The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-08 00:00:00

CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCll3ff'

The fourth general quarterly meeting of this s°C's;;°
was held yesterday at the Freemasons' Tavern, 011-
A
numerously attended. read
Viscount RANELAGH presided. His lordshipoteP
the report of the executive committee which s tbe.'
that the total number of shares issued duril3b.vg
twelve months was upwards of 6,000, representricy
subscribed capital of 300,0001., on which upweber Off
52,0001. had already been paid. The note
shares on the order of rights, on the termili-iiio
that day's drawing, would be no less than ,36, wine
nearly 800 had been solaced by the public dir.,eoft"
and 300 by rotation. Avery few months vrolliugort
to entitle every shareholder, up to 1,000 and ulloretS
to select lots on estates. he number of righte,-0 tiP,
exhausted on estates actually allotted up to e foe' "
was upwards of 600 ; whilst seven estates of.fite
teen purchased yet remained for distribution. '.l-P ncietP
man said he was happy again to congratulate the %coo!'
for the fourth time, on their real and substantial !A.
so gratifying to the directors, and to all coneerl3loipt:
the first quarter of the society's operations their :it' tb,
had been 6,4861. ; in the second quarter, 10,791' 'rogresd
third, 15,1641. ; and in the last, 19,7811.—the Pecedo;
in the last quarter being greater than in allY_a,r tTb
atakesone. In the first quarter the number of alw..ie,
was 896 ; in the last, 1,600, or nearly. &oboe ce.,`;
amount of withdrawals from the society since r
mencement was under 501., while in one of thesirbeeee
societies it was as much as 2,000/. per Week...event .
the National Society had been in existence 9 04,
months, they had received 21,0001. ; this societPs24ed
only established twelve months, had recei/eA p,spe_kii. A
They had issued 6,018 shares, at 501. ; they v7fieo
in hard cash 44,0001., and the allotments had only tba
place in the last five months. There were bere
Iv • s
small estates, at Hertford and Wood-green, f
tbte
allotments were not taken up. The estates o_jobbowp
1
ciety would not be a nuisance to their P,"oj,
They would rather beautify the neighbourP°of
Forest-hill they had shown the good examPle fee,6o-5
out ground for a church. (Hear, hear.) I° ; direct 'O4
a definite conclusion would be come to tb.ictife
as to increasing the salaries of the agents. ni 9,-yeg'r,fer
intelligent men might make 2501. or 35', no 7eti'
these agencies. He believed that there vlis soelbot,
investment in England than that offered by to', 04
Not only were they well supported in this e° China
they actually had applications for shares from
Calcutta. (Hear, hear.) ,eIG
Colonel Kivox moved the adoption of the re[o4:l cikeew
Mr. H. T. POWNALL seconded the motion,._:',
on the importance of the privilege of posses
motioning
hold. t"
The report was unanimously adopted.
secocleboleo
Mr. ALDRICH moved, and Mr. CANNEY „ar C rs,
appointment of Mr. J. C. Bennett and ';:eholde
Richards, as auditors, on behalf of the she 000
atle
Agr
Mee to.
r.d J. ARTHUR complained that theseejciers,itt
nd
were unknown to the majority of the sher
ir roP°7oioll
that due notice -had not been given of th,e,at pf°'
After a conversation, it was suggesteasifes to
21 days' notice should be given of the n
a the tire
posed as auditors.
Some routine business was disposed of, °Tits. )'.l'-obl/3
ing then proceeded to ballot for allotinecinto the P
close the thanks of the society were voted
chairman. .

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SePt.do.o'
THE Mains.—SOUTHAMPTON, A,:q
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Na,viagried to;10,
pany's ship Madrid, Capt. John Weelte,s. ben Cads'
with the usual mails for Vigo, Oporto, cat-'-';'9rgo',
and Gibraltar, 59 passengers, a full gener3"' icks" 460
value 9,000/. for Lisbon, and 10 bottles ;er,
The Tartar, a beautiful new paddle-wheel stei');, gePoLo,
tons, built on the new diagonal prinoiPlA'rieatal
White of Cowes, for the Peninsular and -by IT„-atil"
pany, with engines of 150-horse power, near -13ft,i
Sumners, Day, and Baldock, of Nortbalu, near
's
ampton, was tried at the measured mile in t be
on Monday, and attained a very 001101 ran
to I, I.'
The Tartar will shortly be sent to Cllina,„o
~
tween Hong Kong and Canton, in conjunc"- coinrriiP
Canton, a steamer belonging to the same_. cadio .roe
already on the station. The screw steam the ono/
take her departure for the Indian seas „e 130,,
of a few days, and after her arrival out, ,rl,OO
and Madras, two fine screw steamers 0,1 ea thetry
and 270-horse power, at present emploYeu.nd Asi:bee,
dian lines, will be placed on the Singaporein the
Tian station, to convey the Australian mails /., bei'sgoo
of the Chusan and Shanghai, which ves.s,ei:loo
respectively only 750 and 600 tons,
wi• P"'"
power have not been found to be suffil state
ful, and were, in fact, only placed on till ilierci
the first instance as experimental vessels t on s
oleo
suitable could be prepared. Two neAna 4003300'
steam-ships, the Colombo, of 2,000 tons of
power, and the Norna, of 1,100 toni!_erogor._
horse power, built by Messrs. Tod. and
ill '"repel
Glasgow, are nearly ready for sea, and preP
few weeks come round to Southampton
.to„...:ontal Cop(
for service on some of the Peninsular anc!,,u4lselet's
pany's lines of steam communication.
,-15_,,n,y, s'oe
utnubitnlt eC
longing to the West India Mail Steam
paddle-wheel steam-ship, of 1,800 tons,,e,j
diagonal principle by White, of Cowes, i !Ts re eiilo,
pected here from the Thames. whererssh,e.4iTer, 11401;
her machinery at the factory of Mess
1
r
hill, and Co. The United States mail ,
tbooldtteC2actt
ahinujli.,Da.nladiqhese,
pected to arrive off Cowes en route t
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