There was n little hit of controversy introduced by Mr. P. W. Clayden, for some years chief of the editorial department of the Daily News, who advocated the enlnrgeinent of the Executive Committee by the introduction of more representation of the working classes, the literary and intellectual classes, journalism, non-conformity, ete. But the original promoters strongly urged that the Executive Committee, should be small, and that additions should be made to it only after very careful consideration by the Committee already formed. And as most of those present felt that the first thing to he thought of was the delicacy of the task in hand, and the need to beware of certain susceptibilities of our Transatlantic cousins, and the danger of giving cause of controversy, it was finally settled that the Executive Committee should not be tampered with for the mere purpose of satisfying the imaginary exigencies of the idea of the adequate representation of all classes of our community on the Committee.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.