The Express.
London, England, 1860-06-07 00:00:00

REGENTS CANAL.

Yesterday the half-yearly general assembly of
the proprietors of the Regent's Canal was held at the
offices, City-road Bain, the Marquis of SALIBBORT,
presiding.
It appeared from the report of the directors that the
trafficaor the half-year ending the 3l et of March last
amounted to 825,429 tons. and the gross amount of tolls to
30,0001. 15s. Hd., the net profit being 17,200/. 3s. ld., and
making, with the balance, 81. 10a. 80., remaining from the
preceding half-year, an amount of 17,2081. 13e. 90., the
result being that, after carrying to the reserve fund 5 per
cent. of the net profit of the half-year, 8601. Os. 2d., there
remained an amount sufficient to yield a dividend of 12a.
per share free of income tax, with a surplus balance of
1371. 17s. 71d.0n the dividend there is an increase to the
extent of 60 per cent. The supply of water in the cam.
pas 's reservoirs continues to be ample.
PARKER moved the adoption of the report, and the
declaration of tho dividend as therein proposed.
The motion, having been seconded, was carried unani-
mously.
Mr. CHRISTIE having moved, and Mr. BENOIST seconded,
the re-election of the '
Mr. DODD moved as an amendment that the names of
Mr. Grizelle and Mr. Shepherd should be substituted for
those of Mr. Hughes and Mr. Birch, who it was alleged
were too old to attend the meetings of the directors.
Mr. DRAKE seconded the motion, which, after a long
dia-
oosaion, was negatived by a large majority, and the original
resolution agreed to.

COMMITTAL FOR 111TRDER.--Our readers will
remember that in March last, a soldier at Gimped, named
Hughes, stabbed a Mrs. Mein, the keeper of one of the dens
of iniquity in that place. The woman died last week, and
Hughes, who had been in custody ever since to await the
result, has been committed to Winchester Gaol, on the
coroner's warrant, for wilful murder.
THs PEoPOgED Asourzon or THE Local. EURO-
PEAN ARMY TN INDIA. —ln case of the extinction of the
permanent local force, there will be, at a moderate calcula-
tion, no lees than 6,000 men, or from six to eight entire
regiments, always ou board ship on their pasesge to or from
India. The services of this number of soldiers, therefore,
will be entirely last to the country, and in this respect again
there will be • lom of 100,0001, a year to government. But,
besides this, through not being acclimated like the present
local corps, it may be expected that the number of deaths
by disease, the number of sick in hospital will be increased
at least 10 per cent ; and, if it be true that to put each
trained soldier in India costs the state 100/., there will here
bean augmentation of disbursements to the extent of 10,000 f
on every thousand deaths or discharges.—Homereard Mail.
AMERICAN AND CANADIAN Mans.—The Liver-
pool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's steamer City
of Washington, and the Quebec and Montreal mail steamer
Bohemian, sailed from Liverpool yesterday (Wednesday),
the former for New York with mails for the United States
and 50 cabin preen and the latter for Quebec and
Montreal with the •and United States mails and
60 cabin passengers. The Cunard Royal Mail steamer Asia
will be despatched from Liverpool for New York on Satin,
day next. The box at the Liverpool Post-office will be open
on that day, for the receipt of letters, he., till 10 a.m., and
Mel Queenstown until 9.30 p.m.
An enormous body of whales appeared off the
coast of Belfast en Monday evening. They were so
numerous that emend boats at the hook herring fiahmg bad
to leave the the crews being afraid of their boats
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