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ours there wet inevitably exist wide differences in
the rank, wealth, intellect, and position of people
generally, but institutions like this by bringing
into close contact, and into friendly relationship,
persons occupying different positions in society,
produce a kindly feeling between the upper and the
working classes. Happiness, as great if not greater
than what falls to the lot of rich, may be enjoyed
by the sons of toil. A great English poet, Words-
worth, has beautifully expressed this :
" Believe it not,
The primal duties shine aloft like stf.rs.
The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless,
Are scattered at the feet of men like flowers,
The generous inclination—the just will,
Kind wishes, and good actions, and pure thoughts :
No mystery is here ;—no special boon
For high and not for low,—for largely graced,
And not for meek of heart. The smoke avoids
To heaven as lightly from the cottage hearth,
As fronrihe haughty palace." (Applause.)
And if, on the one hand, the influences of a Working
Men's College inspire its members with feelings of
respect for those who lend them help,—they also
teach the wealthier classes that the more highly edu-
cated the artizan, the more valuable is he to society,
and the better citizen does he become. They show
both classes that their interests are always identical,
and never antagonistic. This is a working age, and
the path of greatness is open to all. Some of those
who have amassed the largest fortunes in this king-
dom have been the sins of men little better than
unskilled labourers; and it is the proudest boast of
the free institutions of this free nation that where-
ever there is energy, perseverance, and ability,—
wherever there are the " three P's"—as Mr. Train
has so pithily put it,—the pathway lies open from
the lowest and humblest walks in life to the highest
and most honourable positions in the realm.
(Cheers.) But there must exist in the mind a deter-
mination to succeed. Ambition must prompt you
to work for greatness. Our poet-laureate has well
described this dawn of ambition in a youth begin-
ning life :

" Eager hearted, as a boy when first he leaves his
father's field,

And at night along the dusky highway, near
and nearer drawn,
Sees in heaven the light of London, flaring like a
dreary dawn :
And his spirit leaps within him, to be gone
before him then
Underneath the light he looks at, in among
the throngs of men."
(Applause.) But to go back again to the resolution
I have been asked to propose, let me repeat that in
stitutions like ours are deserving of support on ac-
count of the friendly feelings which they beget be-
tween all classes of society, as well as for the benefits
they confer on the members. The success of this
meeting is not due alone to the presence of the learned
and eloquent gentlemen around me who have come
from great distances and at much personal inconve-
nience to lend their help. We owe a great deal of
thanks to the ladies who have so kindly presided at
the tables, and who have taken so much trouble in
making all the arrangements. lam sure Ido not
know what we should do without the help of the
ladies ! Whenever they lend their elevating and
humanising influences to any institution it is sure
to succeed. Let us then give a hearty vote of thanks
to them for their presence and aid to-night. (Cheers.)
Dr. Adam then read the following resolution—
", That the hearty thanks of the members be pre-
sented to the ladies who have kindly presided at
the tables on this occasion." (Loud and prolonged
applause.)
Mr. HURST seconded the proposition.
The Choir sang a beautiful glee,
"Ye Gentlemen of England."

Mr. BURRELL then proposed a vote of thanks to
the members and gentlemen who had attended to
aid their efforts by their presence.
M. STANILAND, Esq., acknowledged the compli-
ment, and said it gave him great pleasure to meet
them.

Loud cries were heard for Mr. Train ; " Train,"
Train," was shouted throughout the Hall. At
Length,
Mr. TRAIN rose and said--The hour was late, but

