The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-02-11 00:00:00

'WILMA Ga.

DIVIDEND D/AZIAIIiD. James Geyer, &mere, Nett,
shire, ludging-heum keeper. lit sad tail diskised
44., say day between 10 cm. shd 4 p.m., at Trirsalais,
Poole.—W. !Witte, Trustee.

BRIDPORT.

SAYINGS BANK • At a meeting of the true.,. and muggers
of the above bank, on Tuesday at noon, Mr. Goo'
Brown lima was appointed actuary in the place ol
F. W. Good, who has lately resigned. Mr. F. W. Galan
wopcood, and Si, IL W. Nepean seconded, that Mx E.
Gundry be appointed secretary.
Tiwrxan T. Tale's mingrel troupe Pre me
of the beet entertainments at the above Hall on Honig
evening, that we have ever witnessed. The name of tbe
proprietor ia well known es an excellent caterer in
genuine amusement. The "Comae Men are
amusing by their stamp oration,. negro dim."' "4
comic dialogues. The solos were equally divided betimes
the comic and math:Hints' element, and preyed kin
much they were enjoyed by a numerous and respectable
audience. -

Banyan Poucz, Yondey,—Before the Mayor (a. T.
H. Kitotuads) and Hr. W. T. Whetbam.
DIMIK AID Dmonnani.r.—Prederiet Barad &Lek
labourer, of Salwayasb, was &erred with beaut druk
aud disorderly in the borough cei the tad last P.C.
Adams deposed that on the day in queen= he me
prisoner. who wu quite drank. lie advised his te.
home. He saw him again and again,..Coadial 1110".
inn hint part silk, home, but of gotaaiadoan
he turned back end e abusive erishW to Wt.
Primbsr Pleaded gitga and was mud Pt sad k 61.
costa fortnight for payment.

BRLDPORT RAILWAY BILL
At tho Ball Hotel es !Saturday et, moon, sa extrsordinsf
meting of the directors of the Bridport Railway Oar
=was
Th hold, under lb. mildewy of Mr. J. P. f•
• e meeting. which- was fairly well onside&
Was convened far the purpose of submitting for the ret-
Adoration and approval of the proprietors P"al',l
person or by proxy, in amordanee with ths 'Sandiert.
of Parliament the Bill now Wore the Home.
Untied "A Bat to authorise the Brkiport Raw,' Om;
pony to make new railways and for Mbar
The follow's( gestkonen were t—Mosemlierrk
1.01101 baolutsl7/._ O. 0. Nan Major Grove% B.
Williams. Jim. W. Outfox, T. ox, C.
retc.andawa
i.HoweiLT.
stepa...o. Bood*WE. ToekTer. I.
K.
Oorne. C. IL DeuxUoa, W. H. Mirk, J. 11. Needs".
W. IL Turner. 0. Teistone, W. C. Larcembe, J. Barkask
aad W. Knight
Tim Manama then called opts lid Becretarf.
a TALON to read the notice couvasing the meta&
oa wh=Wyman beige, made albudos to ths odors
under consideration. They were all either ts eters.,
disaPProve of th• projected extensioa for which a Bill --
are before Parliament logicient messy, it ern foul.
woo not forthcoming for the reqaired demos t Outth.
proposed extension to Shard Road was thue
abandoned. In spite of the inauspicious aspect of dart
hls opinion of the merits A the scheme was unaltered Is
order to lost Am feeling of tho meeting upon th• may!,
It would be advisable to put a Tots to the meeting os°
was aooordinale Rik
The followimu 'AAA in favour of :—Mesers. N. IL
Loin, S P. F. ()unary. W. Cello; T. Cellos, Maio
Grosse, C. Edmunds, W. IL Chick, IL Rowel. t
at.bsma Knight. c. Densilm, Log& C
Tucker, Ireistatia Omelet, W. C. Lucca* J.
Baohnols, W. IL Turner. R. Williams, J. H. Nembill.
Against :—T. N. "Smooth, T. H. O•homo. a Roca
It appeared that several proxies bad arrived too
having failed to ham been transmitted to tho estreter
Aloe 48 hours Woes the time appointed for the tontliii
After a short easealtation the remit of the sieska
was declared AL. that 'capital of =MO Wall Mrs"
In favour A-790 against

