The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVEINING, JAINUARY 11, lEE6.

SHARE DI RKE TS, This Day.

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ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Railways. I raid.lClosing Bucisoinnec.ss

'Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Cambrian.
Cork and 8and0n......
Cornwall
Dublin & Belfast Juno
Dun„Pertli,.& A b.Junc
ti. London, t erip

23 95
126 127
94 96
13 15
4 54
68 70
70 72

Do. -
G1a92,,0w dr. S. Western
Great Eastern, Ord.

111 113
41 i 2
7t El

Do. E. Angl: st. No. 2
Great North of Scotland,
Great Northern
DJ. A stock • •

12ii 127
145 i 46

Do. B stock

Do. New, is. at 25 pn.
GtS, and W. of Ireland
Gt. Western -Original
D S. Val. Rail gua.
Do. South Wales ....
Do. W. Mid.— Oxford,

91 93
58 fifsi

Do. Newpprt.

38 40
33 81
102 (04
1211 1121
89 91
101 103
36 38
48 :0
1241 1251
9k 15
42 t 3
132 134
21 21p
1 11p
100 102

Do. 8eref0rd........
Lancashire & Yorkshire
L3ndon and Blackwall
Lon., Brigh., & S Coast.
Lon., Chat., and Dover

DO. MetrOp. Ex. A
Lon. & North Western
Lon. & South Western
Man., Shet., & Lincoln
Metropolitan.
Do. New

Do. Extension
Metropolitan District
Do do. do.
Do. and St. John'sW'd
Midland
Do. £9 Share

100
3)
100
all
100
100
100
16.13.4

122} 123
11 ►,
94 V 4

Do, Birmin.. & Derby
lid Kent
North British
Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun
'Nth. Eastern—Berwick
Do. G.N•E purchase
Do. Leeds
Do. York
Do. Carlisle . . ...

57 59

Do. Stock. & Darling.

Do. do. 1860-61
:north London

Do. do. 18g .. ......

Do. do. 1863
North Staffordshire
N. & S. W. Junction
Scottish Central
Scot. N. E , Aber. stock
00. Scot, Mid. stJck
Shropshire Union
South Devon
south E stern
-Itaines, Wok., & Wok
gaff Vale
Do. C
Vale or Neath

Waterford & Kilkenny
Waterloo & Whitcha I
West Cornwall

BRITISH POSSE,

Atl an tic tiz St. Lawrence
IBorn..l3aroda. Ceu. In.

Du. 5 per cent
o. E shares
Buffalo & Lake Huron
Do Preference
Butr.,Brant,&Goderich
6 p.c. 872-3-
Calcutta & S. E.,
ave Town & Dock, gu.
Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p.
East. Ben,al, gu ' 5 do
East L ' ;diau 0.1.5 p.c.
Do J Extension
rand Trunk of Caned
Do. Equip. Mort, Sonde
1 charge 6 p.c
Do. Ist --ref. Bonds
Do. do. deferred
Do. 2d PAL Bonds
Do. do. deferred
Do. 3d Pref. stock
Do. do. defet red
Do. 4th Pref. stock

Do: do. deterred ....
Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c.
4 o. Gun. 5 per cent..

Do. New gtia. 5 p. c
(3 t. Soul h of India
gua. 5 per cent
D . 4f per cent

;70
.
; mat W, s. of Canada
Do. New ..
Do. 6 p. c. lids. pay 1873
Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8
Indian Branch, limited
Madras, gua. 5 p.c
Do. 41 do

Do. 4 do
Do. Filth Extensioi
nelb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds
Mel. & Hudson's flay
N. 111.C'da, 6pc Ist pf. bs
Scinde .
Do. Delhi
Do. do.
Do. Punjaub
Do.lndus St Flo 4° I

COLONIAL GO VER

British Columbia. 8 per'
cent., Dec. 31, 1572....
Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.Sc July

1877-84 -
Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug..
D sp. c. Mar. & Sept
Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July
Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk
Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873
Do.Apl.& Oct , 1890-1990
Do. do: 1830-9
Do. Jan.&J It9o-9
Do. sper cent. 15 April

and i 5 Oct., 11100 -
Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p. c
Do. 1878, do..

p. 0, 1813,
Jan. and July

Do. 1t478
Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov. I:
Do. 18115, Feb. & Auz..
Natal 6ov. 6 per cent..
N. H.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.ctil uly
N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 186 c
Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 187,6

Do. 5 P.c. 1888 to 189 r
New Zealand, 6 p. cent
Do. 5 per cent....
Nova Sc Ala Gcv. 6 p. c
sterling, 1875
queensland Gov. 6 p. c
5. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-VI
Do. 1878 & upwards
Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July
Do. do, April & Oct

100
100
100
all
100
100

100
110 G
2
100
100

MES

ISIONS.

