The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-26 00:00:00

COURT CIROULA R.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 24.
Her Majesty the Queen, accompa,nied by the Princess
Vice, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely and the
ijarl of Aberdeen, drove yesterday to the falls of Gar-
Valt.

Her Serene Highness the Princess Amalie of Hellen
uhe Schillingfurst dined with her Majesty yesterday.

IROIV M ASTERS' MEETING.

DUDLEY, THURSDAY EVENING.
The meeting of the ironmasters of South Stafford-hire
and East Worcester, preliminary to the quarterly asserr.•
blages of the trade in the ensuing month, was held at the
hotel to-day ; Mr. P. Williams presided. Considerable
interest was attached to the proceedings, and with few
exceptions all the principal firms of the district were re-
presented.

The question of future prices in the first instance
occupied the attention of the meeting, but was speedily
settled. It was moved by Mr. Barrows, of the Bloom-
field Works, and seconded by Mr. Rought, that the
rates of the last quarter be adopted as " the trade"
prices of the future. The general opinion appeared to
be, from the few observations which occurred, that the
prices of raw materials and the wages paid to work-
people fully sanctioned such a course. It was stated,
however, that some description of fiths had been offered
in the Liverpool market so low as at 61. per ton, but, as
might be expected, from its wretched quality, had been
returned upon the hands of the makers, the 61. per ton
being really more than its worth. Such is,
notwithstanding, the system of underselling pur-
sued by needy masters, and the inferior quality
of cinder pigs used in the manufacture, that tk;
reputation of Staffordshire iron is greatly damaged,
and the interests of fair traders seriously injured.
Against this system the first houses of the district pro-
test, and to-day resolved to exact at the rate of 91. per
ton for best bars, and for other descriptions of iron in
proportion. The scale thus agreed upon was adopted
unanimously, and there is little doubt that it will be
maintained with firmness during the ensuing quarterly
meetings.

At the conclusion of the ordinary business of the
meeting relating to the settlement of prices, Mr. W.
Mathews, of Corbyn's-hall Works, introduced the sub-
ject of Mr. Cort's claim to a testimonial from the trade,
in acknowledgment of his father's eminent discoveries
and inventions. All present acknowledged the services
of the late Mr. Cort, and appeared disposed to benefit
the son ; but it was thought by some that the benefits
conferred, and for which an acknowledgment was
sought, were conferred upon the public generally rather
than upon the ironmasters of the country in particular.
But although this feeling operated in some degree, the
prop )sed testimonial or subscription was generally en-
tertained, and there is little doubt that a considerable
Eu►n will be raised in aid of the proposed fund. No for-
mal resolution was passed upon the subject, it being
thought better to leave the result to the spontaneous
inclinations of individuals rather than dictate the course
which the members of the trade as a body ought to adopt
in a matter, as it was considered, of a purely personal
nature.

As a matter of course, when the leading members of
the it in trade were asembled at their first quarterly
meeting, since the announcement of Mr. Bessemer's in-
vention, its merits became the subject of conversation,
and, it may be added, of adverse criticism. In this
neighbourhood, if a judgment is to be formed from the
testimony of scientific and experienced masters, Mr. Bea
senier's theory is practically a failure. Such were the
opinions expressed to-day.

TIIE EX-QUEEN OF THE FRENCH.—The ex• Queen of
the French, Queen Marie Arnelie, accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses the Dake and Duchess of Nemours,
the Count d'Lee, Duke d'Alencon, and the Princess
Marguerite and suits, will visit Oxford on Sunday next
—apartments having been secured for the distinguished
party at the Angel Hotel.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Lord
Raglan, only surviving son of the lamented Field-Mar-
shal Lord Raglan, and Lady Georgiana Lygon, daugh-
t'e,r of General the Earl Beauchamp, was solemnised
yesterday morning, at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge.
Prince Napoleon is expected to arrive at Havre to-
war Is the end of the present month from his excursio❑
to the Northern Ocean.

