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Iwill now brieﬂy notice ‘Nemo.’ Truly erson will deny he has truly designa- ted himself; I can recollect at present but one word that would have Stllted. him bet- ter, and if he again scribble. [seriously ad- vise him to adopt it: it is ‘_Nihil.’ The 'hole from beginning to endis literally no- ming, low, contemptible, scurrilous and mean—Abe elegant compOSItion of some conceited coxcomb. By the bye, should be feel a desire to know the meaning ofthe wordt Tangible)! will state for his inform- ation that it may be found in Baily or John- son, provided he be able to find the word without the aid of an interpreter. he '18 in- deed one of the party thatﬁlt your columns.

And now for the last of Crito’s credita- ble and respectable associates. This worthy gin-bottle gentleman was evidently in a most enviable state when he wrote ; his head was far too full of the fumes of hot toddy, for any thing like sense to come from such a muddy fountain. I consider I do him adeed of charity, when I recom- mend his keeping himself within his proper Where, and not troubling the public with any further remarks at least, until he shall have put a few days self restraint upon himselforjoined a temperance society; and in Heaven’s name I beg of him, should he not accept my advice. not to talk about his gin bottle in his communications, he can surely forget it for a few moments.

Having taken each separately, I will con- clude by saying to the two jointly, that a man never makes a greater fool of himself than when he talks on subjects of which he is totally ignorant, that they have fallen in- to his error is plam, the inference there- fore is clear. lam Sir, Yours. 8L0. Ste. V14\"DIC./1 TOR.

Charlotte-Town, April 30.

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CLUB ROOM, ﬂpril‘lit. ' . e Club met pursuant to adjournment: ,6 soon as the President'took the chair, Mr Bumble Bee entered humming a tune, to the air of George and theDragon, and said:

“Is all Our company here ? You had better call them generally man by man, according to the Scrip.” Shakespeare, t-hem. A '

The Clerkdhen slowly unfolded his leng- thy body, and called over the names, all having answered.

The Doctor said, that as it was a perva- ding principle in human nature to wish to their only the bright side of our actions, ud iftlie principle held good with individ- uals. Why should not assemblies be equally autious ? He was at a loss to know how eir prooeedings got into the British Ame- for he could perceive that though their speeches were not exactly reported, N the fellow seems to analyse our pro- ceedings and motives, to review our afﬁrm- “mm and negations- exulting in our gaseo-

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nude, and violations of strict Parliamenta- ry decorum : nor does he seem to regard our categories or privileges, or our asser- tions of omnipotence either in our inquisi— torial or executive capacities: he had even the hardihood to deny that my law does not shorten the duration of all ﬂssemblics from seven to four years, though its title proves that it does. The editor seems to have become inﬂated with the gasses evolved from his own fancied security; but if he do not look well to his safety-valve, let him beware of the consequences of an explo- sion. He absolutely subtilized a quotation I made use offrom Shakspeare, until it be- came imperceptible to his owu faculties, and on examining the product found I had made a slight mistake, as I had inadvert- ently used a text from scripture, [though I learned it from a Barrister,] instead of from Shakspeare ; he has also completely shewn otf our reasons for voting as we did on the Treasurer’s salar , g

' Mr. I’indar begged to,tiiferrupt the Dec-1 tor, and to request him to be more famili— ar in his expressions: his speech reminded him of an Irish sailor, who being put to haul in a tow line, which being very lOng, Completely wearied him; finding no likeli- hood of soon accomplishing his task, le turned to one of the officers and said, “Faith Sir, I believe some one has cutoff the other end of it, as I have been looking for it for the last hour without effect.” lit:

