The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-14 00:00:00

IBONMACITBRS' QUARTERLY MARTINO.

Tha first of the aeries of the quarterly meeting a
of the boammetera of Staffordshire and Shops!** was held
Lerday (Wednesday), at the St. Georgia Hall, Waiver-
. The attendance wee considerably less than it
Boa on such occasions ; and"the business transscted
was open even a more limited settle ; En fact, we have seldom
witnessed a quieter queries-day. Domestic and foreign oc-
carrenoes are alike operating to produce this result ; end at
least until political affairs at borne assume a more Fettled
aspect, any increased amount of prosperity la the iron trade
cannot be expected. It was evident, from the course which
basics Wok et the meeting yesterday, that the merchants
end export houses are indisposed to eats into any engage-
ments at present; and consumers at home will do no mote
than buy on the most limited wale. 'Mere has Loin a
growing feelieg of this kind during the lest fartni,;ht ; the
coasequence is, that makers who refused the offers made by
buyers at that time would now be glad to accept those tern
if they were submitted to them.
The tranasalons at Wolverhampton were to unimpriaat
that they afforded no Indicatioa whatever as to the turn the
trade may take, even before this series of meetings termi-
nated ; it is probable, however, that there will be no altera-
tion of price, but that the makers of bait brands of finished
iron will go on steadily, though quietly, and that the second-
class finny, who must keep their works '<dog, will be
compelled to accept lower pekes if they attempt to fora a
trade.
The American orders for iron are only very moderate.
There is little doing with ledia at this moment ; end the
orders for rails, both in Staffirdshire and Wales, are lees
than woe expected at this sawn. For merchott and pining
bare, the orders are better than for other descriptions of
finished Ica.
The pig masters appear to have less cause fur complaint
than there is in wigezt to other defer, mints of the trade,
*kith is attributable to the fact of the number of furnace, in
blast being more in accordance with the consumption than
woe the ease • few years ago ; but beet bleat pig may, how-
ever, be pranged at half-a-crown a ton less than it could
have been three months ago.
Beyond this there was nothing to report in connexion with
yie erday's meeting. At the Birmingham assembly some
mars it cisive results will most likely be arrived it, and the
rood% on of the trade more dellaitively &starlets's&
The manufacturing trades of the deurict are all inclining
to quietede, and the factors of Wolverhampton generally
; express dimppointasent with the spring trade so for. Yee-
, terday was manufacturers' and merchants. quarter day, and
; mounts were reported to be pretty well paid.
As advance be the pricer of tin was announced : It to
pre wt. upon refined, making it 13/.. 6d. per cwt., sad Ea.
up= common blocks, making It 129 a 6d. per cwt. The lot
advance was made on the Bth of January.

