The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-01 00:00:00

Lord Bateman's Queen of Trumps, 6 yrs, 9st 91b (in-
cluding 7lbs extra) (J. Grimshaw) 1
_ _

Mr. Redhead's My Mary, 6 yrs, 7st 71b (11. Covey) 2
• Betting-7 to 2on Queen of Trumps, who made all tho
running, and won in a canter by five lengths.
The Selling Stakes of s.slvs each, half a mile, did not
produce a race.

The Chatsworth Stakes of 50 sovs, added to a Handicap
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, h ft. One mile and a

quarter. 13 subs.
Mr. W. G. Craven's Provisor, by Yellow Jack—Provi-
sion, 3 yrs, 6st 3lb (S. Kenyon) 1
Duke of Beaufort's Black Rock, 4 yra, ist 3lb
(J. Grintshaw) 2
Mr. G. Angell's Attache, 3 yrs, 7st 51b (Loates) 3
Betting-11 to 10 agst Provisor, 6to 5 agst Attache,
and Bto 1 agst Black Rock. Attache made play for a short
distance, when the favourite headed him, and Black Rock
soon took second place, but neither could reach Pro--
visor, who wou cleverly by half a length ; Attache a bad
third.

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.

ST. LEGER.
100 to 15 agst 'The Duke (taken freely)
Bto 1 agst Regalia (taken and offered)

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

elletAinßgTLwEaPs
°h°eLld yesterday at
The half-yearly
the London Tavern, Mr. Sandbach in the chair.
The report, an abstract of which has appeared in
he Sun, was taken as read.
•
The CHAIIIMANsv ',4 0,72
o oQ9i er,zor tie
Bich he said include. a I at t directors.haeio
lay before the proprietors, but v;buld give any ex-
planation on any point on which information might
be required. The revenue, he was glad to say, was
gradually progressing ; but it had not reached 3
per cent. per annum, now that one-seventh had to
be paid to the preference shareholders. With refer-
ence to a paragraph in the report stating that Mr.
Coleman put forth a claim to remuneration for his
services in taking legal proceedings against the late
directors of the company, he stated that he had re-
ceived a letter from that gentleman this day, asking
that his application to the directors should be read
at the meeting. The directors had no objection to
this, and the letter referred to (which was then read)
stated that, now the amalgamation of the company
had been completed, Mr. Coleman deemed it a fit-
ting time to bring forward his claim, though he had
hoped that a spontaneous offer on their part would
have rendered such a course on his part unneces-
sary. It also stated that he had engaged in a most
arduous struggle with the late directors, the result
of which had put many thousands of pounds in the
shareholders' pockets, and without that struggle
this beneficial amalgamation with theNorth-Eastern
could not have taken place. The chairman said he
would have nothing to say in the matter, which was
one entirely for the shareholders.
Mr. T. DIBB, the deputy-chairman, seconded the
adoption of the report, and referred in congratula-
tory terms to the conclusion of the long series of
contests which the company had had. If the amal-
gamation had not taken place the company would
have had to loosk to purely West Hartlepool pro-
perty for any increase. The certainty of receiving
a 4 per cent. guaranteed dividend must be satisfactory.
Mr. COLEMAN then explained the long contest he
had had with the late directors.

Mr. JACKSON, in reference to Mr. Coleman's claim,
defended the late directors. In reference to the pro-
posal to vote the directors the sum of £6,000, he said
such a vote would involve the directors in a serious
legal responsibility.
The report was then carried unanimously.
Mr. FARQUHAR proposed, and Mr. ADAMSON
seconded, a proposition for giving the directors a
honorarium of £6,000 among them as a token of the
proprietors' gratitude for their services.
A long discussion ensued, but the motion was
carried by nearly two to oue.
A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors
concluded the proceedings.

WEST RIDING AND GRIMSBY,

On Wednesday, the Chairman (Mr. Rowland
Winn) and several directors of this company in-
spected the Doncaster and Wakefield branch of this
undertaking, in company with several friends and
shareholders. Messrs. Smith, Knight, and Co., it
appeared, had completed the work to the satisfac-
tion of the directors, and only two bridges, which
were in a forward state, remained to be completed.
One bridge connected the line with the Great
Northern Railway at Doncaster, and the other
with the Lancashire and Yorkshire at Wakefield.
The Great Northern would work both the branch
and main line, and the Doncaster and Wakefield
branch would shorten the distance between Wake.
field and London by about seven miles.