The Express.
London, England, 1855-10-15 00:00:00

IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING.

DUDLEY, SATORDAT NIGHT.
The quarterly meeting of the iroutne•ters of this •
district terminated in this town to night as dual. There '
was a numerous atteadamie of the trade at the hotel, sod
perhaps more than the average amount of bullies was ,
transacted, far it is here that the liminess does is for the
most part in orders for pigs, and during the week very
little of that description of iron has been bought. Tonight '
them were symptoms of more complete confidence that '
pikes will be maintained; pigs of Staffordshire sake were
adored mote freely at the priers of the d. y, and the pig
seaters now &firm that they have sold to the 'abet of the
gearter's make. N. ither is there any reason to doubt the
esemetnese of this statement, for although the price of pit
bee is larger in proportion than that of the manulaetured
sousidity, there km been no symptom of a disposition ti
give way u rrgards prices all through this series of the trade
ember, although et the Birmingham nudge on Thus
day it was pig iron of Shropshire sad of the Forest of Dean
that was Orally hi demand. la fact, there is such a
constant sad seedy JIM of 'Mere for flubbed iron from
all quarters„ and stocks of the ernmeaufactered are compare.
Swirly so trifling, that theaKis no probability whatever of the
pries giving way at present. Some stacks of pigs on the
banks have very moth lammed in the mune of the last few
weeks, though, so far as erne be amertalead, the weekly
modem has locriamd, there being a greater another of
femme in blast than there were OD last VISIDIT•doy. There
appeared to he a general 0011CUMWM of opinion at the most•
nag this arming that all dissoltlo.l to moo the woke of
bars beyond that which was flied at the ',reliability
meeting bad died away, and that in pima of the feverish
ezeitesent in the trade which mast have f flowed any each
attempt there is a probability of a steady trade, with soap
Iteratively little redersellisg, for the ant three seethe.
Mare are some good orders in from lad:a sad the IJoited
States; from the lathe, are, the demand for the heavier
Mods of hardware goods is so sousiderable that a very large
qeserity of iron is of necessity cossemed. la this neigh-
bourhood the manefuturers of scythe-, digit% machete. and
all kinds of edge-tools, hem very luge seises se band.
The coal trade is rensarkahl bilk. Aseeigeites the Croak
and Chick coal got in ibis n m
the ins bee ad-
mead this week. the full agues*. ky orillbre
Navin berm seneeded ; but notwitlaitandieg the test of t
geiatities sosalar into the distriet, theyield oft,
pits roe Cease& Chase is ilsodusi7 turnsl!l=ii me as
stooks of noel on the pit banks, se the menial
than it km been 'mown to be for many yesess amt r the
merman weekly coessuptios.
The mill and forge meta in MOM puts of As iistrist bail
given segos for an advance of wages. This deemed le •
mast eareseceable see, seeing that their scale is now men
higher in proportion than the pries of boo. It was stoma&
that all disputes of this hied between the men and *slit
employes bad bore added sis or ones months ego. At
that time a entails rate of wages was agreed upon by both
Duties; entreevasetly the pries of iron fell to gL per ton,
bet the torten adhered to the male, earestieg that the rs-
duties el price would be bat temporary. It kat es-
audit gtme up one pound per toe, earl the see make a
move sourdlogly, though their metres are the sass as
wbee Iron was 11. higher this it now is. This step oa the
pert of the men will be pleadable, of moth mischief to the
bode, ealesthey seethe nareesseableame sad folly of their
It was stated tonight that good (routine of the district is
Ifshres, and that aria. au firm at the late advances. Tin
gist" are more in request ; there are tome good orders in
bad; the pries is from Ws. to Me. per ben at Liverpool.
As regards the trade of this town sad the buy district
enereending it, the reports are epee the whole favourable ;
eseeents have bees paid without difkally throughout this
mho loth, quarterly austlege, labia may be mid to lave
poled of estisfeeeeray.

