The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-14 00:00:00

Ironmasters' Quarterly Meeting.

WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday Evening.
The usual quarterly assemblies of the ironmasters of this
district commenced in this town this afternoon. The at-
tendance was numerous, but the business transacted was on
a moderate scale, the proceedings being chiefly preparatory
to the great meeting to be held in the Town-hall at Bir-
mingham on Thursday. The prevailing opinion appeared
to be that this will bb a quiet quarter day, and in that re-
spect a great contrast to the meetings held three months
ago. The faot is the high prices which have ruled of late
have had the effect of putting a step to all speculation in
either finished or pig iron, while the feeling of doubt which
has arisen as to whether the present rates can be maintained
has had the effect of making both home consumers and
shippers extra cautious in reference to fresh engagements.
The former ate not disposed to order beyond their imme-
diate requirements, and many of the latter are content to
wait the completion of contracts for iron which is now in
course of delivery, some of those contracts having been
entered into months ago, prior to the last advance in prices
taking place. But, notwithstanding the quietude thus
brought about, the trade is not depressed, most of the prin-
cipal makers in this district having been up to this time
very fairly supplied with orders. As Usual, the second-olass
makers have felt a pinch, and have in some instances been
glad to take orders at a reduction. There is a good demand
tor Staffordshire iron for America, the makers here wife do
business to that quarter being all
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sumers asked for a reduction in the price, which the prin-
cipal makers were not disposed to yield. Hot blast, all
mine, was quoted at £1 10s per ton, but it is most likely
that Li 8s 9d will not be refused for the best brands;
The general trade of this locality, and quarterly accounts
due to-day was promptly paid.

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Almost the same anxiety was evinced to see the
General yesterday as on the day of his arrival, and
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to pay a visit to Mr. Seely at Prince's-gate, and
the instant he appeared he was hailed with tumult-
uous cheering. His visit to Mr. Seely was private,
but that which he paid on his return to Lord
and Lady Russell appeared to be known, for
there was a great crowd outside his Lordship's
house in Chesham-place. After a short stay he
returned to Stafford House to lunch, every where
when he alighted finding the same gathering and
the same welcome. After lunch a visit was paid to
Woolwich Arsenal. It was intended that this visit
should be made to-day, but so many private friends
were anxious to pay their respects to him that it
was determined after lunch yesterday to proceed to
Woolwich at once, the authorities at the Arsenal
being informed by telegraph of the sudden visit.
The General left Stafford-house in an open carriage
and four, preceded by two outriders. In the carriage
with him were the Duke of Sutherland, Menotti
Garibaldi, Signor Gungoni, his secretary, and Signor
Pettronieri. Of course, wherever the carriage
passed the great guest of the nation was instantly
recognised, and despite the speed at which he
travelled the carriage was followed by cheering
crowds. At Woolwich his welcome was equally
earnest,eTie and on alighting at the Arsenal he was re-
ed by the heads of departments. A number of
ladias—wives of the principal officers of the Arsenal
and others—gathered round the General's carriage
and eagerly shook hands with him, while he was
cheered by the workmen and mechanics who, of
course, had assembled. Brigadier-General Lefroy,
of the Ordnance Select Committee, then invited the
General to an inspection of the models of the various
guns in the Committee-office, after which they pro-
ceeded to the long machinery room in the Laborite
tory Department, under the superintendence of Col.
Boxer. The moment Garibaldi made his appearance
everybody uncovered, and a shout similar to that
on his arrival resounded through the building.
The same manifestation on the part of the men
greeted his entrance to each of the branches
which he visited. Mr. Anderson's ballet machines
attracted his especial attention, and he seemed
surprised at the rapidity with which the bullets
fell from the dies of the machines ready for in-
stant use. Leaving the Laboratory, the General
began to walk towards the shell foundry, which his
infirmity rendered a work of some difficulty. The
Duke of Sutherland, perceiving the carriage of Capt.
Magendie standing near, requested the captain's
permission to use it, but the tumultuous acclamation
with which the General was received in his progress
through the Arsenal caused the horse to become
restive. The General was then triumphantly es-
corted by a number of men who volunteered their
services for that purpose, the cheering being in-
creased tenfold. After visiting the shell foundry
and the Royal gun factories he was invited by Mr.
Abel to enter the chemical department, of which
Mr. Abel is the superintendent. The General was
there shown some photographic sketches of the 600
pounder guns and the result of the experiments on
the targets at Shoebarynese. The sketches seemed
to interest him exceedingly, and on his inquiry
as to their price he expressed a desire to possess
some of them. Before retiring the General was re-
quested to sit for his likeness, when he replied in
French," Gentletnen,l have given you much trouble,
dispose of me as you please." He then seated him-
self in front of three instruments which were in the
room, and the photographs wore speedily executed
with admirable truth. The General and his friends
then entered the carriages of the Duke of Sutherland
and at half-past 4 returned to London. The route
back to Stafford-house was through the City, and
the welcome was as hearty as that which he received
at Westminster-bridge on Monday.
In the evening the Duke and Duchess of Suther-
land gave a magnificent banquet at Stafford-house.
Covers were laid for 40 persons, among whom were
the Duchess Do wager of Sutherland, the Duke
and Duchess of Argyll, the Marchioness of Ely,
Earl and Countess Russell, the Earl and Countess
of Clarendon, the Earl and Countess of Derby,
the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the Earl
and Countess of Malmesbury, the Earl and Countess
of Shaftesbury, Viscount and Viscountess Palmer-
ston, Lord and Lady Taunton, Lord and Lady
Dufferin, Lord and Lady Blantyre, the Right Hon.
W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, Baron Marochetti,
General Eber, Mr, Panizzi, M. Menotti and M.
Ricciotti Garibaldi, Lord Albert Levesoti Gower,
Lord Ronald Leveaon Gower, Dr. Quin, Dr. Guer-
zoni, and the Doctor and Private Secretary of
General Garibaldi.
During dinner the full band of the Grenadier
Guards, stationed in the grand staircase, performed
a varied selection of music.

