The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-04 00:00:00

REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY.

The half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of
the Regent's Canal was held yesterday at their office,
City-road Basin. There was a very large attendance of
proprietors.
On the motion of Mr. Alderman WILSON, J. D.
Bethune, Esq., was called to the chair.

The minutes of the last half-yearly meeting, as well as
those of a special meeting, held in September, having
been read, were confirmed.

The CHAIRMAN said that he had to submit for their
consideration the report of the committee for the pre-
ceding half-year. The Chairman read the report, which
was in substance as follows:—" The committee congratu-
late the proprietors on the continued prosperity of the
Company. The working of the canal during the last
half-year had been most beneficial ; and, as compared
with the corresponding period of 1844, exhibited a marked
improvement. They found that for the half-year end-
ing the 30th of November, the commerce had been
52,089 tons, which yielded an amount of 19,4891., giving
a profit to the Company, on the 30th of September, of
13,9201. 15s. 4id. This would give a dividend of 12s.
per share to each of the proprietors, as also 5 per cent.
on the profits of the last half-year, amounting to 6761.
14s. 10d., leaving a surplus balance of 3932 4s. 64d. to
be added to the next dividend. They begged to call the
attention of the proprietors to a purchase of some pro-
perty at Lewisham, for the improvement of the
canal, and they had to add, that the pro-
moters of the Regent's Canal Railway had
deposited the necessary documents with the Board of
Trade, and paid in 5,0001., as a portion of the purchase-
money, into the Bank of England, which their com-
mittee had invested favourably in the purchase of Ex-
chequer-bills."
The report having been read,

The CHAIRMAN again rose, and read several resolu-
tions confirmatory of the paragraphs in the report,
which were unanimously agreed to. He then stated
that a letter had been received by their Secretary, Mr.
Lyon, from Mr. Greene, one of their auditors, resigning
his office.

A desultory discussion of a personal character fol-
lowed in relation to the motives that induced that gen-
tleman to tender his resignation.
In reply to questions from different proprietors,
The CHAIRMAN stated that the plans and sections of
the proposed Railway Company had been deposited
agreeably to the requirement of the standing orders ;
that the subscription lists were filled up, but he could
not say whether the calls had been fully responded to.
It was also added that no portion of the Parliamentary
expenses would fall on the Regent's Canal Company,
and they were, by the terms of the agreement, to retain
possession of the canal until the Railway Bill should have
been obtained, and the purchase-money should be paid
up. They were, in addition, to receive whatever money
should have been in the meantime expended in the im-
provement of the canal.
Thanks having been voted to the Chairman and the
committee, the meeting separated.

STOPPAGE OF NEW OXFORD-STREET.-011 Tues-
day, in consequence of some accidents having occurred to the
foot passengers in the new street, between Holborn and
Oxford-street, by the passage of the numerous vehicles,
there being no paved footway, her Majesty's Commissioners
of Woods and Forests gave directions that at each end of the
new street a barrier should be immediately set up to pre-
vent the thoroughfare of vehicles. They will remain there
till the houses which are now being built on either side of
the street are completed. The stone pavement will be laid
down.

FIRE.—NARROW ESCAPE FOR RAILWAY SPECU-
LATORS.—On Tuesday evening last, about six o'clock, in con-
sequence of an escape of gas, a writer's office in the New
Town took fire, b 7 which the premises were put in great
jeopardy, along with the plans and specifications for no fewer
than ten new railways lying in the office, all of which must
have been put a stop to for the time had the necessary do-
cuments not been discovered and rescued. These were con-
tained in a tin box, which was got out without much in-
jury. The fire having been observed in time, it was extin-
guished before doing much damage, beyond the burning of
• the flooring of the house.—Glasgow Chronicle.
RETURN or DEPOSITS.—We understand that the
London Union Railway Company and the Tunbridge,
Hastings, and Brighton Railway Company have returned to
their shareholders the deposits paid by them, as the Com-
panies are not in a position to go to Parliament at present.
This conduct is highly honourable to the members of the
Provisional Committees of these Companies, and we trust
that all other companies similarly situated will follow so
admirable an example.
THE GULLY-ROLE NUISANCE.—The nuisance to
which we have so frequently drawn attention, viz., the
poisonous effluvia allowed to escape through the gully-holes
of our streets, is at length attracting general notice. The
daily press has during the past week opened their columns to
several complaints under this head, more particularly con-
nected with the City sewers. The cleansing of the surface of
our streets, at least so far as public health is concerned, will
prove of small use, while the atmosphere can be thoroughly
and constantly infected by the subsoil.—The Builder.
CONSUMPTION—.THE SCOURGE OF HUMANITY.—
Not one of the many ills which flesh is heir to, is half so
hopeless in its progress, half so terrible in its fatal issue, as
that scourge of the human race—Consumption. The first
faint suspicion of its presence reduces the affectionate rela-
tives of the " stricken one" to despair. And why ? Simply,
because the treatment usually adopted by the faculty has
hitherto failed to arrest its invidious progress. But is there,
indeed, no hope? Let those who are sceptical consult the
"Observations on Anaspasia in the cure of Asthma and
Consumption," from the pen of Dr. Cronin, the well-known
Physician to the Dispensary for Consumption. Even were
Dr. Cronin's facts less conclusive than they are, the impor-
tance of the subject would render apathy on the part of the
afflicted wholly unpardonable.—Xerning Chronicle.