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

Naval and Military Intelligence.

His Royal Highness the D uke of Cambridge, K. H.,
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., arrived at Farnborough by train about 9
o'clock, being met by Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Y. Scarlett
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 at the
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 37privates of the light infantry com-
panies, Royal Marines, left head-quarters, Chatham,
yesterday, and embarked on board 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 brought to
England in the sailing Indianian Sir 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 snip Earl de 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 orderdd 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.
Wellesley paid 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 Pasley's flaghip the Victory,

The screw steam frig►ate Leander, 39, Captain
William M'Dowell, C. 8., from the .Pacific station,
arrived at Plymouth on Sunday morning. She left
Callao July 2, rounded Cape Horn in lat. 60 S. July
31, arrived at Ascension August 24, and left in com-
pany with the Bristol August 28. When sounding
the Horn in lat. 58 S. many icebergs were observed ;
for four days they were so thick as to make the
navigation difficult. Throughout the entire passage
fine weather has been experienced. The Leander
spoke, August 24, lat. 8 23 S., long. 14 06 W., the
ship Jumna, from Bombay ; Sept. 10, lat 14 28 N.,
long. 25 23 W., the ship Ceylon ; and Sept. 28, off
Scilly, the British Constitution ; and off the Land's-
end the bark Hero of the The Leander bring
some naval supernumerary invalids and prisoners
she will probably be paid off at Sheerness. Her band-
master was drowned off Cape Horn, and an invalid
blacksmith died subsequently. She lost above four
days in the passage from Ascension through being
in company with the Bristol, having had frequently
to keep her topsails down when not towing. They
parted company on the 11th September, in lat. 15 N.,
off the Cape Verd Islands, at which time the crew
of the Bristol were in a very healthy state.. She is
commanded by Capt. Leveson E. H. Somerset, car-
ries the flag of Commodore Geoffrey T. P. Hornby,
and leaves her duty on the station on the West
Coast of Africa partly through the previous sickness
of her crew, and partly in consequence of defective
machinery.
The screw sloop Swallow, 9, 486 tons, 60-horse
power (nominal), Master Commander E. Wilds, was
yesterday put out of commission and the ship's com-
pany paid off in the steam basin at Sheerness. The
Swallow was placed in commission in the latter part
of 1861, and from the length of time she has been in
service shewill require an extensive overhaulof both
engines and hull, and be furnished with new boilers
before she again hoists the pennant.

A naval court-martial, composed of Captains W.
C. Chamberlain (President), C. FeHowes, F. A.
Herbert, E. Tumour, and D'Aplin, assembled on
board her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth;
yesterday morning, for the trial of Edward Reynolds,
private Royal Marines, serving on board the Victory,
on three charges-1, absence without leave ;2, using
threatening language to Sergt. Shaw, R.M.L.I. ;
3, striking the said Sergt. Shaw. The Court found
all the charges proved; and sentenced the prisoner
to be imprisoned for 12 months, with hard labour,
in the naval gaol at Lewes, and seven out of every
28 days to be solitary.
The deaths of the following officers have been
officially reported at the Admiralty since the Ist
of July :—Vice-Admiral C. Rich, Rear-Admiral
T. Saunders, Captains G. A. Seymour, E.
Boys, G. Cheyne, W. Martin, J. Bunce, and
J. Bulley. Commanders.—M. G. H. W. Ross, S.
Mitchell, M. Smith, J. Weir, H. Crocker, J. H.
Bellairs, C. Haycock, W. Dow, R. V. Edwards, J.
Troughton, D. Geale, J. Henderson, J. A. W. Hill,
and J. S. Godden. Staff-Commankr ALStronAirs
oiaatur.-1. Dourcuter. kdnaplaiu.—inc
Rev. J. E. Stu-ridge, M.A. Inspectors=ftenural of
llospitals.—A. M'Kechnie, and T. It. Dunn,
M.D. Surgeons.—G. H. Ryan, M.D., G. Towns,
W. Dykes, J. Dobie, and W. Brownrigg. Assist.-
SurT.—J. W. Ashford. Paymasters.—E. O'Maley,
J. L. Jones, W. Horton, and W. Springs. Royal
Marines Light Infantry.--Gen. Sir Chas. Menzies,
K.C.8.,_ K.H. ; Capt. G. Richards; First Lieuts.
T. D. Broughton, J. Scobell, and G: W. Whiting.

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.

