The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-15 00:00:00

THE TALLOW TRADJ.

Upon the state of the tallow market and the
Russian trade, the circular of Messrs. Smith and
Charles contains the following observations :
" With regard to the
overland trade,' we have to ad-
vise you that the decision of the Government has not yet
been made known ; but it is certain that the subject is
still under consideration. Two very interesting articles,
advocating the suppression of the traffic, have appeared
since the date of our last circular, in the 06serrer and the
Atlas. The former journal observes—' Whilst we have
taken effectual measures for crippling the resources of our
enemy by sea, he has continued to evade their practical
effect by taking advantage of the professed neutrality of
Prussia, and converting to his own benefit those privileges
which a neutral state has been allowed to claim. The im-
portant consideration is, the solid advantage which Russia
reaps from her power to carry on her trade across the
Prussian frontier through the medium of this mock neu-
trality, as Russia is thereby actually furnished by our-
selves with the means of continuing hostilities against us;
and the endurance of almost any privations would be bet-
ter than that we should ourselves furnish the enemy with
the supplies he requires for carrying on a war against our-
selves, or permit a so-called neutral state to violate the
very principles of neutrality by acts of indirect but actual
hostility.' The article in the Atlas is headed, Stop the
Russian Trade ;' and the writer remarks It is pro-
bable that Russia can fight at a lower money cost than any
other power in Europe, because she can pay her soldiers in
paper, and pursue a similar course with her native vendors
of arms, provisions, and clothing. . . . We ought,
therefore, to damage the Russian trade as much as
poi-
Bible, for the sake of influencing her nobles and making
them desire peace. Hitherto our blockade has been com-
paratively useless. . . . War is necessarily an exchange
of injuries; and all we can hope for is, by submitting to
a certain amount of harm ourselves, we should inflict much
greater mischief on the subject of our antagonism. . . .
We, therefore, strongly urge this course (the stoppage of
the overland rode) upon the Government. We will only
add, that tho effects would be, amongst others, to involve
the whole of the Russian nation in comparative poverty,
which would lead the people to desire peace at any price ;
to prevent the Bear obtaining his usual custom duties, and
all the indirect pecuniary benefits the Autocrat derives
from a flourishing trade carried on by his subjects; and
to reduce the exchange to 28d. instead of its rising to par
(38d.), which it will assuredly next season if the overland
trade be not prohibited—a combination of circumstances
which, more than any military reverses, would compel the
Emperor of Russia to submit to the terms of the Allied
Powers.' "

SEVEN LIVES LOST IN A COLLIERY.—On Saturday
morning, as a party of men and boys, seven in number,
were being lowered into a coal mine at Rochdale, known
as the " Bellfield. Colliery" (Messrs John Knowles and
Co., owners), the platform on which they stood suddenly
fell to the bottom, carrying them with it, and all were
killed on the spot. The depth of the shaft is 75 yards.
The accident is said to have been caused by the breaking
of one of the links of the iron chain by which the plat-
form was lowered into the pit.