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May 21, 1850.

•
A conceited young man asked afriend what apology he
should make for not being one of the party the day be-
fore, to which ho had a card of incitation. " Oh, my
dear sir, (replied the wit,) say nothing about it; you were

I never missed

Dia Balm BITTEN.--Once npon_ a time, no matter
n, two little gentlemen, the one the son of a renowned

songster, and the other a eatere

'or the gastronomic

powers of railway travellers, met each. other upon the plat-
form of the Eastern Counties' Railway station at Cam-
bridge.; and having exchanged .compliments, they found
they were both going by the Dame train to
London ; consequently the man of meals ordered a coupe
to be got ready for their reception. They had only pro-
ceeded a short distance, however, when the epicure pro-
posed cards to beguile the time; and thinking he had a
pigeon to pluck, he began the artful, but, did it in a very
bungling manner, ,so that his competitor, who, by-the-
bye, is up to a thing or two, soon discovered his pranks,
and determined to pay.hun off in his own coin, and fight
• • ,veanons. Accord'urly when they arrived
'and, instead of his
f was, put in for it: to the tune

him with
at their tlestinatien, the epicure ti
having a nibble, he hire

of a bUndred or two. At that time, however, it was not
. convenient to " dub pp," and ten days or more elapsed
before the parties metagain, when the winner;jogged the
memory of his antagonist.as to the little money he owed
him : after some hesitation and Some difficulty the tin
,was produced. The winner took it into his hand, and
looking very earnestly at thasufferer told him.tbat he had
regularly done him out of it. " Oh," said the biter, " I
thought I was playing with,a gentleman," "Playing
with a getleman, indeed,!" said the winner, and 'I thought
.perAops I might be playing with an' honest man, but I-
very_soon found out raisiake. Take your money,"
"and let this be a lesson to

it at lam,

le advantage of a man in the,ean.
term:still% manner yOu tried to take mein:"

You, not to try and

aliAS.—My impression
Jn Canada have not progressed
so far as .some parties in this Country, or in the States,
represent thein to have done, , The question has
been mooted ; many .persons are interested in pressing it
on the:Canadian public—and the most mis-
statements have been.. and *ill be, put forth to urge its
forward, movement. Yet still it is 'anythily,,, but palatable
•to the great body of the Canadian people. than whin
there are none constitutionally more loyal within the li-
mits ofthe wide dominions of Queen Yistoria. But, at
the same time, .there is danger in delay. Auch grin=
ciples exist ;• ,and if Great Britain would keep these
North American colonies, justice, as well as sound policy.
require the instant adoption of some legislative lneasures
which. will satisfy the rilislrparty hi Ccuzada, and ap-
pease the prevailing dis Content, even though that,sbould
involve the going back in some measure upen:nur Free
Trade poliey. The indications by the government of
America of their intention to draw tighter their tariff
-section to the native industry of the United :States,,
Great Britain both with a reason and a justifica;
*onsidering the,position that five trade must,
fair trade. It were desirable that our
were more plain and explicit than
on the great question of the British
.::detilt to know from Cobden,
what grounds they defend the
stern pf • legislating for the colonies; whether it is
the colonies arena worth keeping, at least at the
we have been paving.for them, or can keep them at;
ether they think the course they advocate is the
leans for proinotini colonial regeneration and im-
If. the latter be their view I would oppose

THE CA.

that annexation principle

Lion for
of vecef

ree Trader

t have been

Colonial Empire.

is ornne, on

present
because

If" the former,

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the answer is an entire difference of opinion[ Many. wise
C*IIVION : The name of Messrs. Du Barry's invaluable food,
as also that'of the Min, have been so doselY imitated' that in. and some great men have thought, as I do, •that without
Valids cannOt toe carefully look at the exact spelling of both; her colonies Great Britain, instead of being the greatest
and also Messrs. Da Barry's othireso, 127, New. BOnd.street, of powers, Would sink into-tbo position of a third or,
London, in order to avoid being imposed upon by opinion*
wfooughh.pruayt
ion o, nue
heavy
eau% thatprle note
compounds of peas, beans, lentils. Indian and oat meat, such
as Ervalenta and others, under a close imitation of the name, ' to redeem,but that, properly
legislated for, and and relieved from - charges and expenses
which have nothing to recommend them but the reckless
andacitY of their ignorant and unscrupulous comPonnders, they have no right to bear, they have been, and they are
and which, though admirably adapted for pigs, would play mid destined to be, great sources of. wealth to the parent
kavOC witla the delicate atoalacla of an invalid or illfaOt, . State.—Baircrs West Indies and America. •