Mr Macasset, who was received with pro longed applause! said that in rising to propose the,toast of the memory of O'Connell; the ..great man in whose honour they were met to gether that evening to celebrate the centenary ■-of his birthday; he felt he had to some extent ito.cla^m their indulgence, aud felt that to a cer tain, extent he wonld have to trespass a little more on tlieir time than was desirable. It was absolutely, necessary, to do justice to the sub ,;;ject, that they should refer to the active life of O'Connell, and the stirring times in which lie lived. In giving, however imperfectly, ..a sketch' of O'ConnelPs life, it was not necessary that he should do more than advert to one or two of the more important epochs in liis life. -.- He would, however, take occasion to ..congratulate tliem on the thoroughly cosmo politan character of the meeting, and they were ■not meeting there together, as some of their tfriends in the city supposed, to witness an ■" Irish drunk," or in order that they might de monstrate the powers of Fenianism—it was singular' that wlien they met to do justice to the memory of great men or for some other good object, false motives were attributed. They met to pay a mark of respect to the memory of O'Connell —they met animated ly love of country. He was sure that O'Con nell must be regarded as one who had conferred everlasting benefits on mankind. It must be a source of satisfaction to all of them meeting in Dunedin—Dunedin, whose population con sisted of so many different classes and sects— that they met on the ground of doing justice to O'Connell —to pay to his memory a passing tribute of regard. There could be no question that to one connected with the legal profession, there was a great deal which was highly interesting to be learned from O'ConnelPs professional career, and also to the mass engaged in political life from his political career. He referred to the three great objects to which O'Connell de voted his Ufe — Catholic Emancipation, Reform of the Irish Episcopal Church, and Repeal. It was not necessary that any of them present should profess an adherence to O'Conuell's views, and their object was to ascertain to what extent he bene fited liis country, and tliose speaking the English tongue. 