The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1866.

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Pamphlet.

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OSBORNE'S STILTON

Is THE Cheese!

IiTANSFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per-
iectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of ail dealers
and wholesale of .JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand
(corner of Savoy-steps), London.

TEA IS CHEAPER TITAN EVER.-Is. 6cl,
25.. 28. tS I. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS
and CO . Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, L,m-
don. 8.C.. are sellinc, good and fine BLACK TEA. A price
current post free. 408 worth carriage free to any railway
tqt ion or market town in the United Kingdom.—Observe—
Priums and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with
any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at
market prices.

UTII BLOATERS. —l2 for 2s. Gd. ;
5,4 s. ; 50. r 3. ; 100. 84.7, 500, 3 ; 1,000, 50s. No
earriatle to London. Cash on delivery. Country
orde
.s mitt in advance.—Porivarded by FREDK. BARNBY,
yo of Fish, Great Yarmouth.

TINDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE ELITE OF EUROPE
AND AMERICA.
NO MORE CRUSHING OF DRESSES.

THE only PRIZE for any class of TRUNKS at
the Duu.iii Exhibition, 1865, was AWARDED to Mr.
MYI4 Rs,of CA VA ND IS 1-1 HOUSE, Wionore-street, Caven-
dish-square, London. for his newly-indented Patent Self-
Expandinz DR EsS BASKET TRUNKS, which arc secured
by Royal Letters Patent in Enzland and France.
All Americans visiting London are respectfully recom-
mended to visit the above Establishment and inspect the
various descriptions and lar:ge assortment of Travelling
Portmanteaus, Trunks, Atc , &c.

Ladies espeCially fin.rin M. Myers's Royal Alexandra
Self-Expanding and Collapsing Dress Baskets the ne plus
ultra of perfection for their requirements. This Basket com-
prises every convenience the traveller can suggest. It is
constructed to carry a large or small quantity of Dresses,
&c. ; and from its eculiar mechanical contrivance will ex-
pand or collapse by its own action, thereby adapting itself to
any size ; and it can therefore be used for either a short
journey or a long tour.

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.

MEETING THIS DAY.

The 14th annual meeting of this society, at which Vis-
count Ranolagh presided, was held to-day for the first time
in the new and spacious premises, being 11, Howard-street,
and 33, Norfolk-street, combined in one vast edifice by Mr.
Wylson, architect. The entrance to the building is in
Norfolk-street, and the frontage extends to near 4 the
whole of the northern side of Howard-street. The lower
part is devoted to the Society's offices for investments and
the sale of land. On the first floor is a capacious board-
room, in which the quarterly and annual meetings will be
held, and to which room the Secretary's offices are at-
tached. The upper portion of the edifice is devoted to the
offices of the legal and surveying departments. The
facade of the building is simple yet imposing, having the
title of the Society and the date of its formation extending
along its entire length. It is another largo edifice added
to the many erections which have of late years sprung up
in the metropolis,showing the great improvements made in
street ardlitecture. The Secretary (Mr. Gruneisen) having
read the advertisement convening the meeting, the fol-
lowing annual report was submitted:--
The Executive Committee, in presenting to the share-
holders of the Conservative Land Society their annual re-
port, are enabled to submit for their approval the audited
statement of accounts and balance-sheet, showing that the
completion of the fourteenth financial year on the 30th of
September, 1866, has been attended with the most satisfac-
tory results, and that no cessation in the society's success
has arisen from the adverse times in the monetary world
of the present year. It is a significant fact that, during
the period of the greatest pressure, public confidence in the
Conservative Land Society was even more strongly mani-
fested than previously, by increased investments.
The Boari can refer with pride and pleasure to the sub-
joined tabular returns, showing the shares issued, the total
cash receipts for the respective quarters of the year 1865-6,
and the grand totals since the commencement of the society
in September, 1852.

