The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-12 00:00:00

" EXTRACT FROM MR. ►SEELY'S LETTER,

" Captain Browne, the son-in-law of Mr. Seel7, who
made arrangements for the reception of General Gari-
baldi and his suite at Malta, has been waited on by
several of the Maltese merchants, with a request
that they night be allowed to be at the cost of enter-
taining Garibaldi and his suite during his stay at Malta.
Captain Browne had to refuse, as that would not have been
in acordance with Mr. Seely's instructions to Capt. Browne
—Mr. Seely considering Gen. Garibaldi and his suite as his
guests as soon as they left Caprera."
_ _ _ _

This conduct of the Maltese merchants shows the esti-
mation in which the respectable classes in Malta hold
Garibaldi.

YOILK.—Late on Friday night the following telegram
from Brooke, Isle of Wight, was received at York :—" In-
form the Lord Mayor the General says he will visit York.
He remembers going to see the Minster with Mr. Cowan."

GENERAL GARIBALDI'S VISIT TO THE OPERA.—
According to the cfficial announcement General
Garibaldi will visit the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden.
on Thursday evening next. The opera selected for the oc-
casion is " Norma," and in addition the second and third
acts of " Itlasaniello ;" the latter, of course, in compliment
to the illustrious visitor. The entrance and reception are
to be by the Floral Hall, and the box to be occupied by the
general is near the stage on the left hand. There will be a
most brilliant assemblage of the aristocracy, and the occa-
sion cannot fail to be most flattering and gratifying to the
Italian patriot.

CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.

MEETING THIS DAY.

The forty-sixth quarterly meeting took place this day at
the offices, Norfolk-street, Strand.
The SECRETARY (Mr. Gruneisen) having read the ad-
vertisement convening the meeting,
The N OBLE CHAIRMAN (Viscount Ranelagb) road the
following report :

The executive committee, in submitting this their forty-
sixth quarterly report, have the satisfaction of placing
before the shareholders the follcwing gn,tifying returns of
the results for the two fir,

quarters of the twe

h financial

year :--

,hares i

Qrs. end

Total
Shares,

Ileccipts.

s. d.
Dee. 24' 18
" rt: 252 15,323
11
1 71
March 25, 186_ .1
Half-year end-
ing Lady-day,
184
Totals to Sept.
30, 1833 15,537 4,174 19,711 701,146 18 7

Grand totals to
Lady-day,1861.1 15,811

4,301 120,148

733,841 16 1

It will be seen from the above table that tho large num-
ber of 20,148 shares of £5O each have been issued since the
formation of the society, representing a subscribed capital
of £1,007,400, the actual cash receipts from all sources hav-
ing been nearly £734,000.
The returns of the register of the order of ti2hts are as
follow :

Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Tot 31.
5,244 3,234 1,706 10,184
Deduct rights exercised on estates, dm, .... 7,681

Unexercised rights

The last share number on the register by seniority is No.
14,813, and the last share issued up to Lady Day, 1864
was No. 20,143.

The total sale of land to Lady Day, 1861,

amounts to
The total withdrawals since the formation

of the Society to Lady-day, are
The allotments for the half-year have been as yet chiefly
confined to estates purchased at former periods; for in-
stance, the agreement entered into with the Tottenham and
Kentish-town Railway Company necessitated the issue of a
new plan. The Ipswich estate has been presented in a
novel and advantageous manner in a fresh mapping of the
land. The disposal of the mansion on the Wanstead estate
afforded the opportunity of submitting additional building
land for sale. On the 16th of March, the Committee were
enabled to allot the second and final portion of the Colches-
ter estate, reserving a plot thereon for the erection of a
church. Advantage was taken of the same allotment to
offer an eligible building property at Bishop Stortford. The
sale of the important property recently acquired in Batter-
sea, situated in Plough-lane, will be commenced on the
6th of April, the result of which will be announced in the
next quarterly report. The committee, however, congra-
tulate the holders of rights of choice on the opportunity
afforded to them of priority of selection on such a valuable
estate. The York-road property, which was the first Bat-
tersea allotment, proved a most successful investment—not
only were highly remunerative ground rents obtained, but
considerable premiums have been paid to the original
allottees by purchasers. The Plough-lane estate, now
offered, has all the advantages of close railroad and steam-
boat communication, and its proximity to the Battersea.
park must render it a most eligible locality for building
purposes.

Many of the new railroad schemes before Parliament will
materially improve the society's suburban and provincial
estates, such as those at Kentish Town, Wocd Green,
Seven Sisters, Tottenham, Roehampton, Enfield, Brighton,
Tunbridge Wells, &c. Tho executive committee have been
c'trefel of the society's interests in those properties through
which new railways will pass.

The intended erection of a chapel on. the Oatlands Grange
estate at Weybridge has given an impetus to building. a
large quantity of land having been recently sold by tha
society
for the erection of villas.

The committee entertain the expectation that the rector
of Forest Hill, the Rev. Mr. Clarke, will be able to carry
oproviding additional accommodation
f
a fund to erect a church on the
:rt his his
parish, intentionb y
raisingof
Brockley Hill estate, Forest Hill.
The difficulties in allotting the Avenue estate, Southamp-
ton, arising out of the claim of the Corporation to some
common land, connecting the main frontage with the high
road, being nearly removed, the committee hope that the
property may soon be offered for sale.
An important allotment, consisting entirely of freehold
and leasehold villas and houses belonging to the society at
Brighton, Oxford, St. Margaret's, Putney, Enfield, North
Bow, &a., will take place in the ensuing month. It will be
a pod opportunity to many persons Luling- cut for helves,
either as residences or as investments, cspccfslly vs the pri-
vilege of paying the purchase money by esB3.' it'talincutg
will be granted. It is an essential element of the society's
system, that it affords the cheapest and best opportunity
to the provident investor to become eventually his own
landlord.

(Signed) RA.NEL!Lotg, Chairman•
(Countersigned) CHARLES L. GRUNEISEN, Secy.
Offices of the Conservative Lard Society,
33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.,
London, April 12, ISC!.

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