The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-29 00:00:00

IN what " Land" eln I sea ynu after the
"Opera ?" I only know of One HAPPY LAND
n which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT-
GAR DEN, my dear fellow!

FINAHAN'S 1,11, WHISKY v. COGNAC,
BRANDY.
This celebrated Old IRIS a WHISKY rivals the finest
FRENCH BRANDY,
It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by
the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale
at

No. 22,469.

8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
"Kinahan's 1.1. Whisky."

T" L ONDON (Limited).
To be incorporated under the prov'sions of the
Companies' Act of 1802.
Capital £55,000, in 5,500 shares of £lO each, one half of which
is already subsc•ibed. £1 to be paid on application, and £4
on allotment, beyond which amount it is not anticipated
that more than one < all of £2 will be required. A minimum
cividend of 124 per cent. guaranteed for three years. Should
no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full.
DIRECTORS.
Lord G. Loftus, Grafton(lob.
Major-General Smythe, C.B , Senior 'United Service Club.
D. r raser Luckie, Esq. (late (.1 Lu kie Brothers, Fenchurch-
street), Dir. ctor of Southampton Imperial Hotel Company.
Captain C. Coane, Pryor's Bank, Fulham, Director of London
and Liverpool Hotel Company.
With power to add to their number.
MANAGING DIRECTOR,
Frederick Sawyer, Esq.
SOLICITOR.
George Lawrence, 9, Fenchurch-s;reet.
BANKERS.
Bank of London, Threadneed e-street and Char'ng.cross.
AUDITOR.
C. F. Kemp Esq., (Messrs. C. F. Kemp, Ford, and Co., public
accountants, 7, Gresham-street).
BROKERS.
Messrs. Spencer and Norton, 22, Throgmorton-street.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
9, Fenchurch-street.
SECRETARY (PRO TEM.)
Mr. W. Wood Townsend.

THE CREDIT FONCIER (Limited
FO, Lombard-street, E.C.
Capital, £1,000,0)0. in 20,0'0 Shares of £5O each.
,subscribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares.
DIRECTORS.
Chairman—The 1-tlliit Hon. James Stuart Wortley.
Deputy Chairman--James LeQick, Esq.
The Hon. T. C. Haliburton, Adolphe Hakim, Esq.
M.P. Henry Pownal,, Esq., J.P.
Edward Warner, Esq., M.P. John Westmorland, Esq.
Alexander Dunbar, Esq. I Charles E. Newbon, Esq.
Charles Elli,, Esq.

MANAGER.
Albert Grant, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co.
Bank of London.

This Company advances money on the deposit of Title
Deeds of approved Freehold or Leasehold Property in Great
liritain, with or w thout regular Mortgage.
Guarantees Titles or Securities, and, as Agent, negotiates
Loan on Mortgage, for long, or short periods ; also,
Receives Money on Deposit for FIXED PERIODS ONLY,
at special rates to be agreed upon.
Communications to be addressed to the Manager.
ALFRED LOWE, Secretary.
Temporary Office, 80, Lombard-street, E.C.

