The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-05-26 00:00:00

THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.

The sixty fourth al-adversary of the birth of the
Q,leen 'as celebrated at Windsor on Thursday,
Toe bells of the Curfew Tower and of the parish
were lung, and Royal salutes were fired. In London
the bells of some of the West End churches rang
out merry peals, and the band of the Grenadier
Guards pliyel a selecton of music at St. James's
Palace during the ceremony of changing the '
Queen's Guard. Saturcl ry having been fixed
for the celebration in London and at all the military
garrisons throughout the kingdom, preparatiens are
being made for the usual ceremonies. The" troop- '
ing of the colours" on the Horse Guards Parade,
Sr. James's Park, is to be carried out in the pre—
sence of the Princess of Wales, the Field Marshal
Commanding-in-Chief, and other members of the
Royal Family, besides the Headquarters Stiff and
the military attaches of other coun:ries. Veran—
dahs and galleries ere now being erected. The
Princes of Wales and her children will, as usual,
witness the parade from the windows of the Coin
mander-in-Chiels rooms overlooking the Horse
Guards. At noon Royal salutes will be fired at
St. James's Park and the Tower, the sixty-four
rounds in each case corresponding with the age of
her Maje,ty. Volunteer reviews and parades will
be held, and there will be military displays at
AlclershOt, Woolwiclr, Chatham, Shorncliffe, Dover,
Portemouth, Plymouth, Colchester, Edinburgh,
Dublin, the Curragh, &c. At all the naval p Tts
the ships will be dressed and salutee fired, and
salutes wili also be fired from the various forts at
the home and foreign stations.
In the Chancery Division of the High Court of
Justice on Thursday Mr. Justice Pearson, in
answer to a question asked by Mr. Napier Higgins.
Q•C.. on 153 half of the bar, announced that Vie
Chancery Courts wou'd sit on Saturday, on which
day her Majesty's b'rth lay is to be kept.
The only outward signs of celebrating, at Wor-
cester, the 64th birthday of her Majesty the Queen,
on Thursday, was by the ringing of the bells of the
Cathedral and St. Martin's Church, while from the
lofty tower of St. Nicholas' Churth the Union Jack
floated.

At Wolverhampton flags were hosted at the
Town Hall, Conservative Clubs, and on the tower
of St. Peter's Cnurch, the bells of which rang a
joyous peal in honour of the event.
In Birmingham there was the usual display of
flags on the principal public building in the town
in commetnroration of the Queen's birthday. They
were displayed on the Tov.n Hall, the Council
House, the Post Office, the Conservative Club in
Union Stret, the Midland Conservative Club, the
Daily Gazette Office, mo-t of the banks, and several
places of business. At King Edward's School the
echolals were given a holiday, and at a meeting of
old boys held to arranAe for a B:nson Exhibition,
the Cha'rman (the Rev. Canon Evans) said at the
close of the proceedings that as members of a
Royal foundation they could not quit that noble
building without a thought for her Majesty, with-
out .offerng in their heat ts prayers for her welfnre
and with their lips the heartiest cheers. He there-
upon cailed on the mecting to give three cheers
for the Queen, and the call was heartily responded
to. In the evening, at a social meeting held at
the Midland ConservatlvP Club, under the presi-
dency of Mr. JoFeph lowlands, th.! tt a;t 43.
Majesty the Queen" was ir..)pored and Joyal y hon-
out ed. _

The flag was Inist(d at Kiag Edwa-d's Grvmmar
clo d in this I own.

TirE ruItEIGN IR TIZADE,

, The recent quietness in the iron markets of the
Continent has led to an almost ganeral redu
tion of prices, both for pig end finished iron. In
Bekuim. although Luxemburg foundry pig still
sells at its old qu.station, 62fr. there must
saen be a reduction in value if English foundry pig
conlinues to ln sold at 58fr. and Belgian forge pig
at Cofr. '1 here is no improvement in manufactured
iron. The tone of the Frinch irannarket is better
if anything; prices .are steadier, owing to the re-
sistance of producers to further redu!tion3.
There is more activity in th 3 Paris market, but
values are low, merchant bars and plating iron
selling to e..nsumers at 180 fr., angle•iron at 120 fr.
and heavy plates at 230 fr. per 1,000 kilogrammes.
In the German market, makers both of pig-iron
and the finished art.cle have considerably reduced
their rates. Coke and ore being cheaper, f,rge pig
has been lowered to GO marks, foundry pig No. 1 to
71 marks, principally to meet English competiti n.
Bessemer iron and spiegeleisen are nominally
quoted at the same rates. The demand for m nu-
factured iron being generally dull, the quotation
cf bars has been lowered to 132 marks, but plates
as a rule maintain their value. The American
iron market is very quiet American pigiron is
flat, another reduction. in price b. ing expected,
Stot.:th pi ,2; is dull, but values are unchanged. Bar-
iron is lifele s, but as yet firm, owiag to the (-x--
pec ted strike. The steel rail mills are busy. The
Pittsburgh c(.lliers have teinp,m,rily resu net work,
per ding t he consideratiAn of the disputehy rvbitra o