The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-13 00:00:00

MARLBOROtTOII-STREET.

John Tom was elnirgod with the wilful murder of Itichard
Euipsen.
The facts were narntted in the Repress of Saturday. At
the elute of the evidence the prisoner was remanded till
Tucedayi

IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING.

DUDLEY, SATURDAY EVENINO.
The final meeting of the irunmasters of this district
for the current quarter was held in this town this evening ;
thew woo again a numerous attendance of the trade, although
the bulk of the business of quartenday had been trammeled at
the previous assemblies at Wolverhampton and ihnuinglutm,
and prima were resented an so definitely fixed that few con-
tracts fur ratithatiun were made at this meeting. The trans-
actions which took place were chiefly in pig ism), and, as on
Thursday. prices had vu upward tendency, although con-
sumers Mill refused to concede any advance, present nine
coming more closely to the usual proportions as compared
with the price of manufactured iron. But although no ad-
vance was istublialital by the pig-masters, sufficient firmness
was evinced as regards that branch of the trade to show that
a alight impetus in the demand for finished iron will have
the effect of pushing up the price of pigs to the mold
• demanded at the Birmingham meeting. As it ia,
good hot-blast pigs are worth 4/, 2s. 6d. per ton, Lord
Ward's agents were asking as high as 41. 7s. 6.1. per ton on
Thunalay, imd 41.65. was readily obtained, this being in all
probability the bed quality of hot-bleat iron made in the dis-
trict. Celd.blast iron of Staffordshire ia quoted 10.. per ton
dearer. The inferior quality of pig iron is not much in re-
quest ; of cinder pip, ouch as were made in the district, and
which tended so greatly to damage the reputation of Stafford-
shire wont the quantity now made is comparatively trifling. It
was meetunad in the course of the meeting this evening that
the number of livelier, in blast is greater at the present time
Biel ham ever before been known, whilst the expansion
which had taken phut in the demand was evidenced by the
fact of them being such Pula shake of pigs on the banks,
although the hot weather two or three weeks mince had the
effecrof diminishing the consumption at the puddling furnaces
at bast one-bolt. .

Them were a few traimactiona in ironstone at the meeting
to-night, and at Stourbildge yesterdsy; the average pries is
18., to 18s. Cal. per ton, the consumption being to great rat the
present time that the pram of the commodity is in no way
affected by the large quantity expected from the northern
part of the county, and from other district,.
The report. to-night in reference to the general Mate of the
trade were fully confirm to of those given at Woleerhainr.
ten and Ilimingham; indeed there in the fullest evidence of
the healthy ndition of the iron trade in the activity noini•
tested at all tho large works; the mills mid forges are all In
full operation. and the rooting trade is remarkably brisk.
Thereat. n grea. many order, in for sheets mid plates fur
the Meiliteiromen and for France; merchant and plating

bars are at In demand by home t on/miters, chiefly on ac-
count of the large orders in the district for heavyhartlvrore
goads. The are aloe 1401110 considerable orders in for the
Last Indies. In the labour market there is no surplus,
whilst the healthy action which has pervaded the trade for
several months, and its entire freedom from the ditticuliics
whit Is have almost invariably oct urred in pronto, of tightness
in the money market, and high rates of disount, is tho best
evident...of the absence of anything approaching to epecuia-
tire trading.
In this town and in the neighbourhood towards Drierley
MU trade le tolerably good; and throughout this Aeries of
meetings mattufactutera' accounts have been paid as punc-
tually es usual.
The memorial to the Commissioner for the Affairs of

government on the
of capital expended upon ironworks in With& India, has
boon signed by all the feeding firma in this district and in
Shropatiire.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-INN-ROAD.—
Tha ordinary quarterly meeting of the governors of thie
hospital was held on Friday, in the Board-mom, tiny's-inn-
mail ; Mr. It. Head in the chair. From the report of the
weekly boned it appeared that the number of patients ad-
mitted during the quarter ending June 30 was 0,420, of
which 240 were in-patients; the groan amount of money re-
ceived was 7611. 15s. 5d., of which 348/. 18e. ;id. were Mina-
' tions and 412/. 17s. annual eubecrintionot ; the amount of
money paid in the suave spate of time for extremes was
1,4201. 16..'M1. The difference in the amount of donation,
between this and the corresponding quarto of the last
year is owing to the fact of • customary dona-
tion of 300/. not having been receive] at the time tit tanking
up the quarter's acetones. Thu subscriptions exceedist those
of the corresponding quarter of the last Leer by 421. 3s.
Since last year the neeommodation for in-patients has been
much inceetausl. The weeds in the recently erected wing to
the memory of the late Duke of Sussex are now full. By
further support, in the skive of donations end euberriptions,
the managing committee of the hospital would be enabled to
open three additional wards to ecconaurodate about 120 bed..
A meeting ens recently held at the house of Mr. Moore,'
Row-chureliverd, when the sum of eleven hundred guinea.
was subecribsed towards a sprint fund of 10.000/. proposed to
be collected fur the purpeee of rendering the use-tubes* of
this excellent charity more extensive.
A royal sturgeon was caught in Southampton
Water, near Calshot Castle, on Feeley night. It was Ike
feet long, and weighed about fifty reeds. A sturgeon was
caught in Southampton Water near Redbridge, • short time
since, which weighed two hundred pounds. The sturgeon is
often found swimming in company with salmon.