if they liked he would talk till midnight. He be-
lieved in the electricity of good nature. The last
speaker (Mr. S.) had brought an idea to his mind
of vital importance to the working men. It was
in reference to the question of drink ; and he was
happy to find that such a glorious meeting had
been got together without the aid of intoxicating
drink ; they might have been drunk intellectually
but not physically. Nothing was so important to a
working man as care in the beverage which ,
he selected ; and it was a remarkable fact
that in all the public meetings he had attended in
every part of the world, he had never seen a chair-
man dare to face an audience with a bottle of port or
champaigne on the table. He had himself been in
high life below stairs, and low life above stairs, but he
had never drank a glass of intoxicating drink in his
life. While whirling over 300,000 miles of travel he
had always abstained. At Java they told him the
water was bad and he had better put a little brandy
in it, but he declined ; the same at Shanghai, at
Singapore, at Nijni Novgovod on the banks of the
Volga, and so almost in every part of the world the
water was said to be bag unless it was diluted, but
he did not believe them. The drinking habit was
a very bad and mischievous one—it undermined
the strength and sapped the system. He had long
remembered Gough describe the gradual growth of
the habit, and gave an illustration, which excited
much laughter, He continued : It was of great im-
portance to the working men to lay down rules for
their guidance. He should ask hie wife first whe-
ther she thought it right for him to indulge, and if
so, he might do it. He did not smoke either, nor
did he take snuff; and he believed if it had been in-
tended that man should take snuff, his nose would
have been reversed for that purpose. (Laughter.)
He hoped they would all strive to make the College
a feature of Boston. Many men would be stimulated
by it to think better of themselves. He had travelled
almost all over the globe, and been in all possible
society, but he had never met with anyone he liked
better than himself. (Laughter.) It was a good thing
for a man to have a good opinion of himself. (He
here amnsed the audience by repeating in admirable
style Eliza Cook's pretty ballad on the Volunteers,
which was loudly cheered.)

lIURR ATI FOR OUR RIFLEMEN
Hurrah for our Riflemen I men of the land,
Who have sprung with a brave-hearted yearning;
Not willing nor eager to kindle War's brand,
Bu• to guard what the brand might set burning.
They have limbs for a march, they have fronts for a blow ;
Show them laurels, and see how they'll win them ;
They have hands for a trigger, and eyes for a foe,
That will prove the true Briton is in them.
Then, Here's to the Grey, and the Green, and the Blue ;
Never heed in what colour you find them ;
But be sure they'llbe dyed a Blood-redfthrough and tbrough
Ere the chain of a Despot shall bind them.

Let them come from the 'coin, from the plougb,and the forge;
Let their bugles ring louder and louder ' •
Let the dark city-street, and the deep forest-gorge,
Prove that Labour makes Valour the prouder.
Let, them dwell in sweet Peace, till a moment may come
When the shot of an enemy rattle,
And the spirits that cling the most fondly to home
Will be first to rush forth in the battle.
Then, Here's to the Grey, and the Green, and the Blue ;
Never heed in what colour you find them ;
But be sure they'll be dyed a Blood-red, through and through,
Ere the chain of a Despot shall bind them.
He assured them that he lo•ved this old land dearly ;
before he came to it he was inclined to pitch into it,
and to think it was a strange place; but he found
the peoples' noses in the same part of the face as
in his country ; but their institutions were some-
what different. However, it was certain that the
institutions of either country would not suit the
other. When he got to London he was almost
overpowered with its vastness and magnificence ;
he found there more Scotchmen than in Scotland ;
more Irishmen than in Ireland ; more Jews than in
Palestine, and more Catholics than in Rome. He
found, also, that a great man at home, was but a
very small one there. (Laughter.) He was in love
with the grand old city, and hoped that he might live
many long days in it. The result of his long travels
round the world had led him to become an egotist; hea
had got in his mind one firm determined resolve,dthhet
at some future day, if life and health was P
United °seta States.
would become president of the
(Laugh-
(Loud cheers.) For this he had clottjhaenbict.himself in
a coat of egotism which was im
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wanted to put a little earnestness into them, which
would make them treat th •
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warmth and fire. friend of his remarked that ho
was very sanguine, to Which he replied, "don't call
me sanguine, that is too weak a word ; I am a fan-
atic, an enthusiast,---sanguine is too slow for me."
(Laughter.) It was a popular fallacy. that the sun
rose and set ; but it Was not so, it was the world
that moved, and they must all move with it. Pro-
gress was the order of the day. In New York, a
short time ago, he saw a team of horses brought
down to a ferry, they stepped quietly on board, but
they Were followed by some mules, who backed:

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