SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


      Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): December 31, 1997



                              EAGLE FINANCIAL CORP.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




         DELAWARE                     0-15311                  06-1194047
----------------------------   ------------------------   ----------------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)      (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)                                         Identification Number)


222 MAIN STREET, P.O. BOX 1157, BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT             06010
-------------------------------------------------------   ----------------------
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (860) 314-6400

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
                                 --------------
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 5.  Other Events

         Eagle  Financial Corp.  ("Eagle"),  the holding company for Eagle Bank,
will be  delaying  its annual  shareholders  meeting  for fiscal 1997 that would
normally  be  held  in  January  1998  pending  the   completion  of  a  special
shareholders  meeting  required to vote on the  acquisition  of Eagle by Webster
Financial Corp. ("Webster").

         On October 27, 1997,  Eagle  announced  that it had signed a definitive
agreement  to be  acquired  by Webster on a stock for stock  basis in a tax-free
exchange  fixed at 0.84 shares of Webster  common  stock for each share of Eagle
common  stock.  The  definitive  agreement,  which  has  been  approved  by both
companies' boards of directors,  is subject to approval by Eagle's and Webster's
stockholders  and the appropriate  regulatory  agencies.  Eagle and Webster will
both hold special  meetings of  stockholders  sometime  during the quarter ended
March 31,  1998 at which time  their  respective  stockholders  will be asked to
consider  and vote upon the  proposed  merger.  In the event  that the merger is
consummated,  it would not be  necessary  for Eagle to hold its  regular  annual
meeting.




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                                   SIGNATURES



         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated:            December 31, 1997



                                     EAGLE FINANCIAL CORP.



                                     By: /s/ Mark J. Blum
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Mark J. Blum
                                         Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                                         and Secretary
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

      Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): December 31, 1997

                              EAGLE FINANCIAL CORP.
================================================================================
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         DELAWARE                     0-15311                  06-1194047
----------------------------   ------------------------   ----------------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)      (IRS Employer
of Incorporation)                                         Identification Number)

222 MAIN STREET, P.O. BOX 1157, BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT             06010
-------------------------------------------------------   ----------------------
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                       (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (860) 314-6400

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
                                 --------------
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Item 5.  Other Events

         Eagle  Financial Corp.  ("Eagle"),  the holding company for Eagle Bank,
will be  delaying  its annual  shareholders  meeting  for fiscal 1997 that would
normally  be  held  in  January  1998  pending  the   completion  of  a  special
shareholders  meeting  required to vote on the  acquisition  of Eagle by Webster
Financial Corp. ("Webster").

         On October 27, 1997,  Eagle  announced  that it had signed a definitive
agreement  to be  acquired  by Webster on a stock for stock  basis in a tax-free
exchange  fixed at 0.84 shares of Webster  common  stock for each share of Eagle
common  stock.  The  definitive  agreement,  which  has  been  approved  by both
companies' boards of directors,  is subject to approval by Eagle's and Webster's
stockholders  and the appropriate  regulatory  agencies.  Eagle and Webster will
both hold special  meetings of  stockholders  sometime  during the quarter ended
March 31,  1998 at which time  their  respective  stockholders  will be asked to
consider  and vote upon the  proposed  merger.  In the event  that the merger is
consummated,  it would not be  necessary  for Eagle to hold its  regular  annual
meeting.
SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated:            December 31, 1997

                                     EAGLE FINANCIAL CORP.

                                     By: /s/ Mark J. Blum
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Mark J. Blum
                                         Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
                                         and Secretary