The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-02 00:00:00

Naval and Military Intelligence.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K. 11.,
Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, visited the
camp at Aldershot yesterday, and made his half-
yearly inspection of the troops comprising the divi-
sion. His Royal Highness, who was accompanied by
Col. Egerton, Deputy Adjt.-Gen., and Col. Clifton,
A.D.C.,0,10e k,bareirnigve at
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o'clock,
and other officers of the division. After breakfast at
Forest-lodge, the residence of Gen. Scarlett, the
Duke proceeded to the Long Valley, where the
troops had been formed up in two lines awaiting his
arrival. A series of field movements lasting about
two hours followed the marching past.
The Ist battalion 24th Regiment, stationed atthe
Curragh, has received orders to embark at Belfast
for Malta, the 92d Highlanders, now at Dublin, re-
placing, it is understood, the 24th at the Curragh.
Yesterday the whole of the troops composing the
garrison at Chatham were brigaded at Chatham
lines by Major-Gen. Sir R. Walpole, K.C.8., and
were exercised for some time in an extended course
of light infantry and other field-day manoeuvres.
First Lieut. G. Hewett, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, 1
drummer, and 37 privates of the light infantry com-
panies, Royal Marines, left head-quarters, Chatham,
yesterday, and embarked on Joard the paddlewheel
steamer Fearless, Mr. Taylor, second master, for
conveyance to the Endymion, 21, 500-horse power,
Capt. C. Wake, fitting at Sheerness for sea. The
detachment of Royal Marine Artillery will be sent
to the Endymion from head-quarters, Portsmouth.
The invalided and time-expired troops broughtto
England in the sailing IndiamanSir John Lawrence
were disembarked from that ship at Spithead yes-
terday, and forwarded to the Royal Victoria Mili-
tary hospital at Netley and to the depots of their
respective regiments. The Sir John Lawrence after-
wards sailed from Spithead for London.
The War Department steam store ship Earlde Grey
and Ripon, from Portsmouth, laden with 500 cases
of the latest Enfield rifles, containing 20 in each
case, yesterday left Woolwich Arsenal for the Tower,
to deposit for issue the arms ordered to be con-
verted on the breech-loading system. The ship
made the run from Portsmouth to the Nore in 17
hours, her rate of speed having been augmented by
some recent improvement in her boilers.

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley, K.C.8.,
Port Admiral and Commander-in-Chief at Ports-
mouth, and Rear-Admiral Superintendent G. G.
Wellesleypaid an official visit on Monday morning to
Rear-Admiral L. M. Goldsborough on board the
United States' paddle steamer Frolic, now lying in
Portsmouth harbour with Rear-Admiral Golds-
borough's flag flying (temp.) at the mizen. Rear-
Admiral Goldsborough afterwards returned the visit
on board Sir Thomas raaley'e flaghip the Victory,

Qrs. ending Shares in Shares Total
progress. Complete. Shares. I Recap ts.
£ s. d.
Dec. 24,1865 sn3 84 587 28,181 14 8
March 25, 1866 650 66 785 25,623 13 8
June 24, 1866. 569 41. 550 34,246 11 8
Sept. 3^, 1866 726 121 817 32,918 10 11
Four Quarters
ending Mi-
chaelmas, 1866 2,437 312 2,749 120,970 10 11
Totals to Sept
30,1865 18,226 4,699 22,925 862,619 15 11
Grand totals to
Michaelmas, 1866 20,663 5,011 25,674 983,020 610

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The last share issued up to Michaelmas, 1866, was No.
25,674.

Tho Reserve Fund to Michaelmas, 1866,
amounts t 0... ... £12,561 18 1
Sale of land from the formation of tho
society to Michaelmas, 1866 ... £493,091 5 0
The total withdrawals since the formation
of the society to Michaelmas, 1866, are... 286,364 16 1

The returns of the register of the order of rights (for the
next selection of plots in rotation on the order of .rights)
are as follow :
Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Total.
6,207 8,305 1,758 11,270
Deduct rights exercised on estates, Szc., ... 8,60

Unexercised rights ... 2,621
The last share number on tho register by seniority of mem-
bership is No. 15,875. The allotment of estates and ground
rents since the last quarterly report have been :—The West
London Estate, North End, Fulham, July 25, 1866 ; Rams-
gate Estate (East Kent), Sandown Estate (Isle of Wight),
and Ipswich Ground Rents (Suffolk), Aug. 29, 1866. The
directors can congratulate -the shareholders on the highly
successful result of the West London and Ramsgate allot-
ments, which, with the Ipswich ground rents, have been
entirely disposed of. The second Sandown Estate is so
eligibly situated—adjoining the first property acquired by
the Society in the Isle of Wight, every plot of which has
been sold—that there is every reason to expect a prompt
realisation now that the building operations at Sandown,
which had been suspended owing to the dearness of money,
have been resumed. The Ramsgate allotment took place
after a public meeting in the town, at which Col. Brown-
low Knox, M.P., the Hon. and Rev. W. C. Talbot, and
Newnham Winstanley, Esq., members of the executive
committee, attended as a deputation to explain the society's
system. The contracts for the drainage, roads, and other
works on the Deal Estate, being on the eve of completion,
the unallotted portion of the Victoria Town Estate will be
offered for sale on Wednesday, November 14. The first
portion of the Forest Gate Estate, close to the station
on the Great Eastern Railway, will be allotted on Friday,
the 16th of November. The committee having arranged
with the local board at Bebington, the contractor for the
roads on the New Ferry Estate (Cheshire) has commenced
operations. Although the committee have been disap-
pointed in not holding tho present quarterly meeting in
the premises in Norfolk and Howard Streets, they look
forward to be enabled to meet the shareholders in the new
offices at the annual mooting, on Tuesday, the llthioie
December, when the balance-sheet for 1865-G,Tannad tcan_
annual report of the board, will be presentecli.l
ors of th
didates, of whom two are to be elected
advertised as
shareholders at the quarterly ting,cld' and Mr. C.
meeaulunder
rule 30, are Mr. W. 11. Clemow,lll
Gray. The committee have nor Perso Stace,
n
Winstanloy, as th
public accountant, and Mr. Nown.da
After the day's elec-
e
two auditors on behalf of the board'
ounts
oaalcc. of the financial-,
a
tion by the shareholders, th
year ending September 0, 180' will be examined and
audited in due course. The claims of the allottees for the
frottoldfarsanchise in the several counties in which the
socobtained land have been successfully sup_
portei h
free of expense in the Registration Courts. On the
7- th of September the Conservative Land Society completed
its fourteenth year, and the executive committee have
entered on their- fifteenth year with full confidence as to
the continuance of the prosperity which has hitherto at-
tended its operations, oven in tho-most trying times.