The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-16 00:00:00

MIDLAND.

A special meeting of this company was held yes-
terday at Derby ; Mr. Hutchinson in the chair.
The following bills now before Parliament were
submitted :-1, a bill for conferring additional
powers on the Midland Railway Company for the
raising of further capital and the construction of
new works ; 2, a bill to confer further powers on
the Midland and London and North-Western Rail-
way Company for the construction of works in
connexion with the Ashby and Nuneaton Railway,
and for other purposes; 3, a bill for conferring ad-
ditional powers ou the Loudon and North-Western
Railway Company for the construction of new
works, in relation to their own undertaking and the
undertakings of other companies.
In moving that the first bill be approved, the
CHAIRMAN said that the subject had been so fully
discussed at the meetings iu December and in
January last that it was unnecessary for him to oc-
cupy their time. The bill proposed to confer upon
the company power to raise £5,000,000; £3,750,000
by the creation of new shares, and the remainder
on mortgage debentures. Of the sum proposed to
be raised £2,130,000 was required for the comp le
tion of the Bedford and London line and stations,
£1,350,000 for a junction with the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, the Cudworth
and Barnsley line, and several smaller work a, and
the remainder was required to replace the rolling
stock of the company.
Mr. LEWIS seconded the motion, and after some
discussion it was carried, only four persons voting
against it.

Mr. O'BRIEN then demanded a poll. (Loud cries
of " Shame.")
Mr. HADLEY seconded the demand for a poll.
Mr. BAINES asked Dr. O'Brien to withdraw his
motion, but the latter declined to do so.
Ou a poll being taken the numbers were :—For
the motion, shareholders present 192, representing
£525,170 ; proxies 183, representing £1,297,049
total, £1,822,219 ; against the motion, persons pre-
sent representing £3,236. There were no proxies
recorded against the motion. The second and third
bills were then approved, and the Chairman stated
that the three other bills on the list had been with-
drawn.
The proceedings then terminated.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 171 ... it 171
Ditto
Rotterdam — ... 11 19f ... 12
Antwerp — ... 25 371, ... 25 42f
.dr..ssels
Hamburgh — ... 13 9: ... 13 101
Paris Short ... 25 lo ... 25 25
Ditto 3 Ms. ... 2) 35 ... 25 37f
Marseilles ... ... 25
.35 ... 25 4,)
Fraukfort-on-the-Main ... ... 1201- ... 120}
Vienna — ... 11 85 ... 11 90
Trieste — ... 11 85 ... 11 90
Petersburg
Berlin .. ... 6 '261 ... 6 271
Madrid — ... 481 ... 48f
Cadiz - ... Cif ... 484
Leghorn
Milan...
Genoa — ... 28 25 ... '2B 30
Naples
Palermo — ... 28 25 ... 28 30
Messina..
Lisbon.
Oporto ...
... ... 51f ... 51f

THE HOP PLANTATIONS.—ROCHESTER , May 15.
—Under the influence of the recent warm days and
nights the hop bine has male rapid growth, while at no
former period have the young plants looked so forward at
this sea,zou of the year. Throughout the district poling
and tying are completed, while in many of the gardens the
biue is more than half-way up the poles. The plants
generally look clean and healthy, although in some of the

arden3 the fly Las made its appearance. The first heavy
showers—which are now much needed—will, however,
clear the plants of the vermin. It is calculated that up-
wards of bO,OOO acres are under hop cultivation this
season.