It wil hardly be disputed that there is no class of enter-
prize which derives greater benefit from the applicAtion of
the limited liability principle th n that of public places of
entertainment, wherein the creation of a number of sh ,re-
holders having a common interest in the prosperity of the
concern is obviously equivalent to the extension of a connec-
tion. This is especially exemplied in all those instances
where arrangements are made to retain the administration
or the new company in the hands of those whose ability and
skill have secured to it popu arity which is indispensable
to success. Perhaps this was never more strongly shown
than in the conversion of the London Tavern and the Albion
into a public company, which has resulted in a success that
is most conspicuous. Though only carried into effect six
months since, the shares stand at upwards of 50 Ler cent.
premium, and it is notorious that the business has increased
to an extent that is quite unprecedented.
There is probably no institution in the metropolis which
has attained a more satisfactory position in all respects than
the London, under the judicious management of its pre ent
proprietor, ,ur. Freder.ek Sawyer. Its name has become
widely celebrated, while its profits can be demonstrated to be
large almost beyond comparison.
This property, including the very valuable leas. for thirty-
three years, the goodwill, furniture, fixture,, plant, fittings.
ac., has been purchased by the company at the price of
£34,50.i ; one-half of the amount to be taken in shares with
£7 credited thereon. The business and the profits are con-
stantly increasing, and the proprietor evinces the reliance in
their stability, which his experience has created, by guaran-
teeing a minimum dividend of l 2 per cent. upon the antici-
pated called-up capital for the period of three years, and to
secure such guarantee by a deposit of shares in the company
in the hands of trustees. He has also agreed to undertake
the management of the company for the term of three years,
and to accept as remuneration tor his serviots one-half of the
profits, after payment of a dividend of 12i per cent. to the
shareholders.
It cannot fail to be recognised that this arrangement offers
an investment in the highest degree secure and rrofitable.
No expenses in respect to promotion fees have been, or will
be incurred; and an agreement has been entered into that
the expenses of forming the company up to the allotment of
shares, shall not exceed one per cent. upon the nominal
capital.
Applications for shares must be made in the form annexed
to the prospectus, which may be obtained at the temporary
offices of the company, of the brokers, and of the bankers.

THE CREDIT MOBILIER (Limited),
80, Lombard-street, E.C.
Capital, £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each.
Subscribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares.
DIRECTORS.
Chairman—The Right Hon. James Stuart Wort'ey.
The Hon. T. C. Haliburton, John Westmorland, Esq.
11LP. I Edward Warner, Esq., it.P.
Alexander Dunbar, Esq. Char.es Ellis, Esq.
Ado phe Hakim. Esq. James Levick, Esq.
Charles E. Newbon, Esq. Henry Pownall, Esq.
MANAGER.
Albert Grant, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred. and Co., London.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, London.
This Company is ,prepared to negotiate Government and
Municipal Loans, and to aid in carrying out Concessions.
To make advances on approved securities.
To effect the purchase and sale of Shares, Stocks, &o, and
to transact financial business generally.
Also to receive money on deposit, for BRIEF or EX-
TENDED yer'ods, on terms to be agreed upon.
Communications to be made to the Manager.
THOMAS SHORT, Secretary.
Temporary Offices, 80, Lombard-street, London. E.C.

THE EBBW VALE COMPANY
(Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies Act, 18P:2.
Capital Four Millions, in 80,( 00 shares of £5O each.
Deposit on application .£ t per share, and £4 on allotment.
Further calls wi 1 not exceed £5 per, share, made at intervals
of no` less than three months, and will extend over a
period of three years.
It is estimated that not nwro than two-thirds of the total
capital will be required to be called up.
DIRECTORS.
Abraham Darby, Esq., Ebhw Vale Park, Monmouthshire,
Chairman and Managing Director.
Joseph Robinson, Esq., Berkhampstead and London, Deputy
Chairman.
Francis Tothill, Esq., Bristol.
John Platt, Esq., Oldham.
G. S. Beecroft, Esq , M.P., Leeds.
James Aspinall Turner, Esq., M.P., Manchester.
Harry George Gordon, Esq., 1, Clifden-place, Hyde-park,
London.
Charles King Anderson, Esq., 65, Old Broad-street, London.
BANKERS.
The Bank of England.
'And its several Branches at
Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol, Leeds, New-
. castle, Hull, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Leicester.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Freshfie ds and Newman, London.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, London.
AUDITORS.
David Chadwick, Esq. (Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, IPKenna,
and Co.), 27, Great George-stree•, Westminster.
John Young, Esq. (Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and
Co.), Tokenhouse-yard, City.
• OFFICES, PRO TEM.
No. 27, Great George-street, Westminster, and 7, Laurence
Pountney-hill, C ty.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.
To the Directors of The London (Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to the Bank of London the sum
of £ , I hereby request that you will al of me
shares in The London (Limited), and I hereby agree to accept
such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me,
and to pay siich calls as may from time o time be made upon
them; and I agree to become a member of the Company, and
to sign the Articles of Association when required by you,
and I request you to place my name upon the Register of
Members in respect of then hae
r so allotted.
am in
Profession or occupation
• Residence in full
Date

THE GENERAL FINANCIAL and ESTATE
AGENCY CORPORATION (Limited).
Capital £lOO,OOO, in 10,000 shares of £lO each, with power
to increase.
£1 per share to be paid on allotment.
InCorporated under "The Companies' Act, 1862," whereby
limited the liability of the shareholders is to the amount
subscribed.