MEETING THIS DAY.

The quarterly meeting of the shareholders was held this
day, at the temporary offices, 16, Surrey-street, Strand—
Viscount Ranclagh in the chair.
The Secretary (Mr. Gruneisen) having read the adver-
tisement convening the meeting, the annexed Report of
the Executive Committee was submitted :

The Executive Committee are gratified in being enabled
to lay before the shareholders the annexed returns of the
four quarters of the financial year; which ended on the 30th
of September, as also the grand total of receipts to Michael-
mas, 1866.

Qrs. ending Shares in Shares Total Receipts.
progress. Complete Shares.
Dec. 24,1865 5(23 81 5F7 28,181 14 8
March 25,18i6 639 66 765 2.5,623 13 8
June 24, 1,06. 5' 9 41 550 34,246 11 8
Sept. 3 1866 726 121 817 3!,918 10 11
Four Quarter'
olutc:mas, 1g66 2,437 312 2,749 120,970 10 11
Totals to Sept
30, 1865 18,220 4,639 22,925 862,619 15 11
Grand totals to
Michaelmas, lf 20,663 5,011 25,671 983,620 613

The last share issued up to Michaelmas, 1866, was No.
25,674.
The Reserve Fund to Michaelmas, 1866,
amounts t 0... £12,564 18 1
Salo of land from the formation of the
society to Michaelmas, 1866 ... £493,091 5 0
The total withdrawals sinco the formation
of the society to Michaelmas, 1866, are... 286,364 16 4

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

---
Completed. Drawn. Seniority. Total.
6,207 3,305 1,758 11,270
Deduct rights exercised on estates, &c., ... 8,649

Unexercised rights 2,621
The last share number on the register by senimity 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 Ramsgato allotment took place
after a public meeting in the town, at which Col. Brown-
low Knox, M.P., the Hon. and 11ev. 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 the present quarter.ly meeting in
the premises in Norfolk and Howard Streets, they look
forward to be enabled to meet the shareholders in the now
offices at the annual meeting, on Tuesday, the 11th of
December, when tho balance-sheet for 1865-6, and the
annual report of the board, will bo presented. Tho
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diOates, of whom two afro to be elected as auditors
if
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share,holder3 at the quarterly meeting, advertir 10.
rule 30, are Mr. W. 11. Cloinow, Mr. J. Goaid,eid.eu-nstace,
Gray. Tho committee have nominatedl M
public accountant, and Mr. Newnham Vinst.anley, as the
two auditors on behalf of the board. After the day's eloc-
unts of tho financial
tion by the shareholders, the
year ending soptember 30, 1866, will be examined and
audited in duo course. Tho claims of the
ailottees for the
freehold franchise in the several counties in which the
society has obtained land have been successfully sup..
ported free of expense in the Registration Courts. On the
7th of September the Cousorvatiye L.aKid Society. etsaplqed,
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, even in the most trying times.

The CHAIRMAN stated that, owing to a variety of
adverse circumstances, the directors had not been
able to realise their expectation of proceeding with
the works to the extent they had hoped to do at the
last meeting. In the bill that they promoted in the
last session of Parliament they endeavoured to get
authority for the Midland to work the East Glouces-
tershire, and to remove the obstacles that were raised
thereto under the Great 'Western and West Midland
Amalgamation Act of 18G3. In these particulars
they were unsuccessful ; but by the bill obtained
they would be enabled to effect a considerable sav-
ing in making some portions of the line. During
the progress of the bill a communication was received
from the Great Western directors with a view to an
amicable arrangement. They were told this could
not be done without the sanction of the Midland
directors, to whom the East Gloucestershire were
pledged by former agreements. They consented,
however, to the opening of negotiations, and hoped
on the return of Mr. Gooch, the chairman, that a
meeting of the representatives of the three companies
would take place, and some joint arrangement for
making and working the line might be come to.
Pending these negotiations it would be necessary to
go to Parliament in the ensuing session for a bill to
extend the time for the purchase of land and con-
struction of works. Contracts had been 'entered
into for the purchase of a considerable portion of the
land required for the line, especially the loop line
through Cheltenham ; £15,000 had been expended
in the purchase of land, and only about £3OO had
been spent in law expenses. He concluded by
moving the adoption of the report.
Mr. RAYMOND seconded the motion.