I
in Shares Total
A VALUABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.- 0 enclitic,
''rs' b progress. Complete. Shares. Receipts.
A CHINESE CADDY, containing !Gibs. of really -
£ a. d.
good Black Tea, sent carriage free to any railway station or
market town in England, Ireland, Scltland. or Wales, on re- Dec. 24, 1865 .... , 563 Si 587' 28,181 it 8
eeipt of 405., by PHILLIPS and CO, Tea Merchants, 8, March 25, 1866 .. 629 66 765 25,623 13 8
King William-street, City, E.C. June 24, 1-66.... 5 9 41 550 34,216 11 8
Sept. 3,, 1866.... 726 121 817 34,918 10 11
SPLENDID SPECULATIONS. Four Quarters
GREAT SUCCESS. eridi:g Ni-
chse,mas, 1-66 2,437 312 2,749 121,970 10 11
With a single stake of £l, you can realise £25,000 ! 1 Totals to Sept.
With a single stake of £2, you can realise .£27,5'01! 30, 1865 18,226 4,699 22,925 862,619 15 11
With a single stake of £B, you can realise £37.00011
With a single stake of .£lO, you can realise £45,000! ! Grand totals to
For iyospiectives and particulars apply without delay to Michaelmas,lB6.; 20,633 5,011 25,674 9&3,620 613
Mr. EUGENE TILLOT, General Merchant, Guernsey.
/711 1 • 1 • .• • mr• .. II ......., .....

LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC .BALSAM.-AN
EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad-
mitted to be the best medicine tor immediately relieving
coughs, colds, tonfirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con-
sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty
“ronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling* which
provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption
Its effects are truly beneficial. l'ersons deprived of sleep, or
even lying down for tear of suffocation. may depend on relief
in a few minutes after hiking it. l'reparco on.y and soh by
W. L 1 i BF,lt I', Chemist. a, King-W Iliam-street, t.;haring-
oross, London, and by all drugg.sta. in bottles, 13;c1., and
three quantities in one, 2s. 9d each, lie particular. and ask
for Laodaert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are
engraved on the st :true

QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. ROSS'S CAN riIARIDES 01 L. which speedily
Produces whiskers and thickens hair, 38 6d, 58 6d, and lOs 6d ;
sent by post for 51, 84, and lit 0. turns.— AL KIX. ROSS, 248,
high Holborn. London, and all Chemists.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
in one day by 118111 ALEX. ROSS'S CHI ROPO.
Thl.4 preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours,
removini the very root. Price 4s; sent by post for 60 stamps.
—248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

FEAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls
Ladles' or Gentlemen's hal: Immediately It Is appded. Sold
at Is 6d, 5s (3d, and lOs 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.
--Had of all Chemists.

fl HEY HAIR. —248, High Holborn, London.—
ALEX. Ross's HAIR. DYE produces a perfect colour
Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na-
tural in etre t. Price 3s 041, 54 ed, and .08 6d ; sent by post
for 54, 81, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemi,ts.

HAIR, DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes
superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect
to the skin. Price 3s 6d, is 6d, and ins 6d; sent for 54,
and 144 stamps.—Had of All Chemists.

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
Sale of land from the formation of the

society to Michaelmas, 1866 £493,091 5 0
The total withdrawals since 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 follow :

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 registrar by seniority of
membership is No. 15,875.
The total receipts for 1865-6, the largest
since the formation of the Society, were £120,970 10 11
Receipts of 1864-5 ... 80,260 2 1

Total increase on the yoar ..1 ... £40,710 810

The following was the increase in each quarter:—
Christmas . £8,952 5 0
Lady Day 9,374 8 8
Midsummer 15,893 13 0
Michaelmas 6,490 2 2

