Scott joined them. It was about two o'clock
in the after noon when witness observed O'Brien ap-
proaching. He seemed so much excited that witness re-
marked to Captain Garth that he looked very warlike.
As O'Brien passed witness, Captain Garth and Scott, he
said, addressing Captain Garth, " How can you walk
with that wretch ?" Witness had no doubt the observa-
tion was meant for Scott. Scott immediately re-
plied by saying, " What do you mean, you thief?"
O'Brien then attempted to take a stick out of Captain
Garth's hand, but did not succeed. lie then rushed at
Scott, struck him several blows, and knocked him down.
Scott got up with an intention of defending himself, but
was immediately knocked down again. In fact he had
no chance -whatever. Witness observed O'Brien take
plaintiff by the hair of the head, and inflict on him se-
veral blows whilst plaintiff was stretched at full length
on the fiagway. There was no further provocation for
the assault than what witness had stated. Witness saw
plaintiff in a day or two after, and his face still bore
marks of the assault. Witness had heard there was a
dispute between plaintiff and defendant, which was re-
ferred to Captain Rous, who had decided in Scott's fa-
vour. Witness had also heard that defendant had given
the plaintiff the guarantee of a most respectable gentle-
man for payment of his debt. Was not walking arm-in-
arm with the plaintiff when the assault took place.
Knew plaintiff, but not intimately. Had dined with
him once. Also knew defendant by meeting him at
Tattersall's and elsewhere. Scott was at Tattersall's the
evening of the day on which the assault was committed.
Mr. Travers, the eminent surgeon, was called to prove
that he saw the plaintiff shortly after the accident, when
his face exhibited some severe contusions.

By the LORD CHIEF BlRON—Witness did not know
that the plaintiff was going to Tattersall's the same
evening, or else he should have advised him, as matter
of precaution, not to have done so.—(A laugh.)
Mr. Peel remembered being at Limmer's Hotel, in
Conduit-street, on the 4th of June last. It was the set-
tling day for the Oaks. O'Brien came in and inquired
for Scott. He appeared much excited, and used threaten-
ing language as regarded Scott. Shortly after, witness
met Scott coming into Limmer's Hotel, and advised him
not to come in, as O'Brien was so much excited. Scott
came in, however, and spoke to O'Brien, upon which a
violent altercation ensued, the particulars of which wit-
ness does not recollect.

Cross-examined—Witness knows O'Brien. Advised
Scott not to come in, to prevent a row, but he insisted
on doing so. Heard Scott say yesterday that he would
fight O'Brien for 1,000/. This was at Limmer's Hotel.
Scott was joking about thi3
Mr. Gregory. M.P. for Dublin, was at Limmer's Hotel
on the 4th of June, and gave the same account of the
occurrence there as had been given by the last witness
(Mr. Peel). This witness understood that O'Brien
charged Scott with saying something prejudicial to his
character.

Mr. JERVIS (with whom was Mr. Petersdorff) then
addressed the jury for the defendant. It was now quite
clear that Mr. O'Brien believed that Mr. Scott had been
propagating reports on the turf prejudicial to his honour,
and that ho had been anxious to obtain an explanation
from him. Stung with these imputations, which were
as slanderous as they were unfounded, and which went
to charge Mr. O'Brien with being a levanter, and de-
sirous of escaping from his honourable engagements.
Mr. O'Brien, ucon seeing Mr. Scott walking with
Captain Garth and Captain Higgins, did use the expres-
sion " wretch," as deposed to. Now " wretch" was an
unmeaning word, it might mear. anything; but the word
" thief," which Mr. Scott used in reply, was far more
offensive, especially when applied by him to Mr. O'Brien.
The defendant could not receive a greater provocation,
and he inflicted such chastisement on Mr. Scott, as any
one, under such circumstances, might expect from a man
whose temper was not under perfect control. As to the
challenge to fight a duel, the action was commenced the
very next day, and Mr. O'Brien could not be expected to
treat a man as a gentleman who asked for gentleman-
like satisfaction with a writ in his pocket. The Learned
Counsel submitted that the smallest damages would
satisfy the justice of the case.
The LORD CHIEF BARON thought that a gentleman
who applied the word " wretch" to another must not be
surprised if the word " thief" was retorted. There
was no evidence that the plaintiff had previously done
the defendant any injustice. It only appeared that they
were not on good terms. On the whole, he thought it a
very proper case to bring before a jury, who would award
the plaintiff such damages as he seemed entitled to, not
merely in regard to his physical sufferings, which were
not very serious, but as a compensation for the injury
inflicted on his feelings.
The jury, after a short -consultation, returned with a
verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1001.

