The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-03 00:00:00

TALLOW.

The price of fine Y.C., both on the spot and for forward
delivery, is at a premium upon the quotations of this day.
For delivery now fine Y.C. is 42s 3d., and for December 42s 6d,
whilst it would be difficult to a seller of fine Y.C. for that
period at 435. The demand is not falling off, but rather on
the increase, which will, of course, reduce the stock, which
it is expected, will, not exceed 25,000 casks on the Ist of
January next. Town Tallow 41s 6d to 42s net cash.

GRAND UNION CANAL.
(THIS DAY.)
The usual half-yearly general meeting of the Shareholders
in the Grand Union Canal was held this morning at the
offices of the Company, in Surrey. street, Strand; Mr.
Twining in the chair.
The report stated that the twelve months' tonnage of the
canal, up to the 30th of September, 1844, amounted to 7,4791.,
while that of the present year amounted to 8,2091., showing
an increase of 730/. In consequence of the great reductions
made by the railways in the carriage of coal and merchan-
dise, the committee found it necessary in May last to reduce
the rates of tonnage on coal to 101,2 d., and on merchandise to
5%.d., and hitherto no injury had resulted from the change,
owing to the great augmentation in the coal trade. The re-
ceipts of the past half-year amounted to 4,653/, which,
added to the receipts of the previous half-year, gave an an-
nual gross income of 9,3101. The gross payments of the two
previous half-years, including dividends, amounted to 3,618/.
The accounts exhibited a balance in favour of the Company
of 5,691/. The unclaimed dividends on the 30th of Septem-
ber last amounted to 2,533/., including 588/. on 28 unregis-
tered shares. The canal had lately been surveyed, and found
in every respect to be in a perfectly satisfactory state.
The report having been adopted, a dividend of 11 per share,
free of income-tax, was declared, and ordered to be paid on
the 17th instant.

RAILWAY ROBBERlES.—lnformation has been for-
warded to the various metropolitan and City police stations,
that some thief or thieves stole from one of the trucks belong-
ing to the London and Birmingham Railway, at the Camden-
town station, a packing-case—dimensions, threefeetlong, two
feet wide, and seventeen feet deep—filled with valuable
shawls, . silk handkerchiefs, ribbons, and fancy articles; and
a case containing a large quantity of net lace, the property
of Messrs. Whitehouse and Sons, 17 Wharf; City-road Also
was stolen from the Oxford Railway Station, a 10/. Bank of
England note, No. H. E. 92,053, dated June 11, 1845; a 5L
ditto, and a Si. Oxford note.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE ARMY IN OUR AUSTRALIAN
C9umaks.-51st Regiment, 5 companies (headquarters) Ho-
bart Town ; 4 companies, Tasman's Peninsula.-58th Regi-
ment, 3 companies (head quarters) Bay of Islands; 3 com-
panies, New Zealand; 2 companies, Newfoundland.-9Gth
Regiment, 2 companies (head quarters) Launceston ; 2 com-
panies, •New Zealand; 1 company, Adelaide; I company,
Oatlands; 1 company, Campbell Town ; 2 companies, Tas-
man's Peninsula.-99th Regiment, 4 companies (head quar-
ters) Sydney; 1 company, Blackheath; 1 company, Mait-
land ; 2 companies, New Zealand.
ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.—The first meeting for
tilt present session was held on Saturday, at the rooms of the
Society. in Grafton-street, when the chair was taken by Pro-
fessor Wilson. The number and variety of presents was un-
usu large. An interesting paper by Professor Wilson, on
the holy festivals of the Hindoos, occupied the remainder of
the meeting.