53 60
92 10)
id 1p
6i GI
iu 11

75 80
99 101
60 70
100 102
100 101
1(0 102
par 4u
35 36

87 8)
67 69
57 62
68 61
52 57
46 50
42 46
31 36
a 35
100 1( 2

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1011 102.

16 'l6l
4 34
52 14
84 e 6

1 ha
9) 100
13 95
89 91

1.3 fis

82 81
/14 102
1011 102;

9s 99

T SECUIi

92 94
93 1,6
93 96
78 80
73 SO
191 193
194 106
104 106
105 107

90 92
10.) 102
104 le7

103 105
100 LOS
102 104
105 107
98 iOO
r 4
1.0 102
81 i 3
87 88
100 102
82 84

97 09
99i 100,

103 105

4"i I

1241 5
94 4
61f .
94133 2i
1
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100 g 100

1101
72 14

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LI 100; ;

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161 i

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Execution of the Convict Southey.

MAIDSTONE, Thursday.

This morning the prisoner Southey, who was
convicted of the murder of his wife and child at the
last Maidstone Assizes, underwent the extreme
penalty of the law in front of Maidstone Gaol.
Calcraft was the executioner. Owing to the bois-
terous state of the weather the crowd was not so
great as at former executions.

LAW INTEL LIGENCE —This ray.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENOIT.

, This being the first day of Hilary Term, the sitting of
the superior courts of law were resumed at West-
minster Hall. The Lord Chief Justice Cockburn,
and Justices Blackburn, Mellor, and Lush having
taken their seats on tho bench, Mr. Cripps, Mr.
Davidson, and Mr. Vernon Harcourt appeared in full cos-
tume, and the learned Chief having informed them
that her Majesty had been pleased to appoint
them to the dignity of Queen's Co unsel, they
would, therefore, [take their seats within the bar. Each
of the learned gentlemen did so, bowing first to the full
Court, and afterwards to the learned counsel by whom they
were surrounded.

The business of the courts this morning was confined to
notices for new trials, none of which, during the early part
of the day, possessed any feature of public interest.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
LOCOCK. V. COCHRANE.

In this case the will of the Dowager-Countess of Dun-
donald was propounded by Sir Charles Locock in opposi-
tion to a testamentary paper which it was stated her lady-
ship executed in Paris, and which entirely revoked the
provisions of the will sought to be established.
Sir Charles Locock said his acquaintance with Lady
Dundonald commenced in 1844. She was then in Eng-
land. Knew his lordship also very intimately. His lord-
ship was building a new steam engine which he thought
would produce him immense sums of money. Her ladyship
was then in treaty for the purchase of No. 8, Chesterfield-
street. He (witness) paid a large amount of money for the
fitting up of the house when taken. In 1846 he advanced
£2,000 to pay a bill due to the Messrs. Rogers. From
first to last he advanced about £5,400, upon which no in-
terest was paid. It had, however, been computed, and
taking the period from the first loan down to the last ad-
vance to amount to upwards of £8,600. Her ladyship
took the lease of the house in Phillimore-gardens, and
wishing a solicitor to act for her, she asked him to select
one. Ho told her the name of his own solicit(); Mr. White,
and she told him to send him to her ; and on one occasion
when he (witness) and Mr. White were present her lady-
ship said she wanted to talk about making her will. He
(witness) said he should withdraw, and ho accordingly
left. After that her ladyship went to Boulogne while cer -
fain decorations were made to the premises. The furni-
ture was sent to the Pantechnecon ; and some time afte r
her ladyship in the course of a conversation, she knowing
that he had then taken a large house, said, " Why don't
you have the furniture from the Pantechnicon for your
new house ? it costs £5O a year to keep it there ; it is all
yours already." The furniture was, under these circum-
stances, removed to his house during her ladyship's life-
time. Ho last saw her ladyship alive in June,
1864. She died in the year 1865. Before her
death her ladyship wrote to him to know who was her
executor. He wrote back telling her ladyship that she had
her will still in her possession, and that he was the sole
executor and legatee.