Later in the evening the Duchess gave an assem-
bly, when the picture gallery, the great drawing-
room, and the whole of the magnificent saloons,
which are without an equal in England, were
thrown open for the reception of company. The
assembly on this occasion was a truly representative
one, the foremost in ouch grade of society being
invited.

In regard to the company present last even.
ing (the principal names among whom will be
found enumerated below), it should be hero pre-
mised that the Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, not
the Duchess of Norfolk—the Duchess of Argyll,
not the Dowager Duchess of Argyll—are among
the list of distinguished ladies in this country
who have been recently doing honour to Gari-
baldi.

Among the guests were :—The Turkish Am-
bassador and Madame Muslims, the American
Minister, Prince Edmund de Polignac, the Duke of
Devonshire and Lady Louisa Cavendish, the Duke
of Leinster, the Duke of St. Albane, the Duchess of
St. Albans and Lady Diana Beanclerk and Viscount
Falkland, the Duke of Wellington, the Duchess
Dowager of Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess of
Somerset and Lady Gwendolin St. Maur, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Carmarthen, the Marquis of Har-
tington, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanri-
carde, the Marquis Balbe, Maria Marchioness of
Ailesbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailes-
bury, the Marquis Caracciolo, the Marquis and
Marchioness of Westminster and Lady Theodora
Grosvenor, the Countess of Westmoreland and Lady
Rose Fane, the Earl and Countess of Macclesfield,
the Earl of St. Germans, the Countess of Sefton and
Lady Cecilia Molyneux, the Earl of Sefton, the
Earl Grosvenor and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the
Earl Cowper, the Earl and Countess of Dalkeith,
the Earl St. Maur, the Earl of Fife, the Earl and
Countess of Seafield, the Earl and Countess of
Gainsborough, the Countess Dowager of Lichfield
and Lady Gwendolena Anson, the Countess of Gif-
ford, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough, the
Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Ellenborough, the
Earl and Countess Stanhope and Lady Mary Stan-
hope, the Countess Cowper end the Ladies Cowper,
Frances Countess Waldegrave and the Right Hon.
Chichester Fortescue, M.P., the Earl and Countess
of Leicester and Lady Anne Coke, the Earl of Car-
narvon, the Earl and Countess of Tankerville,
Field-Marshal Viscount Combermore and Viscoun-
tess Combermere, Viscount and Viscountess Strat-
ford de Radcliffe and the Hon. Misses Canning,
Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Viscountess Hood,
, Viscount Sandon and Lady Mary Sandon, Viscount
Chelsea, Viscount and Viscounteas Bury, Viscount
Jocelyn and the Hon. Misses Jocelyn, Viscount and
Viscountess Enfield, Lady Houghton, Lord Frede-
rick Cavendish, Lord Re*bert Grosvenor, Lord and
Lady Eloho, Lord and La,y Alfred Paget, Lord
Edward St. Maur, Lord and LOY Edward Thy nne,
Lord and Lady Radstock, Lord ai:d Lady Ebury,
Lord and Lady WerAieyuale, Lord ancl, L'''dp