MR. OLLDSTONZI CANDIDATURE— FOR lin>
LOTHIAN.
Mr. Oladetnee has write • letter to the Week vi
Midlothian, in which he accepts the& levitates tie boimal_.
• candidate for that ooltnty. The right hoe.
Mgl :—" Under scathing it. ordisary cin.mignices.
Mg choice would have been, after having weed eirseM
La eleven Parlisamests, either retirement er at mg,/
Lb. loot and meet treenail mat yew.'
Alf Millen Is obtain ; bat the draw
its
..Pamilas hasten are far free bid
(IrdijiarY.
A NIY Wile life Awe the lime
"Faith,' it. J of the saner been of mob.=
found impartineu management of leers.
wltga=lit=mstlie constantly growiet mr"",tig
m they are, mils 140.1.4.,.," U. jail
rstrnalestions. I hold before re. si , a". og
it Muni of OOMMOOS. that the fM
mimdbataaathafithoteft,"galmentrwpailyttaave
tubeinitwstrygyandr •
Uwe disturbances of coaddince. sad Wei of rem. avt,i
ass have brewed sheet Imre aaa
the public distress ; they have semeei thi
tua
and infinenee of the laselso
fosliogothi, at dm bars Ni
Orown and In •■ tiniest war fell of
if "t ot dmensi-to ; mmt taws tbsit,"'
of the treety-makiag powers of the Orewa tbn
giddied the lust rights of Parliament, and have gerr_d
Erusa to the nation nadir as suirees.,_
tends is maks it lamenre. Tb..No pm;
sob** baton of. which meamtaif alsorlaigmee
ol▪
=4.resolve thawing leis am ems
question whether this Is or is taa,
is Ind& the constry whir bibs Ilsvfamm
Mat thee the tuns arrives the seirtlteensiss will b
whets's' issafflt Laralia
the No Ur at Willeibus MI!
aloe le what *sr Gould Om FITZ
imam Islet% sizetwasl lere
gmetlest n nos I
whiffs mom* the elk •edi wersaiob emir 1
laws.

