In many other useful measures Lord Shaftes bury and others had been successful in carrying out this principle to still grander results ; and he congratulated the meeting upon the fact that the existence here of the spirit of these measures was indicated by the disposition which, was evinced to prevent the growth in the Colony of a system which was so fraught with evil elsewhere ; and upon the fact also that, on this occasion, so many clergymen of all denominations were present to speak on behalf of a societywhichhadforitsendihe social, literary, and religious improvement of a large number of their fellow-towns men. He could hardly anticipate any other objection, unless it was one which was re peated nightly in one of the public prints, andjjwhich hadbeen incidentally referred to in the Secretary's report, and that w^s that the carrying out of the, resolution would be a serious, loss.to an existing Gas Company—(Laughter). He wouldanswer lihis objection by repeating the well known - answer of a Prime. Minister of France to a scurrillous writer when, to his excuse for his writings, that it was necessary for him to live, th& reply was made, "I do not see. the necessity:" In the same; way, if they were told that if they carried out their intention, they would ruin the Gas Company, thea perish the Gas Company.---(Laughter.) The Gas Company did not. so far as appeared, number many of' their fellow-citizens, and, by past services, had not laid them under such great obligations as to expect that for their benefit so large a class of the community should lose a great boon. So much for the objective. Turning to the positive,, they saw that the resolution, assumed a past, and anticipated a future success. ' The past success was complete-, in its way, but limited hi its kind, anil the dbject of the meeting was to ask t&e public to extend to,other trades, the boon which they had already extended to the grocers,. : Previously the movement;, had been partial; he now asked them ta xaake it general, and, if made general, he did not doubt that its advantages would soon make themselves so apparent aa to secure its permanency, and its. recognition as a thing of goodj both, to employer and em ployed. ~. , ... .. *

The Itev. Mr Oonkebee seconded the resolution. 