Tint Aust..—Vaadrebilt's steamer Ariel loft on
Saturday sight for New York. She bed os bond 61 w-
omen bob Isalutd sad 160 from Boom for Amen.
Ifilto or 111/111iMitlii fall of verso. Illto took out a day's later
wire thaa taw Liverpool as Aoarkom nail pokat.
TES Axiaters Komm—'PS. British and North
Rootless Royal 11.11 steamship shim. Copula William
Baraboo, sailed from d nastyo co fletarday bows. for
Bobo and Bak:, oftk Ike oval, mile for tko Thallad
Sato sod Reldek perassigeo Is Boa* America. a fall saw
lash nas .1 miaow. wait s his asp at leasable mow
Wahl.

TER CRYSTAL PALACE.
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The executive of the Crystal Palace, unmindful of
Oestrogen going on between perplexed direotom and dia.
satisiled shareholder,, matinee perseveringly their 'minion
to maintain and increase its attraction for the public. The
fountains have hese brought to a very respectable ,tat of
eMeincy, and, " weather permitting," daily display their
glittering spray for the entertainment of the visitor,. Tim
tropical pleats have also tuned out a complete success, the
Vitoria Reese la particular being proaoueesd cuss finer
I Ora the famous Kew specious'. The studs pale le in
fall foliage and luxurianos, and the semplespiones sir
platen drape the slender pillars with theireihaellai lemdellt
The advancing season makes the hooked epodes of do
head's', in which all these vegetable wedeln ene
he seam, a rather favourite resort, especially amonget
the Miro delicate of the visitors, who by plough*
Weigh the met coven that meanies this favoured
spot hem the temperate sane, at case lad them.
-elms luxuriating fa Madeira, or some paid
Wand of the tropics. To make the illusion complete,
several small aviaries have been tweeted, pleatilally MadrOl
with loth birds and other feathered inhabitants et vamapi
climes, who may be men daily building their weft undlis-
tubed by the wo•dering groups by whom they aseseanemstly
enconsieled. Farther down la the transept !!cart's hely
Slims' neatens are fa tall play, and their pails Dia-
log mead may be heard from the Relief the Abencerreges
eime by, harmonising to the poet's heart's content with the
dimly gorgeous decorations of that unique revival of
liveried art. The nave Mahon chimed of all obstructions,
the Paxton vista is complete, sad the promenaders can now
stroll between ;rows of orange and pomegranate trees
throughout the whole length of the building. Both these
rare exotics are in high peelestiaa, especially the powers-
sates, their picturesquely gas:led trunks and deli-
cate little green leaves leading one almost to homy
that some enterprising Gulliver had been specially sem-
mlerioned to bring over the " monarchs of the forest" for
the adotammat of the Crystal Palma. Bat this is all still
life. The directors, sot coateated with warming their
public in the tropics, penalise them in Assyria, muting
them to dream in the Atherabes, and stimulating their
wonder or their admiration with the sculptund mesterpleess
of Greece and Rome, or exciting their awe with the archi-
tectural wonders of old Egypt, have begun to startle them'
with the sacrilegious sound of Addles, a. they emerge from
the Oman Pompeian house. Concerts are now occasionally
given in the Music Court, and, judging from the attendance
attracted by the programme of Saturday last,
the experiment is likely to prove tolerably mean.
fel. The room was densely crowded, and there is no
doubt that it a higher and better known troupe Of
vocalists were engaged, • much larger area might be profit-
ably occupied. The instrumeatal portion, under the dine.
tan of Mr. Sclishehe, was seasiderabq above mediocrity in
merit, and included a violin fantasia by that gentleman
which afforded a very pleasing proof of the versatility of his
talent. But the singing was indifferent, the only thing
that at all excited the audience being a song from Mr.
Nicola de Becker, and even that, although indicating careful
cultivation is the finger. was occasionally out of time. The
propriety of entertainments of this kind in a building like
the Crystal Palace may be e fit subject for dismission, bat at
all omen, the question should have fair play, and the public
opinion be tested by the production of concerts of the
highest attainable character, and sataiar d by performers of
note and eminence is their peefesaion. As a committee of
'equity is understood to be now sitting with a view of de-
vising mesas for attracting • greater share of public
patronage to the undertaking, we would earnestly direst
their attention to the interminable flights of Maps that
await the unwary visitor when he has stepped out of the
railway train, and probably imagines himself to have arrived
at the end of the 'Queasy. It was said of the 3,006 miles
iol4Psea Leedom and Sebastopol. the lam en did all the
mischief. The same may be said of the Crystal Paha.
Eight ea Mao miles of the journey are got over easily
enough, but then comes about tbree•quarters of • mile of
step., the ascent of which very mush neutraliaes the subs*.
genet attractions of the palace. The simple way for the
committee to remedy the inconvenience would be to

