The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-14 00:00:00

IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING.

The second meeting of the South Staffordshire
ironmaeters for this quarter was bold tn the Town-hall,
Birmingham, yesterday afternoon. There was • large at-
tendance of the trade, London and Liverpool Irma being
well represented, aa well as mottoes of the trade in other
iron-producing districts. The quietude which prevailed at
Wolverhaniptoo on Wednesday wee repeated yesterday, sot
the slightest animation having been experienced from the
commencement, to the close of the meeting. Producers
said that they were not serious to take orders until the
strike is over, enabling theta to calculate with a greater
degree of certainty relative to the pries and supply of feel,
and doubtima a feeling of that kind did operate with them.
But it is not less certain that consumers were no; eager to
buy, many of them entertaining the opinion that they will
be able to do better towards the middle of the quarter ; gad
in the event of the mosey market continuing tight as it now
is, with the inevitable teodesey to check the export trade,
and the termination of the colliers' strike, which is daily
becoming more probable, it is extremely doubtful whether
there would be • sufficient demand for finished iron to keep
the works in fall operation. It was is anticipation of the
trade beiag thee circumstanced hereafter that so moth of
inactivity prevailed yesterday. Towards the does • few
orders were given, but the transactions fell decidedly short
of the average. For pig iron— the make of South Stafford-
shire—there was a little more inquiry, and prices wee*
Brener. For Shropshire pig there was the meal steady de-
mand. The reports yesterday in reference to the *alien'
stake were concurrent, as to the probability of its speedy
termination, "if (sa was said) the men are let aloe*
sled so doubt that bas very much to do with it. At Earl
Dudley's pits nearly In hundred of the men have gone in
already; they have goes in at other collieries in that neigh-
bourhood; also • portion of those employed at Megan.
Bevan 's, at MOSUL Philip William and Soo's, at Maers.
G. B. Thorneycroft and Co.'s, on the Wolverhampton side;
and other instances might be named. That the men have
been badly advised there can be no doubt; at the same
time, it is oily fair to state that, barring some balf-dozen
out:saes, in which a few bad characters have been con-
cerned, the men have as a body behaved better —shown
more respect for the law—than oa any former occasion of
• strike in South Staffordshire.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMIRALTY Oct. 13. Arrozirnsiens. Lieu-
tweet H. ii.jiet, to the Excalket _

Zsb• Asia, for el. Spar-
rowhadk.
Engioder A. Marshall, to the lodes, for the Ewalt.
Boma Claw Assistant Eagles's & Lloyd, to the Hawks.

Low; or • MISSIONARY will be with
great regret that our readers will learn the loss of the John
Williams. This admirable mistionary ship, which was
bought with the pence of our Sasdayachool &althea, was
launched at Harwich in 1844, having been bolt expressly
for the purpose of takiegoutmasitioariea,end tumbling them
to pass freely among the islands of the Pacific. She was of
son,* 300 tons hordes, sod was wellsuited for the objects to
which she was devoted. After twenty years of most weld
crtize, the good ship has bees wrecked ea Daum Island,
latitude 10 deg. south. longitude 160 deg. west. She had
',memory visited the island in asfety,havingoarried the brat
eau., teaebefr there in 1837. Happily, all on board were
saved, but that is a 2 we know at present, Neat week the
Australian mail will bring farther particulars.-Patriot.
COTTON AT SBA RN ROUTE TO LIVERPOOL-By
the arrival of the Bombay mail we learn teat the following
ships are now at era cc route for Liverpool with pato%
vii :-The Vitoguard, with 3 100 bales ; Prism, with 2,907
bales ; ewes, with 4.72. s bales ; Anus 5 Anuses, with ,163 bales ;
Neesh-eass, with 5,0.7 bslee ; Ambrose, with 3,829 bake;
Henry Moon, with 5,469 bales ; Sir Charles Napier, with
5,080 bales ; 140i10 of the Betsey, with 5,940 bake ; Ana
Bookie, with 4,313 bales Princess Alezaadrla, with 6,518
bales ; Harold, with 1,013 bales ; Cambay, with 3,733 bake;
Nydia, with 4,134 bales Ontario, with 5,171 bales; Cies-
mortise, with 6,053 bales; Lepanto, with 4,014 bales;
Gkodower, with 3,203 bales ; Strorgbon, with 6.240 bales;
Matherau, with 4,716 bales ; Webers°, with 3,096 hales •
Agiecuart, with 2 577 bales ; Salaam with 4,899
bales ; Sedberg. with 1,803 bales ; Kiag .2 Holy.
with 5,083 bates; Jarosetjee Curestjee, with 1,483 bake;
Oat iliac, with 4,390 bales ; Materiel's, with 5.7681 belle ;
Victoria Crow, K 431 bales ; Sea King, with 4,913 bilge;
Fermis, with 5,301 bales ; Altars', with 5,104 bakes; Bleak
E with 6,700 bales; Amide!, with 5,645 bales ,•
Britishsi Empire, with 5,92 S bake ; Thunderbolt, with 5,884
bales ; Great Australia, with 8,951 bales ; Arno, wish 2.238
bales ; City .1 Amoy, with 4,808 balsa ; Hannoolder, with
5,612 bales ; Belk Isle, with 6.011 toles ; Gustalod, with
1,116 bakes; Fanny Forsyth, with 2,745 bales ,• Floating
Light, with 5,3(4 bales ; Advance, with 4,997 holes; Man-
tura. with 5,444 bales; Gertrude, with 4,625 bake; and
Monarch el the Seas, with 7,416 ham