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 1 vol., with Portrait,
REMINISCENCES OF THE OPERA.
By BENJAMIN LUMLEY,

Twenty years' Director of Her Majesty's Theatre.
"Our space does not allow us to follow Mr, Lumley in his
many anecdotes of artist life, or in hi, criticisms 01 the cele-
brated artists who have from time to time peopled his stage.
His judgments strike us as not on y discriminating, but
eminently fair and candid." -Saturday Review.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-st•cet.

This day, at all Libraries, in 2 vols., post Bvo.,
MEMOIRS OF RICHARD WHATELY,
Archbishop of Dublin.

By W. J. FITZPATRICK, Esq.
Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.

Next Week will be Published, in 2 vols., post Bvo.,
THE CRUISE OF THE ALABAMA AND
THE SUMTER.
From the Private Journals, ac., of Captain SEMMES, C.S.N.,
and other Officers, with Illustrations, Correspondence, etc.
London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., 66, Brook-street, W.

WILL BE READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES, JULY 1.
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SUPERIOR TO ADVERSITY; or, THE
ROMANCE OF A CLOUDED LIFE. A Novel. By the
Author of "Blackfriars ; or, The Monks of Old," &T.
London : Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row.

Now ready,

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London : Burns and Lambert, 17 and 18, Portman-st., W.

The Company is formed for the purpose of carrying into
effect an agreement made for the purchase of the undermen-
tioned Coal, Iron, and other Works, which have for a long
time been carried on with very satisfactory results by private
individuals, and are capable of considerable expansion, with
greatly increased profits.
The Properties and Works have been purchased on very
favourable terms, on valuations made by eminent mining
engineers.

CHAIRMAN.
Captain Raymond, RN., The Mall, Chiswick, S.W.
AUDITOR.

Stanley R. Bennet,
Nicholas-lane, E.C. Messrs. Bennet and Gaskell), 31,

BANKERS.
London and Westminster, Lothbury, E.C.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Shorter and King, 26, Birehin-lane, E.C.
SOLICITORS.

Forwarded free on r,ceipt of 12 stamps,
AFEW OBSERVATIONS on GOUT and
RHEUMATISM, by one who has never failed to cure
the same whenever it has fallen in his way. A sample bottle
of the medicine forwarded free to all parts on receipt of 40
stamps. Address R. Cameron, 40, Tavistock-street, Covent-
garden, London.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S
ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY,
and
BACHELOR'S BOX,
an Entirely New Entertainment, at the Polygraphic Hall,
King William-street, Charing-cross, EVERY EVENING,
at eight (except Saturday); Saturday Mornings at three.—
Stalls, and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 28. ; amphitheatre, is. A
Plan of the Stalls may be seen, and Seats secured at the Hail
from eleven to five.
Next Morning Performance, Saturday, May 7, at three.

MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr.
JOHN PARRY, will appea in their new ANGLO-
EGYPTIAN ENTERTAINMENT,r THE PYRAMID. To
be followed by THE BARD AND HIS BIRTHDAY, a
new musical tercentennial stance, by William Brown, Esq.,
sustained by Mr. and Mrs. German R( ed ; and THE SEA-
SIDE, or MRS. ROSELEAF OUT OF TOWN, by Mr. John
Parry. Every evening (except Sat rday), at 8 ; Thursday
and Saturday mornings, at 3.—ROYAL GALLERY of IL
LUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, is.,
25i; stalls, 35.; stall (spring) chairs, 55., can be secured in ad-
vance at the Gallery without fee.

rr H 0 X F OR D,
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
THIS EVENING, the MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR,
by Otto Nicolai ; and UN BALLO IN MASCHERA ; sup-
ported by the whole of the Talented Company.
Director, Mr. F. Jonglimans.
Comedy by UNSWORTH and EUGENE, Mr. T. Maelagan,
W. Randall, G. Hutchenson, G. W. Jester, Miss Nelly Power
(the juvenile, comedienne), &c., &o.
Admission--Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private
boxes, 10s. 6d.

