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Agreeable 10 adjournment in Spring las,
the " Irving Association" met last evening
in the hall used by the United Brothers Of
Temperance as a place of meeting, formerly
King Painting Gallery, believe, situated on
18th street. There was quite good attend
ance Of the members considering that il was
the first meeting Of the season. The extreme
heat OF the evening, and that qhite number
of the members are absent from the city, The
spirit evinced by those who were present,
deem to bea certain indication that the affairs
of this society will be conducted in the same
vigorous, and energetic manner that they
were during the last season. Every one
seemed delighted 70 find themselves again
assembled together. 70 participate in those
literary exercises, which afford so much fine
pleasure 10 the rational and thinking mind.


The Association has procured the services
OF Pr Thomas TO deliver lecture before
II on the next Thursday evening, on some
suitable subject, which will be made known,
Ipresume, through the public print After
which the question, fDoes the extension Of
erritory in federatiye republic tend 10 its
prosperity will be discussed.l 1T tis the in
tenuon Of The, Association / believe TO pro
cure competent gentlemen TO lecture before
IL during the entire season. Also, that the
members will deliver lectures and essays on
various subjects, many Of whom, are in eve
ry way qualified for snch task The hall
is very fine one. being Of a good size, and
very neatly and comfortably furnished, and
suitable in every respect for the delivery Of
Lectures in it, and for the general objects Of
the Association. ss4 fstc 3IFF fo gtfiea. .VaIlgi


Such Associations should be encouraged by
the young men Of the place, as the objects
they have in view tend to the moral and in
tellectual Improvement Of all those connected
with them, and I therefore hope to see this
Association, this season, prosperous and Wig
orous in the highes, degree. w.