A'J I* UU'VUf IIIIU VUIIV* ••• Q-------------The following original Kswvs were read :— Tho Pilgrim Fathers, Alfred Atherton ; The Harmony of Nature, (Ico. Fred. Currie; Steam as an Agent of Civilisation, George Iticckcr ; Tho Power of Influence, Gideon Freeman; The Influence of Home upon tho Formation of Char acter, Calvin Godspeed; Spring.—an Odo,— Charles O'Connor; I Can and I Will, tho Talisman of Progress, Francis Pickle.