The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-24 00:00:00

GREAT ROWING MATCHES.

The two great rowing matches, which have for come
time past engrossed the attention of aquatic men, came
ofd' yesterday, and attracted the attention of some thou-
sands of persons.

The first of them waq a match for 2001., between
Thomas Coombe. of Westminster, the brother of the
champion of the Thames, and Thomas Ma.:ikinney, of
Richmond ; 'the distance contested being from Putney-
bridge to the Ship at Mortlake. The first-named of
these men has been so often before the public, for many
years, in various gallant contests, as to need but little
comment upon his performances, save that he has esta-
blished for himself considerable fame, and has invari-
ably exhibited great stamina and game. The other first
distinguished himself about four years aeo as a winner
of the coat, badge, and freedom presented by Mr. Evan
Mori is, at the Thames Regatta, and in the same aquatic
festival of last year rowed secriud to Doubledee in the
great picked scullers' match.
So great was the interest excited that there was no
less than four steamers chartered upon the occasion for
the conveyance of company—the Childe Harold, Lalla
Rookh, Cardinal Wolsey, and Starlight ; and as the
time approached for starting the Watermen's race, these,
together with a vast number of other boats, large and
small, including the brilliant Leander club, the
Thames, Cloantnus, Hearne, Lord Kilmoroy's, with
the noble owner rowing stroke, moved towards Putney-
bridge.
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Shortly after five in the evening the two crack water-
men made their appearance in very beautiful light out-
rigger wager boats. Coombes, who is upwards of thirty
years of age, weighed a trifle above 9st., while his op-
ponent, who is between five and six years his junior, ex-
ceeded him by more than a stone. Both appeared ex-
tremely confident, and looked in first-rate condition.
Betting was very brisk at evens, Coombes for choice, but
in many instances he was backed at guineas to pounds.
Coombes had been trained by his brother, the champion;
Mackinney, by the celebrated Robert Newell, who has
two or three times contended unsuccesstully against
Robert Coombes for the championship. N. Rolls was
umpire for Coombes, Doubledee for Mackinney, and Mr.
E. Searle undertook the responsible office of referee.
At about twenty minutes to six the men effected a
capital start, Coombes, having the choice of station,
taking the Middlesex side of the centre arch of Putney-
bridge, his opponent the opposite side of the arch, towards
the Surrey shore. Coombes immediately took a slight
lead, having the nose of his boat two or three feet in ad-
vance in an instant, and in the next making a slight in-
crease upon that. The advantage, however, was but tran-
sient, forin the next half-dozen strokes Mackinney was
scull and scull with him, and continued to apply himself so
vigorously to his work that opposite Messrs. Searle's he
had drawn his boat clear of his adversary. Coombes
then made a most gallant effort to overhaul his oppo-
nent, but the pace of the latter was too good for him,
and Mackinney gradually drew foot by foot farther in
advance throughout the match, being about a couple of
lengths and a half ahead of the Crab Tree, nearly double
that distance at Hammersmith-bridge, wad improving
upon that at almost every stroke. Although Coombes
now and then, by a desperate effort, gained a trifle, he
was unable to maintain it,and Mackinney won by twelve
or fifteen lengths, completing the distance, upwards of
four miles and a half, in twenty-five minutes and a few
seconds.