Mr. White said he was introduced to the late Dowager
Countess Dundonald in 1862. On one occasion Sir Chas.
Locock and herself were present, when her ladyship said
she wanted to talk about her will, and`Sir Charles said he
should withdraw. He did so, and then her ladyship said
she was under great pecuniary obligations to Sir Charles
Locock, and that she wished to indemnify him and make him
secure. He took her instructions, and pointed out that her
family were not mentioned, in which she replied that their
father had provided for them, and that the debt of honour
due to Sir Charles must be paid. He drew up the draft of
a will making Sir Charles solo legatee and executor, and
sent it to her ladyship for approval. Her ladyship kept
the draft, thinking it was the formal will. Her ladyship
was residing at Phillimore Gardens, when the draft will
was sent to her.

Tho affidavit of Dr. Hope, a physician practising in
Rome, was then read. It went on to state that her ladyship
had told him that she had made a will, and had not left
her children one penny. She said she had contracted a debt
of honour to Sir C. Locock, and that she had made over
the whole of Ler furniture and property to him. Ho never
alluded to the testamentary paper spoken to as executed in
January. He had no doubt that the testatrix at the time
he spoke of was quite able to form a sound opinion.
The two attesting witnesses to the testamentary paper,
which quite revoked the provisions of the will made in
favour of Sir C. Locock, were here examined, but both of
them stated that they did not see the testator affix her
signature to the paper, and that it was not on it when they
signed it. One of the witnesses was a page, who at the
time he was called on to sign tho paper was under 15 years
of ago.

There was no opposition on the part of the lion. Horace
Cochrane to probate of the will proposed by Sir Charles
Locock.

His Lordship granted probate of the will, and rejected
the testamentary papers signed in France.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day.

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WANDSWORTH.

ALLEGED KIDNAPPING By GIPSIES.—COMMITTAL TO A
REFORMATORY.-A boy, whose clothes were all rags, and
gavo the name of John Matthews, was finally examined on
a charge of begging.

The case presented some very curious features. The
boy was under 14 years of age, and could neither read nor
write. He represented that he was brought away from
Peterboro' by gipsies, who took all his good clothes away
from him. On the first examination a gipsy woman from
the camp in the York road, Battersea, stated that she
picked the boy up at some races, and that he had been
with her ever since. She also represented that she did not
know his right name, but since he had been with her he
had gone by her name, that of Matthews. The boy, on
the second examination, expressed a wish not to return to
the gipsies, and he was remanded for him to be sent to a
reformatory, the police of Spalding having sent a letter
giving him an indifferent character, and that he was
neglected by his father.

On this occasion the boy at last admitted that his name
was John MUerness, and that his father was a member of
a Baptist chapel.
Mr. Dayman then sent him to a Refuge for Homeless
and Destitute Boys, in Mansell-street, Whitechapel, for a
period of five years. He told the prisoner that he would
have an opportunity of going to school, and becoming a
good member of society.
The prisoner did not seem to approve of the arrangement,
for he commenced to cry, and said ho was going to be sent
to a reformatory.

Dayman said he was not to be sent to a reformatory,
but to a school, and it all depended upon his good conduct
whether they kept him. He would be taught a trade, and
if he only paid attention they would make a man of him.
The boy was then removed.

The reporter understood that the magistrate had kindly
forwarded a donation of 20 guineas from the poor-box to
the society, which had received other destitute boys from
the court.

MARKETS—This Day.
—o.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE.

Our market to-day was fairly supplied with beasts in
but middling condition. Prime breeds sold at full prices,
but inferior stots was very dull at late rates. The top
figure was ss. per 81bs. There was a fair demand for
sheep, the show of which was moderato at Monday's cur-
rency. The best Downs valued Gs. Bd. per 81bs. Calves
were a slow injury on former terms, viz., from 4s. to ss.
per 81bs. The supply was by no means extensive. For
pigs tho inquiry ruled steady at full prices. Milch cows
were very dull.