Open every Evening.

CAN,TERBURY HALL,
Westminster-road, London.

THIS EVENING, _vr•
Will be produced, with alterations and improvements
in production, the New Illusion, surpassing anything yet
attempted, entitled THE TERCENTENARY; or,a NIGHT
WITH SHAKSPERE, written express:y by W. le. Vander-
veil, Esq., in which Mr. W. Randall will re-appear,
Also, PRINCE BLOSSOM;
OR, THE FAIRIES OF THE MAGIC FOUNTAIN AND THE
FOREST OF SHADOWS

The Works consist of-
1. The Ebbw Vale Collieries and Iron Works.
2. The Sirhowy Collieries and Iron Works.
3. The Victoria Collieries and Iron Works.
4. The Abersychan Collieries and Iron Works.
5. The Pontypool Collieries and Iron and Tin-plate
Worse.
6. The Abercarn Collieries and the Chapol Farm Estate.
7. Wharves and Landing Stages at Newport.
All in the county of Monmouth.
8. Hematite Iron and Coal Galeages or Royalties in the
Forest of Dean. in the county of Gloucester.
9. The Brendon Hills Carbonate of Iron or Spathose
Mines, in the county of Somerset.

Messrs. Howard, Dollman, an
E Lowther, 141, Fenehurch-
street, .
SECRETARY.
Francis R. Spry, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES-206, Gresham House, E.C.

"The figure of Fame, winged and trumpeted, passing. and
repassing through the Magic Fountain, i•s so complete an
Illusion that it wellnig,h ceases to be illusory."--Morning
Star, Feb. 19.

Prince Blossom, Miss Townley.
In addition to the usual Entertainments of the establish.
ment, supported by the whole of the talented comrany, in-
cluding Arthur Lloyd, Miss Nelly Powor, Mr. T. Maclagan,
G. W. Jester, &c. &c