orgaalse. or at all ;mats eamerage, a scheme of road
Moult, where the omeibasca would land the visitors com-
fortably at as mamma which is ea a level with the triussept.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.

On Saturday evening several gentlemen were in-
sited by Mr. J. 11. Pepper, manager of the Polytechnic
Institution, to a private rim of several new entertain:seats
which hays been provided for the amain winter.
The first of these was an exhibition in the microscope of
some photographic views taken by Y. Daboscq, of Paris,
representing the globules of blood belonging to different
animals. There was nothing vary attractive in this, as may
be well supposed ; but the utility of an acquaintance with
the peculiar appearance of magnified particles of the blood
of mankind, as compared with that of ether animals, will be
appreciated, G we remember the serious doubts which have
often embarrassed a court of justice, in cases where such
blood stains would be an evidence of the guilt of homicide.
The manner in which the blood is affected by metals diseases
having also been eseertensd, this application of the a►t of
photography sad of the mictoicope may be rendered ser-
viceable to seediest end military Investigations. These im-
portant uses of the inhibition were explained by Mr. Pepper,
whilst he pointed out the various shapes and aims of the
blood globules, whether of the husks race and other masa-
malia, of birds, fishes, cc reptiles, all shows upon $ liege
seals against the white curtain. The photograph views are
the same as these which were lately exhibited to the meeting
of the British Association for the Ativincement of Science,
at Glasgow.
The moray next viewed the beautiful ornithologleal
collection, removed from Pall. mall. In the room (=MM.
lag this collection is en assortment of tropical fruits, end
various rare specimens of natural history. Mr. Spriggs, the
gentleman by whom they were collected and arranged, was
moat, to give any informatics desired.
The third exhibition-oes most interesting to ladies—was
a MIMS of dimeiving views, tainted by Mr. Clue, from the
patters& to be head is ancient manuscripts and drawings,
which are laid up in the British Museum, illustrating the
various fashions of lodise' head dresses from the this of
William the Comperes, to that of our moot gracious Queen
Victoria. Dr. Trevetlian Spicer aceomparded the shifting
portraits with humorous explanatory remarks, and quoted
ocessioaally from the satirists and popular writers of
the period is question, from " Stubbs:a' Anatomy of
Abuses," or in a later age, from " Pimp' Diary," or
from the " Teller" and the " Landes Spy," the mart or

