The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-15 00:00:00

IRONMASTER.S" QUARTERLY MEETING.

DUDLEY, Ihrontiar io
That which is generally regarded u the final 32:
gusting of the ironmuters took plain in this town to-night. 20
Os this occasion, however, it was anything but final, Ines•
stork as everything coo sect' d with the trade was left ins state
MI doubt and uncertainty which hes been scatcely paralleled
within the recollection of those who have been longest in
the Wanes'. Prices, it is true, have been much lower 11.1
wields every few years, but then there was something like
an essaaimity of opinion as to what prices should really be ; •••
Minus on the present occasion there is as much of g.
carisace as possible. In these circumstances it will
Seareely be regarded as surprising when we state St.
that from last Tuesday up to this evening there ,
iron
sold. been comparatively little of manufactured lO
sold. There was perhaps an average attendance of the 36
trade at this meeting, but manufacturers ordered very cos- 22
noway, it being tolerably certain that unless there is an 12
impetas given -by a demand floor semi quarter or other, In
ban mast be sold (and not by needy makers only) at a
ague anslderably below 91. per ton before another quarter- 2
day arrives. Many of the manufacturing trades in this
asigSbourhood, which have generally very large orders in g
head horn the United States (take chairs, for instance, of M
which there are often orders for thousands of tons) have at
the present time scarcely any Orden whatever. Under Si
them circumstances, it is not by any means surpris- so
lie that there should be an indisposition to enter
ishe esstreete at what are considered the present trade in
The few houses who persist in adhering to 101. for so
ttilLeaanot hope to sustain any each price as a general rule,
at present at least, though those particular marks may
toms sod a certain sale; bat the fact of other houses,
equally respectable, having accepted 91. as their current 14
price is a proof that a higher figure would in reality be but St.
a nominal one, sad needy makers must sell under it. We
may add that there is very little demand for rails in this
13
sfirtrict, and the Welsh makers are as barren of or-
-6111 for that description of manufactured iron. A so
degree of importance is attached by the trade to
the result of the adjourned meeting of pigmasters 115
of Wolverhampton nest Wednesday; to carry out
the plan suggested would, we are informed, be tantamount
M Mewing out about thirty furnaces. This restriction of
the make would undoubtedly impart firmness to the price
a ply, already by comparison unduly high; consequently,
as It appears to us, it would rather tend to enhance than et.:
relieve the difficulties of thou engaged in the manufacture St-
Warne% hoops, rods and other descriptions of finished iron, t
els are not themselves producers of pigs. In view of this
tumettled and unsatisfactory state of things, we cannot
pretend to podia what may be the state of the trade two
months bum ;we simply add that the present average price lo 1
of Staffordshire bars is 91., of hoops, 101, aid of sheets, 111. et
per ton. The meeting of the Shropshire pigmasters has
not yet, we believe, been held.
10

SAMARITAN FREE HOSPITAL FORWOMEN ANDCHIL- ASO
I
naam.—Yeeterdey (Sunday) morning, the Rev. H. Alford, r,..
8.D., preached an impressive sermon on 'oehalf of the funds IL
of this charity, at Quebec Chapel, Old Quebeectreet. The ii.
rev, gentleman took for his text the 10th chapter of St. Mat- II
'thew, and the Bth verse; and in the course of his remarks asi.
stated that the institution was founded in 1847, foe the Irs• St.
leeption of poor women afflicted with diseases incidental to 01
Itheir sex, and for gratuitously supplying (without letter of 1:
recommendation) medical attendance, medicines, etc., to Bt.'
sick women and children in all cases of disease. Since its 111
formation nearly 70,000 had been received, and during the le
I pat year 7,000 and upwards have been relieved, and 170 111
poor women attended at their own homes during their con- 7
linemen', and supplied with bop of baby linen and other '
i neoemaries. Owing to the number of beds having been in-
creased, and the hospital thoroughly cleansed and repaired,
I the charity was now in debt to the extent of 3001. The
rev. gentleman concluded by strongly urging the claims of
the institution on the benevolent, and by sincerely hoping
that by their aid the committee might not be compelled to
turn away from wanted fends any wife or child who applied
to them ea sickness or distreet. The result of the collec-
tion which was made was 1171. The Rev. C. Woods, RA.,
also preached in the evening for the same benevolent object.
THE AUSTRIAN RAILWAY CONCESSIONS. The
Ost. Deutsche Post of Vienna, of the 9th, says :—" The
Duke de Ciallient and U. Isaac Pereire have received from
the Emperor the cress of Commander of the Iron Crown
wood date. These two gentlemen, who have had the
Mom of a private audience of tho Emperor, have every-
where produced the best impression, end diff rent projects
ler fresh industrial undertakings hive been brought for-
ward during their sojourn in this capital."
' NEW RAILWAY IN PIEDMONT.—IO its sitting of
Ithe 9th the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies pawed a
bill for, the construction of a railway from Savigliano to
Salaam.

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