The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-08 00:00:00

CONSERV.ATIFE LAND SOCIETY.

The quarterly meeting was held this day at the offices in
Norfolk-street, Strand—Viscount Ranelagh in the chair.
The Secretary (Mr. Gruneisen) read the advertisement
convening the meeting.
Viscount RANELAGH then read the following report :

" The executive committee of the Conservative Land
Society have the pleasure in this thirty-eighth quarterly
report of announcing to the shareholders that the receipts
for the Christmas and Lady-day quarters of the present
financial year are remarkably satisfactory, as will be seen
by the annexed tabular statement :

Shares Shares Total Quarters ending in
Complete Shares Receipts.
probes.
Dec. 24,1861 202 41 243 £13,529 1 4
March 25,1862 lO3 26 129 17,821 17 11
305 67 372 31,350 19 3
Totals to Sept.3o, '61113,766 3,780 17,546 561,588 10 3
Grand totals to
Lady-day, 1862

The above Lady-day quarter shows an increase of £3,093
14s. 9d. over the corresponding period of last year;
the present Lady-day quarter also shows an increase
of £4,292 16s. 7d. over the preceding Christmas quar-
ter; the total sale of land to Lady-day, 1862, amounts to
£304,885, 10s., being an increase to the extent of £42,265
15s. 7d. over the returns to Lady-day, 1861. The total
withdrawals since the formation of the society (Sept. 1852),
to Lady-day, 1862, are £168,298 ss. 6d. The returns of
the register of the order of rights are as follow :—Com-
pleted, 4,607 ; drawn, 3,140 ; seniority, 1,651; total, 9,398 ;
deduct rights exercised on estates, &c., 7,o47—unexercised
rights, 2,351. The last share number on the register by
seniority is No. 13,128, and the last share number issued
up to 25th of March, 1862, was No. 17,918. Two allot-
ments of land and houses for the present financial year
have taken place. The first was on the 16th of October
last, when the Queen's-road estate, London-road, Tonbridge
Wells, was offered ; and the second was on the 12th of
February, when two estates at Newark-neon-Trent, at
Beacon Hill and Northgate, were submitted for selection to
the holders of rights of choice. The Queen's-road estate
is divided into 63 lots, including sixteen substantially-built
Gothic cottages. Situated as the property is close to the
church of St. John, within easy distance from the railway
station, and adjoining the most picturesque promemdes in
Tonbridge Wells, it is not surprising that the sales already
effected have been so satisfactory ; and when the new roads
are opened to connect the property with the Woodbury
Park estate, the remaining plots will be in demand. It is
the intention of the board to offer during the year the re-
maining portion of theWoodburyPark estate, the direct and
speedy railroad communications now made between Ton-
bridge Wells and London having increased the
necessity of additional house accommodation on this
popular watering-place. The two Newark estates were
Hon. allotted at the Town-hall after a large public meeting,
at which the Mayor presided. Viscount Ingestre,
the Talbot, and Colonel
partC oolfotnheel
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attendedand v
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n the deputation
tiv9 Committee, and their explanations were considered so
satisfactory, that unanimous resolutions were passed, ap-
proving of the society's system of working. The North-
gate estate is divided into 75 plots, and the Beacon Hill
into 32 plots, the prices ranging from £34 up to £226 per
plot, so that building land can thus be secured on both
estates for all classes of the community. The roads and
drains will soon be constructed, and building operations
will speedily follow. The next allotment is fixed for Wed-
nesday, the 30th of April, on which occasion an additional
quantity of the valuable Roehripton Park estate will be
offered ; as also the fourth portion of the building land on
the Round Hill Park, at the end of Richmond and Prince's
roads, Brighton; and houses on the Round Hill Crescent,
now in occupation, or ready for habitation, It is likewise
the intention of the Executive Committee to include in the
forthcoming April allotment ground rents at the Battersea
and Roman. road, (North Bow) estates. The Hon. W. E.
Duncombe, M.P., being unable to continue his services,
has resigned his place at the board. The directors have
been, end are, in negotiation for various estates in different
parts of the country, and are also looking out for an eligible
purchase in or near London. The Tottenham and Hamp-
stead Junction. Railway Bill, now before the Legislature
affecting the Kentish-town estate, the necessary steps have
been taken to protect the interests of the allottees and of
the society. The Executive Committee, in conclusion,
congratulate the members on the cheering,' prospects for the
, future."

Can any one answer the question, what is a Magnet? we
only know sonic of its marvellous effects, and admire the in-
genuity of those who apply its power to beneficial uses, for
instance Herring's magnetic brushes, &c. Dr. Hassall re-
ports, ~ I regard them as the most perfect brushes hitherto
made, as respects their mechanical construction and their
inagnetical action," They are the remedy for grey hair,
neuralgia, rheumatism, &c. 14.8.—Counterteit0 are being.
made. Plageo, 32, DAgillgliall-atreet, Undo.