And the Estates comprise :-
3,M4 acres of Fre . hold Land and Mines.
7,215 acres of Leasehold Mines, and agreements for leases
having upwards of 8) years unexpired.
2,137 acres of Leasehold Mines, having from 10 to 50 years
unexpired.
700 acres of Mineg in the Forest of Dean, held under a
Crown lease, renewable in perpetuity for perio Is of 21 years.
About 9 miles in length, or about 3,, 00 acres. on the course
of the Spathose iron ore veins, in Somersetsh re, under leases
for about 50 years unexpired.
The leaseho d coal and iron-stone royalties are held on
Very moderate terms.
There are upwards of 2,000 houses and cottages on the free-
hold and leasehold estates.
The rentals from land, farms, and houses, amount to about
£14,000 a-year.
The works afford employment to more than 15,000 persons,
representing- a population of 50,000 people.
Schools ha* the a3commodation of 2,200 children, and a Me-
chanics' Institute have been erected upon the estates.
There are 23 Was, -furnaces, of which 16 are in operation at
the present time—three being cold blast.
The present annual produca of the various col'ieries is
850,000 tons of coal ; and this quantity can, with a compara-
tively small outlay, be Increased to million tons annually.
The produce 01 iron-stone is 280,000 tons annually, which can
be increased to 450,000 tons.
The iron-making coals on these properties are of a superior
quality, free from sulphur, and eminently adapted for the
manufacture of the best class of iron or steel.
The present annual yield from the furnaces is about 130,000
tons of pig iron, including 12,000 tons of Pontypool cold blast,
but the arrangements are adapted for the production of
180,0)0 tons. About 90,C00 tons of ails and finished iron are
sold annually, which can be increased to 120,000 tons with the
present applianc s.
All the properties are very favourably placed in regard to
si, nation of works and facilities of Transport. Tile c ,a 1 and
iron-stone mines, which are now drained and proved, will
supply the present consumption, without any material in-
crease of dead charges or outlay of capital, for upwards of 50
years ; and with a small outlay will yield a further supply of
600,000 to, s of coal per annum, for household and steam pur-
poses, for a like period. .
The haematite iron ore and coal properties held in the
Forest of Dean will shortly be opened, and placed in
direct communication by railway with the various iron-
works, the distances between which and the
place of pro-
duction will be from 2 to 42 miles only. whilst this class of
ore is now carrier to the works 3.0 miles by water and 30
miles by rail.
The Forest of Dean ore contains from 35 to 42 per cent.
of iron, and is well known for its superior quality over other
hmins.tite ores for the manufacture of the best iron and
steel. It is estimated that, when nil, y opened, the mines now
held by the Company will produce 100,000 tons annually for
50 years.
The very extensive and valuable mines of spathose iron
ore, in Somersetshire, belonging exclusively to the Company,
are the only mines of their kind now being worked in Or( at
Britain, excep.ing the small veins found in the Durham lead
mines, When these mines are fully developed the works of
the Company will possess advantages greater than any other
'works in the supply of this most valuable materia for the
manufacture of the best quality of iron and steel. And the
cost of producing spiegeleisn (pig iron, with this ore will
not 'exceed half the present cost of spiegeleisn deliv red
in England from Germany, which country furnishes nearly
the whole of the supply required for the present consump-
tion.
The Directors have agreed for a licence for the manufac-
ture of steel by the Bessemer process, which, from the pecu-
liar resources they possess, they will be enabled to produce
in v ry large quantities, and at a price that in comparison
with other works, ill insure to them the same advantages
in the manufacture of steel rails as the Ebbw Vale Company
have so 1011 g-enjoyed in respect of iron rails.
The stocks of material and finished iron will be taken at
the cost price, as entered in the books at the last stock-
taking in September, 1863, and are to be paid for within six
months.
The'contracts on hand, which are large, and at remunera-
tive prices, will be transferred to the new Company.
Mr. Abraham Darby, the principal proprietor and manag-
ing partner of the whole or the concerns comprised in the
present purchase, will undertake the duties of an of
the Board, and has consented to act as Managing Chair Directmor for
a period of five years, thereby securing to the new Company
the benefit of his long practical experience in the manage-
ment of the works.
Mr. Joseph Robinson, also a proprietor in all the above
concerns, and who for many years, as the London partner,
has had th princi management of their commercial ope-
rations, wile l, underp the direction of the Board, conduct the
business of the Company as heretofore,
From Certified reports on the profits of the various works,
extending over a considerable and from a due con-
sideration of the advantages possessped by the Company,
the Directors feel justified in anticinating that the annual
dividends will be such as to give satisfaction to the Share-
holders.
The Vendors will subscribe for Shares in the Company to
the extent of half a million sterlinz.
Three hundred thousand pounds of the purchase-money
wilt be aid within two months, and the remainder by six
equal. half-yearly instalments, with interest at 5 per cent.
paid.
No promotion-money or other similar payment will be
made.
Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained at the
Bank of England, and its several Branches ; from the
Brokers • or from the undersigned, by whom any further
information required will be furnished.
CRADWICK, ADAMSON, M'KENNA, and Co.,
Financial Agents,
27, Great Geore-street. Westminster, and
64, Cr -street, Manchester.

The Sanatory Condition of the City of
London.

