The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-13 00:00:00

IRONMASTEBS QUARTERLY MEETING.

WOLVERHAMPTON, WZDNISDAT Err:lrmo.
The meetings of the ironmasters of this district
for the current quarter commenced here this afternoon.
The attendance was unusually small, and there was no dis-
position whatever manifested to do business. Everything
was reserved for the meet*/ at Birmingham on Thursday,
and the tendency to do this has been so strong in that
direction of late years that the meeting in this town may
be considered as almost formal, those at Btcrurbridge and
Dudley having been all but given up, so far as the iron-
mastersareconcerned. It was generallyadmittedto-day that
the trade is dull; fora month or more there has not been the
slightest animation ; the second-class firms are scantily
supplied with orders, some of them not having eufilcient
to keep their winks in full operation ; the consequence is
that they are eager to obtain contracts, and unless there is
• spurt at the meeting at Birmingham, the turn of the
market will in all probability be in favour of the buyer.
The demand by the export houses is moderate, except as
to America ; to that quarter a fair amount of business is
being done. The demand on account of the home trade
has been considerably checked by the cattle plague ; the
farmers have not been supplying themselves as usual ; the
consequence is that the orders ordinarily received through
the retail dealers for the class of finished iron in general
use have very much fallen off ; and at present there is not
much prospect of any improvement in that respect. For the
best brands of manufactured iron prime are tolerably firm.
The same may be said with regard to the best snake of
" pig" here and in North Btatlembdaire. The general trade
of this district is remarkably healthy ; in all the most im-
portant branches they are working full time.

Losers smolt THZ Caine PL•Ous. —At the
Leeds anises on Wednesday two cases were tried respecting
losses sustained through the cattle disease. In one, five
animals which had been purchased of a dealer who had
obtained them at Newcastle market had, after their sale,
been seized with the disease and died, though not before
they had communicated the infection to • large herd
with which they were plaited, nine of which
died. The purchaser of the cattle sought to recover
the value of all the snimalm he had lost, bat the
jury were of opinion that the dealer was only responsible
1 for the first two cattle which died, a considerable interval
having elapsed between the sale and the death of the
others,. In the second aim an action was brought by •
cattle dealer to recover the price of seven beasts which he
had sold to the defendant, and which had subsequently
died from the disease. The jury did not think that they
were sufferin; from infection when they were sold, and
found • verdict for the plaintiff.
HEALTH AND STEEN.= RESTORED BY Du BALM'S
MIMI! ILITAAJ32I. AJWIDIA FOOD which erneswithout air
Meths or Inconvenience dysiperia (Indigestion), boils, asthma,
consumption, debility, tionatipstion, diarrheas, palpitation, ner-
vous, bilious, liver, and skim& complaints. It eaves Afty times
Its cost In other remedbie, and is the beet food be infante
160,000 cures annually.—Du Barry and Os., No. 77,
London, W. In tins, at is. led. : lb , Is Vd.niVirkiki
falba., 60a : also at 61,6rauteltmabirest : 4, OblieWide: IS, ISO
radii% Ozlerdetirese : and at all Losers—(Atverlisenied.]