The Victoria and Duke of Wellington, screw
three-deckers, at Pirtsmouth, are named as the
next ships for convcrsion to shield ships on Capt.
Coles' principle ; an the work of razeeing them to
their middle decks vill be immediately taken in
hand. The Duke -vas originally laid down as a
and was afterwards altered
and i
adapted to
screw.
Her engines are of 700
hsaoirsi-ngdter
epaotPhweedre,-teand her burden in tons is 3,771. The
a steamship, from designs
of Sir B. W. Walker,
KiV'lli.rcent.oißsrhi.aeSdwhaefsrholniaasidatdbmoewiiffice as
fiatter floor amidships than
deckers, and has doubt-
less fo
greater
stability than they.
She
iosf,r thetthheis reason t
rceofnorvee,rbetter' much
r ed.apted for conversion to a
cupola ship than either the Royal Sovereign or
Duke. She was launched some two years since
from Portsmouth Dockyard. She is of 4,127 tons
burden, and is fitted with engines of 1,000 horse
power nominal, and attained a speed on her light
draughtcupolas fortrial in Stokes h
tesstw
Bay,o of nearly 131 knots.
The ships,
according to
number, but
in
nntain and their
the
eesent numberinte notfi ognusn,
swtiblleybewsirl c
calibre is, of course, entirely a matter dependent
on future contingencies. The precise nature and
thickness of the armour plating on their sides from
below the water-line upwards is also a matter for
future consideration. These ships cut down and
converted to cupola ships when armed, stored,
manned, and ready for sea, will have to carry about
800 tons less weight than they would have under
the same circumstances as 131 gun screw steam ships,
supposing that they are rigged when cupola ships,
and carrying the same masts and yards, anchors,
and cables.

Admiralty instructions have been received at
Chatham Dockyard, directing a survey to be made
by the dockyard officials of the paddlewheel steamers
Adder, African, and 0 tter,employed principally on
harbour service, in order to ascertain whether the
hulls and general condition of those vessels are such
as to warrant their being furnished with new en-
gines and machinery.

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Frederick W. Brown, chief
engineer to the Tribune, vice Barber, superseded
from ill health ; Henry Williams, confirmed as chief
engineer ;P. Butler, engineer to-the Fisgard, for
the Columbine ; G. F. Bell, engineer to the Zebra ;
T. F. Hight, first-class assist.-engineer to the Cum-
berland, for the Herring; T. Baldwin, first-class
assist.-engineer to the Zebra ; H. Birch, first-class
assist.-engineer to the Indus, for the Shamrock ; E.
Eckersley, first-class assist.-engineer to the Hawke,
for the Lark; W. C. Batty, acting first-class assist.-
engineer to the Cumberland, for the Spanker; J.
H. Bray and Frederick Hallett, acting second-class
assist.-engineers to the Zebra ; and J. 111'11/Ellen,
acting second-class assist.-engineer to the Cumber-
land, for the Resistance.

THE NAVY.

A general order has been addressed from the
Horse Guards to the army, dated the 24th of March,
1862, by which permission is granted to the troops
composing the detachment left by Sir Henry Have-
lock in the Alumbagh, to reckon an additional year's
service towards pay and pension. In all such cases
the year added is allowed to reckon towards the
qualifications for " medal and gratuity."
Intelligence has been received at the invalid depot,
St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, of the departure of
upwards of 2,000 sick and invalid non-commissioned
officers and men, and time-expired men, who have
been sent home from India and China, for the pur-
pose of being discharged. The vessels now on their
passage home with them are the Renown, the Lady
Jocelyn, the Holmsdale, the Newcastle, and the
Middlesex, from Calcutta ; the Cospatrick and the
Windsor Castle, from Bombay; the Exchanger and
the Flying Cloud, from Hongkong; the Empress of
India, from Kurrachee ; the Akbar, from Colombo ;
and the Sir James, from the Mauritius.

The periodical relief of the detachments of Royal
Marines serving at the Island of Ascension, being
about to take place, Admiralty orders have been re-
ceived at the headquarters of the Chatham division
calling for volunteers from the corps for service at
that island. The class of volunteers required are
artificers, engineers, wheelwrights, masons, carpen-
ters, excavators, clerks, &c., all of whom must have
had a fair education, and possess a good character.
If married they will be permitted to take their wives
with them. The volunteers will proceed to Ascension
on the sth proximo, in charge of Lieut. Rokeby.