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terranean station ; Henry Lefselitsfuffir(ll.ls/),nkelteg
Lieutenant of the Fox, 42, on''.9o-7-7giat laia,st449A;
James Saumarez (1851), serviiii the Tfineornaleei
on the Pacific station ;
der (1852), Acting Lieute4aneliii the FUrieud, .
paddle-wheel steam-frigate, ihe;;lVleditez!ratieau efa.-
tion William Frederick Irwift_llBs24i-.lrilit,X4e-lof
the Wasp screw steam-sloop, or the Meditvianean
station ; and Lord Francis N. CafghanllllBs2K serv-
ing the Cumberland, 70, flagship, on the North
America and West India station, to the rank of
Lieutenants.

SUBURBAN VILLA AND VILLAGE
ASSOCIATION.

On Wedneslty night a very fully attended meeting
was held at Exeter-hall, to hear an explanation of the
objects of this association.
The chair was taken shortly after 7 o'clock by E.
Lamb, Esq., J.P., of Iden Rye, Sussex.
The object of this association which is to be entirely
self-supporting, is of enabling its members to obtain
healthy residences out of town, of various sizes, adapted
to their several wants, combining all the advantages of
modern domestic architecture, ventilation, drainage, and
with a large garden, at a less rent, including railway
expenses, than they now pay for unhealthy dwellings or
lodgings in the confined localities of the metropolis, and
at the same time, of becoming owners of the property
in about seven years. It is proposed that the members
shall have the option of acquiring the freehold of their
respective residences. To effect these objects, commo-
dious dwellings will be erected in appropriate sites se-
cured for the purpose near to railway stations, and at
such distances from London as will enable the mem-
bers of the association to procure an annual ticket
for 51. The following plan is the method by which the
objects of this institution will be accomplished. The
offer of eligible sites having been secured for the purpose
near the Crystal Palace, in the healthiest of the suburban
districts, according to the Registrar-General's returns,
upon very favourable terms. Public meetings will be
held for ballots for priority of right to choose sites and
dwellings, amongst all the members holding one share
and upwards, provided their payments are not in arrear.
Those who obtain such rights, whether in the ballot or
by seniority, or by purchase from those who thus obtain
them, or otherwise, will, in the order of their rights, be
entitled to choose sites and houses on taking up shares,
according to the size of house selected. The various
dwellings will then be erected by the society out of the
funds subscribed, at the wholesale price or cost ; and,
from the saving of expenditure thus effected, combine 4 -
with that of the builder's ordinary profits, of alarge
amount of legal expenses, and the difference between
cash and credit prices for material, it is ascertained that
the cost to the members of their dwellings will be at
least one-third less than their market price, and there-
fore than the sum which the members would have to pay
in order to purchase them. The dwellings, when built,
will be allotted amongst the members who have chosen
them or their transferees, to be held by them, in the first
instance, as tenants of the association, for letting or
or occupation for about five years, at a very moderate
rental, and thenceforth as absolute owners for a long
term of upwards of 90 years, at a trifling ground-rent,
with the option, when desired, of purchasing the free-
hold. Each estate to be allotted will be divided into
three portions, namely, one to be allotted to those mem-
hers who have paid up the full amount of their shares ;
a second to those members who have not paid up their
Shares in full, whose priority of choice will be decided by
ballot amongst all the members whose subscriptions are
not in arrear at the time of the ballot ; and a third to
members according to seniority of membership, provided
their subscriptions are not in arrear.

The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said free-
hold land societies, and building societies, had now be-
come a social fact. Some years ago it was proposed to
construct a grand railway street ; it was thought a
matter easy to be performed, but it turned out other-
wise. The Dean and Chapter of Westminster,
on being applied to for their sanction at once to
their honours refused it, and stated as the ground of
their refusal that by sanctioning the proposed railway
street a great number of the poorer class would be un-
housed. This circumstance first gave rise to the present
idea, and it proposed by this society to enable the poor
man as well as the rich to enjoy the pleasures of a resi-
dence out of London. Railway directors had no objec-
tion to grant first and second class periodical tickets at
a reduced price, but now their minds were expanding,
and the third-class passengers were about to participate
in the benefit. The third-class ticket being the chief
difficulty, and that being got over, the success of the
scheme was placed beyond the possibility of doubt. The
carrying out of the proposed scheme of this society had
been long delayed, and if that delay was suffered to exist
much longer, land would so increase in value that it
would soon be found impossible to obtain it. The asso-
ciation was' unconnected with party spirit—their was no
religious test or party fetter, and there was no charity,
for every man would have as good a right to his land
as the peer when once he had paid up his share. He
would not further detain them, but once call upOn Mr.
Dale to address them.

