five pounds, the outstanding liabilities to £7 13s. 8d.
The meeting on Nov. 12th was both a quarterly and annual one. The number of members was the same as before - viz. 33 life-members and 103 subscribing ditto. The failure of the usual increase at this period of the year was believed to be due to the extraordinary efforts put forth by the managers and supporters of the Temperance Hall and Workingmen's Institute, where weekly concerts, lectures and other attractions entered into commendable rivalry with the older educational establishment. With such competition, however, it was a solace to find that the Mechanics' Institution was not going back. The treasurer reported a slight adverse balance of 1s/1½, but a further reduction by 30/- of liabilities to £6. 3s. 6d. the French class, superintended by Mr. Wilson, had continued through the summer, and the renewal of other classes was only waiting the requisite number of members to commence operations. The annual election of officers resulted as follows:- President, A. Burton, Esq., Vice-Presidents, Rev. J. A. Hatchards, Rev. W. N. Tilson-Marsh, G. H. M. Wagner, Esq., H. Selmes, Esq., and Messrs. Putland, Stoneman, How, Bickle, and Cuthbert. Treasurer, Mr. T. B. Brett; Secretaries, Messrs. S. Bullard, jun. and J. Davies; auditors, Messrs. Hatchman and Wilson.
Fashionable Marriages
On the 21st of May, the church of St. Mary Magdalen was more than half-filled with a throng of respectably dressed persons anxious to witness the nuptials, of Capt. George Shirley Maxwell, adjutant of the East Kent Militia, and Miss Adelaide Frances Taylor, youngest daughter of the late Major William Stanhope Taylor and Lady Sarah Taylor. The wedding party were conveyed to the church in twelve carriages, in which there were eight pairs of "grays" and other horses; also the private carriage of P. F. Robertson, Esq. The bridesmaids - uniformly attired were the Misses Mary Taylor, Pitt Taylor, Emily Maxwell, Amy Macgregor and Constance Macgregor. The bride was given away by her brother, Capt. Wm. O'Brien Taylor, and the marriage rites were performed by the Revs. W. Pope and W. W. Hume. An elegant dejeuner was prepared at 19 Eversfield place.
Mr. Sutherland and Miss Coventry. Another of those interesting events in human life was the means of attracting a large assemblage at the church of St. Mary Magdalen on the 11th of August. The engaged persons were Stanley S. Sutherland, of H.M. Bengal Staff Corps, and Miss Olivia Emilie Coventry, of Springhill Villa, St. Leonards. The bridal party went to the church in carriages drawn by five pairs of greys, and the marriage was performed by the Rev. W. W. Hume, assisted by the Rev. F. Young, rector of Pett. The bridesmaids were Miss Coventry, the Ladies Marsham, the Misses Hume, and Miss Sutherland. The bride was given -
