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77 P T Ple V And j “ * he mass of the People must eventually rule 
t^rZ^TZ “T Wh ° d6S!red the happin6SS and Prosperity of 
to be ^ , ,??” reSISt the gTOWth 0f °P inions > which, if allowed 
society 8 It h ’7° Uld v attended with the most rainou s consequences to 
excelL gl I“ 7“ *"* f J 0f W t0 ^e eloquent, noble, and 
been ob! 77 Address read ^ ^y. Mr. Mitchell, because, as had 
(Hear) iTwa! 7 & ^77 Sp6aker ’ a W ° rk Wel1 begun was half d «ne. 
theSocietlTw 7f >0db , egmnmg ’ and pr " weU for the future of 
^ZoZZon T t TZ ° f * he addr6SS ’ n °‘ ° nly With ragard *> 
which its f W lfc contained > and the powerful reasoning by 
which its arguments were enforced, but for its daring boldness. (Hear, hear! 
straioht ai f ed n 777 e n ° r dlplomatio of ™y kind, but it went 
another wbh™! 7 P ° mts ln dis P ute > and combated them one after 
2^:r a f } 0gle wMch was reaU y ™cible. (Hear, hear.) It 
/tt ^ 0t b , e su PP° sed tliafc this Society wished to curb the efforts of science 
HeTishedt t ! ^ T 11 ^’ th6y d6Sire t0 giTe every enc °uragement. 
andThfd , y underst00d that > the more science was examined, 
and the deeper men plunged into its depths, and the more facts they elicited 
e subject, the more their Society would be gratified. (Hear, hear.) They 
were qm e confident that the Word of God was quite consistent with the 
led 7 n f “’-‘7’ in fact ’ the 0ne WOuld be strengthened by a know- 
he wo M ! e ; ™ S delighted that the Society had been formed, and 
be would be very happy to give all the assistance in his power to enable them 
to carry out the good work which they had undertaken. (Hear, hear.) 
-Lins concluded the business of the meeting 
INAUGURAL DINNER. 
The Members and Associates, with their friends (numbering sixty-four 
besides Ladies), afterwards dined together at Willis’s Rooms, to cekbrate 
the inauguration of the Society; the Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G., President 
m the Chair, and Robert Nicholas Fowler, Esq., Vice-Chairman 
wa^dmnted. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Thoenton 5 and after dinner a thanksgiving 
The Chairman then rose and proposed the toast of “ The Queen,” and in 
SS;. ^ Ma -^— day become the 
The toast was loyally drunk. 
fnrt iT '~“ G ° d Save the Queen ’” rendered a choir of vocalists, with piano- 
foite accompaniment by Mr Maxwell Muller. P 
The Chairman next gave “The Health of the Prince and Princess of 
Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family.” He was sure they weT" 
footsZs 7 f‘! , tSeeingtbat his E ° yal Higllnoss was lowing in the 
to life 1 1 ° f blS . lamented father > and tlle encouragement which he extended 
to liteiature, science, and art. (Cheers.) 
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