The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-24 00:00:00

LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.

TUE DERBY.
6to 1 agst Gladiateur (taken)
100 to 15 agst Breadalbane (taken and offered)
15 to 2 agst Archimedes (taken)
Bto 1 agst Wild Charley (taken and offered)
9to 1 agst The Duke (offered)
10 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (taken)
20 to 1 agst Oppressor (offered)
25 to 1 agst Longdown (offered)
40 to 1 agst Broomielaw (offered)
100 to 1 agst Friday (offered)
100 to 1 agst Roderick Random (offered)

MIDNIGHT BETTING.:
6 to 1 agst Gladiateur (taken freely) -
7to 1 agst Broadalbane (taken)
7to 1 agst ArchiMedes (taken)
17 to 2 agst Wild Charley (taken)
9to 1 agst Duke (taken)
10 to 1 agst Christmas Carol (offered)
20 to 1 agst Oppressor
25 to 1 agst Longdown
30 to 1 agst Bedminster
30 to 1 agst Chattanooga
40 to 1 agst Broomielaw
500 on Brea.dalbane agst The Duke
100 on Archimedes agst Mr. Chaplin's two—first,
second, or third.

RAILWAY
_INTELLIGENCE.

GREAT NORTHERN.

The adjourned special meeting of this company was held
yesterday, at the King's-cross station, to consider certain
bills now before Parliament—Colonel Packe, M.P., in the
chair.

The Secretary having read the notice of adjournment,

Mr. Leech,*the solicitor to the company, read the heads
of No. 4 bill on the list, for the amalgamation of the Leeds,
Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway Company with the
Great Northern Railway Company. He stated that the bill
was promoted jointly by the two companies for the purpose
of obtaining the sanction of Parliament to the agreements
which had already received the approval of the proprietors.
The Leeds shareholders were to receive the same rate of
dividend as the Great Northern.

On the motion of the CHAIRMAN the bill was approved.
The next bill was No. 5, for the amalgamation of the
West Yorkshire Railway Company with the Great Northern
Railway Company. He stated that the bill was promoted
jointly by the two companies, for the purpose of carrying
into effect arrangements lately made between them for vest-
ing the West Yorkshire in the Great Northern. The bill
provided for the exchange of £l4O of Great Northam Ordi-
nary Stock for each £lOO of the share capital of the West
Yorkshire Company, amounting to about £350,000, exclu-
sive of the debenture stock of £106,000, which was to be
adopted by the Great Northern Company.
The bill was unanimously approved.
The Solicitor read the heads of No. 6 bill, to vest in the
Great Northern and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire Railway Companies jointly, the Stockport and Wood-
ley Junction, the Stockport, Timperley, and Altrincham
Junction, the Cheshire Midland, and the West Cheshire
Railways, and for other purposes•with respect to the said
four undertakings. The capital to be raised by the bill
was £125,000, and the borrowing powers were £41,600.
On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, a- formal resolution ap-
proving the bill was adopted.

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The next was bill No. 14, to authorise the construction
of railways, whereby Birkenhead and tho Birkenhead Rail-
way would be connected with Liverpool. The object of the
bill was to form an improved access to Birkenhead, with
power to enter into working agreements with tho Great
Northern and other companies. The solicitor said the bill
was now before the Standing Orders Committee, and might
be approved, subject to the modification of certain clauses
in favour of the Great Northern Company.
The bill was then agreed to.

No. 16 was a bill for making and maintaining the Chester
and West Cheshire Junction Railway. There was a clause
in the bill giving the Great Northern Company running
power aver a portion of the line.

On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, a formal resolution ap-
proving the bill was adopted.
The next bill was No. 19, for authorising the Manches-
ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company to make
a railway to Liverpool. Tho chief object was to make a new
railway between Manchester and Liverpool, and to enter
into working ageeements with the Great Northern and
other companies, and to authorise them to subscribe to the
capital. There were permissive powers to enable the Great
Northern and Midland Companies to subscribe to the under-
taking, and the bill gave each of them full facilities for
traffic over the railway.
A resolution approving the bill was adopted.
The next bill submitted was No. 23, for conferring addi-
tional powers on the Midland Railway Company for the
construction of works and otherwise in relation to their own
undertaking and the undertakings of other companies. The
bill authorised the construction of a short branch line at
Newark, between the Great Northern and Midland lines,
and was to be made and worked jointly by the two com-
panies.
The bill was approved.
The next bill was No. 25, for making a railway to be