The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-14 00:00:00

lIIONMASTERS' QPAITIRLT MISTING.

DUDLEY B•TCADAT NIONT.

Ths coaeladiag meeting of tba iroammters of this
district for the present quarter bas bees held at As hostel la
this tows this erenisg; the &madames was not qthe eo
tzdas usual—a fact which is probably attribebbbin the
state is which the trade was left after the immolbi at
Homilies's, and she cosviction, which has emeanthesed
Na.., that prism would resins ottlest attends% teats
tee a thee. Several castrate he lathed has.
need over, have saw been =NOM INN Ma
iron there were several traseessisas bees =it ffinr
quantity sold erns the Weimelemptea laity
made up for the little hinfinani ent that = dens tins.
thane for very laferlespeskan tido deatelphaist Men tally
maintainsits prier' +bleb b unduly high u Mewed with
the mansfaeturedoommegley—but that het slam Is easels.
elm inhume that the latter lain denasd,fee thsmehe et pig-
fres fa this district it certainly greater now than It was this
time last year. It was stated to night that that, le • better
demand for sheets and plates the. there was two er three
weeks since, *spottily as regards sail.alteets, in whieb there
has been a great deal doing of late ; and whatever say be
the state of the general trade of the ountry as spring ad-
vances', there can be no doubt bat that the boa trade will
rennin tolerably brirk.for in one shape or other the demand
Ice purpcses ccnceoted with the war is very considerable.
The mends(' to-night was qaiet—u those which preceded it
bare been ; bat all connected with the trade are la
good spirits, for at most of the works they have
good orders is tend, though sot so extensive as they were
three months since t and the state of the mosey market
alone, with anxieties as to the future, prevents the kW.
from being remarkably buoyant. The ironstone of the dis-
trict is quoted from loss. to 21e. rer too, but a great deal I.
coming In !rem Ulrentons and from Gloucestershire for
admixture with it; but there are difficulties and delays is
the transit, which are the subject of much complaint. The
sew works which are Whig put up by Lord Ward are
rapidly approaching completion; and when in full opera.
i ties it s ondentood that they will consume all the pig•
iron produced at his lordship's furnaces. fitropshire iroa
—the make of which is limited—is in good demand, end
the price is remarkably firm. For tin plates there are large
olden, shied, from America, both in Wales and South
Stanoineldre ; the pries is from 314. to 33.. per box.
The hish prior of coal we. very much talked over at this
mieniest la so part of the district are there any sleeks ea
bank Me present consumptioo being so esormins ; we us
11111111114 list in some butane's as much as lbs. per ton for
best hit seal has been paid at the pit's mouth. • frost
sad tithe male just sow would be produtive of
any pee veldesee, and posaib:y stop use of the

ism of the mannfacturing trades of this town sod the
wilibboubood are flat, with tics exception of the heavy
Innashie id trade, in which business is brisk, especially in
swig bronehes u edge-tools, scythes, chains sad sables, die.
At met of the pnacipal works engsged in this Hoe of
fewiness, the hands are all in fall work ; and throughout the
iliMaiet the number of people eat of employment
▪ baited ; so far as that goer there boa rarely been • better
lime for labour than during the last his months ; in some
laillentes it is is deemed still; sad in that reispeot bin a
NM of profound Raist
Tics trade merit terminating to-aight may fairly he
said to bays passed cff satisfactorily; out of the insamos•
number of @octants awaiting settlement, we have beard of
few tastieees fa whisk that obligation has not bees Welled.
Notwitbstandiai the very serious difileolties la the way of
trade by the high rates paid for disosunts,s cheer/11 if not a
unpins feeling pervaded them usemblies, sad all
things considered the business marns of As district are is
a salad sad healthy state.