The steamers, as well as the vast number of horsemen
wbo had accompanied the race up the towing-path and
bank, then waited until the tide turned for the second
race. This event had also created considerable interest.
The competitors were Messrs. Harpour and Ravenshaw,
against Messrs. J. G. and J. D. Chillingworth. All four
have acquired great celebrity as gentlemen amateurs,
and have contended for two or three seasons past in
various great regattas. The first-named pair reside at
Richmond; the latter at Teddington ; and as they were
considered to be extremely equal, they determined upon
the present race for a pair of silver cups. Betting was
upon Messrs. Harpour and Ravenshaw for choice.
The course was from the Railway Lodge, at Barnes,
to Hammersmith-bridge. They started very evenly, the
Chillingworths, the younger of whom rowed stroke,
taking for the first few strokes a very trifling lead.
Messrs. Harpour and Ravenshaw, the former in the bow,
went to work in fine style, and a gallant race for a short
time ensued, in the course of which Messrs. Harpour
and Ravenshaw drew slightly in advance, and appeared
to be improving their advan'age, when the Messrs.
Chillingworth were crossed by a boat, which fouled
them, and stopped their way for a few yards. They
soon went to work again, and, notwithstanding their
mishap, made some very gallant efforts to overhaul their
opponents, but failed, although they, towards the last,
materially shortened the distaace between the two
boats. Messrs. Harpour and Ravenshaw won by three
or four lengths. The gentlemen exhibited first-rate)
style. The winners rowed in a boat built by the emi-
nent Searles.

THE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET.-
A SCIIEiIIE FOR A SOUND JOINT-
STOCK ASSOCIATION.

Notwithstanding the vast amount of capital which has
been absorbed in railwaays and other important works,
there is a superfluity of money for investment, as a re-
ference to the City article of any paper, or a communi
cation with bankers or brokers, will readily prove. The
disinclination to embark in any new undertaking which
may be brought forward manifestly ari,es from an ap-
prehension of incurring those responsibilities which
have fallen so heavily upon many persons, in conse-
quence of the hasty and inconsiderate manner in which
schemes of every description -were engaged in in the
year 1845. In contemplating the responsibilities arising
out of that period, the capitalist who, seeking to avoid
liability, is nevertheless desirous of investing beneficially,
will inquire how it arose that persons found themselves
so unexpectedly involved; and he will find that it mainly
originated in the want of caution which induced them
to take shares in various undertakings, regarding only
the first payment, and not sufficiently considering the
future cilia to be made upon them. If a man takes fifty
shares of 201. each, with a deposit of 21. per share, his
attention is mainly directed to the payment of the first
1001., and he reflects but little upon the remaining 900/.
which has to be paid at some future time. When that
time arrives, he discovers that he has made a great mis-
take in failing to consider, when he took the shares,
whether he had 1,0001. available for the purpose. The
great difficulty now felt by capitalists is the want of a
channel in which to invest, without the fear of further
responsibility of this kind; and the first, and seemingly
the best plan to meet this difficulty, which we have
seen is that of the Islington Cattle Market and Abattoir
Company.

The sliares in this company are fixed at 1/. only, to
be paid at once. By this plan future calls are pre-
vented, with all their train of evils. The person who
has 5/., 201,, or 501. to spare, can invest it without the
slightest apprehension of being called upon at an incon-
venient moment far a further contribution. We are
much mistaken if this principle will not be generally
adopted, as being calculated to meet the circumstances
of the times.

One word as to the merits of the Islington Cattle
Market and Abattoir Company. The scheme is cer-
tainly legitimate. There is a valuable property already
in existence, with the privileges of a market conferred
upon it by Act of Parliament. The buildings are al-
ready erected—the work is done—as, so soon as the
purchase is completed, the shareholders will be in pos-
session of the estate, which is now producing a certain
amount of revenue, and which would be greatly in-
creased by the removal to it of the business of Smithfield
market, which it is proposed to effect in the next session
of Parliament. It is not a little singular that Liver-
pool should have formerly been situated precisely as
London now is. The cattle market was in the centre of
the town; it has been removed to the suburbs; and the
result is that the 251. shares pay a dividend of 21. 18s.
per share per annum (upwards of 10 per cent.) exclusive
of the abattoirs, which are paying 20 per cent. in addi-
tion to the shareholders.

The butchers of the metropolis are a numerous, opu-
lent, and influential body, upwards of 1,500 in number.
They ought to have a voice in the management of the
great metropolitan cattle market —Atlas.