The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-26 00:00:00

TALLOW.

Advices from St. Petersburgh reach down to the 17th
instant. 4,500 casks of Tallow had sold at from 105 to
107 i roubles. Soap qualities were quoted at 102
rouuler. The shipments were progressing hte ath ly ,as
will be seen by our s'atement at foot. Since our last re-
port only a moderate business has been trans icted here,
but we have no material change to notice in the quota-
tions. To-day old P.Y C. is selling at 36s 6d, and new
37s per cwt. For forward delivery a few contracts have
been made at 37s 61 per cwt. Town Tallow in good
supply, at 35s 3d to 35s 61 per cwt net cash; rough f.t,
21 per B;bs.

1846. 1847, 1848. 1889. 1840.
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Stock this day .... •.1 9,844 12,359 13,783 25,580 , 24,288
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Price of Y. C.
41s 6d 47s Od 445 91 39s Od to 36s 6d
.... 'to Os Od to Os Od to Nod Os Od 'to nu Od
Dinetltivoefrno•mlajsturwieeell,. .... I
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Arrivals last week . 74 , 1,317 , 1,458 1,411 374
101.'672197 121,71 ' 182,590,62 141:316011 141,798198
Ditto from June 1 ... 9,859 16,703 24,808 14,276 13,313
Price of Town ...... 435 6d 6(15 6d ' 47s 64 405 Od 38i Od
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STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETERSBURGII.
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1850. 1849. 1848. I 1547. 1846.
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Tallow dispatched Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks. Casks.
from Cronstadt to
July 31, O.S. .... 18,713 20,670 43,438 38,307 19,389
In ships loading and
lighters ••••. . . • .. 13,313 15,177 9,261 11,742 8,549
Total loaded eff, 2d - ____ -----
Aug., O.S. .. •. . . 32,056 35,847 52,c99 50,049 27,938
Loaded afterwards.. .• .. 82,' 85 76,805 81,815 85,285
Total at the close of - ---__ _----
the navigation.... .. .. 118,132 129,504 131,864 113,223
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London.. .......• 762 6,774 21,113 17,788 5,393
Liverpool ........ 6,125 2,327 7,710 7,544 3,893
Bristol ....... • .. 1,817 1,168 2,131 1,560 1,317
Other Englishports 1,280 2,847 4,993 3,502 3,105
Ireland ...... • • .. 585 1,734 2,588 2,163 3,013
Scotland .. ~.... - 813 3,182 2,647 579
Germany .. ...... 815 3,059 1,761 1,937 1,976
France .• ........ 229 1,7 W - 1,166 113
18,713 20,270 43,438 1 38.307 19,389

EASTERN
.COUNTIES RAILWAY.
STRIKE OF THE ENGINE-DRIVERS.

The trains thathaveWen discontinued in consequence
of the strike of the engine-drivers and firemen are to be
placed upon the line spin to-day, and the Eastern
Counties traffic will be worked precisely as it was before
the unfortnate dispute between Mr. Gooch and the men.
It is to be hoped that the result of the "strike" upon
the Eastern Counties Railway will be a lesson to the
drivers and firemen throughout the kingdom. Seven days
since between 80 and 90 engine-drivers were receiving
good wages, and the same number of firemen an ave-
rage pay of 4s. per day. Some fines having, as they
state, been levied upon them in an arbitrary manner, they,
either led away by evil counsel, or in the presumption
of their own fancied power to coerce their employers,
demand the dismissal of their superintendent, as a con-
dition of their continuing to work the traffic. So con-
fident were they of their ability to " shut up the line,"
that the formality of an appeal to the directors against
Mr. Gooch's alleged tyrannical conduct was not gone
through, and it was conceived that they had simply to
send in their printed notices in a lump, and the
dismissal of a locomotive engineer of irreproachable
private character, cf great experience and high
standing in his profession, would follow instanter
and as a matter of course. The experience
of a week has shown them what a clever and de-
termined locomotive superintendent can, when support/id
by his directors, do to check a system of dictation which,
if submitted to, would eventually prove as injurious to
the men as it is intolerable to the masters. Not a single
old engine-driver or fireman will be taken into the ser-
vice of the company; and we believe there is not the re-
motest chance of any one of them obtaining employ-
ment upon any line in England. Tt e men can scarcely
expect that combination, in its most offensive spirit on
their part, should not beget precautionary measures on
the part of the various railway companies, who may
plead the recent outrageous attempt at dictation, and the
presumed concomitant insubordinate disposition of the
rine, as a reason for refusing to employ them. With
no " trade" to fall back upon, the majority of the old
drivers must either emigrate at the expense of the ge-
neral body, or fall into the class of labourers. From
the receipt of 21. 10s. per week they will descend at once
to that ef 15s. or 18s., and with the uncomfortable re-
flection that the " change for the worse " has been the
consequence of their own folly.
We hear that some of those" evil spirits," who live
upon or delight in combinations and conspiracies, are
urging the policy of a general strike among the engine-
drivers and firemen of the country, in order to compel
the Eastern Counties Coml. any to take back the old
men. We trust and believe that the 'animal who may
advise such a course will meet with the treatment they
deserve.—Morning Herald.