The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-15 00:00:00

The total withal
society (1852)
The total sale of
is

•awals since the formation of the
to Michaelmas, 1867, are 306,749 0 2
land for the same period

... 537,050 19 6

The reserve fund to Michaelmas, 1867, is 13,348 3 0

Tho register of rights stands as follows :
Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Total.
6,738 3,356 1,808 11,902
Deduct rights exercised on estates, &c,, ... 9,193
Unexercisod rights ... ... ... ... 2,709

The last share number on the register of rights by
seniority of membership is No. 18,968.
The last share number issued to Michaelmas, 1867, was
No. 27,783.
Since the last report (July 2nd) the second portion of the
East London Estate, Forest Gate, was allotted on the 2nd
of August. The sales on this eligible building property
have been very successful, and it is satisfactory to add that
building operations aro in active progress. The expecta-
tions of the committee that the Forest Gate Estate, from
its close proximity to the station, and also to the Strat-
ford Junction, would prove a popular locality to meet the
increasing demands for dwelling-houses in the eastern
suburbs for all classes of the community, have been thus
far realised.
rnrf;‘,.e tif if,UC r west UAW astato wilt
offered in duo course, the coutinued demolition of houses,
owing to the extension of the Metropolitan R tilway
system, rendering the opening up of now districts within
an easy distance of town an absolute necessity.
The executive committee have boon so strongly im-
pressed with the importance of securing building land
within the metropolitan range that they have successfully
negotiated for the acquisition of another South London
estate. When it is stated to the shareholders that it is
Bolingbroke park, with its mansion and grounds, its ex-
tensive frontage to Wandsworth-common on the one side,
and frontage to Battersea-rise on the other, the whole
being close to the Clapham Junction and New Wandsworth
Stations, it will be at once soon that a most eligible pur-
chase has been made for the society's purpose. So soon
as the legal formalities have been carried out the first
portion will be duly allotted.
I The Executive Committee have nominated Mr. Pers6
Stace, public accountant, and Mr. Newnham Winstanley,
the two auditors on behalf of the board. The two candi-
dates to be elected by the shareholders at the present
mooting are Mr. W. H. Clemow and Mr. James Goad,
whose names have been duly advertised under rule 30.
After this day's election the four auditors will meet in due
course to examine, audit, and report as to the accounts
and balance-sheet for the financial year ending September
30, 1867, to be presented at the annual meeting early in
December next.

The Executive Committee have heartily to congratulate
the members on the happy auspices under which the 16th
yoar of the Conservative Land Society has commenced.
The auditors were duly elected, and votes of thanks
passed unanimously.

ROBBERY ON IHE NORTH EASTERN

RAILIVAII.

A robbery, which is unparalleled from its daring,
and the manner it was effected, was perpetrated on
Friday evening on tho North Eastern Railway,
within six miles of York. The 7 o'clock train from
Malton, Scarborough, and Whitby, left York with
the fortnight's pay of the company's officials on the
Malton and Whitby and Pickering branch. The
money was enclosed in bags and paper parcels, the
total amount being, it is said, between £2OO and
£3OO, and entrusted to the care of John Livesy,
guard, in his van, which was at the end of the train.
The latter proceeded all right until it had arrived
within the back signal, which is about 600 yards
from the Strensall station on the Malton and Scar-
borough branch. The van then came to a dead
stand, as the guard has himself explained, and on
looking out of the window he found that the train
bad left him. He got out of the van and went about
100 yards towards Strensall station for the pur-
pose of giving a signal to the driver that the train
might be brought back and the van attached to
it. The money bags and parcels are stated to
have been all safe when be left the van,
but on returning to it, after he had given the
signal, he saw the off-side door open, and dis-
covered that a portion of the money had been stolen,
probably £l5O. When the van had been recoupled,
and the train had returned to Strensall, Livesy re-
ported the robbery to the station-master. Informa-
tion was given to the police, and inquiries were
instituted, but neither the money uor the persons
who bad stolen it were discovered. The van had
been uncoupled while the train was in motion—a
dangerous feat on the part of any one, and an act
which would never have been attempted by any
person unaccustomed to the uncoupling of trains.
The evening was particularly favourable for the
commission of such a robbery, as a dense fog pre-
vailed at the time, and there was no light except in
the van. On Saturday morning Mr. Hawker, the
superintendent of police on the North Eastern
Railway, made an investigation into the circum-
stances attending the affair, the result of which was
that he took Livesy into: custody on suspicion of
being connected with the robbery. The prisoner
was subsequently brought before Mr. J. R. Walker
(a magistrate of the North Riding, in which divi-
sion of the county the offence was committed), at
York, when Mr. Hawker gave a short statement of
the case. On the guard being asked if he had any-
thing to say why he should not be remanded, he
stated that he was innocent, and that he did not
know anything at all about the robbery. He also
said he resided at Scarborough, and that he had been
in the company's service since 1853. He was re-
manded until Wednesday.