NIZTING OV THZ WILTS AND DOZSZT
▪ LI
BANKING COMPANY.
i the Directors and filkarehellere
_awl meet ss
,I"..t.Taqta ond Newt Bonk's' Compaq held Wee era at
t „pey, anhurb is Holiday. Mr. st din
pied the chair. There was • larger gathering
°hies than fee many years is it the Wee room
nn n▪ r"--a;:pd Is( to owe ming.
bis AI led „paned the wooddlop by calling upon
r read the report and balance-sheet,
tbeG••"•1
4m
will he (need in our advertielnx oplement
no,l Laos, In moving the adoption of the report,
i-a loins their attention for • few momenta
.."-ots-ta '"t rh!eb he wished to refer Wore halt few, and
"-11 his remarks as short as possible. First of
- ns
t!, i miti s
repo r. Is aft id are with the growing
day. 'SU D.rectors bad modes title alter-
-54 fl ,- theLowan onest of it, as to affo rd as touch
-ot to the sbareh lii to. and 'Dahl'
eivt---yi-y-ti sit a definite couclusion ae to the strength
a-
:aos the leak. Ile need not eon attention to
b C tom douhtlese they had followed
aue bed hem read. The fl-et pant on whit* he
thet;la k was that in common with all other
▪ to tue --'vtry they had of tele been oidiced to
- country
hotend in order to reader them-
veetai° • largethose days of pad through
ast w severally oecore, or in
they did not know what to-
b'hitt hat nosed tot, to ihs NI b. It had den deemed expedient,
to lead as hand something
4:Tho• -
ssm of 1800.1100 In cash. In order to provide
contiOPOCY that might arise. And be wee
• "•
that they had leen enabled to de that with.
m oily a. case with banks mere recdtly
• as err? aoletatice from than' Lrearlon
- the Book o- I Zeeland or one rthiir word what-
bear) No du 't it would hare been granted
wethat happily they had hoes able to
il t, •vi o
on--otgotory provision without It. (Applause)
I"""A*,r.liag to the lnalli of thy London and Westatinstw
Myt s directors had c irefully 'rattan their
In what might be called male pried so
erteorg,• i4odt,Goifts th.ir looks at much belew thepruee t
swat prior. As they stood two the hook. te-1 ths ay y
pota las coavertible at • considered' prato on the most
prices of the pot year. Ile believed the
-I imp 'net them in (ho mores this.
ihrebsiars wool
(Applause) Under all tte victims... he
•
tak•
td .t the real cads balance and the large amount of
wo t tie Wallies 44 rep- es. oh og • wiry cdnsideralt e
- ti'' 110 05? etn.rgeney .nd be took leave to •se.
.
ea behalf of t`o, Directors that no bank In the country
upea • dodger or sound ir fooadat ton or was better
shie ti weather tht storm Alan the Wilts and Direst
(Applauw.) The ler et os bed looked at the
on soxl a N t I arnicinefold °air. They had not
wits,.
ai
the c,nilleace reposed Is them by the share
hoi sat ho made had to my that the sato molt
woos No F.., sting woe 64 satisfactory as that of any hank
which had been presented to sharehotlers 'alter Is toed
er coehtrr. (ifter, hoar) He might mot remark, In
of co in money matter', that public confldeace was
hoot poorodg re-eatablialted. This had more partial.
tots shows Wel during the last week or Iw'. st great
Mini unemployed capitol is the form of otrasstheting
Loh awe.. is the cwwwl,7 WAS ending its way hack to
Luba, having fultiled its object a.ud it win' to be hoped
tut oil watt of notable:lce would WOW disappear alto.
mar. He only wished he could say trade generally was
paw than It woo at present; but now that moaritiarY
ewers wiry improviny, and the Bank rats was easier, it
e.• to be hoped that there would an in b• an improvement
Is t's to also. (Haar, hear) Ile didn't know that he had
sathlu more to say with regard to cash matters, l'h•
text paint WS/ this. They bad taken a most Important
we is opuisg several new Boinches in the West of
lulu I. desequent twos the (adore of the West of
tubed Dint. Opinions might, perhaps, be divided on
pHs tootion, but the Drat ore UO&WilikOUlly toommitted
tbasodres lithe undeitakiog under the full conviction
that they were availing themselves of the most Important
oppoetunity of extending and codelideLing the "atoms
nil the auk which bed occurred Is ha history.
(Avis or) It should he borne in mind that they
mini no say ex ale) their hordyre, with the Jingle
wept)* of hernia gone from Eviler to KX13041% sad
enrich Siltation, which might be said to be most
ruherhs if Ile (the Chairman) thought tie share-
telido would c owur with the Directors in thinking that
tvey had ont• upon • proper system. What had been lb.
yiesit • (tie an bleating which was, after all, the paint
is to e ad) Why. an addition of nearly 1.6011 neW
accosir.. up to the present Wee, and many more were
saidpetid. (Applause.) And no outlay whatever was
Weltered la the sham of goodwill is predating this • score
is it buines, Tud hail taken what were regarderd as
✓od ac,unts, and had rejected all that were considered
hs4 ne doubtful. (Hear, hear.) At the same time Ow
Deem would not have taken such an important step.
nom for the oppirtneity meidentally afforded by the
eartna,te foil ire of another Bank.
A iillingtiLtign I think the Directors were fully
isstiOt I to the step they have taken. I think they would
have be • imam in their duty if they ba I n it done so.
The enema thought en too, sad coati assure the
reelme that It's. not When without a great deal ol
so•diaii n and diliherition. There win o n, "state
,fol.' in I. pet ti the rp ot 'Ms Directors hod Let
led doh, .1 ii noiniee up .n a single point They had
&trey silts ii., 'sal their, 'curiae I to panic price,
hot th,y hot side tbe tont and'e provi. ion for but ail
d .t-s' 4 I.:, an I had always tern able to' hold • good
hiew in hand.' (liar, Omar.) The Bank had for many
rot taken tern-c he some tours,. (Apoldes.) lie
Vie, therefore. Olson,' in repeating that the Bonk was
in m ima and som I • c oolitic. as any B,nk could
Piodd le There Was on,y one other thing that he
dot" tnt,. ti enealloo, and which had born adverted to
IT Illeuirmen of several I.,adon Banks, via., whether
