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Summary Of News For June.
entering into an amalgamation with a new company , provisionally registered , under the title of " The Bank of London and National Provincial Life and Fire Insurance Association , " by directors of the Bank of London and of this company , the present shareholders receiving two shares of £ 1 paid for every single share held in the company . A similar meeting was also held of the Fire Company , in which the shareholders are to receive five shares of £ 1 paid for every four such shares now held .
The quarterly meeting of the Conservative Land Society was held on the 26 th , when a report was presented , which said : —The following are the highly gratifying returns of the business for the quarter ending June 24 th , 1856 : cash received from Lady-day 1856 to Midsummer 1856 , inclusive , £ 17 , 156 . 6 s . 9 d . Total cash received to June 24 , 1856 , £ 241 , 162 . 14 s . lOd . Total withdrawals from September 1852 to Midsummer 1856 £ 32 , 273 . 7 s . 3 d . The total number of shares in progress or uncompleted , taken up to June 24 th , 1856 , were £ 10 , 188 . The completed shares to ditto , were 2 , 040 . Total shares issued to Midsummer 1856 , 12 , 228 . The returns of the Register of Order of Rights are as follow : —Completed . 2 , 040 :
drawn , 2 , 348 ; seniority , 1 , 204 ; total , 5 , 592 : deduct Rights exercised on Estates , & c , 3 , 159 : unexercised Rights , 2 , 433 . The last number to be placed on the Order of Rights by seniority or date of Membership , after the 35 th public drawing of the 26 th of June ( this day ) , will be about share No . 3 , 713 . The Executive Committee have the pleasure to state that the sale of land , in detached plots , duriner the past auarter has amounted to £ 8 , 958 . 5 s . The total amount of land
sold from the formation of the Society up to June 24 th , 1856 , is £ 178 , 060 . 9 s . 2 d . The above returns show an increase in the receipts over the corresponding quarter last year of £ 4 , 778 . lis . 5 d . Increase as compared with the last quarter of £ 4 , 410 . Is . 3 d . Increase in the sale of land over the previous quarter of £ 6 , 636 . 145 . 6 d . The report was adopted , and the drawings proceeded with .
MISCELLANEOUS
The Sunday Band question has been settled by bands provided by subscription being allowed to play in the Regent ' s and Victoria Parks . The Paris Agricultural Exhibition , which was opened on the 2 nd , proved most successful . Many fine specimens of English cattle were sold at remarkably high prices . The Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park , formerly occupied by George IV ., has just been put in a fitting state for the reception of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred , now in his twelfth year , in order that the young prince may uninterruptedly pursue his studies , more particularly that portion comprising engineering , under his tutor , Lieut . Co well , of the Royal Engineers .
The baptism of the Imperial Prince of France took place on the 15 th . There were great rejoicings , and gratuitous performances at the theatres , Capt . Henry L . Thompson , one of the heroes of Kars , died in Gloucester-street , Belgrave-road , on the 13 th , almost immediately on his arrival in England . He was only twenty-seven years of age . General Sir Wm . Fen wick Williams , of Kara , arrived in Dover on the 16 th , and was most warmly received—a congratulatory address being presented to him by the corporation .
The Times states that her Majesty will be advised by Lord Palmerston to raise Sir Edmund Lyons to the peerage , in consideration of his services while in the command of the fleet in the Black Sea . The bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol , vacated by the death of Dr . Monk , has been offered by Lord Palmerston to the Rev . Richard Chenevix Trench , M . A ., Professor of Theology in King ' s College , London , rector of Ifcchin Stoke , neai A Ires ford , Hants , and chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford . Mr . Mochi , the governor of the Unity Bank , and Mr . Keats , of the well known firm of Fortnum and Mason , were elected Sheriffs of London on the 21 th .
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Summary Of News For June.
entering into an amalgamation with a new company , provisionally registered , under the title of " The Bank of London and National Provincial Life and Fire Insurance Association , " by directors of the Bank of London and of this company , the present shareholders receiving two shares of £ 1 paid for every single share held in the company . A similar meeting was also held of the Fire Company , in which the shareholders are to receive five shares of £ 1 paid for every four such shares now held .
The quarterly meeting of the Conservative Land Society was held on the 26 th , when a report was presented , which said : —The following are the highly gratifying returns of the business for the quarter ending June 24 th , 1856 : cash received from Lady-day 1856 to Midsummer 1856 , inclusive , £ 17 , 156 . 6 s . 9 d . Total cash received to June 24 , 1856 , £ 241 , 162 . 14 s . lOd . Total withdrawals from September 1852 to Midsummer 1856 £ 32 , 273 . 7 s . 3 d . The total number of shares in progress or uncompleted , taken up to June 24 th , 1856 , were £ 10 , 188 . The completed shares to ditto , were 2 , 040 . Total shares issued to Midsummer 1856 , 12 , 228 . The returns of the Register of Order of Rights are as follow : —Completed . 2 , 040 :
drawn , 2 , 348 ; seniority , 1 , 204 ; total , 5 , 592 : deduct Rights exercised on Estates , & c , 3 , 159 : unexercised Rights , 2 , 433 . The last number to be placed on the Order of Rights by seniority or date of Membership , after the 35 th public drawing of the 26 th of June ( this day ) , will be about share No . 3 , 713 . The Executive Committee have the pleasure to state that the sale of land , in detached plots , duriner the past auarter has amounted to £ 8 , 958 . 5 s . The total amount of land
sold from the formation of the Society up to June 24 th , 1856 , is £ 178 , 060 . 9 s . 2 d . The above returns show an increase in the receipts over the corresponding quarter last year of £ 4 , 778 . lis . 5 d . Increase as compared with the last quarter of £ 4 , 410 . Is . 3 d . Increase in the sale of land over the previous quarter of £ 6 , 636 . 145 . 6 d . The report was adopted , and the drawings proceeded with .
MISCELLANEOUS
The Sunday Band question has been settled by bands provided by subscription being allowed to play in the Regent ' s and Victoria Parks . The Paris Agricultural Exhibition , which was opened on the 2 nd , proved most successful . Many fine specimens of English cattle were sold at remarkably high prices . The Royal Lodge in Windsor Great Park , formerly occupied by George IV ., has just been put in a fitting state for the reception of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred , now in his twelfth year , in order that the young prince may uninterruptedly pursue his studies , more particularly that portion comprising engineering , under his tutor , Lieut . Co well , of the Royal Engineers .
The baptism of the Imperial Prince of France took place on the 15 th . There were great rejoicings , and gratuitous performances at the theatres , Capt . Henry L . Thompson , one of the heroes of Kars , died in Gloucester-street , Belgrave-road , on the 13 th , almost immediately on his arrival in England . He was only twenty-seven years of age . General Sir Wm . Fen wick Williams , of Kara , arrived in Dover on the 16 th , and was most warmly received—a congratulatory address being presented to him by the corporation .
The Times states that her Majesty will be advised by Lord Palmerston to raise Sir Edmund Lyons to the peerage , in consideration of his services while in the command of the fleet in the Black Sea . The bishopric of Gloucester and Bristol , vacated by the death of Dr . Monk , has been offered by Lord Palmerston to the Rev . Richard Chenevix Trench , M . A ., Professor of Theology in King ' s College , London , rector of Ifcchin Stoke , neai A Ires ford , Hants , and chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford . Mr . Mochi , the governor of the Unity Bank , and Mr . Keats , of the well known firm of Fortnum and Mason , were elected Sheriffs of London on the 21 th .