OUR NEW ENVOY TO THE COURT OF TM:IIRA%.
—lt is moody necessary to sketch the career of the gallant
officer and dietingtdahed scholar and diplomatist, who is now
to soared Mr. Murray but we must eepecially draw Men-
tion to the fact that Si' Henry Rewlinaon more then any
other living Englishman, has enjoyed Opportunities of
becoming acquainted • ith the countries beta sea the
Euphrates and the Indaa. He wee find sent t Persia is
November, 1833, and between that time and December,
1839, be was actively end usefully employed in var:ous parts
of the dominions of the Shah. He held high miasmas's,
and dirl good service in completely re-organitfig tho Persian
troops stationed In ewe important province. When the rap-
ture with Perna compelled our 011iOZO to withdraw from that
country, be proceedel through Sindtt to Afghanistan. In
October. 1840, he was appoint id political agent at Kandsbar.
Throughout tae troubles that ensued, be held the second
capital ot the Afghans ask from all intrigues within and
attacks without, and was; repeatedly mentioced by a neral
Nott fir his services in the &Id. He returned with the
avenging army through Cahoot' and the Ponjeub to India, to
re-appear in 1343 on the gerund he bag formerly occupied,
but now as plideal agent in Turkish Arabia. In March,
1844, he was appointed consul at Bagdad ; to 1860. was
pr.onottd to the rank of lieutinantrooloco I In Turkey, and is
1851, was made coneul-general. In February. ISM, he re-
signed hie post, and bee sauce been a directw of the East
India Comma'', a member of pediment. and from &pieta-
bee, 1853, a member of the Council of India. It is impos-
sible to onceive a more varied and complete esperienoefor the
difficult and Important post he is now to ocoupy.—Heesneenf
Mail.
CREATING AT CARDIL—Five fashionably-dressed
men were recently arrested lye cheating at cards at a charity
bell given at the Hotel S. Ville at Meta. Three days ego
these lemons, who gave their mines and profernom ea
Diorama and Gerald, commission streets, at Pate; Praire,
a retired apothecary ; Wallach, journalist; sad Comfort,
formerly an offieer in the army, but deprived of his one-
mend fir having got Into debt, were brought to to sal before
the Tribunal of Correctional Polies at Metz for swindling.
It appeared that they all arrived in that town about the same
time, and obtained admission to the ball by saying that they
were recommended Ly persons of reepentability residing in
the place. They weasel in play by tarns, but it wag
noticed that they shuffled and dealt the cards in a peculiar
betted ou seethe', though theym-
way awl that they always won • also that they
Amongst the passengers who arrived at South-
constantly .
'rept. n in the India mail packet Ripon, on the 4th instead, b./aid we to bacquainted They were wate
was a Major Harriett, whom no one as board vermed to and in a mimed time no doubt calked that they were
know. He was taken Ol at Malts, end died in Southampton chests. Murmurs arose against them, but they appearei Dot
two days after be landed there. There wee no elite as to Ito notice them ; and some meow with whom Wallech bad
who be was, and his relative., were "'Wised for in the Lou- been playing, and from whom be bad wiz refused to play
dos newejoapvre. His nephew raw the advertisement, and say t him, burger with and gulag! his table'
but he was not
came to amatismPtor• Tbe moior turnedon' to to our of et all dieeoncerted at such an Insult, and tint tly pithered up
thowyggs who presided at the trial of the King of Delhi,
sad amongst hie barna IMO property to Um mama of • it. ws,
fi..ed prisoner*, after staling that the)
30,0001. He was *host 43 years of age, and he has died hod previously bee. mrctable p siting in society, ad
mined that
worth 101,0081. which he bat won. In answer to inferrer ato-
they had cheated at the ball, as well as at Mbar
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—The statement of pieces. Comfort denied that he played unfairly, buttsdif
be hd
sad 6 days to Um& 26, 1869, shows the receipts for 4 Roes to the tali t°,..ibite.fon
r"P" sad ez"baltir. revenue amount for the 7 estate meted that he knew that the others did, sad that
weeks estl Nara 26—gates trate : WO* DOMOOM, role", --- the ,and so* of the
years' impriernemet
milalle rat le. (Pea (onset* alasejag pod.. tech, Gerald ant Wallah to fifteen m..n
dig., 1, lie. 9d.)—to he 60,4281. us. u. • rest sad am to five gwvsills" a the police.
madriss, 2,1401. Oa &L ; steam packet service
1111.; total t 61,1181.19 e. 64. The mirraditure, Including WIDNZIWAY.-111• steam-chip Teraina, trees London,
ce, 2,6761. OREAT LOSB OF HORBBB AT StA.—PLTMOVTE,
A dia.t7j and eavenere of steam for elessudrie, with 200 horses for tho Pecks of Egypt, put
w a. W. h. 14:; OSOMMBO of micelles ova OZ. In bare this recenieg. baring seeruntered a severe gale wet
30,0721.18 x. 6d., sr, dm the 7 ennui and 5 days to night, In which more than one-hell el the masa& were
Sit 66,11 U. Is. 16. utter lulled or seriously injured.

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