booted Lahti', would hersolter gist, Into amend
Wagon He hlnuel( had just neared • letter, the
mit r .4 shish • ii, "Vol.. ynu molt, your Hank •
Lead Lishility concern, I shall rill me shares."
iLimi•ie-.) Weil, that was soft it war of put.ing it; but
as then were proh.l.ly all swan it hail bc•n hinted that
mid t! re hint fa...—. in which great maim inagem-nt,
r nell as frotol, hail been prated, it was thought to lar
the istentios of the Gorernm, at t dell with the ititestion.
1•Ii at 14./f•noWl Of the Loudon eltairmen supperd,
4,411 I. tte probaYis course of erste& If not, there
wpm el In i.e a roma feeling aiummt the tweet Buds
in Laid that the moment the Waisted by the
Pako Use halves. It was only felt t state the ad In
whit some of the b.inks Neel the before
Its Irshareholtry: and it genii not he denied that awl,
miaow rev...through aid of business and great tact.
Tha Chsinnai of the Union Hate het pat it Is ex•
lent Arm. Ile said that Is the sament rendition of
tarifal di room-?.'., they moot join with ethers in
csoli e wit Won nnirseetiiiniMy a te-p delicate
nen, lot coild not initiate it. Any ono hank weld
legt Whale It kit It Le looked at In • wrong Ilxist The
I ol tke I, al a sal Westminster Bonk put the
ewer rein more lorciley. Ha (the Chairman) had their
tepee. •hich Amtuntol to this-th .t. If init tied All
44400 bosh. would cheerfully bow to the sysWm, even if
they •ii not eettodly think it desiia I. Haring that
e idee tint he, 14 common with Ilia other Directors,
had is the W. 1., ant Yaract Bank, he conks." I that he
l'eferof an Unlimited bank, believing that It enjoyed
the i‘nindente of the public to • greater 'sleet than •
Limited nor. (Ileer, hear.) Still It was not advisable for
▪ t'tocto Pim. ill hi. ego In one basket, with the
our:, at youilolity of soh deplorable results as had
ry honvenej. It. therefore, the floYernment did sot
nee hp the matter. an I the movement was initiated
Le tlo ',talon Bunk., it would be the duty of the
, aid Drool, S. Well AO other provincial books, to
ow It, nu Ger their grayest, casiderados. At the
potent mooed. however, they could afford to let
tldo.tr talt• their room but In the event of the result
be Col tednatid helot brought about, he behaved that
it snail n. 4 in any way perindiclally affect the interests
of the Wilts and Dorset Bonk. (Hear, hear.) He apologia.
id ler having taken up so much of their time, and begged
In.". Is propose that the report be adopted.
Mr WILUan Logo twitter aeoonded the adoption of the
wed
A limettnotoga : I WO4 perfectly not ,niased at the
i mai n,a. of the auount of the overdrawn account&
Mr Sonnicoms eloped they had dtuhle the number of
, a.OOOll I under soch armrest more. (Hear hear )
,• satiety had been to know whether they had
" n.rmperl, secure t. Ha asoand question wad whether
id V e winced made by the Rink were treated as
...stomas, If on, were the securities of ample rade,
awl roll they be converted Into est Mel I
The tastiugoe: One necemarily follows the ether. It
an mots to the mine thing in the end.
1.1-. &vont 111. virtually the lame.
.mC:intaant: They are absolutely covered, and have
'•.mare& We have ne dead aoconate—dats that
." Med sMr p.
Socusoos wished simply to know whether there
°s.onp dead bassos that was bol
Sent salad reduction? ag treated as an lowest-
.. Tho Contuse We have not • single awount of the
Lel (Hear hear )
seetbac Mr, %Menne said his third ideation wee-' Aye we
es hutting nay mines, shim, b.sineee, or works
dri.llP/O'6 on the fu.s of tbe Beak, °thee than
legitimate bneiness of the Bute ; if so for what
is such workiag or bailie' demented on OW
ii said under what Isitel such am mats smear
lb. )4,011S of the Ostok r
Thr : We are working no tains whatever,
aal n.lat which represents the wealth of the Willa
'4f 110410 (Lnuthter.)
. metal' Socrucone would not treolde the e' with •
&mit question of which be had id... sotie.. bedlam it
"0 Ontedr beets answered in the report Whee he dm"
••1.`1".14.na however, he felt that they ought to be
tot
,riet, Cattiest! gal I the Directors were roach obliged to
M• 8 aithe nub goy having put theet When • doubt was
05 any Pent, It was always hest to have it
"'"viat that they were all right, the Directors
evAssizt at all ninon.. Me" halri)
mew lime you any liabilities! on accept-
▪ t. a pro/held* thing, hut risky.
Not
a tingle one. (flaw bear
ir,▪
"2."1 hat ins been unanimously adopted,
ilf•••112 slid, after the exoellent report
rhaireog 5' _',"",• mad. tba ter, clear stetanent of the '
t• •"" L.• salleadory answers which bad
era to the question. of We Southe."'h I's hail •
ii.."▪ '-`•-•''..t:OroPeo, which he WM sure, suited Meet with I
t",",•Mtl 1014 c es approval of the ma ling. As the C isthmian ;
hj.m, they had gone through very troahlons '
‘77.1?!‘ as eminently witlefactory to know that the
Hon.'!" t Bank wen sever In 60 OMNI. WS, MA
h-;,i"!_ .. .ti •!11oet as at the present time. (Applause)
were they indebted for that position I He
tllLaed our. to the Directors.. (Applainc.) Ho
to set pleasure in primoslog • votes of thank,
crestf
counienct is 1b... trentletnen for the
b"'7,4„xt_hle.triattier In which they had da•locted the
of
emu, don s 1 Bank ding Mt
16. put year. (applsom )
pe,
on 111 T naTMOND (Yeovil). ill 'seconding ths
so.
~.,Zid he &mired to be permitted to express his
and something more of what had passed
PI of the cb•irtosa as to the manner in which
"‘tve of the Beak had hues conducted. Ile
ta....".i."3.ymj
.et Tat if they pulsed over the whole of
o .. not God another balding Institution
c1ie.r.0,1,..ti lending of the Directed could he moreore '
drfeetly galls/act yr, then thot which they
sopa OW °octant'. No body of shim:awl lers
0-'tier as.i.fla I than thenowlra an I it was
"Ci J•ietahle that the Directors should len'oer that they
„„„a eealure confidence In them—lot only as a
'et Palk bit as an Incentive for the future.
our.)