GREAT SNOW STORY.

The Lord Mayor and the Jewish Community.

Yesterday, at half-pastone o'clock, an interesting
ceremony took place at the Mansion-house. Sir
Anthony Rothschild, at the head of an influential
deputation of citizens of London of the Jewish
nation, attended there by appointment to present
an address of congratulation to the Lord Mayor,
representing for that purpose the congregation of
the Great Synagogue. The deputation, beside Sir
Anthony Rothschild, was composed of Professor
Walcy, Mr. Sampson Samuel, the mover, and Mr.
Joshua Alexander, the seconder of the address, Mr.
Louis Cohen, Mr. Lazarus, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. 11.
Moses, Mr. Samuel Moses, Mr. Leopold Moses, Mr.
Jonas, Mr. Lionel L. Cohen, Mr. Alix, and Dr.
Benisch, the editor and proprietor of the Jewish
Chronicle. They were received, with every mark of
consideration and respect, in the principal State
apartment of the Mansion-house by the Lord Mayor,
who was accompanied on the occasion by his lord-
ship's only daughter, Mrs. Barnett.

At the request of Sir Anthony Rothschild, the
address, which had been unanimously adopted by
the influential body from which it emanated, was
read as follows by Mr. Jacob Waley, M.A., Profes-
sor of Political Economy at the. University of
London :

" To THE RIGHT HON. BENJAMIN SAMUEL PHILLIPS,

LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.
" We, the Vestry of the Great Synagogue in spe-
cial meeting assembled, desire to convey to your
lordship our heartfelt congratulations, and those of
the congregation who were present, on your entering
on the functions of the Mayoralty. As an esteemed
colleague in this Vestry, we recall with pleasure the
many proofs of attachment to this Synagogue and
of interest in its welfare which your lordship has
evinced, and we observe with gratification the emi-
nent place which you have attained in the public
esteem, and the universal satisfaction which has at-
tended your elevation to the chief magistracy of
London. Mindful of your lordship's long and
honourable association with the Corporation of the
city of London, we share in the general confidence
that you will maintain with dignity and distinction
the high and responsible trust with which you have
been invested by your fellow-citizens. We respect-
fully offer to your lordship our earnest wishes that
the Almighty may vouchsafe to you health and
strength in the fulfilment of your duties, as well as
prosperity and happiness to the Lady Mayoress and
to all your family.
" Signed on behalf of the Vestry of the Great
synagogue,

"A. ROTHSCHILD, 1
" JACOB WALEY I
IVardens.
" E. ALIX,
" L

...lONEL L. COTTEN,.
" HMIS MOSES, Treasurer.
" V. LAZARUS, Overseer.
" SIMEON OPPENHEIM, Secretary.'
The address was magnificently written and em
blazoned on vellum, and Professor Waley, in pre-
senting it, took occasion to express, in very graceful
terms, the pleasure afforded him personally in liaing
been chosen as the medium for conveying the senti-
ments of the community towards the Lord Mayor.
The LORD MAYOR, speaking at times with evi-
dent emotion, said—Gentlemen, as you- may very
naturally suppose, I am deeply touched by the
very kind and generous spirit in -which this ad-
dress has been conceived by the members of the
Vestry, and still more so by the graceful manner
in which Professor Waley has been good enough to
present it. I confess that in the position which I
have the honour to occupy I have had many testi-
monies of respect and esteem—l may venture to
say, perhaps, from all classes—but, I state most
unaffectedly and most sincerely, none that I can so
thoroughly treasure as the one which you have now
done me the honour to present. I cannot but recall
to my recollection that with this congregation I have
been connected from my childhood, in all the varied
phases of my life. My family, from their earliest
settlement in this country, have been attached to
the congregation. I think, if lam not mistaken,
the connexion of my great-uncle, the late Mr. Moses
Samuel, with the congregation dates over a century
—(hear, hear)—and from that period to the present
in a direct line my family have always felt, and I
hope always will feel, the deepest interest in its wel-
fare. Gentlemen, to a kind Providence I have much
to be grateful for, in having been selected from
among a numerous family to be, perhaps, a prospe-
rous, and—l hope I may not say it with any degree
of vanity—a useful member of society. (Hear.) We
as a community have many reasons to congratulate
ourselves, for from my earliest connexion with the
Corporation of the city of London, dating over some
20 years, I have never heard a single word that could
wound the most sensitive mind, and my opinions
and prejudices have always been honoured and re-
spected. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, it would be
affectation in me to deny that the community of
Jews are much indebted, not to me personally, but
to their representative men. Believe me, proud as
is the position I occupy, it has not been won by
supineness or by indolence; and while it has ever
been my duty to regard sacredly the opinions of
others, I never have, and I never shall do so, at the
expense of my own. (Hear, hear.) Representing
as I do the citizens at large, I hope you will be
assured that I shall respect and appreciate the
interests and the liberties of all sections, and I sin-
cerely trust that I shall never be unmindful of
my own. Gentlemen, I can only offer you once
more my grateful obligations for this very dis-
tinguished compliment, and I trust, regarding it in
the kind and liberal spirit in which it is tendered,
that I may continue to merit the goodwill and
friendship of every member of the community with
which I have the honour to be associated. (Hear.)
At the conclusion of the ceremony the Lord
Mayor, with his daughter, led the way to the Vene-
tian Parlour, where the deputation took luncheon,
and after an interchange of compliments—the Lord
Mayor taking occasionto speak of the large-hearted
benevolence of Sir Anthony ROthschild, and espe-
cially as the generous benefactor of all the charities
of the Jewish community in London, and to refer
to the labours of the amiable, learned, and pious
Dr. Adler, their spiritual head—the guests, about
20 in number, took their leave.

