The Express.
London, England, 1856-04-10 00:00:00

IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETLY°.

WOLVERHAMPTON, WIDNUDAT.
The qutrtetly meetings of the ironoratt ts of this district
commenced. at WatemiL yesterday, when, r mum tern wr a very
m m all samara. end except in the ruiner of piping amour there
was very little doing. Here toilay there was a large worm bly, In-
cluding broyars sea dealers from Lot don, Liverpool, and Bristol.
There was an avenge &meant of burins transacted, crucially in pig
Iron, and the ream se to the gement state of the trade are upon the
when of a utlalactorr Jbaracter. SufScient time hem not yet elapsed
since the treaty of peace Imo awned to the trade to have benefited by
It, but the removal of certain restrictinos in mined to the ripmenis
of ironend machinery will, it to outlet ated. give an Impetus to the
trade before many weeks have c speed. The maitre of stretcher
Iron announce that the orders In Lea are comideroble ;
that the usual quantity of contracts are brine readily entered into;
and as regards bar-, ham, aid ell-elieets, the demand is much
better than it was a month ago. The Amt neon orders are not large.
but they are gradually increming ; and the adjurnient of the differ.
maces between the home governnient and that of the United States is
brut for with mach anxiety by all who are interested is the iron
trade, for stocks of iron arc known to be ,mall. and large orders
would it is believed orally follow the adjustment of enuring &o-
peras. The stoppage of the war Ira alteaey nod the effect of redo,.
ing the dimina for 'he Inferior iron noel in the melting for *Mt and
shell, but for the Manylactured eionimedity there is undrobtidly
more inquiry, which, as pock. are small, is almost cotton to increase
now that all doubt is removed on the aubjmt of the future range of
prime. A very cheerful feeling pervaded the meeting to-day, lull
oonSdenes cured that prime will be fully main- ained ; indeed
all the leading houses have eaprered their fire determination not to
submit to any reduction; 11101,t of them allege that they nave plenty
of orders at present, and in all probibility before the meet ings elms
all the oral commis will have been entered into at the prices of let
gutter-day.
Pig-iron 1, still in gad demand, recent in respect of the particular
description used Inc the purpose referred to stove. A groat den, of pig.
Iron bus already been mild on nevi qoarteeo account, and Lord Ward
and other of the mincip I ureters ore resolved not to submit to any
nduetion of proem It is it .ted, in fact, that the continued high price
of all kinds of material, the raw of wages, and in some i11...80WS the
royalties, preclude the porhility or pig iron teeing product! at &
profit at a lower rate than is reassured by the trade. Out cares
(Staffordshire) are quoted from 4/. Um. to 41. 15 e. per ton. Shrop-
shire pigs are also fir demand; they are gnoted as high as St. 13s.
perms
In mannfaetured iron &certain amount of underselling still pre.
rail", bet it im confined eaelusirely to inferior mare. Even tors
apeet of Olio, however, it la to a much ler extent than It was a bag
weeks since.

the ironstone of the district is still scarce; the price from 17s. to
20e. per ton. In North etafferdabire the sootily is more plentiful;
some dealings on that account were entered Into at the meeting today.
Tits tln.piate trade is mill brick; there ore large orders in from
America, and the price hue tendency upwards. In the cost trade
there is no alteration u regent priors, but partly in confrquertee of
the fall off in the demand for the commodity for .lomesuc use, it is
not nearly so brisk as it was three months ago.
Bane of the menuficturing towns of the district are reported to be
somewhat &premier ; but so tar se relict s to the iron trade Cult there
le far more and a beAtbeir tone prevails than could have
been anticipated eves two or three weeks knee; and appearances
to-day indicated that the meeting pawed off to the satidastiu of all
caosaissd.