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law lately passed, he found that witha very laudable desire to promote their own interests, they had given to brother odicers who had tan ken to the Highway, (where their attendance was required as witnesses,) more than ten times as much as to others who performed si- milar services, as to the placemen they allow- ed 15: per day, “ from the time of leaving home until their return, with (id. for each mite travel- ed,” whilst to other witnesses they have allow- ed the comparatively liberal sum of ‘2: for each day whilst under examination, with 4d for each mile traveled. They also showed how superior they thought lhemselres to Jurors, as they al. lowed 6s per day to these ; or in other words, allowed three Jurors to be equal to one High- waymen. He thought this going too far, per- haps this arose from his not holding such a commission himself; but still he could not help thinking if fewer ofthe club held this commis- sion, such a dist‘nct' n never‘would have been 2 fat: 5 in

made. sg ,‘ (1.," hen , said that he had always la-

.4). Mr. ﬂp ored for the good of the people, but he did not

see why they should neglect themselves: his friend Mr. Futtock had told them, that he al- ways acted “ from principle fearlessly and in- dependently ;” but,did he mean to say that o- thers could not act on the same principle? Why should they not make adistinction between common countrymen and gentlemen like them- selves, and to show how much superior they were tojurors. It might be rccollectcd that Jurors had to carry “Baily‘s Dictionary” with them, in order to be able to understand Eng- lish, whilst ifthey passed any act that neither_ themselves nor any other could understand ; or ifit did not answer their Lawyers, they had- only to pass another to explain what they meant, as was the case with the one referred to; and why should they put themselves on

[Mr. R] felt himselfin the same situation with regard tothe Doctor’s speech, as he feared the Doctor himself could not find the end ofit,—ifhe meant to endeavour to keep these things from becoming public, be feared it was useless. He was ofopini- on that, even did the Editor put their speeches to the different tests, the Doctor mentioned he should ﬁnd little to repay his trouble. He (Mr. P.) concurred with the Doctor in thinking, that the last report was very near the mark, whatever they might think of it. ) v ,. .A ,7 4 Mr, Futtock said, he was ofte‘n'r‘nisre- presented in the paper complained of, yet he could not deny that the last report did himjustice ; he always acted “ fearlessly and independently,” and he did it “on prin- ciple.” He had very high regard for the rights and liberties of the people, but he had much higher for his owu talents, and would always “on principle,” support the independence of that club, He admired the spiiit of his brother Highwaymen, as it proved that they all acted on principle like himself, and made the most of their posts. \Vas there not a line ofdistinction to be kept up between them, and the vul- gar? He was happy to say they fearlessly proved there was, yet he would do his ut- most to prevent the public from knowing all

their roceedinws- ,,-' i v - M r. [it usticus s3id,¥thahi‘eiwas‘ Vic“ aware, [embers wished to keep that distinction as

,well marked as possible, for on looking to a I

an equality with others Who could boast of no

such qualities? Could it be expected that our

great Ship Agent, who had two or three ban—- dles to his name, would work as cheap as any

other Auctioneer, when it was well known he

only took out his license to keep a good job out of' the hands ofanolher who wanted it .' The thing was absurd. As to the reports in the British American, he would not say one- word abOut

them “as a burned ch-ild dreads the ﬁre,” and. latterly he got severely roasted; but he was

afraid he deserved it, not however, he thought,

more than his friend Joe Futtock.

Here he was interrupted by the stentorian voice ofthe President calling out, “ THERE is NOTHING BEFORE THE Chen.

The Doctor said, it was true he intended to make a motion to prevent such exposures, but his friend Ap Slienkin had dissuaded him, and advised him to offer the job work to the Prin- ter to keephim quiet, which he thou ht would.1

e most prudent. sf; ' t :3 wk Plutns said, rnuch‘tm'e had‘ been consumed, and yetit had all come to nothing. He was ever averse to symbolic measures, but particu- larly so now as he wished to try what Was in- the decanters ; and he very much disliked symbolic drinking. He by pe Members would _ avoid such subjects. '~ ' '

z. t /‘ d? In v ' Mr. Weathercck said; th:{t hé ad pledged

" iimself to the temperance society not to drink

for twelve months, and he wished to be con. sistent; but as this was one of the patron saints days of some of their members, when all temperance men are allowed to get drunk”. he would move an adjournmenth?’ 9/}, I

Mr. Flummery seconded the tion, as h ' said he could not spend the evening on such:

ry subjects, as he need totlean his teeth on such days at Jones’s.

Adjourned until April 30th..

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