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

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N°. 22,469.

T" L0NI) 0 N (Limited).
To be incorporated under the provisions of the
Companies' Act of 1862.
Capital £55,000, in 5,500 shares of £lO each, one half of which
is already subscribed. £1 to be paid on application, and £1
on allotment, beyond which amount it is not anticipated
that more than one ( all of £2 will be required. A minimum
ciTidend of 120 per cent. guaranteed for three years. Should
no allotment be made the deposit will be returned in full.
DIRECTORS.
Lord G. Loftus, Grafton ( lub.
Major-General Smythe, C.B , Senior United Service Club.
D. r raser Luckie, Esq. Cate cf Lu kie Brothers, Fenchurch •
street), Dir. ctor of Southampton Imperial Hotel Company.
Captain C. Coape, 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-street.
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.

It wil hardly be disputed that there is no class of enter-
prize which derives greater benefit from the applic Aim of
the limited lability principle th n that of y üblic place. of
entertainment, wherein the creation of a number of sh re-
holders having a , ommon interest in the prosperity of the
concern is obviously equivalent to the extension of a connec-
tion. Thii is especially exemplied in all those instances
Where arr .ngements are made to retain the administration
Or the new company in the hands of those whose ability and
skill have secured th Lt 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 rer cent.
premium, and it is notorious that the business has increased
to an extent that is quite unprecedented.
There is t robably no institution in the metropolis which
has attained a more satisfactory position in all respects than
the London, under the judicious management of its yre ent
proprietor, Air. Freder.ck 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.
bc., has been purchased by the company at the price of
£34,50 ; one-half of the amouat to be taken in shares with
£7 credited tiler eon. 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 12i 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 services 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 SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 29, 1864.

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 1 vol., with Portrait,
REMIND_TENCES 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 ll'e, or in hi • criticisms on 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-street.

This day, at al Libraries, in 2 vols., post Svo.,
MEMOIRS OF RICHARD AVHATELY,
Archbishop of Dublin.

By W. J. FITZP_A.TRICK, Esq.
Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her ➢iajesty.

Next Week will be Published, in 2 vols., post Bvo.,
THE CRUISE OF THE ALABAMA AND
THE SUMTER.
From the Private Journals, eke., of Captain SEMMES, C.S.N.,
and other Officers, with Illustrations, Corresponden3e, dtc.
London: Saunders, Otley, and Co., 66, Brook-street, W.

WILL BE READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES, JULY 1.
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QUPERIOR TO ADVERSITY; or, THE
ROMANCE OF A CLOUDED LIFE. A Novel. By the
Author of "Mackfriars ; or, The Monks of Old," &e.
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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 X , I heresy request that you wilt sl 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 such calls as may from time io 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 ii; on the Register of
Members in respect of the shares so allotted.
in full
Profession or occupation
Residence in full
Date

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

CHAIRMAN.
Captain Raymond, R.N., The Mall, Chiswick, S.W.
AUDITOR.

Stanley E. Bennet, Esq. (Nies;re.Bennet and Gaskell), 31,
Nicholas-lane, E.C.

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

Messrs. Howard, Dollintin,;;;llOWther, 141, Fenchurch-
street, E.C.
SECRETARY.
Francis It Spry, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES-206, Gresham House, E.C.

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C.L.EiIGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR-
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THE CREDIT MOBILIER COMPANY of
LONDON (Limited) iivite TENDERS for the PUR-
CHASE of MORTGAGE BONDS of £f.o each, to the extent
of £20,000, charged upon Leasehold Property of large value,
and bearing interest at Ter per Cent per Annum, payable
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Branch, The principal of the Bonds redeemable in three
years. Forms of App teatioa may be obtained at the Com-
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Hercules-passage).

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and
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Next Morning Performance, Saturday, May 7, at three.

EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK
COMPANY.
The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock
Company hereby Give Notice, that a HALF-YEARLY
COURT or GENERAL MEETING of the said Company
will be held, pursuant to the direction of the Act Ist and 2d
William IV., cap. 52, at the Dock House, No. 8, Bather-
square. on FRIDAY, the Bth July next, for the purpose of
choosing and appointing eight Directors in the room of those
going out of office by rotation, and also one other Director to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Augustus
Henry Bosanquet, Esq. ; at which
be declared on the Capital Stock of the Company for the half
year ending the 30th June. be a Dividend will

By order of the Court,
GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary.
East and West India Dock House, Billiter-square,
June 24, 1864.
N.B.—The Chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely.

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issue GUARANTEE POLICIES or BONDS, at re-
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Life Assurance in all its branches at moderate rates, with
or without participation in profits.
LIFE ASSURANCE COMBINED with GUARANTEE
on terms most advantageous to the Assured.
Immediate Annuities granted at the undermentioned Ages
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inspected, and the officers have condemned 35,1691b5, or
nearly 16 tons of meat as unfit for human food. It consisted
of 175 sheep, 125 pigs, 7 calves, 204 quarters of beef, and
369 joints of meat, besides 596 head of game and poultry
—24,9991bs of it were diseased, 6061bs were putrid, and the
rest (9,5641b5) were from animals that had died from acci-
dent or disease. These proportions have generally been less
than the quantities seized in the corresponding quarters of
the last two years, but the proportion of what is termed
dead meat has risen from 7,5601bs to 9,5641b5.

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Racing and Racehorses.

TO THE EDITOR OF " THE SUN."

Sir,—lt is so difficult to comprise in one letter the
arguments which are necessary to enlighten the
public respecting the alleged deterioration of racz.-
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 in 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 the original stock---an increased
average stature from 14 hands to 151—in 13 gene-
rations from the first imported stallions, Darley
Arabian, Byerly Turk, without a drop of mixed
blood, and we have a firm conviction, with ready
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 Zad-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 substitution of
shorter courses? The natural solution would be
that it is owing to the sale of our most valuable
stock to every country in Europe, to China, to Au.
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 460 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 ?
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.
As 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.

went of their owners. If "iliose 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 P These gentlemen profess a
horror for short courses, and a predilection for tho
old four-mile Queen's Plates, which broke down so
many horses that they were revised in 1833, 1817
end 1861. Although I deprecate a /e!urn to the
bqrbarcus system, I am a strenuous advocate fur
ttvo national prizes to test the capabilities of en-
durance—small sweepstakes, added to plates of
.C 2,000, to be run for 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. Ttie 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 llst.,
and in six months he will entirely lose his racing
form. Emblem and Emblematic, 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

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