16 Second General Meeting. 



Esq. ; and T. H. S- Sotheron, Esq. The property of the Society- 

 had very largely increased, and he trusted that when the gentlemen 

 he had named were elected, their responsibilities would be annually 

 augmented. 



The Rev. J. Bliss seconded the resolution, which was at once 

 adopted. 



Mr. Cuxnington then proposed the re-appointment of Col. 

 Olivier, as Treasurer of the Society, which was agreed to. 



The Rev. Mr. Lukis said, he had much pleasure in proposing 

 Mr. Henry Swayne, and Mr. James Nightingale, as local Secretaries. 



The Rev. W. R. Cozens seconded the proposition, which was 

 carried. 



The Rev. Mr. Lukis then read an article on "Church Bells," 

 which will be found in the present Number. 



The meeting then dispersed. 



THE ANNUAL DINNER 



of the Society took place at the Three Swans Hotel, at five o'clock, 

 and was attended by between 60 and 70 ladies and gentlemen. 

 The chair was taken by the Worshipful the Mayor of Salisbury, 

 who was supported on the right by the Lord Bishop of the Diocese ; 

 G. P. Scrope, Esq., M.P. ; J. H. Jacob, Esq., &c. ; and on the left 

 by Major-General Buckley, M.P. The Ma) r or discharged his duties 

 in a most lively and agreeable manner, increasing very considerably 

 by the dexterity of his archaeological allusions, the excellent spirit 

 of social humour in which the evening was spent. After the 

 customary honours to her Majesty, the Royal Family, and the Army 

 and Navy, in giving which he observed that the barrow- digger felt 

 the deepest sense of gratitude to the military, for had it not been 

 for that class of men, many barrows would not have existed, and 

 the excavator would not have had his desponding countenance so 



