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

COURT CIROULAR.

BALMORAL, SEPT'. 24.
Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by the Princess
Alice, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely and the
Earl of Aberdeen, drove yesterday to the falls of Gar-
Valt.

Her Serene Highness the Princess Amalie of Holten-
lohe Schillingfurst dined with her Majesty yesterday.

IRONMASTERS' MEETING.

DUDLEY, THURSDAY EVENING.
The meeting of the ironmasters of South Stafford,hire
and East Worcester, preliminary to the quarterly assem•
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. Bought, 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 Iths bad been offered
in the Liverpool market so low as at el. per ton, but, as
might be expected, from its wretched quality, had been
returned upon the hands of the makers, the Cl. 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 tke
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 9/. per
t m for best bars, and for other descriptions of iron in
proportion. The scale thus agreed upon was adopted
ur.animously, 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. Cod'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
I than upon the ironmasters of the country in particular.
But although this feeling operated in some degree, the
proposed testimonial or subscription was generally en-
tertained, and there is little doubt that a considerable
rum 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 iron trade were assembled at their first quarterly
meeting, since the announcement of Mr. Bessemer's in-
vention, its merits became the subject of conversation,
an,l, it may be added, of adverse criticism. In this
❑eighbourhood, if a judgment is to be formed from the
testimony of scientific and experienced masters, Mr. Bes
sewer's theory is practically a failure. Such were the
opinims expressed to-day.

THE EX-QUEEN OF THE FRENCH.—The ex-Queen of
the Fr.neh, Queen Marie Amalie, accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of NetnouN,
the Count d'Lee, Doke d'Aleneon, and the Princess
Marguerite and suite, 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 Lori Raglan, and Lady Georgiana Lygon, daugh-
ter of General the Earl Beauchamp, was solemnised
yesterday morning, at St. Paul's Church, Knightsbridge.
Prince Napoleon is expected to arrive at Havre to-
nards the end of the present month from his excursion
to the Northern Ocean.
_ _

M. Jerome Bonaparte left the port of Havre yestenlay
for the United State 3, in the Arno steamer, bound fur
New York.

General d'Orgoni, alcornpaeying the Birman embassy
to Par's arrived yesterday at Lyons from Marseilles.
M. liossuth's sojourn in the Isle of Wight has done
much to improve and confirm his health. Ho proposes
to return to Scotland towards the end of next month.
GREAT WESTERN OF CANADA.—lriformattou ham been
received by telegraph from Montreal, that at the meet-
ing of the shareholders of this company held at Hamilton,
Canada West, on 11th instant, the directors married by
the shareholders in this country were duly elect, d, and
a dividend declared of 4 per cent, for the half-year.
THR UNITED STATES AND THE TREATY OF PARIS.--
A report has reached Paris yesterday that the United
State; have it in contemplaikon to form an alliance with
those European Powers, not parties to the treaty of
Parts, who may be disposed to adopt the additional ar-
title respecting the immunity of merchant vessels and
merchandise from capture even by men of war.
THE 100-GUN SUBSCRIPTION.—In-tractions have been
sent by the French G,)vernment to prefects of depart-
ments, in case the subscriptions for the guns of Alle,-
sandria, already opened in Paris by M. Mania, should
he extended to provincial towns, not to interfere with it
so long as it is carried on privately ; but if application
be made to them fcr permission they are not authorised
to grant it.

THE NAVIGATION OP THE NlLE.—Messrs. Chas. Mit•
ehell and Co., the extensive iron shipbuilders at Walker-
on-the-Tyne, are building five paddlewheel iron steamers
of a peou:iar construction and of light draught of water.
They are a p )rtion of a large fleet of iron tugs that are
building in this country for the Egyptian Steam Towing
Company—a company that had recently very liberal
concessions 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
~ff the roofs of several buildings, and uprooting or tear.
ing limb from limb the trees sta❑ding in its course. In an
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. Northload-street was
covered with fallen tiles and chimneys, and the stables
of the George Hotel suffered severely. It moved with
a,stoni,hing rapidity, producing a noise like a railway
train; but the breadth of its destructive infloence, 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 at the Custom house ? It was deposited in a
shell, rezularly booked and docketed ; but since that
period no one living can tell, except the parties con-
cerned, V* hat became of it, or where it was interred, as
oar correspondent affirms it was never heard of in
Ttiurles, 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 an important question in elucidation of the eventful
history of John Sadleir,--Carlow Sentinel.