,ts carried by areleinatla.
Wriest. in replying, said be had been
Owasso to return desks for the ray
mow of °anatomic* aed o=4°lll whirl,
Mr. Watt and dr. Rados& P•rmnall{
I and deeply the role of confidence velar
Scam n had eoureesd to the directors ; and
re them that that rote would lad de
even more careful. If that were paiseltik. to'
lad the later eta of the sherebolders is the
Proceeding (Lathe, he wished to sta.'s that
I a litter horn the wife of • worthy sad-
last Board, Mr. PlitlICOS, expressing regret
to be present, Is MON gown of a severe
g • broseLial cold. Ile was (the naatite
1. and hogged II agora the casting that Its
haat in their proceeding% (Bear, bear.)
oar also absent, owing I, a dere agreeable
d lately be.. rasarriod, and Is we. enre
ed that he vu saleylng lie hositsm!
(kpli'anse.) Be would now
adios odd WI Wm isadistl ralee.7l
lig. Bo geoid aims every ebariboidot
•azisti.• at the Moan, sad 11•PieS111
• General danger oftb.B.ak daring the WI
had been greater thee he mold paddy
r digt,:alga began lath the fellers of the
'*Ant widish at ease broeurlit Were tbra
If dLtrel Its. sat trnobim orhkil wee
eves Is as enaddlehnonit Wee theirs. The
sigh the eireddies of aged% by
nad_ iteirellti. MO
tsib
A esseeded she tendril.
lit• Wall= Dont Sok
vim adattlas of dub