nover, the Ladies Ashley, Lord and Lady Stanley of
Alderley and the Hot. Misses Stanley, Lord Redes-
dale, Lord and Lady Elarriet Ashley, Lord and Lady
George Cavendish end Miss Cavendish, Lord and
Lady Chesham, Lord and Lady William Compton,
' Lord and Lady Calville, Lady Gertrude Sloane
Stanley and the Misses Stanley, Lord Stanley,
M.P., Lord Minkellin, Lady Emily Ponsonby and
the Misses Ponsonby, Lady Blanche Egerton, Lord
and Lady Foley, Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., Count
Arrivabene, C •unt Maffei, Count Zannini, Count
and Countess Danneskiold, Sir Anthony and Lady
de Rothschild, Baron end Baroness Meyer Rothen
child, Baron Frederick Rothschild and Miss De
Rothschild, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief
Justice, Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald and
Aire. Macdonald, the Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, M.P.,
and Lady Emily Peel, Hon, Mr. and Mrs. W.
Ashley, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Algernon Eger-
ton, Hon. Miss Stuart, Hon. F. Egerton, R.N.,
Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Liddell, Hon. R. Edwardes,
Hon. E. Stanley, Hon. A:an Egerton, Hon. Gerald
Noel, Hon. Spencer Ponsonby and Mrs. Ponsonby,
Hon. Mr. Stanhope, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. John
Ashley, the Right Hon. C.P., Villiers, M.P., Hon.
Leopold Agar Ellis and Mrs. Ellis, Hon. R. Meade,
Mr. W, Craven and Lady Mary Craven, Mr. Bate-
son, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Bateson, Hon. Mrs.
Norton, Mr. Baillie Cochrane, Hon. C. R. Colville,
Hon. Miss Eden, Hon. Evelyn Ashley, Hon. Frede-
rick Byng, Hon, K.innaird, M.P., Mr. and Lady
Elizabeth Drummond, Mr. and Lady Emily Drum-
mond, Mr. and Lady Margaret Beaumont, the
Speaker and Lady Charlotte Denison, the Right
Hon. Spencer Walpul, M.P., the Right "ion. R.
Lowe, ALP., and Mrs. Lowe, the Right Hon. T.
Milner Gibson, ALP., the Right Hon. E. Cardwell,
M.P., the Right Hon. Frederick Peel, ALP, and
Mrs. Peel, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P.,
and Mrs. Cowper, Sir Edward Kerrison, M,P., and
Lady Caroline Kerrison, Sir David Dundas, Sir John
Acton, Sir James and Lady Matheson, Sir Joseph
Paxton, Sir Edwin Landseer, Sir Roderick Mur-
chison, Sir Richard and Lady Mayne and Miss
Mayne, Dowager Lady Williamson, the Lord
Mayor and the Lady Mayoress, the Lord Mayor
of York, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Lord Pro-
vost of Edinburgh, the Provost of Glasgow, the
Mayor of Southampton and Mrs Perkins, General
Matheson, Admiral Mundy, Major-General Mal-
colm and Mr Malcolm, RearaAdmiral Charles
Elliott, Colonel Mande and Mrs Maude, Colonel
Mundy, R.A., Colonel Lambert, Colonel Chambers
and Mrs Chambers, Colonel Sykes, Colonel Marshall
and Mrs Marshall, Lieut. Colonel Maxwell, Captain
Harris, Captain Shaw and Mrs Shaw, Captain Mac-
donald, Captain Rogers, Captain Bateson, Captain
Speke, Captain A. L. Ricardo, the Accountant-
General and Mrs Russell, Mr H. Baring, M.P.,
Mr Cobden, M.P., Mr Bright, M.P., Mr Crawford,
M.P., Mr Stansfeld, M.P.. Mr Holford, M.P.,
and Mrs Holford, Mr Ewart, M.P., Mr. Dalglish,
M.P., Mr Jackson, M.P., Mr Wollaston Blake,
M.P., Mr Potter, ALP,, Mr Horsfall, M.P.,
Mr Seely, M.P., and Mrs Seely, Mr Laird,
M.P„ the Dean of St. Paul's and Mrs Milman,
the Dean of Westminster, Rev. Dr., Mrs,
and Miss Cumming and Mr Lean, Rev. J.
Oakley and Mrs Oakley, Rev. H. Bunsen
and Mrs Bunsen, Rev. Mr Munro, Mr Hawkshaw,
Mr Fowler, Mr Adams and Miss Adams, Mr Moon,
Mr E. Watkin, Mr Baldwin, Mr Morley, Dr
Hawkosley, Dr Hewitt, Mr and Mrs Ferguson and
Miss Ferguson, Mr Alfred de Rothschild, Mr
Roberts and Miss Roberts, Mr H. B. Adams, Mr
and Mrs Scott Russell, Mr Henry Greville, Mr
John Romilly, Mr and Mrs Henry Loch, Mr and
Mrs George Bateson, Mr Semenzi, Mr John Penn,
Mr Crampton, Mr Fairbairn and Mrs Fairbairn,
Mr and Mrs M'Connell, Mr Matheson, M P., and
Mrs Matheson, Mr W. Failbairn, Mr Na gretti, Mr
Negretti, Mr and Mrs Ernest Bunsen, Mr Swinton,
Mr D. Cook, Mr James Grant, Mr Stewart, Mr and
Mrs I. C, Hope Johnstone, Mr Edmund Hcales, Mr
Macgregor, Mr Haldane, Mr Hig.; ins, Mr J 13 ateson,
Mr Alfred Wigan, Mr and Mrs Loch and Miss Loch,
Mr Tod-Heatiy, Mr Noble, Mr Hamber, Mr Merry-
weather, Mr Wilfred Howard, Mr King, Mr Thomp-
son, Mr D. Chinnery, Mr and Mrs Wright, Mr
Nichoiay, Mr Victor Williamson, Mr Cumming, Mr
C. Leslie, Mr and Mrs Carr Glyn, Mr Richardson,
Mr Lowman Taylor, Mr Lewis, Mr and Mrs S.
Russell, Mr Plimsoll, Mr Engleheart, &c.