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-
tropolitan Freehold Land Society was held at the Lon-
don Coffee House, Ludgate-street, for the purpose of
ballotting for rights of choice of the allotments in this
society. Shortly after eight o'clock the chair was taken
by Mr. Eykolbosch, tho chairman of the executive
committee.

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
in England, and how was this to be accounted for but
by 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
to 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
the 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
of calling the present meeting was to ballot for the remain-
ing 30 or 40 rights of choice of plots on the society's estate
at Wood Green, Hornsey, an estate acknowledged to be
one of the best, if not the best, of the many estates pos-
sessed 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.
He would not further detain them, but at once allow
the ballot to proceed. Before resuming his seat, he
would feel happy in answering any question that might
be put 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
London, between two railways ; further than this, he
did not feel justified in stating, as it would not facilitate
or further the ends of the society in obtaining the land.
lie would assure the members present that nothing
but first-class property would be purchased by the society.
He 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-
ing by the chairman in the following order :-31, 62,
136, 144, 241, 296, 354, 340, 455, 436, 546, 550,
668, 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
to Mr. Hoddy.
At the conclusion of the balloting, a vote of thanks
to the chairman was proposed, seconded, and unani-
mously carried, which having been neatly acknowledged
by Mr. Eykelbosch, the proceedings terminated.

MONEY ORDERS.—General Post-office, October, 1853.
--Minor money order offices will be opened at the under-
mentioned places on the respective dates named :
Everereech, Somerset, Nov. 7 ; Henfield, Sussex, Nov.
Nov.IN
1 ; Lydd, Kent, Nov. 4 ; Milverton, Somerset,
11 ; Arva, Cavan, Nov. 1. On the Ist November, a
major money order office will be opened at Daikey,
county Dublin. Burford having been reduced to a
sub-office under Cheltenham, is now served (as respects
money order advices) from that place.
ANOTHER RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yester-
day the bakers throughout the metropolis again rose the
Price of the 41b. loaf one halfpenny. The first-rate
bakers at the West-end, the Strand, Holborn, the City,
&c., who have been charging 110., now charge is. to
ls. 04d. for the best wheaten bread ; the second-rate
from 91d. to 10d. per 41b. weighed on delivery. Many
of the third-rate, or what are called "cheap bakers," in
the populated districts of Whitechapel, Spitalfields,
run:later, &c.,
Bethnal-green, Blackfriars-road, the New-cut, West-
only 81d. to Dd. for good wholesome
bred, also weighed on delivery. The price of bread in
Paris and Brussels (France and Belgium) is dearer this
Year than for many years past, the best bread being
80. the 2 kilos. (41h. Boz. English), second quality 71(1.,
or 75 centimes.
THE IRISH RAILWAY COLLISION.—It is stated that
the total loss the Great Southern and Western Railway
otraffan,
"z3erepany
will wilnot btae l susin by the late fearful accident at
less than 80,0001.