The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-05 00:00:00

The total sale of land to Midsummer, 1861,

is .. •• ..
The total withdrawals since the formation
of the Society (7th Sept., 1852) to Mid-
summer, 1864, are
The returns of the register of the order of rights are as
follow :

Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Total.
5,368 3,234 1,706 10,308
Deduct rights exercised on estates, &c, .... 7,797

Unexercised rights...
The last share number on the register by seniority is No.
14,813; and the last share issued up to Midsummer. 1864,
was No. 20,661. The executive committee have the grati-
fication to report to the shareholders that the two allotments
of the Plough-lane, Battersea, estate, on the 6th of April
and the 22d of June, have been remarkably successful. The
board was induced to acquire this valuable building property
owing to the rapid sale and development of the York-road
estate, which was the society's first acquisition of land in
Battersea. The Plough-lane estate is a continuation of the
York-road, towards the Wandsworth-road, and the estate
is close to the Clapham Junction and Wandsworth stations,
and to the steamboat piers. The first portion of the Plough.
lane land, offered on the 6th of April, was entirely sold
prior to the second allotment on the 22d of June, and a very

large sale has already been effected. The contract for the
works on the entire estate is already signed, and no time
will be lost in completing the roads, the committee having
been enabled to secure for the estate increased facilities of
communication with the adjoining localities and railway
stations. Building operations have been commenced, and
the value of the land has been amply proved by the resale
by allottees, at premiums, of their plots. Increased house
accommodation in the vicinity of Battersea Park and the
central stations on the south side of the Thames is so much
in demand, that it may be expected with confidence that
the Plough-lane estate will be more speedily covered with
houses than any property previously allotted by the Con-
servative Land Society. The works for the Bishop's Stort-
ford and Colchester estates are in progress. The roads in
the Hen wick-road, Worcester, have just been completed.
Another allotment is fixed for Wednesday, July 20, when
the sale of the Avenue estate, Southampton, will be com-
menced; and on this occasion will be also offered to the
holders of rights of choice, and to the general public, a
handsome villa residence, "The Orangery," just erected on
the St. Margaret's estate, Isleworth and Twickenham ;
villas and houses on the Round-hill-peak estate, Brighton,
commanding extensive views of the sea and country; two
villa residences at Enfield, close to the station ; four villas
on the Iffiey-road estate, Oxford ; and several houses in
occupation on the Kentish-town, Hackney, Old Ford,
Roman-road (North Bow), and Putney estates. The allot-
tees of the society will please to bear in mind that the last
day for sending in claims for the freehold franchise in the
counties is Wednesday, July 20; and on or before that day
the solicitor should be put in possession of the necessary
information, in order that they may be duly registered. In
the event of any objections being made, the purchasers of
land through the society's instrumentality must take spe-
cial care that the solicitor is supplied in time with the re-
quisite deeds and particulars, specfying at the same time
the most convenient polling districts in the county or coun-
ties in which their property is situated. If there be any
alterations in the qualifications, or any change of address,
the allottees should at once communicate with the society's
legal adviser, who will attend to their interests free of ex-
pense.

(Signed) RINELeau, Chairman.
(Countersigned) CHAS. LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary.

Tragic Affair at Sea,

On Sunday morning, between 12 and 1 o'clock, a Scotch
schooner of 80 tons, named the Rosehaugh, of Cromarty,
left Sunderland, coal laden, for the former place, being towed
out by a steam tug and accompanied by a pilot. The crew,
four only in number, were Andrew Ross, captain, Hugh
Mackay, mate, William Duff, able seaman, and Charles
Munro, ordinary seaman. These men were all under the
influence of drink, more or less, but were not quarrelling
when left by the pilot and steamer. On the contrary, the
Rosehaugh's sails were set, all right, and she proceeded on
her voyage. The captain went down below to light his
pipe, and then proceeded to the helm to take the command
and steer his vessel. A few minutes after the three men
had left and gone forward, Ross heard some quarrelling
between the mate and Munro, but took no notice of it, and
as the sail was between him and the men tie could not see
what was going on. Immediately afterwards he saw the
midships bulwark, which is moveable, float past, and heard
a faint cry for help from the mate, whose voice sounded
like that of a drowning man. He ran forward, but could
see nothing, and found himself alone in the ship. He
searched the forecastle carefully, but saw no one, and there-
fore brought to his ship till she was taken in tow by a
steamer for Shields and taken into Sunderland, wherd she
arrived about 2 o'clock, or shortly afterwards. The captain
can give no other account of the affair than the above, and
it is surmised that the mate and Munro may have begun
to fight, and the other man (Duff) going between to sepa-
rate them the three began a violent struggle, and, looked in
each others' arms, staggered over the side into the sea, the
bulwark, which was rotten and insecure, giving way under
their weight. It is strange, however, that the captain, when
the ship was boarded on her return off Sunderland by a
young pilot named Dodd, took up an axe and threatened to
cut off the pilot's hands if he did not leave hold of the
" fender," or attempted to climb on board. Dodd afterwards
complained to the police of this matter, and the captain
was accordingly arrested and locked up on the charge of
assaulting the young man. The crew, it seems, were drink-
ing all the week, and on Saturday night actually took
ashore some rope from the ship and tried to sell it for drink.
The unfortunate men who were drowned all belong to Cro-
marty. Mackay was unmarried, and about 30 years of age ;
Duff was 28 years of age, married, and had two children;
Munro being a lad of 20, and unmarried, The occurrence
happened off Whitburn, three and half miles north-east
from Sunderland harbour.

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