impes heist reflections which them imprisons female son•
envenom provoked from the mili-appoieted mason of modes
sad manners of the time. It is not, pedlar, seawall,
knows that the eacinsems and elaborate Wren of Welded
and powdered hair which wen built upon the bead of a
lady of quality about the middle of the lest fantasy were
ordained to sued in usoombed and unelesaly niarailleeneo
for as avenge durstloti of two mouths. "In etnemer,"
said a protesaiosal hairdreuer of the period, " that is
about as Meg es you eau wear them without being opened
sad repaired." Us broadhats of the lest mean, whoa
essepued with the more graceful kettles, of as earlier
time, really booked as if the march of Improvement, at least
for millissm. wen aft sessietsatly onward.
The Irit gineelmt 111 the evealag's estortidament wee of a
more eeriest elshemer—eareekitesi of a set of magnilleent
views, by Kr. AWN mom of which mmeessied swam la
the siege of Sekeetepul. • maceptios similar to that
which lushes.' ompleyed by *se of our first artiste in flits.
erasion of Camphors- mom tf " The Soldier's Dream"
wee made the pies Of this week. There was a permanent
picture of • wearied esidier slumbering ea hie lonely pallet
is the hospital of Seated; sad the star. or triumphant
MISMOtig of the treadMe mid of the combat, is which he
had been so lately esseged, were supposed to pass before
his mind's eye, as the, were depleted is the diaeolvieg
views, in the upper pen alike ennuis. The large aloe sod
vivid colonies of thee, Odom embalmed the 'Sect of their
admirable drawing, sad rendered then very irepreedes.
Some other views wage eahibited, of mibLeete more
These wme pelagesad pedals of Versailles, 11stat
ashid ia basest of wee case, the Are de Trionepheilitillie
1411Tratvir Ohm Pariokaa Whoms. With a boar t.
Irma elabdos bo provided at the public ozhibitsoa,
amblas bear of he klad thaa Moe Messiah.. views ma ht
teas ia thie geese,.

NAVAL AND MILITARY

WOOLWICH, Ocr. 13.
Thou young gentlemen from the different colleges
and universities who hove reeeived temporary commission*
as Lieutenants in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, con•
minced their datiea trday. This new Montt of the
Ordinate service consists of Colonel H. N. Wilford, se
director of artillery studies; Captaimp. H B.enpsini, is
first military !detractor; and Linden's' G. K. Taylor, is
wood ditto; ono sergeant major, one drill sergeant, sad
ace staff engem% as clerk.

PORTSMOUTH, Our. 14.
The Powerful, 82, Captain Maisie, sailed thin
morning for the North Anieriean station. We have already
reported the intention to reinforce the squadron, wader
Admiral Fasehawe on this station. In uterine. to this,
the Hanle Telegraph, of Saturday, states—" The Powerful,
84, Captain Marie, is ordered to Jamaica ; ad the Corn-
wallis, 60, Captain Wellesley ; Ptuthrukt, 60, Captain Sey-
mour (screws); and Rosemead. 6, paddle, Commander
erotica, eb go to Bermuda. It is rumoured that this move-
ment fa inconsequence of the American government having
replied to some cammunisatiee used* to them by the
British government on the abject of Cuba, in a too*
insulting to this country is the highest possible degree.
The American government bids the English govern-
ment to beware what they are about, tells them that
Ragland hes its hands full already, and that is &Beano.
of Raglaad's iciterterecce with them, they will do what
they please as to Cuba. The Powerful goes first to Lisboa
before steering for Jamaica. TOO Powerful takes sown*.
sureties for the Neptune and Sr. George, three-deckern at
Lisbon, sad also for the squadron on the We.t ladle station.
Thaw two laslaamed ships, now that the Neapolitan
business is settled, ere also espected to go to the North
Anterlean **Won, so that a forte will be assembled that will
be more than sufficient to defend the honour of England
and the intern•, of her colonies." _ _ _

The Hasuatts, 80, screw ship, arrived at Spithied yester-
day from the Bank, and outs into harbour to-day to repair
a few defeats.

The Imperatriz, No. 160, steam tramping, left Rya,
yesterday with the Garman Legion for the Ctillllll4
The Pembroke, 60, sorew, went to Spithead yesterday,
having repaired defects.

