Robertson second vice-president, Manton Marble secretary, and W.Butler Duncan treasurer.
In the winter of 1867-8 the club was enlivened by a bout of fisticuffs that was a "celebrated case" of its day.

There was then a strict club rule forbidding the introduction of a guest.

Manager Bateman, the father of Miss Bateman the actress, saw fit to violate this law.

A member of the House Committee, perhaps overzealous in the idea of his duties, carried his protest to the point of forbidding the servants of the club to serve the unwelcome guest.

Mr.Bateman's resentment of the action took the form of a personal assault, which became the sensation of the hour and the topic of the newspapers.