The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-01 00:00:00

Last evening a numerously-attended meeting of the
directors and members of the Home Counties and Me-
ttopolitan Freehold Land Society was held at the Lon-
don Coffee House, Ludgate-street, for the purpose of
ilallotting for rights of choice of the allotments in this
ftciety. Shortly after eight o'clock the chair was taken
I)3' Mr. Eykelbosch, the chairman of the executive
eolllraittee.

The usual preliminaries having been gone through,
The CHAIRMAN, in rising to open the proceedings of
the evening, said it gave him great pleasure in again
meeting so large an assemblage of members in this pros-
Perous society. As he (the Chairman) saw a number of
Strangers present, he might be permitted to say a word or
two with respect to the security of property held under
Freehold Land Societies. There was not a country in
the world were greater respect was paid to property than
:11 England, and how was this to be accounted for but
°Y the true English system of fair play pursued by
societies of this description. Was it not a great advan-
tage to the possessor of land to know his title was
secure. Another advantage was that estates, amounting
t° many hundreds of acres, were purchased by the
society at a wholesale price. Immediately they became
their property they were entered upon, cleared of hedges,
Properly drained, roads marked out, and all other neces-
sary preliminaries having been completed, they were
then divided into small allotments, and offered to those
persons becoming members, retail, at the price, with
trifling deductions for the necessary expenses, it became
e property of the society—viz., the wholesale price.
It would be a useless task for him further to dilate upon,
and lay before them, the advantages to be obtained by
joining such societies as this. He felt assured every
gentleman present would therefore pardon him in pro-
ceeding at once to the business of the evening. The object
°f calling the present meeting was to ballot for the remain-
ing 30 or 40 rights of choice of plots on the society's estate
lit Wood Green, Hornsey, an estate acknowledged to be
°ne of the best, if not the best, of the many estates pos-
"essed by Freehold Land Societies. When these rights
were settled, this estate would be fully occupied, but
shortly he should have the happiness to be in a position
to announce to the members the situation of two first-
rate estates about to become the property of the society.
Ifs would not further detain them, but at once allow
the ballot to proceed. Before resuming his seat, be
Would feel happy in answering any question that might
be
oh to him.
•A• gentleman in the body of the meeting inquired the
situation of the two estates mentioned by the chairman.
The CHAIRMAN said the estates were situated south of
L°,11(10n, between two railways ; further than this, he
did not feel justified in stating, as it would not facilitate
.olzr further the ends of the society in obtaining the land.
Z 145 Would assure the members present that nothing
"Ct first-class property would be purchased by the society.
ale Would now, with the permission of the meeting, call
upon the secretary to proceed with the ballot.
Two youths then commenced drawing the numbers for
the •
rights of choice, which were announced to the meet-
`ng by the chairman in the following order :-31, 62,
136, 144, 241, 296, 354, 340, 455, 436, 546, 550,
66,8' 675, 743, 790, 894, 885, 952, 901, 1,026, 1,017,
1'138) 1,179, 1,222, 1,256, 1,347, 1,310, 1,491, 1,439,
1,506,
and the right to the tavern allotment was awarded
Mr. Roddy.
At the conclusion of the balloting, a vote of thanks
710 the chairman was proposed, seconded, and unani-
nlb_ usly
carried, which having been neatly acknowledged
Mr. Eykelbosch, the proceedings terminated.

-10NEY ORDERS.—General Post-office, October, 1853.
tl--Minor money order offices will be opened at the under-
entioned places on the respective dates named :
.--4,1 vercreecb, Somerset, Nov. 7 ; Henfield, Sussex, Nov.
41; LYdd, Kent, Nod. 4 ; Milverton, Somerset, Nov.
nll- i 'Astva, Cavan, Nov. 1. On the Ist November, a
co I°r money orer office will be opened at Dalkey,
TiblintY Dublin. Burford baying been reduced to a
14"-°fEloo under Cheltenham is now served (as respects
"°AneY order advices) from that place.
~ '"°TriE RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yester-
'4Y the bakers throughout the metropolis again rose the
nrice
bakers of the 41h. loaf one halfpenny. The first-rate
az at the West-end, the Strand, Holborn, the City,
1,."0i
Allo have been charging Hid., now charge ls. to
from
91d u. for the best wheaten bread ; the second-rate
. to 10d. per 41b. weighed on deliver Man
the third-rate, or what are called "cheap bak y.
ers," in
13:ttPopulated districts of Whitecbapel, Spitalfields,
b,- 41-green, Blackfriars-road, the New-cut, West-
b met
&C., only 81d. to 9d. for good wholesome
P4e,cl, also weighed on delivery. The price of bread in
Year:l%r Brussels (France and Belgium) is dearer this
80. the 44 for many years past, the hest bread being
or 7, 2 kilos. (41b. Boz. English), second quality 7-0.,
rnu centimes .0 •
the t IRISH RAILWAY COLLISION.—It ig stated that
cortiotal loss the Great Southern and Western Railway
StDarq will sustain by the late fearful accident at
ant will not be,.less than_ 800001. . .
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