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS DE
CHARTRES.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess do Chartres
was safely delivered of a prince yesterday morning at
Morgan House, Ham-common, in the presence of their
Royal Highnesses the Count and Countess de Paris and
the Princess de Joinville. Drs. Priestley- and Gu6neau
de Mussy, and Mr. Izod, of Esher, were in attendance.
Her royal highness and the infant prince are doing well.
The Crown Princess ofj Prussia has been suffer-
ing from the effects of a severe cold during the past few
days. The Crown Prince, who has been labouring under
bronchitis, has now nearly recovered.
The Duke of Hamilton is expected to leave
town to-morrow for Germany to meet his mother and
sister at Baden-Baden.
The Earl and Countess of Derby
are not ex_
pected in town till the last week in the present month.
The noble earl has quite recovered from his attack of
gout.
Molesvorth entertained at dinner last
evening his Excellency the Count A
ru the Duke of
PP°ll3l, his Excel-
lency the Baron and the Baroness BAu
Loftus, the
Duchess of St. Alban's and Ladnnow,
Diana Beauclerk,
Alban's, his Excellency Lord
Beauclerk, the
go
Marshioness of Ely, the Right llon. W. E. Gladstone,
M.P., the Eight Hon. Sir Robert Peel, M.P., the Right
the Bar on e
lion. Milner Gibson, M.P.,l'RanobdertßaLroonwees,sm.r.
Fer-
dinand do Rothschild, the Right lin.
and Mr. Delano.

General Sir James Chatterton, Bart., K.C.8.,
is daily improving in health. • He has recently undergone
a severe surgical operation.
The Rev. A. M. Morgan has arrived at the
Alexandria Hotel from Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Mr. Alan Stewart has arrived at the Alexandria
Hotel from Gloucester.
TIIE MARRIAGE OF LORD CHARLES INNES KER.
—The marriage of the youngest son of the Duke and
Duchess of Roxburghe, and Miss Blanche Williams,
daughter of Colonel Williams, M.P. for Great Marlow,
will be celebrated in London on Monday next, and suit-
able rejoicings, for which arrangements are in progress,
will take place on the Itoxburgho estates. In Kelso also,
where Lord Charles is exceedingly popular, the event will
be celebrated by a public dinner, while at F100r,3, the
principal residence of the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe,
all the workpeoplo aro invited to a dinner and ball.
THE SWEDISH CounT.—A grand ball, which
took place at Stockholm in the Palace of the Bourse to
celebrate the New Year, was of the most brilliant kind.
The King, the Queen Dowager, the Duke and Duchess of
Ostrogothia, and the Duke of Dalecarlia were present.
During !he grand promenadeof the cotillon, the King and
the Dukes of Ostrogothia and Dalecarlia each conducted
three ladies of the citizen-class, whilst the Queen Dowager
and the Duchess of Ostrogothia were led by three gentle-
men holding municipal employment.