SUFYLING V. NURSE, OVENDEN, AND MURPHY.
This was an action for entering the plaintiff's dwel-
ling-house without a search-warrant, ransacking his
drawers, &c., and taking away a pair of spectacles, &c.
Mr. Watson and Mr. Ifumfrey, were for the plain-
tiff ; and Messrs. Jervis, Chambers, and Rawlinson for
the defendants.

It appeared that the plaintiff, who was a person ad-
♦anced in life, and who bad formerly been in the army,
was lately employed in the Polytechnic Institution in
Regent-street; but, in consequence of some breach of the
regulations of the establishment, had notice to quit.
Some platina having been missed from the rooms, sus-
picion fell, though without any just cause, as it ap-
peared, on the plaintiff, and on the morning of the 19th
of March last the defendant Ovenden, who was a police-
man, accompanied by Murphy, who was also a porter at
the establishment in Regent street, entered the plaintiff's
lodging in Marylebone-street, whilst the plaintiff and hie
wife, who was in extremely delicate health, were in bed,
ransacked their drawers, looked over their letters, be-
haved with some rudeness, and took away a pair of
German silver spectacles belonging to Mrs. Surfling,
because they were contained in a case which appeared
to have been brought from the Polytechnic Institution.
On the same day, between two and three o'clock in
the afternoon, Ovenden, the policeman, retarned with Mr.
Nurse, who is, it appeared, one of the directors of the
Polytechnic Institution, and a magistrate of the county.
Nurse expressed a strong suspicion of plaintiff's honesty,
and charged the plaintiff with having letters of his in his
possession, which the defendant denied. The letters
were then searched, but none addressed to Mr. Nurse
could be discovered, but it turned out the spectacles had
been fairly purchased by Mrs. Surfing from a vendor at
the Institution, who stamped his address on the articles
sold there. Mrs. Surfling's health was so much injured
by the proceedings adopted by the defendants, that her
husband had to call in a medical attendant, who con-
tinued in attendance for some weeks, and whose charges
amounted to 141. Bs.

The defence was, that the defendants had acted bona
fide upon reasonable grounds of suspicion, and without
any unnecessary harshness.
The LORD CHIEF BARON thought that there was no
case made out against Murphy, and directed his acquit-
tal. Ile was clearly of opinion, however, that Mr. Nurse
and the policeman hat' acted illegally in searching the
plaintiff's lodgings without a warrant. If Mr. Nurse
was a magistrate, as stated, be ought to have known
better. The plaintiff was clearly entitled to some com-
pensation for the inconvenience and annoyance he and
his wife suffered at the hands of the defendants.
The jury found for the plaintiff, with 501. damages
against Nurse and Ovenden, and acquitted Murphy.

ADVERTIBEMENT.—An astonishing cure of an in-
ward cancer in the lower part of the stomach.—Mrs.
Quinn, residing at No. 4, Back-lane, St. George's-in-
the-East, had been in three hospitals
them
about eighteen
months, and was discharged from as incurable.
She was in this state when the ointment was rubbed in
all over the regions of the diseased parts, as salt is forced
into meat, which effected a cure as speedily as though the
inward part had been palpable to the eye. Any internal
sores, tumours, aches, or pains may be cured in the like
manner. Sold at Professor Holloway's establishment,
244, Strand (where advice may be had /Fads), and by
almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout
the Oilirwed world.

WINTER ASSIZES.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 9.
_ (Before Mr. Justice CoLERIDGI.)
._
__

His Lomistur sat this morning at the Guildhall, for
the purpose of trying Joseph Steadman Maddison. aged
38, who was charged with having, on the 12th of June
last, and on subsequent periods, being at that time a
clerk in the employ of Mr. Swan, i❑ the city of York,
feloniously embezzled 101. and other sums, the property
of Mr. George Swan.
This case has excited a great deal of interest, not only
in York but elsewhere, co that the court at an early hour
was crowded in an unusual manner.

Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Dearsley prosecuted the prisoner,
and Mr. Bliss defended him.