SHEERNESS, Om. 14.
The Cuckoo, gunboat, Lieutenant-Commander
Augutus G. E. Murray, arrived here from the Baltic at
1 p.m. on the 12th inst. Commander Murray reports that
the winter season bad set in very severely, and suite three
weeks sooner than it did last seems. The Cuckoo has takes
and destroyed 27 sail of merchant Tinsels and transports of
the enemy, each ve-sel averaging 200 tons. Thew vessels
were compelled to be destroyed, in ooasequenoe of there not
being a sufficient number of seamen or I Seen to put en
boird 51 send them to England. The Harrier, 17, screw
suam sic sp, Commander A Stony, has taken and destroyed
a still greater number of the enemy's vessels, of a simile/
cis's. The machinery mad tall of the Cuckoo are reported
to be to a very defective state, free nontinual service for the
fret seven mouthy, she haviog run over more then 80.000
nautical miles of ground. She is to be taken into dry dock
No. 6on Tuesday neat, for survey and regain. She was
the first vessel fitted as a gunboat on the breakiag out of the
present war with Russia.
A &maim yew', Imes to Tartar, in charge of Mr. A. A.
Duff, matte, as prize master, wet passed by tb. Cuckoo, in
the East Stein, on the 12th lost. A Russian vessel, prize to
I Firefly, in charge of Second Muter 61•. John A. Bull, as
prize master, lent Elsinore, in company with the Cacho.),
on this lot inst.
. . . .. _

Captain Hanson 'a second eompany, second battalion d
Royal Attillery, formerly Captain Gardoer's company, now
wider command of Captain Bolton, now in garrison here,
have received their orders to proceed immediately to the
Mauritius, to relieve Captain Deven's company, now doing
duty there. The route is hourly expected for their en-
herkstion.

DUBLIN, Our. 13.
The Evening Poet says : On Thursday and yester-
day numbers of military odious, who had been on sick leave
in this country, arrived io Dublin, in consequence of urgent
adorn requiring their immediate return to active envier.
Bo little time had been allowed for preparation, that soma
of those gentlemen, after nutting this city, from places
when they bad been visiting, had to send by telegraph to
thrtir bosses for VMS Ingigsgo. Ifemo•pmeawe emionitod
with tbs Civil Dopamine's; of the Omisasoo have be..
ordered to Mho their deports, for Constantinople forth-
with.

It is rumoured et Limerick that as investigation will be
held relative to the inutiey of the Kerry militia there on
Sunday last. The order which lea so unfortunately to the
act of disobedience on the occasion does not seem to have
been generally acted cn, for we Sod that on the seine day
the Kilkenny Militia were allowed to proceed to mass with
their bend at Nenegh; but it is slated that the rule of not
allowing bands to play to pluses of worship of any religions
denomination will be strictly enforced to-morrow, and hence-
forward throughout Ireland.
The Kilkenny Fusiliers expect the route from Nenagh to
some new quarters in the cp.urse of a few days. The inves-
tigation relative to the row between them and the North
Tipperary Militia having bees brought to a close, the
matter has been referred to a court- martial for the trial of
half redosee men who have been placed under arrest.

The Ili perm" Free Peas says The poor fellows in
the Crimea are not uomindful of their parents at home, as
every large number of money orders have been seceived in
this town and loeality from them for their relations and
friends within the last fortnight. Ons bale old man (a
labourer), presented an order from his son, James Hallinan.
83rd Regiment, on Thonday, sad on being questioned by
the megistrate, stated that he bad ten sone, all serving her
Majesty in various regiments."
Lieutenant Waring, of the 88th, noticed for his distin-
gefuthed conduct in storming the Keehn, is the second son of
Major Mixing, of Newry, and is not yat 20 years of age.

Ths war transport Alma, which has just arrived
home with Invalids from the East, has been out sin months.
During that period she has conveyed 6,000 troops to the
Crimea from Portsmouth, Malta, and Marseilles. She has
been to Hamieseb, Balsklars, Yenikale, and Kertoh.
Nearly all the officers and crew have rambled over the ruins
of Sebastopol, aid many of them have brought borne
trophies, such as Russian helmets and muskets. They de-
scribe Tenikale as very strongly fortified, and Kerteh as
possisatng capital piers for the convenience of shippieg.