In reply to questions,

The CHAIRMAN said that each call when paid up
would realise £21,860. There was unpaid on the
first call £2,600 ; and on the second call, £ll,OOO.
The whole of this, however, was not actually due, a
considerable portion being as against shareholders
from whom land had been purchased. The only
deviations to be made from the original plan were
at Withington, and between Lechlade and 'Pitney ;
in all other respects, and in the approach of the
line to Cheltenham, through Badgworth, Leek-
hampton, and Charlton, the original plan would be
adhered to.

The report was then adopted.
A resolution authorising the directors to take such
measures as might be deemed advisable for carry-
ing into effect the recommendations contained in
the report was unanimously carried.
Sir M. W. Hicks-Beach, M.P., Mr. W. Strick-
land, and Mr. H. Akers, the retiring directors, were
re-elected, and Mr. G. C. Ring was re-elected
auditor.

The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks
to the chairman.

GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND.

The report of the directors states that the receipts
for traffic in the past half-year ending the 31st of
July amounted to £40,814 ; for rents and supply of
plant to other companies, to £2,872 ; for dividends
from other companies, to £4,953 ; and for interest
from other companies to £3,034, making the total
revenue for the half-year £51,673. The working
expenditure amounted to £22,595, and the interest
on loans t0£15,808, together £38,403, leaving, with
£53 from the preceding half-year, a balance of
£3 Cs. per cent. per annum for the half-year, and
£5,312 for dividend on the 5 per cent. consolidated
preference stock, at the rate of £3 13s. per cent.
per annum, leaving a balance of £57. Deferred
dividend warrants would be issued to the holders
of the 5 per Cent. consolidated preference stock for
the difference between the dividend at the rate of
£3 13s. per cent. per annum, and £5 per cent. per
annum, amounting in the half-year to £1,965.
The decrease in the company's net revenue for
the half-year as compared with the corresponding
period last year was attributable to the falling
off in cattle, grain, and coal traffic, and to
the excessive rates of interest payable on the com-
pany's open debt. The decrease in those three
items of traffic amounted to £3,454 and the excess
of interest over 5 per cent. on the open debt to
£2,455, making together £5,909. But for those
exceptional causes the revenue would have been
sufficient not only for the full dividend on the 5 per
cent. consolidated preference stock and the 41 per
cent. new shares, but also for a dividend at the rate
of 1 per cent. on the company's B shares. Besides
the direct loss occasioned by the existence of the
cattle plague, a large indirect loss had been sus-
tained, particularly by the suspension throughout
the entire district of the usual cattle markets, which
formerly yielded a larger passenger traffic to the
company. These markets had been resumed
within the last few days. The general goods
and parcel traffic had experienced an increase
of £B4l, and the general passenger traffic of £232
in the half-year. The large amount of the com-
pany's open debt had, from time to time, received
the special consideration of the directors, who felt
that they could not too strongly urge upon the
shareholders the importance of their co-operating
with the board in the necessary measures for its
early liquidation. The readiest means for the at-
tainment of this object seem to be the sale of the
shares held by the company in the Deeside lines, and
of the Formantine and Buchan preference shares.
The Deeside shares were originally acquired for de-
fensive purposes; but, in consequence of the lease
of the Deeside lines having been confirmed by the
Amalgamation Act, the necessity for retaining the
shares no
,longer existed, and the board recom-
mended their immediate sale. They were gua-
ranteed in dividends at the rate of 7f per cent. and
3i per cent. per annum respectively under the pro-
visions of the lease. The directors had no hesita-
tion in recommending both the Deeside and the
Formantine and Buchan shares as safe and eligible
investments to the shareholders on such terms as
would yield a fair return. The proceedings
would enable the company to reduce their open
debt by nearly £300,000, and so render them
independent of the fluctuations of the money market'
The Company's Amalgamation Act came inutloiivray
ration on Aug. 1 last. The Caledon
h Scottish
Company, by its amalgamation
wit- established in
North Eastern Company,
junbee completed early
Aberdeen ; and the Denbtunwas
station would, it was expected,
the Strathspey
notion line and joint
next summer. The junctionener traffic on Aug.
and Highland lines wasul
to Jul'Jy 31 showed that
',clod on the company's
11 capitalllas,23t.o,sT6h4ehad
been. shares and stocks of other
lines, and £33,559 in
• ton-ether £1
acceoxpe
£1,964,123. The traffic
making
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s. and the
rceoenclipaptnsi;r
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expenses to 2s. I •
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working