There were three principal counts in the indictment
and numerous minor counts. To the second principal
count Mr. Bliss took an objection—it stated three dis-
tinct receipts of money within the period of six calen-
dar months, but did not state the embezzlements to have
taken place within that period. The Learned Counsel
contended that this was not sufficient, and referred to a
decision of Mr. Justice Patteson in the "King v. Pur-
chase," reported in Carrington and Marshman, where
that Learned Judge had so held. After a slight dis-
cussion,

Mr. Wlmum said he saw the objection, and could not
contend with it.

The facts of the case may be very briefly narrated.
In 1842 crime was found to increase so rapidly in and
around York, and with such impunity did thieves carry
on their depredations, that a party of gentlemen esta-
blished themselves into a society for the protection of
the lives and property of persons in the neighbourhood,
and in order effectually to carry out their laudable pur-
pose, they employed a police force of their own to act
as patrols, within a circumference of 10 miles round
the city of York. The prisoner, who applied to them
for a situation, and whose application was backed with
the highest testimonials, was appointed the superin-
tendent of the whole of that force, at a salary of 21 per
week. At a subsequent period, to his other duties was
added that of collecting subscriptions in aid of the society,
and for this extra labour the prisoner was presented with a
bonus of 101., and he was allowed 5 per cent. upon all
subscriptions that he collected. All subscriptions it was
his duty, immediately on their receipt, to hand over to Mr.
Swan, the banker, of York, who acted in the capacity of
treasurer to the society, and was also a member of the com-
mittee, and to furnish a weekly return of all receipts.
Once every month also it was his duty to draw sums of
money from the bank for the payment of the police, and
he continued to draw from the bank for that purpose, up
to the 6th of July last, between 701. and 801 per month.
Since the month of January preceding, however, though
drawing these sums out, the prisoner had paid nothing
into the bank as subscriptions. When he applied there-
fore for more money on the 6th of July, Mr. Swan re-
fused to advance any more, and the consequence was
that on the Bth of July, two days afterwards, Maddison
bad disappeared from York. When next heard of he
was filling the situation of Procurator Fiscal in the town
of Dundee, where he had not been long, when finding
that he was likely to be " wanted" (as was alleged by the
prosecution), he wrote a letter to Mr. Anderson, who was
the secretary to the society, admitting that he might be
found to be in arrear with his accounts, and praying
that the committee would grant him a short time to
make all straight with them and his other creditors,
which he hoped soon to be able to do, as he had obtained
a good situation. Defalcations were found to exist in
his accounts, and hence the present charge.
Mr. It. H. Anderson was the first and principal wit-
ness called.—ln his examination in chief that gentleman
deposed to nearly all the facts as above detailed.
Cross-examined by Mr. BLISS--The prisoner had been
in the service of the society from December, 1842, till
July, 1844. I found him a diligent, efficient, and good
officer. He left some account-books behind him in the
office. lam not aware that he had to find horses at
any time for his men. I am not certain that the prisoner
said he bad expended the subscriptions which he had re-
ceived in his travelling expenses. He might have said
so. He did not, I think, say that his expenses amounted
to above 2001. a-year; but he frequently complained of
his salary, and wished to have it increased. The pri-
soner had on several occasions made verbal announce-
ments to me as to the state of his accounts, and has stated
an account of subscriptions received, an amount of sub-
scriptions in arrear, the sum paid over by him to the
bank, and the sum in his own possession. His expenses
no doubt were heavy, and I have heard that he suffered
some losses whilst in the service of the society.
Mr. John Hax by, of Easingwold, proved giving a sub-
scription of 101. to a policeman named Hare on the Ist of
April last, to hand over to Maddison on behalf of the
society.
Hare deposed to having delivered that sum to the pri-
soner on the Ist of April.
Mr. George Swan, the treasurer, deposed that it was
the prisoner's duty to hand over subscriptions to him
immediately on their receipt. He had nat paid to him
any subscriptions to the 22d of January.
This was the case for the prosecution.