mama,
'9 Polkas.

Us Was...Bth*, as. from the balsams shitit the
took the premmtloa of meridian merit saallit DiS:l6la
of Um evli of say to +lbis pressure (itear.) Like questa*
of I:methyl LI abatis had lama mesa 'taws' Illf the Lades
banks, and the Makatea bad placed before tbetii
• melee homage, the owns which this Beak should
in referesos iterate It was a matter In which
Directors thesoaelve i could clearly Initiate sodded. If the
shareholder. desired any part calm course to be taken, it
mast be IMO ,td by themselves. If he might venters to
ex pram as naUsloo,bs tbouthttikay had better wall and see
the Hee adopted by the great backing estal.lishment. to
London. In that lice be thought they might with e,.
learn follow. (Rev, hoer) There was soother thing
to be exid. If there should Its any Hesitation to the lia-
bility of unlimited b iek., the character of lb. share list
wont' r.,,•&bly be Improved : at all event., that wee one
of the &demitasse to be looked for from it. (He
Pt the questlet be oon.i.lered by the great L orlon Banks
Bret ; sad perhaps the Walls and Donut might, Is as...
way, he allowed to amoeba* with them Ithe discurioa
of the question- Ives in the crest of the Government
sot tektite the matter op, he was entail. that before may
wiles wee taken it would be most carefully sad tally
c mild/sod by the Wil's and Dornet Director*. Mem,
, beer.) Aeolian' thing to which he wi.hed twirl., to sabar
! was this. Three ot lb it Dr Cl., retired thia year, but
, had stfcr d themselve. fur r,-Jtection—Mr. William L wric,
Mr Thrice, and Mr. Lewis. H I understood that another ,
geollemas had formally announcel his inteutlon of off .r. '
Inc himmlf ea • camildlato t • one of the vacancies. He '
bad sot the honour of personally knowing that gentleman, I
although be line v him by reputation. H. believed blot to
be • thorough gentleorno, sad • most exoelleat man toLl'
ths place of either of the geatleasen retiring In the great i
of there being an abiolate vacancy. But there was &add
satin.; of the Doke of Wellington which, in his early
days, very mach Improved itself ulna his =led. Tke
Links, when to Opooaltlem, wee asked ii option the
G 'ornament on one. trlvlel rogation sad turn them out.
HI. reply was, "N I:the waestion is ono on which we are
hound to support the Ex motive." Ile asked them to
apply that say mg to tlae cam of their own Directors, Lad
to mutts whether it was consisb nt with their share.
holders' Internet' at all times and in all seasonal
(Applanee.) He did sot diarreragolE Loos, but had they
any Jastaacatlon for rejecting either of the three 'elides
Direttore I It had heeu said that It w be well for
married m-n and there wives to read the. marriage aervios
again now and thee, In order to ....Wad theta of Ulric
duties nat °Waal o :—(lanahtry)—and tis in this ewe bs ,
would addle every shareholder pretest to read carefully I
the summing up of Leta Chief Jostles. ark in the
Glasgow c ute sate the dudes ani responsibilities of Bank
Thrector• He may hoped that the at areholJers would
• toped t • 'lts "'lama Director", as well sat, the pram at
0 :Demi Maims./ and A.salatant Manager the same fall
, dears.. nf emi.lenco which they had hitherto been in Gm
bald& of rep-04m in there. (Roar, hear)
Mr W. IliootsB moved, and Mr. CUINNOCII svonial,
that that all...rano. to he Directors he the nano, as h-reto-
f are, which waits-dud by &octant Won, sat till 0 um-
sax sap: eased his thanks for this resell LI mark at
I &Pa._ .

