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1 but he believed that it would bring all the ta-
-4 10°Is the members into the Committee, (hear,
and stimulate the old members to encreased
I°ll% lie could not hut view such an libera-
-las peculiarly beneficial to the institution,
a great many of the members held the
opinion as himself. They felt that there
41 be. a new lot of members every year,
"'I to promote arid bring new interests
,zthe welfare of the Institution, lie exhorted
,fito view calmly the proposition which he laid
to them, in support of which he might allude to
'-'ollort University, the new star of our day.—
,sttme,mode had been adopted there of electing
hers of the Committee, and he believed that
ittrl authority as that might justify the adoption
ti:ll,4rl alteration, even if no other fact were

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* Jed to support it. Ile then named other soci-
I
4 AWhich had adopted- the same plan, and had
to Repo' 1' it answer well. But it would be tedious
:Sumelate the various instances in which
com
mere 54‘44 succeeded. He had very frequently
. ,er whir°, risked by the members of other institutions
appear eu .I'l. had so long escaped their observation ? He
tended°j e;;often wondered that it had not been proposed
5, will t.• As it was, however, he would never con-
tack, ari lion any exclusion, and he supported the propo-
!dings ,l' ,tr On every principle of good custom. (Loud
poker), te' leS..rniligled with a few hisses, which sometimes
referente ,1 into the speech, but were generally drowned
ling
tld T"he cheers.)
an,. (4 0 e motion was instantly seconded.
Le to rte •
;Itr.le of the Committee said, that the proposed re-
lit-, bd.) ,ty'on looked like treating their best friends in a
1 that 0 ,‘lleavalier manner, after serving a certain time'. '
orthy Sr )1410ther Member then addressed the Meeting.
the 111)'" the very peculiar situation in which he was
:ed at 4 aftl, he felt it his duty to offer a few observations
e funds°,f :i'_e resolution which had been handed to the
d hisseo '4lr; They had done him the honour of electing
the ir ICr three successive years in their Committee
mr, while uacternent. It would be thought that he had
ns in the 'e interest. in this proposition. From the first
wri nab"
r deist in which it came to his knowledge, it op-
,of tat -1. fraught with
mour. , It;, 0 trim to be
.great injury to the
mod, a . ctitron. He meant great injury, inasmuch as it
afford to •,•t4 great tendency to create disunion. He said,
Abet'oh' •, 0,, 4 one of the original members of the Institu-
ive to +49 tt' he. appealed to the Meeting whether those
for the ,Wts'who had come down with their purse, and
f_
roar') !Ors, in the infancy of the Institution, would
up ti,
; sum, .4, ‘.IIS anything else butliingratitude to be kicked
improve., .t (No, no, hisses, and cries of " they will not be
A oh? Lltecl out." " They can be re-elected the
'NI tokYenr.") He had however shown, he contend-
erpecte 1 utit such an experiment ought not to be tried
displee" itliithe Institution was properly fixed. He
and Per koped, with the proposition, to have heard some
skin g ° ~ teason for changing one of the fundamental
mewber6 ii‘j Of the Society, as was usual on making propo-
disburse; qt t/8 of this sort. The gentleman, however, had
e shoal' adduced a single•instance of neglect or impro-
the tale tY, Ott the part of the former Committees.
;nests i 9 4.1 d •he say that the Committee which had the
:ttl°ll for the last year had acted improperly ?
eutleol ;,tl,ll,i'll look to the commodious premises they have
night he 'tki:!(l. Let him look at the shelves covered with
thv Se, ),t.•
He had not shown that the Committee had, in
are rre? iolisse neglected their duty; but another Committee
ire, Reif'
.: t do so. He proposed that one-third of the
hiorif
,Ittit.rttittee should go out every year ; suppose he
lecture' 'o 'I•) ''.) should show him that one-third has already
(Hear' tint every year. In the last three years he
ud righr' 4,‘4 show it. In one year half of the Committee
,f thallV kst ' °Ut, in another two-fifths of them, and in the
leers.) r,,,Year half.of them has again gone out. (Hear,
capao -4,) What was it that could be expected by
jog,- 00 .4411tig the present plan? The members of the
• broligh ivrnittee had no emolument, 110 salary, no
Ornime. (Hear, hear.) They were not like
rjr,,,,tabst India Company Directors, who have
tee, ttiel.
!i'uill . a-year for the duties. If they had any tirttig
imber P
Lust year tin,itt sort, there might be an inducement for other
said dist ;n-mbers to try and come in for a slice of the good
ate than '„ i3--(Loud laughter)--but the only induce-
ed, boo' 4.%.4 for the Hon.- Member to have brought forward
rordert; :Proposition must have been to have handed his
,oretary ' .: down to posterity. (Cries of " no, ho," and
item 1/,' !; thisses.) The fame of the sacred geese. (Loud
he could-,,k(iter and uproar). Mr. Jackson stood waiting
o the sr ;:home time, but the meeting would not hear him
iker the' :tilter, and he ,sat down.
items al. kt,,ue CHAIRMAN requested them to hear him with
t the in' inee, but some of the meeting cried out "we
tto meet GCitit of patience." Mr. Jackson again tried, but
auld roe,'" :%° Purpose.
fulfilled tsveral Members spoke with great energy and
as orie 'e'l for and against the motion, till the cries of
,Iliestion," drowned their voices.