At the weekly meeting of the Commissioners of
Sewers, held yesterday at Guildhall, Mr Deputy
De Jersey presiding, Dr. Letheby, the medical
officer for the City, presented his quarterly report,
which was as follows ;

In the course of the winter quarter which ended in March
last there were 759 births, and 870 deaths registered in the
city of London. The first of these numbers is greatly below
the average (887) for the corresponding quarter of the last
ten years, but the second is in excess of it (831).
The distribution of the births has been as follows :-321
in the East London Union, 195 in the West, and 243 in the
City proper. These are in ate annual proportions of 31.1
per 1,000 of the population in the first-named district, 29.2
of the second, and 20.9 of the third; making an average of
26.5 for the entire city. In the whole of England the annual
average birth-rate in the winter quarter is 36.0 per 1,000 of
the population, but during the last quarter it was singularly
high, namely, 37.4 per 1,000. Excepting therefore in one or
two of the sub-districts of the Eastern and Western unions,
the birth-rate in the City has been remarkably small.
Of the 870 deaths in the quarter, 317 have been in the
Eastern Union, 234 in the Western, and 319 in the City of
London Union. These numbers are in the annual propor-
tion of 301 per 1,000 of the inhabitants of the first-named
district, 35 of the second, and 27.4 of the third ; making a
general average of 30.4 for the whole City. In all England
the usual mortality in the winter quarter is at the annual
rate of 24 9 per 1,000 ; and it the districts of the chief
towns at 26.8; but in the quarter which has just expired,
the death-rate of the whole country has been greatly
in excess of the average, for it has been 291 in the
chief towns, and 271 in the whole of England. " Seldom,
indeed," says the Registrar-General, 'has a winter been
more fatal ;" and the city, in common with the rest of
the metropolis, has suffered to an extraordinary extent.
The average annual death-rate of London in the winter
quarter is 25 8 per 1,000, but last winter it was 30.9,
and as regards the City, there have been but three occasions
during the last ten years when the mortality has been
higher than in the last season. Those were the winters of
1854, 1855, and 1861, when the deaths were 895, 929, and
876. The time was when the highest death-rates were in
the summer and autumn months, when the soil and air
were full of putrescent matter, but now the most fatal period
is the winter with its cold and wet; and these are influences
over which the sanitarian has but little control.
From the table which shows the ages at death, it appears
that 28 per cent., or rather more than a fourth of all the
deaths are among children of less than five years of age,
and 33 per cent. or just a third, at 60 and upwards. The
chief increase in the mortality has been among old persons,
whose deaths have risen from 207 in the quarter to 286.
As regards the causes of death, 106 persons have died from
phthisis, 41 from tabes and scrofula, 14 from hydrocephalus
.51 from pneumonia, 183 from bronchitis, 20 from continued
fever, 23 scarletdipht
h eri
diphtheria, fever,
15 from
ofro m whooping cough, 19
i
measles, 5 from erysi-
pelas, 3 from small-pox, and 10 from alvine flux ; making
together 161 deaths from tubercular diseases, 234 from in-
flammatory affections of the lungs,
croup from
and
and 113 from diseases
of a zymotic character, the averages for the corre-
sponding periods of the last nine years being 151, 196, and
140 respectively. While therefore the number of deaths
from phthisis, and from inflammatory affections of the lungs
have been largely increased, those from the zymotic class
of diseases have been greatly reduced.
The range of the thermometer during the quarter has been
from 22.2 degrees to 551, the mean temperature having
been 39'9, which is nearly two degrees below the average
for the season. The coldest weather was in the second
week of January, when the average temperature was 30.2
degrees, and then the deaths rose from 72 in the week to
102. Towards the end of the quarter, when the mean
temperature was about 42 degrees, the average number of
deaths in the week was only 49. Lastly, I may state that
there have been 37 wet days during the quarter, and the
total rain fall has been 3.94 inches. Both of these are
below the average for the season, and therefore the moisture
of the air has been somewhat less than usual, in the mean
proportion of 83 degrees of saturation instead of 84.

THE EBBW VALE COMPANY (Limited).
Capital £4,000,000, in 80,050,00 Shares of £5O each.
_ _

FORM OF APPLICATION
REFOR ALLOTMENT OF
SIIAS.