Mr. Buss addressed a most able, ingenious, and argu-
mentative speech to the jury, and commented at great
length on the letter written by Maddison to Mr. Ander-
son, and contended that, so far from being a proof of
dishonesty, it showed an anxious desire to pay up his
arrears. This was the case of a man, happening to be in
arrear, leaving one situation to obtain a more profitable
one. Immediately on obtaining it he writes to the
secretary, communicating his address, stating his ap-
pointment and his salary ; admitting (without being
questioned) his arrears, and begging that the committee
would wait patiently but for a short time, when he would
pay up his arrears to the: society, and make all straight
with them and with the rest of his creditors. Was that
like a man absconding after having committed the crime
of embezzlement ? He had been in arrear before. He
had not always paid all up at least, and it was known at
the auditing of the accounts, which from time to time
occurred, that he was somewhat in arrear, yet they suf-
fered him to go on, and he did go on. He was anxious
to pay up his arrears, and he went to Dundee, that he
might the better and the sooner do so. From January
to July he paid no money into the bank ; the society
must have known that he had received subscriptions
during that time, and yet they asked him for no account.
He put it to the jury whether this was not simply the
case of a man in arrear with his creditors, and not that
of one feloniously embezzling the property of his em-
ployers. The Learned Counsel then called
Charles John Scott, who deposed that he was clerk to
the magistrates of Chester-le-Street. He knew the pri-
soner when he was superintendent of the Durham con-
stabulary force. He always acted honestly. Witness
went went round to the magistrates on Wednesday
last, and obtained a document in favour of the prisoner.
Cross-examined--I have never heard that the prisoner
had been guilty of forgery in Scotland. I never heard
such a thing mentioned till this moment.
Mr. Justice COLERIDGB then summed up. There was
no doubt that the prisoner had received money for the
society, which it was his duty to pay over to the treasurer.
There was no doubt that he had not paid it all over. The
question for the jury to decide was, whether the prisoner
had fraudulently kept back that money, and applied it to
his own purposes ?
The jury retired to consider, and after an absence of
about three hours returned a verdict of Guilty, with
strong recommendation to mercy, on account of his pre-
vious good character.—Sentence deferred.
Immediately after the summing up his Lordship left
the Guildhall, and proceeded to the Castle, where the
county cases were proceeded with as usual. The jury
remained at the Guildhall, and came to the Castle in
charge of an officer, as soon as they had agreed on their
verdict.

OXFORD C IR C IT.— Shrewsburv, Dec. 9.
(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.)
Richard Jones, aged 25, Thomas Jones, 21, Enoch Jones,
16, John Jones, 17, William Jones, 19, and Edward
Turner, 24, were indicted for a highway robbery, in
company, on the 20th of November last.
Mr. Corbett conducted the proescution. Messrs. Phil-
limore and Neale appeared for the prisoners.
Humphrey Richards, the prosecutor, an individual
who, to judge from his appearance, and the manner in
which he gave his evidence, was endowed with less in-
tellect than usually falls to the lot of even a Welsh
labourer, on entering the witness-box, being asked by
the Learned Counsel for the prosecution, if he could
speak English, replied, without hesitation, " No, Sir, I
cannot." This answer, as may be supposed, caused
some laughter, when the witness, apparently recollecting
himself, suddenly pretended that he could not understand
any observation made to him; after some coaxing, how-
ever, and the manifestation of much dogged reluctance,
be at length consented to make a sort of half-intelligible
reply to the questions addressed to him; this he con-
tinued to do for about an hour, when his sulkiness and
taciturnity put a stop to the further progress of the case,
and it was found necessary to swear an interpreter,
after which the business proceeded somewhat less tardily
than before.
It was a matter of some difficulty to arrange, in an in-
telligible form, the confused and broken statement of this
man. The following, however, seemed to be the sub-
stance of his complaint :
He resided at Gadon, in the parish of Llansillin, and
on the 20th of November went from his home to the
town of Oswestry, for the purpose of selling some oats,
for which he obtained 51. 55., and was returning about
eight o'clock in the evening, with the cash in his pockets,
when he deemed it advisable to turn into the Woolpack
for refreshment. Here he imbibed several pints of liquor,
and remained over his potations for three or four hours,
during which time several other parties came into the
kitchen where he was sitting, amongst whom were some
of the prisoners. It was proposed in the course of the
evening, as an intellectual amusement and a harmless
diversion, that the company present should try the
strength of their respective skulls by what is termed
" bumping heads," a proceeding to which the prosecutor
apparently might have safely engaged with the owner of
the thickest and hardest pericranium in the principality.
In accordance with this laudable suggestion, the prose-
cutor and another man, in order to prepare themselves
more readily for the encounter, took off their coats, and
ranging themselves, as did several other sapient couples,
on oppssite sides of the room, at a given signal they
all rushed together, and the weakest, as might
be anticipated, and, as usually happens, " went to
the wall ;" but the frequent repetition of this delightful
and exhilirating pastime was not, fortunately, attended
with any manifestation of ill humour, its monotony alone
probably, therefore, suggested its discontinuance, and
about half-past eleven the men parted for the avowed
purpose of returning to their respective homes. Hum-
phrey Richards walked some distance with a man of the
name of Sides, when they were overtaken by some of
their previous companions, one of whom challenged
Sides to fight. This was near a house called Perkington
Lodge. Six or seven men had at this time collected
round, and Sides was knocked down, and almost at the
same time a stone was cast which struck Richards on
the eye, and he received simultaneously a blow on the
back part of the head from a thick stick. This had the
effect of cutting open his head and knocking him down.
On rising he tried to run off in the direotion of Oswestry,