Increase for 1865-6, as above £40,710 8 10

The Committee, regarding the Reserve Fund as the safest
guarantee for the society's permanent prosperity, have
raised that fund to £13,000, being an increase of £l,OOO
over the amount of the year 1864-5. The general healthy
features of the business of the year 1865-6 are, that the
actual annual income of the society has risen considerably,
owing to the large sales of land, the advances to allotteos
exercising the borrowing power having more than doubled
in about two years. The amount of the stock of laud on
hand (unsold plots on estates) has been reduced from
£83,000 to £48,000, sales which indicate the value of the
properties acquired by the society. The committee can
also congratulate the shareholders on the insignificant
amount of losses aceruing from the sales of property held
as security for advances. A reference to the balance-sheet
will show the increase of business in each department.
The four auditors appointed at the quarterly meeting, on
the 2d of October last, namely, Mr. Clemow and Mr. Goad,
elected by the shareholders, and Mr. Persil Stace and Mr.
Winstanley, nominated by the board, met on the 7th of
November and subsequent days, and verified the vouchers,
books, and securities, and signed the balance-sheet. The exe-
cutive committee are enabled, after increasing the reserve
fund to £13,000, to provide for the interest of 5 per cent. per
annum on shares (completed or paid a year in advance),
and for the interest of 4 per cent, per annum on deposit
investments. The committee are also enabled to add to the
accounts of members holding uncompleted invested shares
(in respect of which no interest has been paid) a bonns
equivalent to 6 per cent. per annum. As regards the addi-
tional interest of 1 per cent., to which the holders of com-
pleted shares and shares paid a year in advance will be
entitled by the present declaration of bonus, the amount
will be included in the half-yearly Lady-day interest war-
rants, issued and payable on and after May 1 next. Thus,
after payment on the shares on the regioter at the present
annual meeting, not being in arrear, will realise 6 per cent.
per annum for the financial year, ending Sept. 30, 1866.
The rate of interest on shares (completed) and shares in
progress (paid a year in advance) will remain at 5 per
cent. per annum, for which the half-yearly warrants
up to Lady-day and Michaelmas will be issued at the
customary periods, namely, May 1 and November 1.
The rate of interest for the deposit department, that is, in-
vestors who are not members of the society, will remain
unchanged at four per cent. per annum, payable half-
yearly, at the same period as the interest warrants on
shares. The ordinary quarterly meetings were duly held
on the 27th of March, the 3d of July, and the 28th of
November. The following members of the executive com-
mittee retire by rotation, viz. :—Viscount Ranelagh, Col.
Brownlow Knox, M.P., Viscount Ingestro, Major Jervis,
M.P., and T. K. Holmes, Esq., and, being eligible, offer
themselves for re-election. The new estates and ground
rents allotted in 1865-6 were :—New Ferry (Cheshire),
opposito Liverpool, St. Austell (Cornwall), 30th Novem-
ber, 1865; Moorfield's Estate, Hereford (Herefordshire) 21st
February, 1866 ; Castle Church Estate, Stafford (South
Staffordshire), 28th March, 1866; West London Estate,
North End, Fulham (Middlesex), 25th July, 1866 ; Rams-
gate Estate (East Kent), Sandown Estate, No. 2 (Isle of
Wight), Ipswich Ground Rents (West Suffolk), 29th
August, 1866 ; and Deal Estate, 2d portion (East Kent),
14th November, 1866. Of the above properties, the West
London and the Ramsgate estates, as also the Ipswich
Ground Rents, have been entirelydisposod of, and the greater
portion of the Hereford estate has been sold. The roads
and works on the St. Austell, Stafford, and Hereford
Estates have been completed ; those on the Deal estate are
on the eve of completion ; the contract for the New Ferry
works is in progress ; and tenders will be soon obtained
for the roads on the West London, Rainsgate, and San-
down No. 2. Deputations of the board have attended
at public meetings at Hereford (Viscount Ranolagh,
Colonel Knox, M.P., Colonel Meyrick, and Mr. Win-
Stanley); at Stafford (Viscount Ranolagh, Viscount
Ingestre, and Colonel Knox, M.P.); at Ramsgate (Colonel
Knox, M.P., the Hon. and Rev. W. Talbot, and Mr.
Winstanley) ; and at Deal (Mr. Winstanley). Reso-
lutions of confidence in the society's system, after explana-
tions of the working thereof, were unanimously passed at
all these provincial meetings. The committee have given
a free site for the erection of a district church at Hereford,
in pursuance of a desire expressed by some of the leading
inhabitants of that city. The following estates have been
closed this year in the society's books—Seven Sisters,

DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the
skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROS,'S
VErIETA.BLK SKIN PILLS. They remove redness,
eal-
lownees, Aru. 28 9d and 7s Ad ; or poet for 40 and 100 stamps.
—ALEX. ROSS, 248. High Holborn, London, and all Che-
mists.

HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the
head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven
or ten days the hair assumes Its original colour, end remains
so by an oce*slonal usinz. 10s ed ; sent for stamps.—AL EX.
ROSS, 24k, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps.
I.IGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet
descriptive of articles and means used for improving
the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn,
London.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
ban 455 poor, friendless, young fernalea were rejected trom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years.
Me new home the Committee wish to form would be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of a to 15, who
nave been led astray from the path of virtue.
4'ontributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Kr. Daniel Cooper, Q 5. Queen •street. Cheapaide; ur by Messrs
Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern hall-
way Terminna, King's-arose.
Patron—Her Mont Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.

Vice. Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE g,R G.

President—Big Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH.

This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions andi,:za es.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, In
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benecolent,-as the premises of this Hospital are capable al
,?ootaining several hundred more beds had the Committee
e requisite tunds to maintain them.
Con tr buttons are received by their bankers. Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abehureh•lune; also by Messrs. Coutts and
Co.; Drummoni and Co. ; G;ytt and Co. ; Berries and CO. ;
Hansom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne,
and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; illianis, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet
and Co, Bernere-etreet : and at the Hospital. from 10 till 15.
STANFORD SMITH, Searefxy,

Tottenham, and Bishop's Stortford, Herts. The new
Kemp Town Railway, which crosses the Round Hill
Estate, Brighton, is progressing rapidly; and if a now
station be not placed on the society's property, the site will
be in close vicinity to it, as the neighbourhood has
recently much increased. The next estate to be allotted,
the day fixed being the 13th inst., is one of the
most valuable building properties ever acquired by the
society iu the suburban districts. It will be called the
East London Estate, and is close to the West Gate Station
on the Great Eastern Railway. This fine property is
adapted not only for villas and houses of a superior class,
but for dwellingsfor the working-classes, like the Society's
West London Estate. The allotment of the first portion
on the 13th inst. will be confined to the largo field front-
ing the road leading to Wanstead-common, which is
within two minutes' walk of the land. As Forest Gate is
only five miles from the centre of the City, and there are
22 trains daily, at cheap fares to and from the Bishopsgate-
station, the committee anticipate that the East London
estate, bordering on Wanstead Flats and Epping Forest,
will meet the wants and wishes of all classes of the com-
munity. After the routine business of the annual and
quarterly meeting (this day) there will be a drawing of
100 share numbers, to be placed on the Register of Rights,
to settle the priority of choice for plots on the society's
estates, should the holders of such rights elect to buy
land. Fifty share numbers will be taken from the
Seniority List, according to date of membership,
provided such shares be not in arrear, and be
added to the Order of Rights. The Executive
Committee have to congratulate the purchasers of land
on the Society's estates upon the marked success which
hasfattended the claims made by the allottees in the Regis-
tration Courts, supported, as usual, free of expense. The
executive committee confidently anticipate that, in enter-
ing upon their fifteenth year, a new era of success is in-
sured for the prosperity of the Conservative Land Society,
by the opening for public business of the new offices at
33, Norfolk-street, Strand, with which the adjoining pre-
mises, 11, Howard-street, have been combined, so as to form
a large edifice, within which all the different branches of
the society's yearly extending operations can be carried on.
The opening in due course of the Thames embankment,
and of the new law courts, will render the Norfolk-street
neighbourhood a central position for metropolitan busi-
ness. In concluding their report, the executive committee
feel that they ought to renew their acknowledgments to
the shareholders, who have honoured them with theircon-
fidence and support on all occasions; for it is owing to the
kindly feeling which has thus existed that the board has
been enabled to carry on the society's affairs with such
permanent success financially, combined at the same time
with social, moral, and political advantage.