No.
To The Directors of "The Ebbw Vale Company
(Limited),"
per Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, M`lienna, and Co., Finan-
cial Agents, 27, Great George-street, Westminster, and Gi,
Cross-street, Manchester.
Gentlemen,
Having paid a deposit of £1 rer Share, I beg.to apply for
Shares of £5O each, in the proposed 'Ebbw Vale
Company (Limited)," and I hereby agree to become a Share-
holder in that Company, subject to its rules and regulations,
and to accept such Shares, or any less number that may be
allotted to me.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
Name in full • •
Address in full
Profession or occupation
POcutftWuPvtlova,".....u.,

As regards the sanatory work of the quarter, altogether
there have been 1,598 inspections of houses, and 876 visits
to the common lodging-houses. These have resulted in the
issuing of 434 orders for sanatory improvement.

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Racing and Racehorses.

TO TILE EDITOR OF " THE SUN."

Sir,—lt is sa difficult to comprise in one letter the
arguments which are necessary to enlighten the
public respecting the alleged deterioration of race•
horses, owing to the modern system of light weights
and short courses, that I am induced to trespass on
your columns to place the subject i❑ a point of view
consistent with common sense.
There can be but one opinion among all persons
who are interested in the turf, that the grand object
in breeding is to combine good size, great strength,
and power of endurance with superior speed. This
has never been lost sight of, Oar motto is, Fortes
creantur fortibus et bonis, We have succeeded in
establishing a breed with one-fifth more speed and
more strength than theoriginal stock—an increased
average stature from 14 hands to 13 gene-
rations from the first imported stallions, Parley
Arabian, Byerly Turk, without a drop of mixed
blood, and we have a firm conviction, with read?'
proof, that no horses in the world can be compared
to them.
On the authority of Abd-el-Kader and my Indian
friends, the race of `Lad-el•Rakeb, the gift of Solo-
mon to the tribe of Azed, has not degenerated since
1720, when the calibre of the English racehorse was
probably on a par with the barbs which now adorn
the Gibraltar meeting. Admit this fact, and it is
patent to every racing man that the best of these
" divine horses" which according to Eastern history
descended as a heavenly gift from Adam to Ishmael,
Ishmael to Solomon, from Solomon to Mahomet, and
from Mahomet to our own times, cannot compete
with the Anglo-Arabian at a difference of five stone.
A thoroughbred butcher's hack will beat the Flower
of the Desert any distance under a hundred miles.
If there is a depreciation, why ascribe it to the
abolition of heavy weights,or to the subatitution of
shorter caursos? Tho natural solution would be
that it is owing to the sale of our most valuable
stock to every country in Europe, to China, to Atm.
tralia, New Zealand. But we have enough left to
challenge all the world. The Emperor and the
French Government are liberal in their racing prizes
and promote the improvement of the Anglo• Arabian
on national grounds. They well deserve success.
In Great Britain, under the cold shadow of the
Crown and the Government, doling out a miserable
donation in the shape of encouragement, we not only
hold our ground, but we advance with rapid strides.
In 1843 the total amount of stakes, plates, and
matches was £l99,ooo—in 1863 it was above
£250,000, without including the Royal plates.
The deterioration of horses is a pure fiction.
Stockwell, King Tom, Young Melbourne (Nabob,
sold to France), and many other stallions are framed
to gallop under 20st ; the first charges £lOO, King
Tom £75 next season for the chance of a foal. You
may see in Lord Glasgow's and Baron Rothschild's
stables 20 horses up to 18st ; 60 years ago you could
not have found five thoroughbred horses of this de-
scription in the United Kingdom. Fine yearling
colts fetch at auction from 450 to 800 guineas, if
they appear likely to stay a distance and to carry
heavy weights. That ought to be a sufficient answer
to those persons who imagine that light weights
and short courses are detrimental to the breed and
encourage " leggy weeds." How can we improve
our system P
The 2,700 brood mares produce about the same
number of " leggy weeds" as other domestic animals
in proportion to the first class. In the human race
there is a difference much greater to their discredit.
s there is a national prejudice against converting
horses into beef, some are kept on in training to
take their chance in short races for the amuse-
ment of their owners, If "those who pay the
fiddler have a right to call the tune," why are they
to be abused by certain amateurs, who rarely sub-
scribe to a racing prize, and who are never troubled
with a trainer's bill These gentlemen profess a
horror for short courses, and a predilection for the
old four-mile Queen's Plates, which broke down so
many horses that they were revised in 1833, 1847,
and 1861. Although I deprecate a return to the
barbarous system, lam a strenuous advocate for
two national prizes to test the capabilities of en-
durance—small sweepstakes, added to plates of
£2,000, to be run tor at Newmarket, one the Round
Course for four years and upwards, in the Ist
October; the other in the Houghton Meeting, the
Beacon Course, for any horse carrying llst., the
winner of the first plate 71b. extra.
It is an axiom in racing, both with man and horse,
that the constant habit of carrying heavy weights
destroys quick action. The speed of the fastest man
would be a nullity if he were employed for a year
as a heavy porter.