bat he was pursued and again knocked down. Willleg:
the ground several of his assailants tried to get at
pockets, and kicked and struck him violently for 80,11,.:
time, during which he kept crying out " Murder" lotleVi
After they left the prosecutor he rose and ran to a belej
standing in a field by the road side, where he Pun,
that he had lost 4/. 125., which was safe in his pocket
leaving the Woolpack. The injuries which Kiehl"—
sustained were of a tolerably severe nature ; a consider'
able quantity of blood flowed from the wound in by
head, and he was for some time incapacitated from P.
suing his avocations.
A great number of witnesses were called to subs'
tiate his testimony, but some discrepancies and inc°ll.
sistencies were apparent in their respective narratir7
originating probably in the obtuseness of their inte.;
lects, occasioned by the rough treatment to which thel '
heads had been subjected, and to the deep P°
tions they had imbibed.
The trial occupied the time of the Court nearly the
whole day, and terminated at a late hour in the eveningt
by a verdict of Guilty against all the prisoners, exeelli
William Jones. John Jones then received sentence
imprisonment, with hard labour, for six months, and
the rest for the term of twelve months.
DEC. 10, FOUR O'CLOCK, 174 • t
The business at this town had not terminated ill
twelve o'clock last night, when his Lordship wasst
sitting ; there yet remain some further unimportant ca—of
for disposal, which will probably occupy some polo
the day, whereupon the Learned Judge will proceeu, ,
Stafford this afternoon, this being the commission uk
for that county.

CAPITAL -LABOUR - COIVIP"
TITION-CO-OPERATION.

