The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-28 00:00:00

BANKERS.

The Alliance Bank, Lothilry7l;ndon ; Brown's-buildings,
Liverpool; and Bing-street, Manchester.
SOLICITORS.
- - -- -

Messrs. Desborengh, Young, and Desborough, 9, Sise•lane.
Messrs. Swift and Co., 32, Great George-street, Westminster.

BROKERS.
Messrs. Dezoete and Gnrton. 2, Austin-triara.
fIECRETARY (PRO TEM.)
Mr. Chester Earles.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
2, Copthall-chambers, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street.

ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
The Directors having received the support of eminent
foreign capitalists and banking establishments, and the co-
operation of many of the leading firms in thi. country con-
nected with public works, are already in a position i o an-
nounce that they have secured a business which will of itself
yield a large return on the capital.
The general objects of the company are the same as those
of other compan es of a kindred nature which have been
lately establishedin this country, and which, by the judicious
employment of capital, 11,ve been enabled to secure for the
shareholders such large dividends.
rTOSpeCtLISCB may be obtained at the temporary offices of the
company, or of the brokers.

THE ENGLISH and FOREIGN CREDIT
COMPANY (Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the LIST of AP-
PLICATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be
CLOSED THIS DAY, THURSDAY, the Ma inst., for the
C..untry.

By orler,
CIIE6TER P; A RLES. Sec. pro tem.
2, Copthafl• chambers, kngel-court, Throgmorton-
street, 28th April, 1881.

THE PROVINCIAL BANKING CORPO-
RATION (Limited).
Established under the Co
Liampanies Act of 1852, with Limited
bility. •
Capital, L'2,0"0,000, with, in 40, shares of 5.50. First issue,
20,000 shares power to increase to £4,000,0 0
Ten Thousand Shares have already been subscribed for. The
remaining Ten Thousand are offered to the pub ic.
Deposit, £1 per Share on application ; £1 on allotment.
Calls not to excecd £5 at intervals of not less than three
months.
It is not intended to call up more than '5 per share, and
should no al otment be made, the deposit will be returned
in full

DIRECTORS.
James Company, ad
Chairman of the Great Eastern Rail-
way Company, and Director of the Guardian Assurance
Company.
T. W. Fleming, Esq., M.P., 10, Lancaster-gate, Hyde-park.
G. F.tio HolroyoEsq., Director of the Mercantile Credit Asso-
cian, and' London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Com-
pany.
W. Tabor, Esq., Bishopsgate-street, Director of the Impe-
rial Bank, an British and Californian Banking Company.
R. C. R. Cocq, Esq., 75, Inverness-terrace (late C. H. R. Cocq
and Co., Tutarorin, Madras Presidency).
Andrew Walls, Esq. (of Lloyd's), Leadenhall-street.
John Hickie, Esq. (Hiikie, Berman, and Co.), Leadenhall-
street, Director of the London, Buenos Ayres, and River
Plate River.
Alexander Thurburn, Esq. (late Joyce, Thurburn, and Co.,
Alexandria and London), Dire3tor of the South Wales
Railway.
Brineley Nixon, Esq., Queen's-gate-gardens, Director of the
Home and Colonial Assurance Company.
Lightly Simson, Esq., Director ot the London and Lanca-
shire Insuprance and of the Great Eastern Railway Com-
panies.
J. W. Holland, Esq., 'Forest-hill, Director of the Financial
Corporation.
I'. G. Van-der Byl, Esq., 3, Upper Hyde-park-gardens,
Director of the English and Scottish Marine Insurance
Company.
Richard Michell, Esq., Ladbroke-spare, Director of the
Great Western Railway Company.

BANKERS.
Imperial Bank (Limited), Lothbnry.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Harrison and Lewis, 24, Old-Jewry,
BROKERS.
Messrs. Towgood and Strachan, 33, Throgmorton-street
AUDITORS.
Samuel Barrow, Esq., Ironmonger-lane, E.C. (Barrow and
Gates', Public Accountant.
Edgar Smalltleld, Esq., Dowgate-hill-Chambers, Public M.
countant.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
24, Old-jewry, E.C.

