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Sitmjffakt Of News For Jitne
Oh the 5 th lhe Annual when it was reportecl . 't ^ i ^ Qrlng . the past year 1 , 74 ^ P & sonshadi been admitted as patients , of whom 348 were discharged cure % and ^ , Gn the 10 & heldj under the presidency o £ L ^ £ lUm :: ^ : ' -vu V
bnthelithmt ^ ^ place at ^ and submitted the re members nn the success of the experiment made in April last of allotting houses 1 easei and occupied ^ the villa , residences nnl ^ ei St . M estate not only having been chosen with early choice , but considerable premiums were paid to
secure these excellent i nyestrhents . Before the end of the financial year the committee hope to submit Ibr sale villas how in the courseof erection on the Sin field estate . About bne ^ third Of l ^ e Taahton estate ha rOads atul drains having been cd ^ speedily taken . The oontract for the Kentish 4 own estate roads and drains will be carried but without de ^ hill estate ih ^
oh the ISth instant ; Tlie c ^ Maidstone estate ; and it was stated that a handsome donation has-been subscrihed by a gentlem Lord ^^ Coloriel Meyrick as a member of the Board s a ^ Ral ^ hButtonyM had been added to the general comnriftee ; The receipts from Lady-day to June 6 th
amounted to £ 8 , 154 . 195 . | 0 # . ^ andthegrandtotal to that date to £ 295 y Totaliiumberof shares , 13 / 843 . T ? he total sale oflandamoanted to ^ 205 > 375 . 14 s . 2 $ . The report then adverted to the recent gen elections : — " The executive committee had occasion in their last report , after the contests in East Sussex and West I ^ nt had taken place , to record the good faith with which nearly all the allottees who acquired the freehold franchise in those two counties through the instrumentality of the society had voted in favour of tlieGonservative candidates .
Since the two struggles referred to , a general election has taken place , the fourth Parliament of Queen Victoria having been dissolved on the 20 th March , 1857 , and the committee have the satisfaction of reporting to the members that the returns of the polling have been exceedingly gratifying ; and had the general body of Conservatives acted with the same consistency and fidelity as the allottees of the society , more of the counties might have been saved to the cause . The
committee were well aware that , in a society the commercial advantages of which have been so eagerly sought after by all classes of the community , investors of various shades of political opinion would be found , many of whom , it may be stated , honourably abstained from voting ; but so far as regards the members placed on the register by the society , the proportion of Conservative voters is at least 90 per cent . "
MISCELLANEOUS . A grand flower-show was held at the Crystal Palace upon the 30 th of May , and was most fashionably attended . On the 2 nd of June , Mr . Keating , Q . C ., was again returned for Reading , on his appointment as Solicitor-General .
On the same day , a meeting of the members of the . beer trade was held , for the purpose of taking measures to oppose the passing of Mr . Hardy's Beer Bill . On the 3 rd of June , the first flower-show of- "the Horticultural Society ' s season was held at Chiswick Gardens . On the 13 th , Lord Brougham presided at the annual meeting of the National Reformatory Union .
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Sitmjffakt Of News For Jitne
Oh the 5 th lhe Annual when it was reportecl . 't ^ i ^ Qrlng . the past year 1 , 74 ^ P & sonshadi been admitted as patients , of whom 348 were discharged cure % and ^ , Gn the 10 & heldj under the presidency o £ L ^ £ lUm :: ^ : ' -vu V
bnthelithmt ^ ^ place at ^ and submitted the re members nn the success of the experiment made in April last of allotting houses 1 easei and occupied ^ the villa , residences nnl ^ ei St . M estate not only having been chosen with early choice , but considerable premiums were paid to
secure these excellent i nyestrhents . Before the end of the financial year the committee hope to submit Ibr sale villas how in the courseof erection on the Sin field estate . About bne ^ third Of l ^ e Taahton estate ha rOads atul drains having been cd ^ speedily taken . The oontract for the Kentish 4 own estate roads and drains will be carried but without de ^ hill estate ih ^
oh the ISth instant ; Tlie c ^ Maidstone estate ; and it was stated that a handsome donation has-been subscrihed by a gentlem Lord ^^ Coloriel Meyrick as a member of the Board s a ^ Ral ^ hButtonyM had been added to the general comnriftee ; The receipts from Lady-day to June 6 th
amounted to £ 8 , 154 . 195 . | 0 # . ^ andthegrandtotal to that date to £ 295 y Totaliiumberof shares , 13 / 843 . T ? he total sale oflandamoanted to ^ 205 > 375 . 14 s . 2 $ . The report then adverted to the recent gen elections : — " The executive committee had occasion in their last report , after the contests in East Sussex and West I ^ nt had taken place , to record the good faith with which nearly all the allottees who acquired the freehold franchise in those two counties through the instrumentality of the society had voted in favour of tlieGonservative candidates .
Since the two struggles referred to , a general election has taken place , the fourth Parliament of Queen Victoria having been dissolved on the 20 th March , 1857 , and the committee have the satisfaction of reporting to the members that the returns of the polling have been exceedingly gratifying ; and had the general body of Conservatives acted with the same consistency and fidelity as the allottees of the society , more of the counties might have been saved to the cause . The
committee were well aware that , in a society the commercial advantages of which have been so eagerly sought after by all classes of the community , investors of various shades of political opinion would be found , many of whom , it may be stated , honourably abstained from voting ; but so far as regards the members placed on the register by the society , the proportion of Conservative voters is at least 90 per cent . "
MISCELLANEOUS . A grand flower-show was held at the Crystal Palace upon the 30 th of May , and was most fashionably attended . On the 2 nd of June , Mr . Keating , Q . C ., was again returned for Reading , on his appointment as Solicitor-General .
On the same day , a meeting of the members of the . beer trade was held , for the purpose of taking measures to oppose the passing of Mr . Hardy's Beer Bill . On the 3 rd of June , the first flower-show of- "the Horticultural Society ' s season was held at Chiswick Gardens . On the 13 th , Lord Brougham presided at the annual meeting of the National Reformatory Union .