Tailors, from the life they lead, and from never
wearing heavy boots, preserve their speed. They
can give 10 yards in 100 to any of the industrious
classes who carry heavy burdens, as weight on the
shoulders deadens the elasticity of the sinews, and
stiffens the muscles of the legs.
It is equally destructive to the speed of horses.
Train the fastest horse at Newmarket under list.,
and in six months he will entirely lose his racing
form. Emblem and Embl,pmatic, the winners of the
Liverpool Steeplechases, cannot beat a moderate
three-year.old at even weights for two miles.
When horses lose their speed without any apparent
cause, the trainera ascribe it to the decay of nature
or to the effects of age. In 99 cases out of 100 it is
owing to exercising them under heavy lads, who
have been retained in their service from charitable
motives.

I admit that horses famed for running long dies
tances are scarce, because the game is so seldom
played. The heroes of old were generally small
horses. The celebrated Gimcrack, in 1765, stood
13 hands 3,1 inches. Latterly we have bred more
for size and strength. From the days of Rubens,
Castrel, and Selim (1810), we have looked for speed
to win the valuable one-mile sweepstakes; but size
and strength will be served when great weights are
to be carried. In 1824 the speedy and magnificent
Sultan beat the stout Centaur on the Round Course
at 123 t. and llst. 91b. ; but the same year Centaur
turned the tables on him at 9st. 31b. and 9st. on the
Beacon Course,and had the big one extended at the
turn of the lands.

Mahratta, a large, powerful horse, which could
not get big furlongs at light
Weights in good com-
pany, could carry me, riding 17st., four miles under
11 minutes. He afterwards turned out a very stout
hunter. This convinces me that a great-framed
racehorse which would be beaten 500 yards in four
miles by a clear winded small horse, carrying 7st.
71b. each, would reverse the case to the same amount
at 16st,, when the little one could not act under the
weight. Therefore, by gaining great size and
strength We have adapted the Anglo-Arabian to
carry heavy men across the country, and at the head
of their regiments; this is the national view of the
subject. It may be difficult to procure such horses,
because foreign agents will give £6OO for any tho-
roughbred horse up to 14st. which can bend his
knees, to supply Royal and Imperial stables on the
Continent.

As the price of young stock depends in great
measure on the amount of prizes in prospectu, every
withdrawal of public money affects their value.
The present Royal plates (insignificant as they ap-
pear) are boons to the breeder, and afford amusement
to our country friends. Their abolition would be a
drop of water to the Revenue, which derives a
great income from the turf. Calculate the sum of
money which the Treasury receives in eight days
from the dense crowds at Ascot and Epsom.

Nobody imagines that in an assembly of sensible
and thoroughbred gentlemen Mr. Percy Wyndham's
motion will find support.*

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
13, Berkeley-square, June 27. H. J. Roes.

* Our correspondent has shown only his customary fore-
sight in all matters, relating, however remotely, to the
Turf. Mr Percy Wyndham's motion, as will be seen by
found 40 support,
our Parliamentary Report,