PROSPECTUS.
This company is established for the purpose of acquiring
the business and connections of ex sting provincial Bank-
ing Establishments and of carrying on, generally, the opera-
tions of Country Banking on the Joint-Stock principle.
Treaties are now pending for the purchase of some private
and joint-stock country establishments, which will form the
bast; of a large and flourishing bank ; and, for that purpose,
P.lll powers for the increase of capital have been taken in the
Articles of Asso
It is not proposed to do any banking business in London ;
but in addition to acquiring the goodwill and business con-
nections of crating banks, is intended to open branches
in rovincial cities and towns where, owing to the increase
of wealth and population, a satisfactory business can be esta-
blished.
The recent amalgamation of tw) of the largest private
banks in London with jci•it. stock establishmeuts, following
o, her combinations of a similar nature, and the continuous
advance in the price of banking shares generally, afford con-
clusive evidence of the advantages of the principle of joint-
stock association in banking business.
If the system of banking carried on by public companies is
admitted to be so advantageous in London, where the pri-
vate establishments are generally large and wealthy, it can-
not be a matter of doubt that the principle is still more ap-
plicable to the country, where the resources and credit of
private firms are much more limited. The increase, also, of
trade in the country generally has crea ed a demand for fur-
ther banking accommodation, while it is only in the metro-
polis that the requirements of the mercantile community
have been adequately considered.
The Shares of the three Banks in London constituted for
similar objects are now quoted as follows, viz.:—
Paid. Present Prices.
The National Provincial £l2 .. 441
The London and County
The Provincial Bank cf Ireland 25 .• 93
In further illustration of the profitable character of the
business of the forty-one Joint-stock Banks established dur-
ing the past three years, it will be found on Inspection of the
official list that, out of tat number, the shares of all but
two are saleable at a conshiderable advance on their paid up
e,apital.
Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be
obtained at the Temporary Office of the Company, or of the
Brokers or Sol citors. The Articles of Association may be
seen at the Office of the Solicitors.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the(Limited) Provin,ial Banking Corporation
Gentlemen,—Having paid into your Bankers the sum of
I request you will allot me shares in the
Provincl Banking Corporation (Limited), and I he eby
aaree to accept the same or any less number that may be
allotted to me, and to pay the deposit and calls in respect of
the shares so Olotted when due ; and I authorise you to place
my name on the Register of Members for the number of
shares allotted.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,

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NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.

WEDNESDAY.
The quiet of an off day was rather agreeable after the
excitement and bustle of the Two Thousand. Ono walked
about the Heath without the fear of being charged by the
very irregular cavalry of the day before, and could enjoy
the sport unmolested by a crowd.
King of the Vale, who has grown into a very fine-look-
ing horse, brought Baron Rothschild's colours to the front
after a very easy fashion. The " blue and yellow"has had
a turn of fortune's favour lately.
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to 1, finished a good race with another outsider, Disappoint-
ment, the favourite, Weatherglass, icing defeated some
yards from home.
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lot of young horses, the most noticeable of whom was;Rad-
cliffe, La Mechante, Silverlocks, and his Royal Highness,
who, however, with the exception of Mr Saville's filly, did
not perform as their good looks led one to expect. La
Mechante won with comparative ease. Caroline, the Irish
crack, in greatly improved form from her last appearance
at Epsom, ran away from Algarsife, and won in a canter,
her owner, Mr Longfleld, doing ditto with Blarney in the
60 Sovereign Sweepstakes, whore he defeated Argonaut by
a neck. A match between Captain Lamb and the Duke of
St. Albans, won by the latter with Trapeze, wound up a
very good day's sport.
The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 160 soya each, h ft, and 25
if declared,&c., to go to the second horse; 4-yr-olds ; colts
9st 91b; fillies, Bst 41b. Winners extra. Maidens allowed
71b. Cesarewitch Course. 9 subs.
Bei on Rothschild'e King of the Vale (Wells) 1
Mr T. Hughes's The Reserve (D. Hughes) 2
Mr Saxon's Lady Superior (Midgley) 3
Mr C. Peck, jun.'s Cistercian . . (E. Harrison) 4
Mr Bruce's Trojazus (Fordham) b

