The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-14 00:00:00

IRONMASTERS' QUARTIBLY MUTING.
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The quarterly mestin of the iron masterif or the
surait quarter at Wolverhampton yesterday.
, There was a Iwo alewedwees, the had* Is Nall Stafford-
' shire, Btoopshim, aad other districts bases well represented.
The balsas impacted was on the most moderate scale.
Ilp to three delta it was said that sounely any Wawa
hal hems &we, and wanly matters did mot much im.
prove is that papal later a the eftersooo. The old qua
lion about prase was revived. and was, in fact, almost the
ooly subject discussed. As we pesdieted, the meeting at the
Stewpooey had more of • Walesa to unsettle everything
than to settle saythirtg. There is • giros( party io favour
of a redaction is the prise of finished Woe. ad although
there an made firms sages is the declaration that they
will not give way, everybody who is familiar with Scutt
Eltafordslum knows bow little rehear* is to be placed oa
resolutions of any klsd ; all but some half-down firms will
ecII on terms to snit their 00011111i11000 ; but especially at
such times as this where andoesellisg prevails to • very gnat
extort, mid did se all throughout the lest quarter. There
is ao andarmay of action in the trade in mat-
ters of prior or wages, or anything else ; sod until
that is attained matters will remain is the anomalous
sad siisotthel slate in which they are at this moment.
A rag different erases prevails in Shropshire said
is YMnikhrie. with what result is very well knows. As to
prises we believe that many of the most influential members
of the hada would gladly see a redaction, satisfied that at
least the late 'drama el 11. per tow was a great mistake.
finch was the bee at the meeting yesterday, and it is at
oarprialig that web should be the case, for very few even of
the /arrest makers have waited much by the high prices
which have prevailed for the last sir or eight maths,
most of them having bad very large combats on baud
before the latest whams were mate. As we have said,
the trammatione aimed into yesterday were moderate,
bat think a fair demand for finished iron of all descrip-
tiOes, and so doubt codas to • considerable
extent would be gives at were it act for the doubt which
exists la the clods of boats 1110011061111111 sod shippers relative
to prises. So far the prospects of the trade are not discou-
rse sad if the doubts referred to can be removed it is sot
that a good busiases may be dose in Birmingham
rie Thursday ithis day). Bat that the present high prices
all most deidessatil to the Made is every day becoming more
evident. The comatity of Bekaa coma; into the country
is issreasing :it is fisffim its way eves into this locality.
There is • fair demand for frog for America, that sot having
bees materially affected by the increased tariff. There is
also an loareased inquiry for various dsooriptioes of finished
iron for India. Favourable anticipeticos are attertaieed,
a/se, es to the effect lOW, to result from the further modifi-
cation at the Preach and other feraigs teriffe, whirls takes
plain early in eat wafter. Is *dreg, she, there was
Namely anything dyes yerterday. A lame samba of the
mea an stilloat ; bat as there lea seasidorshle Mock of pig-
, iron, this causes so meadow is any quarter. The Shrop-
shire iron trade Is steady. For the *dais of that district
there Is the usual dammed, sad prices an well maiatainel.