•,1 he Ltlv. r•
saw - ' vltt - ,HAIRMAN then put the question negatively,
sent t°
~the greater part of the meeting held up their
had foe' lie's, hut upon the Chairman being reminded of
00r ;i4ttaistake, .he put it affirmatively; but the major
had bee' VI the meeting still held up their hands. The
anyol o^ lonian however put the question " on the
to ° he :racy," and declared the majority were against
t:e Coo 4 kotion. The gentleman who moved, and others,
~ Co' 'Z'htled a ballot, but it was suggested to the
,aeeml,e.' - 4thtman that by each party taking a different side
wretarY
5 theatre he would sooner arrive at the general
however, about half of each party
f '4i
no 01° . °". W hen,
,h wooP,i ), r V, .hanged sides, it was suggested that the purpose
He 10`' tli'd be better answered by desiring one party to
10' "°ven and the ether to stand up.
Sne " 11
but 11 i(),1 e CHAIRMAN then put the question in that
h'ad bee ° ~,,s'e, and -declared that there was a decided ma-
stitati°l3;
,!1(.): against the motion, which was contradicted
I was, h ',-'he supporters of the motion, and a poll again
P' °yell' .:anded. The Chairman said that there was no
of die ‘:',,tif the Society bv which he could hold a ballot.
(1,15 be' ',t;t motion was then made for the adjournment of
king tiV ~nrileeting, and seconded, but the Chairman di-
„ember: ~i'ted the iiecretary to read a requisition from the
out Oe„ ',ft Committee. He was reading it, when the
ad doll- tierce Was protested against by the person moving
comfort' !, adjournment, and the Chairman then put the
bt liter..
thoug ititi ilua to the meeting, which was clearly negatived
to do "°' the requisition was read and carried.
:abbe.' !1, 'he CuAtamAN then adjourned the meeting, and
separated at past eleven o'clock.

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Friday last an elegant soiree was given at
ftistiqyzil Barracks, by Capt. and Mrs. Hanby, to many
Principal inhabitants of the town' and vicinity of
"het Yarmouth, to C.ornmemorate Capt. Manby's entry
(that day) the, 64th year of his age, and to celebrate
banipletion of whit had:employed his attentionfor the
I .years; his plait for the preservation of shipwrecked
inert. The floor of the room assigned for dancing
the great taste and ability of Mr. Joy; and the
t." exhibited representations of some extraordinary cases
6oPteseriatiOn ; one of the card .rooms excited much at-
frem cabinets, exhibiting the various models of his
111;%tione to relieve from 'misery and suffering, and fur
Piefiervation of life, and prevention of shipwreck; for
44, Prevention of destructive fires, and implements to
li,4Pe from houses on fire; for the preservation of the
0, of persons who break through the ice ; for the res-
,t,,,;•4g those drawn under the ice, or who had sunk under
deep water ; and for lessening the torture attendant
At-the Poi present method of taking whales. the room
:or refreshments was the great Boutattra, as "it
Cm the tale" for which the company assembled in so inte-
tinNiog and pleasing a manner. On the centre of the table
N'i_t occupied one end of the room, was a magnificent iced
on which was placed a handsome stand, for sup-
tt,ttittg a most perfect and beautiful model of the Yar-
-I,th life-boat, and to front a brass mortar, with ropes
li
in a basket, ready for immediate applicatioil, with a
t:t for effecting a Communication, and another basket
i:4,ining a frame,. on which a rope can be laid with kic-
k:4'Y in the darkest night, attached to a grappling shot,
I, hauling off a boat, when the crew on board the elis-
itie,%al vessel are incapable, from cold or fatigue, of exert-
ik themselves ; and above it a large garland, composed of
4g) forming a civic wreath, splendidly decorated with
km
ht 44, presented to Capt. -adanby by the 4ings or France,
atoriark and Sweden; the Royal National Society, the
i
tii6 land Society of Scotland, the Royal Humane Society,
eSociety of Arts, and Suffolk Humane Society : and on
eentre of the wreath a scroll, containing the inscrip-,
ts,°--" For the preservation of shipwrecked mariners,
tit aP;an which originated at Yarmouth, and by which
:e'Y 500 lives have been saved." The whole house was
aptly fitted and. ft company departed at a late
I;.V' 0).
pleour4o !ligehltby
ey had received, delighted with the artangements, and
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