proposal. 0411 Mr. Mottoes seconded, that
the thank, of the noting be ail so to the Deseret
Manager an t other ofiVore for their efficient services
during the mist year, which was responded to by the
01111141111.0110101.
Mr. R. ftwoius then moved the "selection of the three
retiring Directors. and Kr. W. Taurigrr, of Poeta°
secande I the proposition. fle hopial they should have
them all in their places again, but, perhaps room might
be found for Mr. Lace Lie future time,
Mr, Bairns:one moved no an easendrestat, " nal Mr.
Lace be elector! • Directs of the Will, sad Dorset
Bank." UM object Is inning It was on the principle
that it was occasionally advisable to infuse new
blood into the working holy of every public or
commercial insUtlutiou. He should be tom to we a sew
I Chairman of the Biard—(h.r, lamaras should be
merry t see a new Osuenal Manager; but at the same
time they might oneetimes vivant anomaly let In drop
I of fresh water without disturbing the pool very mech.
(Laughter.) He entirely concurred in all WM Mr.
Squarely had said in reforms to the old Board, and he
certainly could have grimed that his aseradmeet had
gone the length of proposing the addition of another
member to the Board. (Rear and laughter.)
Mr. Raruoggi, who seconded the ameadment, said his
reason for doing so was that the Bank was unrepresented
by • member of the B mrd in cosmetics with nine or tea
breaches in North Winn (Hear, hear.) Hs bad sot •
word to say anedisst any member of the 41.1336
but as several of the branches lie which he
referred were important ones. be regarded Vie
election of Mr. Lace is • diseratunt. Haas
of those present doubtless, recollected, e 4 is
roved the memory of Mr. Imam father. A mere-
worthy man as member of the Board or one who sore smi-
th oily dovoted himself to the interests of the Bank could
not be foam I. (User, hear.) 113 had every remota to
believe that the eon inherited most, U not all, the
qualification' of kis father, and also that hie greet
alolliUm would he almost entirely devoted to the intecesta
of the 13 ink. lifeuler thole circumstances, be hat much
Mamie in proposed his eked etas a Director. (Applause.)
A poll being densaudad, Mr. 0. R. Norton (Seishury)
wee appointed mutineer on behalf of the Bank, and Kr.
W. Con (Yeovil) on the part of the shareboides.
Oo ths return of the emetiseers, the enemata°
anconneol that the result of the poll bed bees as folksy.:
—Mr. W. Ling. 287 ; Mr. Tbrieg. VI; Mr. Loce, 183;
Mr. Llwia. 1 Kr. LOCO WY therefore declared elected
In Use place of Mr. Lewis.
Mr. W. Lam first returns I thanks for the honour
which the shareholders had dose hits in replacing him
in his old poslUon on the Bard. It was • ewes of
much graUfloation to him to And that after his long sow
nection with the Bunk—nutty le yeare—lso heal ap-
parent'y done nothing to forfeit their °mildew°
Mr. Taws° said be found himself in • better
thin he hut dared t hope for. He thanked than=
fir the confidence which they had muds reposed in him;
and he sincerely hoped that at the nest annivailary
tasting the Director' wool I have as mash pleasure and
arsbacstion in reporting the results of their primeedings
as they had dorm on that oceanic.. (Apo' suet.)
Mr. C. R. Lcce alao expressed hie thanks for the honour
bestowed utem hits in his electioa as • reprustadve
at their B mril II should be sorry that say doubt
or misunderataniiing should exist in the winds of
nor no to his ',went in corning forward as •
candidate. Under en sting regulation', three members
of the Board annually retired by rotat.on, the object
being, of course, to enable aluareholders, if they had a wish
to do so, to sobstitute one person for another. He hod
not the 'lightest pernonat feeling against Mr. Lewis.
im (Appler.) lodeed Lie felt extremely 1i4.al in casing
himself as • cm,lidats at al ; but having been a banker.
of connected with • hank, ever sines he was II years of
age, he thought he was justified in making if he could not
be of some service to the Wilts and Dorset Bank. 11. had
eon, Mused in the Bank, for up to the time of his death
his faiths was associated with it almost front the time of
its form Won. (line.) His return woos proof that his con-
viction" and confides*, had not been naierplaerrl. Ile
again in thank them evresely for the kinds.,. ;•- in
regard ii Mr. Lewis he maid only repeat that he could
have no pereonal feeline towards Mr. Lewis, because he
bad sever had an opportunity of fecieJng his acesaintasee.
(freer, hear.)
The Cll4l/11An said the old Director' cheerfully bowed
to the decides of the shareholder', and should be ll
to extenbl the right hand of freadthip to Mr. Lase, any
whose s irgisti no woold receive careful and attentive
consideratiou. (Hear hear.) At the same tinse he e mid
not help expmesing the regret of himself sad he believed
also that of his co-Directors that they were DOW tiOnfiVWl
Of Mr. Lowia's serrices, represeatieg the But as he did
in • very important district in Hampshire. Probably the
tins, would come when they would feel it their ditty to
elect some other reprematatlve let that district, which
was an important one. Ilasavbile he treated that Kr.
Lewis would not withdraw his interest from the Bank,
but that he woul I =Wane toreador It, MI he had hitherto
done, most essential service. (Hear hear.) Ile begged to
propose a cordial vote of thanks to Mr. Lewis foe his past
services. (Applause.)
. Mr. Law,. briefly acknowledged the compliment, and
a cordial vote of %hanks having trees passed to the Char-
' man, on the 'anion of Dr. MAL; the proceedings were
brought to • close.