(From the Struggle.)
I know nothing so fatal to the interests of the
working class as the various attempts to set cars,
against labour, and to represent their interests et YS
riance with each other. There are certain agitaLt°.
who seem to study nothing else ; and though ta
cannot point to any good they have ever accomplieLef
yet such is their combative propensities, that t 0
seem to feel happy in pursuing no other care'
Capital is simply accumulated labour. The legs' Pli;
sessors of it cannot enjoy a single particle witlrbii
conferring part upon others. Manufacturing in to.
country requires large capital in order to coons
with other countries, and produce those cheap Artt
Tio
ifmj
which are an advantage to all consumers. The '
proprietor is but a trustee ; while he lives he get6l,ii
food, clothing, attendance, and indulgences for Pot
superintendence. All the rest goes, in one sbsPe ho
other, to pay labour, and when he dies, those
succeed him must resume it upon the same ter
otherwise it will be useless to them. Wealth sew'bo
a mill can never be carried away, and can never,h,
made productive without labour, and without *7 •
payment of labour. of
This hostility of labour to capital is a bralto
the community system, which, though it has e`
tried in various forms, has always proved abel;ii
There is no question that, if the co-operative plan,Ctbe
take the place of the competitive (as it is called), id
end would be gained, for very soon there 0.00,
be no capital to fall out with. Co-operetiol
doing away with individuality of interest, 11° of
produce an inactive, slothful, and jealous 11,1 by
people. Few exert themselves except pron3no
necessity. None work for the pleasure of lor't.
when others, who work less, are to reap equal be°e
eso
If we lived in a world where food and clothing /goes
as amply supplied as atmospheric air, we might bot
co-operate, and enjoy ourselves in communities,odo
it is impracticable when every man's living derbo
upon exertion. The beggar works none !mit
he can live with begging. The weaver works h°;;,,j;
at the latter end of the week, because he is f° .01
and the parson seldom makes his sermon till Fril,
or Saturday. It is, in fact, necessity that inWelsir
action. Man's invention and energies would be 5 ter,
nant, and the flood of labour in a state of backl
if deprived of the stimulant of individual interest' e'
The evils of competition are not such, nor so n7O.
rous, as are often represented. There may coecilshibit',
ally be two tea-shops, or two drapers' shops, ei tot
ing the bitter feelings of opposition to each other, the
it is not common. So far from this invalidating
individuality of interest, the greater number W°rosl
amicably, and with far less suspicion and jesito
than generally obtains among the co-cpertkee,,
With the exception of the time when a farm is
the farmers never seem to have the least feeliegof
opposition to each other. It is the same with tft,ho
the greatest number of operatives ; and though the
feeling is most manifest among shopkeepers, ye.,o no
greatest number of them, lam confident, toiS
feeling of hostility towards each other. The 5r
of individual interests cannot, in itself, produce
great degree of hostility. It is only when, by
e 6 0
laws, the scope for a living or for profit becoul
circumscribed, that these conflicts ensue. Whe o 'of;
pigs have plenty of potatoes, they enjoy and let eeiyo
but if food for twenty be thrown among forty'
the severest competition follows. Oil'
The remedies for the evils incident to ti n° tbs
petitive principle are not to be found "tris°
introduction of a system which, having been 01'
in a variety of provision establishments, has
ways broke down, and often left the c° *ll
rators greater enemies than other people.. the
might live on the community principle ifh_l,.ooil,
stock lasted ; but finding little or nothing Pr.'Af,
when supplies began to run short, the social
would soon snap asunder, and, like retreating s°olol'
from the field of battle, or like the members of atool
out, just broken up, every man, under an uunilootil
excitement of individual interest, would care for
but himself.
The true remedies for the evils of competitiqjiiil
these. First, to neutralise the feeling by preyt poll
plenty. I have seen lads, when nutting, shoo ivols
each other's eyes out when they met with s tool
bush well stored with nuts; but when each
with
with a bush, they were too much engaged wit' tvpl„l#
their pockets to annoy each other. When the 3,
pie at the table is large enough to allow plenti
every boy is satisfied with his own plate, tb°,°,o it
may contain a less portion than others ; but 11 vo,§
is clear that some must come short, the symPt0
a competitive feeling are not to be restrained. leple;
Another preventative is the inluence of beneOtop
pto
This is a part of our nature, and may be Plves to(
and matured by various influences. It
is
counteract and modify our conduct in the ptiA-na r
what might be considered strictly just. ober
.
proportion as bad laws deprive the people ° bog'
fair share of enjoyments, for the time °lye
nothing else to rely upon. Whilst the accilibef!'.
feelings prompt us to acquire for ourselves, the,., 010
volent feelings lead us to share our substel3':'ostice
the poor. The same feeling tells us to temrid tb°
with mercy, to avoid oppressing the weak
defenceless. 131111
Let these two remedies be adopted, and Weele
have many of the evils of a competing thogs
modified or removed, without destroyiei_nue
springs of action which are essential to the I"
ments of society.

THE COMIC MISCELLANY FOR 1845.---We
rougli;
quested to state that Mr. Colburn, of Great 3,farlb:ceilot.i
street, has this day published "The' Comic Id 0 i
for 1845," by John Poole, Eiq , author of otbOr.,'
Pry," B:c., in small Bvo., with a Portrait. of thetektb,
and an Illustration by Phiz, price 10s. 6d., eij 0,0°.;
bound, gilt edges, which can now be had of e- PP"'
sellers. Mr. Colburn has also just published the optee
ing new novels :-1. Hillingdon Hall, a Tale of 9. Or
Life, by the author of " Handley Cross," 3
Palais Royal, an Historical Romance, by tbt nefuols.'fd
" Henri Quatre; or, The Days of the League,'
vols.--thor °4.
Young Love, by Mrs. Trollope, 3 vols.-4. Art"tbor
del, a Tale of the English Revolution, by the 01100 aeti
" Brambletye House," &c., 3 vols.-5. Dole•
Widows, by the author of" Peter Priggins' "3 1.-,0
6. Whitefriars ; or, The Days of Charles LL
toricalißomance. Third Edition, 3 vols.

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