M. 'Termle Bonaparte left the port of Havre yesterday
for the United States, in.the Arago steamer, bound for
New York.

General d'Orgoni, tv.;comparying the Birman embassy
to Par-s, arrived yesterday at Lyons from Marseilles.
M. Kossuth's sojourn in the Isle of Wight has done
much to improve and confirm his health. He proposes
to roturn to Scotland towards the end of next month.
GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA.—lnformation has been
received by telegraph from Montreal, that at the meet-
ing of the shareholders of this company held at Hamilton,
Canada West, on lith instant, the directors named by
the shareholders in this country were duly elected, and
a dividend declared of 4 per cent. for the half-year.
THE UNITED STATES AND THE TREATY OF PARIS.—
A report has reached Paris yesterday that the United
Sta':ei have it in contemplation to form an alliance with
tkiose European Powers, not parties to the treaty of
Paris, who may be disposed to adopt the additional ar-
ticle respecting the immunity of merchant vessels and
merchandise from capture even by men of war.
THE 100-Gurr SUBSCRIPTION.—In-tructions have been
sent by the French Government to prefects of depart-
ments, in case the subsc►iptions for the guns of Alles-
sandria, already opened in Paris by M. Manin, should
be extended to provincial towns, not to interfere with it
so long as it is carried o❑ privately ; but if applic ition
be made to them fcr permission they-are not authorised
to grant it. •

THI NAVIGATION OF THE NlLE.—Me,srs. Chas. Mit•
ellen and Co., the extensive iron shipbuilders at Walker-
on•the-Tyne, are building five paddlewheel iron steamers
of a peculiar construction and of light draught cf water.
They are a p of a large fleet of iron tugs that are
building in this country for the Egyptian Steam Towing
Company—a company that bad recently very liberal
cinc.3ssions made to it by the Viceroy of Egypt. Those
steamers will be employed towing long trains of lighters
down the Nile laden with corn and other produce for
export at Alexandria, and they are another instance of
the rapid application of iron steamers to purposes of
navigation upon many of the large rivers in the world.
WHIRLWIND AT GLASTONBURY.—A tornado or whirl-
wind passed over this town on Monday last. About 2
o'clock p.m a terrible commotion in the air gave notice
of its approach, and in an instant it swept across the
lower end of the town, in a direction almost due east,
stripping thousands of tiles from the houses, carrying
ill the roofs of several buildings, and uprooting or tear•
ing limb from limb the trees standing in its course. In au
orchard behind St John's Church 24 large apple trees
were completely destroyed, and further on several hun-
dreds of apple and other trees shared the same fate. A
party of giants bent on mischief could not have produced
a scene of greater devastation. Nortbload-street was
covered with fallen tiles and chimneys, and the stables
of the George Hotel suffered severely. It moved with
astonishing rapidity, producing a noise like a railway
train; but the breadth of its destructive influence could
not have exceeded 100 yards.
A SADLEIR MYSTERY.—A correspondent, upon whose
high character we place the utmost reliance, inquires
what became of the body alleged to be that of John
Sadleir, which was shipped in the month of February
last, in one of the City of Dublin Company's steamers,
and landed a: the Custom-house ? It was deposited in a
shell, regularly booked and docketed ; but since that
period no one living can tell, except the parties con-
cat nci, what became of it, or where it was interred, as
our correspondent affirms it was never heard of in
Tnurles, Tipperary, or Clonmel where inquiries took
place subsequently on the subject, with a view to ascer-
tain the place of burial. That the body found at Hamp-
stead heath, and interred in a neighbouring cemetery,
was raised and sent to Ireland is a fact placed beyond
doubt ; but from the moment of its arrival at the Cus-
tom-house quay all further knowledge of it terminates.
Here is another Sadleir mystery ; who will unravel it ?
It is al important question in elucidation of the eventful
history of John Sadleir.—Oorlow Sentinel.