The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-16 00:00:00

TALLOW.

Since our last report exceedingly little business has
been transacted in this market, and prices have further
declined quite 6d per cwt. To-day P. Y. C. on the spot
is heavy at 38s. 6d. For forward delivery there are
sellers at 39* 6d per cwt, but no buyers. Town Tallow
has declined to 38s 6d per cwt, net cash; rough Fat
2s 2d per 81bs. Letters received this morning from St.
Peteraburgh state that very little business was doing on
English amount, and that prices were decidedly lower.

1845.
Stock this day ••.. •• 20,798
Price of Y. C. I tos 380eg0
Delivery last week: • • 1,202
Ditto from June 1.... 78,414
Arrivals last week . 754
Ditto from June 1 ... 80, 21
Nice of Town 41s

1846. 1847.

12,848 10,b68
42s 3d 48s 9d
to 4286,1 to 49s Od

7,40
518 Od to
08 Od

818 1 824
81,615 74,518
sel
78,659 , 74,458
44s Od 518 Od

1849.1

27,278
38s 6d
to Os

893 1,049
91,688 88,8 1 b

1,437 276
90,996 108.558

525. 41s Od

THE IRON TRADE OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.---
DUDLEY, SATURDAY.—The quarterly meetings of the
iron masters closed in this town to-night, and, taken as
a whole, they have at each town in which they have bean
held passed off satisfactorily. Notwithstanding the com-
paratively indifferent state of the home trade. the ad-
vance in the price of iron made in February has been
fully maintained. Prices are now about as follows:
bars, 71. 10s.; hoops, from 81. to 8/. los.; and pigs, from
3/. 10s. to 31. 15s. Messrs. Hooper, Grazebrook, and
other iron and coal masters of Stourbridge, have re-
solved to advance the colliers' and miners' wages 3d. per
day, and the prices of coal and slack 6d. per ton. It
has also been agreed that the wages of the puddlers in
that town and neighbourhood should be advanced 6d.
Per ton, and which they have had notice that they are to
receive,
A WOMAN MURDERED BY HER HUSBAND.—The
neighbourhood of Peter-street, Westminster, was on
Saturday evening, about 8 o'clock, the scene of a murder
committed by a labourer, resident in Lvg-court, of the
name of Yardley, upon his wife, with whom he had been
quarelling, because she would not give him money out
of his week's wages. He struck and kicked the woman,
whomit .was in an advanced stage of pregnancy, in a brutal
t3_ a
manner. A surgeon was sent for, but his assistance was
of o avail, and about 9 o'clock the woman died. She
I the
tis . mother of 13 children, of whom seven are living.
she
hstiasidhetliee deceased was much addicted to liquor, that
on the ocettenietwice an inmate of Brixton gaol, and that
proper co,ae 1.1 of her first confinement there an im-
sister. y lion was formed between Yardley and her
tempted to esca -
ardleY• after the commission of the murder, at-
Pe, but he
at-
of the night. Was apprehended in the course
DEPARTURE or THE
North American Royaimemaussia.—The British and
the command of Captain .ill steam- ship, Cambria; under
pool, on Saturday afternoon aron, sailed from Liver-
passengers, and about 53 'having
that
on boaad nearly 70
from New York, with dates t in specie. The Canada,
inat., may be expected to-day roerrat city to the 4th
o-inorrow.
THE EX-ROYAL FAMILY
FRANCE.—The
Count and Countess de Neuilly, °arc puke and Duchess de Nemours, the accompanied by the
de
eJoinville, and the Duke and Duchess ede; and Princess
pm: ir young children, left Claremont Anmale, and
r St. Leonard's , on Saturday
last,
blended , the Countess havin
be ,to repair to that f • g
resortnefit 0
her health.
favourite marine for the
Coe fer math. We understand the ill QS •
ut and Count, intend QS mous
eeks. A
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to Countess to sojourn there ab
iimi d suite attended the Royal exiles.
out six