Mr. DALE then rose and said he would address them
with as much as brevity as was consistent with per-
spicuity, as the schoolmaster would say. The resolution
which he held in his hand had in a great measure been
anticipated by the large number of shares taken up.
Mr. Dale then entered at some length into the state-
ment of the plans and objects of the society, which we
have given above, adding, as an illustration of the ac-
quisition of a residence the following :—"A member
holding (say) four shares of 251. each will pay, either at
once, or by instalments, at his convenience, the sum of
1001., and also, upon a residence being allotted to him,
a rental of 301. per annum for five years, exclusive of
ground rent, making together a payment to the society
of 2501., which it is estimated will be the total cost of
the house to the society ; and for this sum, in conse-
quence of all the arrangements and purchases being
made at wholesale prices, the member will obtain a
residence containing seven rooms, with all necessary
conveniences, worth, at least, 350/. and with a
certainty of a rapid and considerable increase in
value before the end of his five years' tenancy."
It was laid down in the rules that, should a member un-
fortunately through sickness, want of employment, or
temporary depression, time should be allowed for the
payment of the monthly subscription by smaller sums
for a longer period, or in such a way as was best suited
to the interests of the members. The society was formed
upon the best and surest principles known ; and he had
not the least doubt but that it would be most extensively
embraced. He concluded, by moving the following reso-
lution :—" That the principle adopted by the various
freehold land societies in the wholesale purchase and the
distribution to their members at the cost price of freehold
land—and which has been productive of so much com-
mercial and social benefit may be offered with equal, if
not with greater advantage to the wholesale erection of
dwellings ; and that it is desirable that a society with
this object, should he forthwith formed."
Mr. CAMPBELL briefly seconded the resolution.
A desultory discussion here took place, in which some
gentlemen in the body of the meeting took part.
The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the meet-
ing, and declared it carried.
Mr. MURRELL moved the second resolution, as fol-
lows :—"That the Suburban Villa and Village Associa-
tion which is established for the wholesale erection of
freehold and leasehold dwellings for its members, is both
from the simplicity, safety, and soundness, and the
principles on which its intended operations are based,
and the peculiar advantages which it offers to its mem-
bers, from the easy acquisition of suburban residences
at the lowest possible outlay, eminently entitled to the
support of this meeting.
Dr. HATFIELD begged to second the resolution.
Mr. CAMPBELL, secretary to the Church of England
Freehold Land Society, begged to offer a few observa-
tions to the meeting with respect to this association.
Since the proceedings of the evening had commenced,
he had obtained a copy of the rules. He found they
carefully avoided the pitfalls of all societies' with similar
objects to their own. He also learned, by those same
rules, that their direction was to consist of fifteen gentle-
men, five to form the executive ; the whole of their. pro-
perty was to be invested in trustees ; all moneypai
paid in
to be immediately lodged with the bankers of the t
asso-
ciation ; and the auditors to be selected from amongst
the general members. Thus it would be the duty of
every shareholder to sift every part and everytbing con-
nected with the society, and if any parties were appointed
to offices which they were unable to fill, there would be
nobody to blame but themselves.
The CHAIRMAN having put the resolution to the meet-
ing, declared it carried unanimously.
A SHAREHOLDER—Are members allowed to withdraw
without loss ?
Mr. DALE—Every member of this association is at
liberty to withdraw whenever he thinks proper. If his
withdrawal should take place within the first year of the
society's operations, he would receive the net amount
paid in, after the first year, in addition to the sum he
had paid in, he would receive' 4 per cent.
Mr. MURRELL then moved a vote of thanks to the
chairman.
The CHAIRMAN in returning thanks, said he felt highly
pleased at the proceedings of the evening. He had the
pleasure of stating that upwards of 650 shares had been
taken representing a subscribed capital of 45,0001.
The balloting for 130 rights of priority to choose sites
and residences then commenced, and, at its conclusion,
the proceedings terminated.

THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES
RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the inquest upon the bodies of
Hanton, Hipperson, and Smith, three workmen em-
ployed by the company, who were killed by the collision
which took near the Harling station on Thursday week
was resumed and concluded. There was no additional
evidence of importance. The coroner (Mr. E. Press)
in his address to the jury, remarked that the wit-
Desses who had been examined were servants of the
company, and, although they had given their evi-
dence fairly, they naturally had a leaning towards
their employers. He thought the jury also should
have the same feeling towards the company, as they
were acting in perfect good faith towards the public in
endeavouring to clear the line of the obstruction when
the accident occurred. The fact of the train having been
brought from Thetford upon the wrong line of rails at a
rate of something like 20 miles an hour, in contraven-
tion of the company's regulations, formed a subject for
grave consideration. The jury, after deliberating for an
hour, returned a verdict of manslaughter aoinst Mr.
Ashcroft and Mr. Latham. The jury added to their
verdict a suggestion that the directors should in future
enforce a rigid observance of the rules of the cdrnp any,
and also that they should discontinue the running of all
paSsenger trains after a heavy fall of snow until the line
was cleared from every obstruction calculated to endanger
the safety of the public.

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