It is a curious fact, that the whole favour of
the Government-with- out.patronage does, somehow or other, always flow one way. The outfits for all Govermnent ships find their way to one grocer, and all other departments are carefully directed in the same impartial manner. It happened, on a recent occasion, that an order, somehow or other, got astray, and strangely found its way into a Tory cabinetmaker's shop. The delinquent order was very speedily denuded of its choicest component parts, and all the bloom transferred to the shop of another tradesman of the right sort. Yet this was, doubtless, " all by acci- dent." The Government officials, of course, maintain the most amiable ignorance of the politics of the respective parties.—Hump. Aire ildeertiser. [There is nothing 'curious" in the patronage of their supporters by Government. What would become of Ministers if the " no patronage" system were now adopted? Without patronage they would be poor indeed.]
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