STATE OF TRADE.

CARDIFF, Jan. 9.—The collieries of the district
are gradually getting into regular work after the
Christmas holidays, but the output is not yet quite
so large as it will be in a week or two. For steam
coal there is a good foreign demand, and the stocks
held on the continent, excepting in one or two in-
stances, are stated to be below the average. The
prospects of the spring trade are decidedly encou-
raging, more particularly as regards the Continental
and West India markets. Up to the commence-
ment of this week the house coal trade has not been
so active as expected, and orders were rather
scarce. This arose mainly through the compara-
tively mild season keeping down the consumption,
but the change of weather for the last two or three
days has already
,brought about an increased in-
quiry. New house coal collieries are about to be
opened in the Rhoudda and Ely valleys. Since the
preliminary meeting of ironmasters greater firm-
ness has characterised the iron trade, and in some
instances higher prices have been obtained. Ameri-
can agents are stipulating for earlier deliveries than
usual, owing, no doubt, to the anticipated advance
in the import tariff. Tin plates show an upward
tendency, and charcoal I. C. are quoted 325. 6d. at
the works, and other qualities in proportion.
LEICESTER, 10th.—The hosiery trade is yet quiet,
it being too early in the new year for any real de-
velopment of business. The market is, however,
healthy. The absence of winter weather continues
to operate against the sale of goods usually in de-
mand at this time of the year. In the rural dis-
tricts business is flat, and the operatives only par-
tially employed. Worsted yarns are without im-
portant alteration in price. The wool-market
continues firm, and high prices are quoted.
NOTTINGHAM, 10th.—There is very little altcra•-
tion in the lace trade. The high rate of discount
checks speculation, and most branches of the trade
have been rather quiet during the past few days.
The cotton branch is without improvement, there
being very little doing in either the plain or fancy
departments. Black silk laces are finishing to a
small extent. The new edging trade continues ex-
tremely dull. There is a little doing in silk Mech-
lins and quillings, and an improvement in the
demand of all kinds of goods is expected, shortly.
The hosiery trade remains very active. There is a
good home demand, and shipping orders are still
plentiful. The workpeople are fully employed, and
good wages are received. Yarns arc firm, at high
rates.

The Iron Trade.

WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday Evening.

The first of the quarterly assemblies of the iron-
masters of this district for the current year and
quarter was held in this town this afternoon. The
attendance was small, and no appearance of anima-
tion was manifested ; scarcely any of the exporting
houses were represented, and the few buyers present
postponed their engagements until the meeting at
Birmingham on Thursday. The stringency which
now prevails in the money market, and the uncer-
tainty with regard to the future in that respect,
have undoubtedly exercised a chilling influence on
the trade; but, notwithstanding the drawback, it is
not by any means in an unsatisfactory state. All
the principal works have been tolerably well engaged.
For marked iron the price list has been obtained,
and the second-class firms and makers have been
getting prices much nearer to the regulation scale
thanwas the case at the commencement of last quar-
ter, when there was a difference of £l, and even as
much as 255. per ton. The exception to this is with
respect to sheet iron, as to which the trade in this
locality is in anything but a satisfactory state.
One of the principal topics of conversation at the
meeting to-day was the speculation going on at the
latter part of last quarter in anticipation of an ad-
vance in the price of iron. There is not now anypro-
bability (if ever there was) that a movement in that
direction will take place; but the condition of the
trade for the next three months will very much de-
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tain would be compromised, though they have not
themselves speculated. In these circumstances, the
turn which matters may take in this respect is looked
for with much interest, not unmixed with anxiety.
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The market for pig-iron was reported firm ; the
forgemen having had their turn, the pigmasters have
now the best of it. Staffordshire pig, all mine, was
quoted to-day at £4, but that may be regarded as
a top price. Cold-blast iron, Shropshire, is £5 per
ton.

The men in different parts of the district are
restless, and manifest a spirit of insubordination ;
it is thought that they are meditating fresh demands
on the slightest indication of any improvement in
the trade, and, as past experience has shown there
is no limit to their folly, it will be no matter for
surprise if some move is attempted.