SHOCKING KIJEDIHM AND SUICIDE.
• discharged rail ameweet named Chest., Habig at
M, White-street He road, his wife, sad his
daughter, aged six, were sued as risseday Marshy' in
their room, with their throats gut Is • horrible meaner.
The men sad the child were deed, while the 1•0041.,
although still alive, is in • very precarions easeiltioa. It
Is believed that UN wean lint billed his child, then
attempted to murder his wife, sad altorwerde Geminated
se icicle.
The murderer and suicide had barely reached 11 yeast a/
age, and his wife la Is her HA year, and the baby was
only six mouths old. For thine weeks part Cheele had
bean out of wort, hewing, it was said, last his dinettes
as the (treat Eastern Railway through inettentlea and
bed timekeeping. Hs had potappsarsd to seek tor work
slam, and had expressed hie os.ioa that they would 0...
to want No sound of qwvsi or dliagremnent was heard
daring the night. Soca after debt o'clock on Tuesday
morning • scaHing noise In the bedroom oceepted by Mr.
and Mee Cherie at setestles. The accordant wile,
Mrs Porter, hoard Men. Meals exclaim—" You've dose
enough, lobo." Then Yr. Porter ran upateirs ant celled
through the door, tanking what wet the mattes but, no
answer being returned, be welted, and thee la • mamas
or two heard • stoned "like the Weak el • lot of water
falling on the craned:* That wee followed by • fall, sad
at once dashed in the door with his foot. On the
Porter
rhich stood facing the door UV Ira Cherie covered
with blow, suds Oak is kAr Dana
thrust hir festal
• owner on the bed, lay the baby, with Its oatout
It, bead nearly mewed from Its ,body sad cm the Hoot
none the window the body of Jobe Cheek lay in a mime of
blood which flowed ell round him. Ile was raised and was
alive, but blooding from • woe* in the throat which
nearly parted the windpipe • table knife, sharp pointed,
mad thin in the blade, lay on the bed, and as the deer was
• razor, both having evidently been used. Before • doctor
arrived John Chad* had expired, and Om melicialmaitt
man also pronounced the baby to be dead. ides.
however, he thought might be ma; but he found hoe
eutTer;ng from fifteen or twenty wounds on all puts other
body, the 'moot s Timis being one in the throat extending
nearly front ear to ear, but not injuries, it was thought,
the • indpipe. That wound was sewn up, and the alms
hiving been chased, Mrs ()heals was left In bed until
late in 11.. afternoon, when she was sufficiently recovered
to be removal ta the loadon Hospital Mrs Coma
having somewhat recovered, managed to ask for bar baby,
se If sle• did not know its fate. It was Hasa detained wife
to keep the fact of tbe child's death from her, bat later In
the af hareems, when the bodies of her husband and child
had been removed to the district mortuary poodle' the
inquest, she was told.

FACIE ALND FANCIES.
Fn. "Ps..

ihantsLlD Panran. -(1Int. Drink wales 1.47
Meads have it.. .pt, to. Viseraos to hake • repot to.
sad to talk.,,, to. snidest of salsa reform. Ma D.
was rpaskiag lesstly about the Making imbibe el the
vilisers. whoa Amalie directed bbs. Di atliatisca to the
treat pardon. where Waster D.. aged ahan w
en hip
seeessalta lal he saw 1),..„.... .) Mrs. 2
to h., wiadow): • ann. 4411 Wks; TM bet
doing out there in-the new without his shoes Shia
-
inn r Nuns :-" Mar, ma'am. ha Uri 1,0 mt. i•
catch • proper cold sad a oo.h. this bin be Ilhe seat*
as bars a jolly 'at glass of whisky before he goes to WI.
tia'ant." [Oollapso o! again who pinched Waster D.
twice whoa tablas Mu to beta
I Ilooviaruis ecovicasua-As Lesolaster mess it wad-
rizmitleas up the dial,... Lave bees
to Nest, well-tc-to tridents= Irvin swat to the
"29' fer. the fool intended for hawser. Wallah)
14 liesegas sailleleat by wattling with which to describe
I oar ("lake of warn cnnempUble kaaverr. Th.
' Naas who Wake itself tad. the Manisa Pow all of •••••••
saherable swab toed be iadoed (or ought to ••) •
Boor hoar. We son sae ao maim why all snob
aeosadrils should sot be laigtila••• lit •••11•1•1
_._.._-
titian. wader hiss pretences, more espeol=lhe Irma.
Alai would give theca pigsty if food--fot
• Shone CoauTtes.-S.Wil" has of cool wage
brought tato Loadit last year. What ma sah-ton-biliag
quantity I N wonder we are so Ned
Yaws Kamm Mown' -Mary " Oh, INszttilti tlrc•
some loose katt I decimal pull it out r : Oh.
00, Mary, Way don't. 1401 oaks gas wear it Wag
ask .4 Air singes eastola

Maas sux Tsar W AMID. —Oa Wedueedep two geasl
of mai who bad hoes 410wiad Owi " tr "rumew.".
to do," but upon whoa waa foand dd. and t
lively, ware charged with beggiaA and tnnunitted IL;
Paget for nevem days, with lard Weer. Dorian the mat
work, therefore, they will have plealg of work to do.
Wednesday list Dooton Mahlon and
Meedonnott. of the Dahlias Reepilist, performed a moat
marvellous opera/me. They Waded a Mat of mllk fresh
from the cow sato the vane of a dying masa and he has
Mae rectorered. As lacorrigible inahabeter whose vela
of humour suggests ma abeam of the milk of human
coostalwrs that for the futon we ought to look
more favourably upon Cow WS&