Betting.-5 to 4 agst King of the Vale, 3to 1 agst Tso-
janus, 7 to 2 agst Cistercian.
Reserve cut out the work to the Bushes-hill, where he
was joined by the favourite, the pAir running in company
into the bottom, where King of the Val 3 parted c tympany
aud c0.440.-.1 huum ti ..inner by ten lengths, twice tta
distance separating the second and third.
Handicap Plate of MO, for 3.yr-olds and upwards. Bretby

Stakes Course.
Mr W. E. Jones's Atlas, 4 yra, 6st 101 b.. (J. Grimshaw) I
Mr Cherry's Disappointment, 6 yrs, 7st 2!b (11. Covey) 2
Lord 13ateman'a Moulsey, 3 yrs, bat 31b
(H. Grimahaw) 3
The following also ran :—Deception, Weatherapy, Dol-
phin, 2Etna, Prince Lee 800, Black Friar, Queen Bee,
Eleanor, Lady Warwick, Wcathe-glass, and Nina.
Betting-3 to 1 apt Weatherglass, 6to 1 agst Dolphin,
8 to 1 agst Black Friar, and 10 to 1 each agat Diaappoint-
ment, Moulsey. and Atlas.
Lady Warwick, Weatherglass, Diasappointment, Black
Friar, Moulsey, Atlas, and Dolphin, shortly after starting,
appeared in front and ran together into the bottom,
where Weatherglass came out and carried on the running
into the cords, where ho was headed by Atlas, Disap-
pointment, Moulsey, and Black Friar, between whioh a
close race home ensued, Atlas winning cleverly by a neck ;
a length between second and third; Black Friar fourth,

close up.
Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
101 b, and fillies Bst 61b; those got by stallions out of
mares that never bred a winner allowed 31b. Only one
allowance. D.M. (6 subs.)
Capt. Christie's The Warrior (31b) (Fordham) 1
Lord Stamford's Procella (31b) (J. Mann) 2
Mr. W. S. Cartwright's Inca (31b) (Edwards) 3
General Shirley's Chip of the Old Block (31b) (Custance) 4
Betting-5 to 4on Procella, sto 2 agst Chip of the Old
Block, and 4 to 1 agst the Warrior.
The Warrior was the first away, and came on with a clear
lead of Chip of the Old Block, Prooella, and Inca into the
cords, where Lord Stamford's filly headed General Shirley's
colt, but failed to reach the leader, who won cleverly.
Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst
101 b, and fillies, Bet 61b. D.M. 3 subs.
Mr Bowes's War Dance, fist 101 b (Ashmall) 1
Duke of Cleveland's Verger (31b), Bst 71b .. (S. Rogers) 2
Betting-3 to lon War Dance, who made the running
and won by a neck.
The Newmarket Two-yr- Old Plate, of £2OO ; colts, fist 10114
and fillies, Bst 81b. Winners extra. Last 6 furlongs o f
R.M. 70 entries,
Mr Savile's La Mechante, Bst 131 b (61b extra) (Aldcroft) 1
Mr Morris's Shrapnell, Bst 101 b (Judd) 2
Mr H. Melville's Indigestion, Bat 101 b (J. Goater) 3
The following also ran :—Hurrah, Il Re Galantuomo,
Advance, Scylla, The Grinder, His Royal Highness, Rad-
cliffe, Le Bearnais, Brioche, Lily of Devon, Keepsake, Re-
ceiver, Volatile, General Rally, Silverlocke, and Glen Isla.
Betting-3 to 1 egat Radcliffe, sto 1 agst La Mechante,
6 to 1 agst Volatile, 8 to 1 eget Shrapnel), 10 to 1 agst His
Royal Highness, and 100 to 7 agst Indigestion.
Shrapnell on the upper ground made play, followed by
Indigestion, Brioche, Advance, and the favourite, with La
Mechante, lying wide on the lower side next, the others
following in a body close at their heels into the Abing-
don Mile-bottom, where Shrapnell drew away, but was
caught half-way in the cords by La Mechante, who headed
him in the next half-dozen strides, and won in a canter by
two lengths, a similar distance separating the second and
third. Advance was fourth, close up, and Le Bearnais fifth ;
the others were pulling up as they passed the post, the last
three being Lily of Devon, Glen Isla, and General Rally.
Plate of £5O for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101b,_ and fillies, Bst