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the name of their Society.—J.H.M.) Members and friends 
will dine at Morris’s Crown and Anchor Tavern, George 
Street, Sydney, on Wednesday, 26th inst.’’ The advertise- 
ment is dated 14th January. 
In the ““Sydney Gazette’’ of the 29th January, we have 
an account, extending to two columns, of the dinner. The 
dinner seems to have been attended by an insufficiency of 
waiters. In other respects the meeting did not satisfy the 
** Gazette.”’ 
‘‘The most prominent speaker of the evening was Mr. 
Nichols, a young Australian, and it is to this gentleman’s 
want of judgment that much of the uproar which occasion- 
ally prevailed, is mainly attributable.”’ 
About 130 persons were present, and a number of speeches 
of a personal and political character were made. 
We come to the next dinner. 
The ‘‘Sydney Monitor’’ of the 30th July, 1831, has the 
following:—‘‘The members of the ‘Australian Society for 
the encouragement of Colonial Manufactures’ to the number 
of between 130 and 140, including their friends, sat down 
to an excellent dinner on Tuesday last, (26th instant) at 
Hart’s Hotel, Pitt Street. Mr.Samuel Terry in the Chair, 
Mr. Simeon Lord, Vice-chair. The band of H.M. 39th 
Regiment provided the music. There were the usual loyal 
toasts and many others, some with veiled references. There 
were four toasts which show the trend of the Society :— 
“The Australian Society to promote the growth and 
consumption of colonial produce and manufactures.”’ 
““Tbe Whale Fisheries.” 
“The fleece of New South Wales.”’ 
*Ourrency lads and Currency lasses.”’ 
Beyond the toasts, no ‘shop’ was talked. 
*“Under the guidance of the Chairman and Vice, who 
never flinched from their posts until the meeting broke up, 
