The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-14 00:00:00

50/. Plate. A. F.

Mildew. 3 yrs; Little Jack, 3 yrs; Nutmeg, 3 yrs;
Beauclerck, 5 yrs; f by Muley Moloch, dam by Camel, 3
yrs; Glauca, 4 yrs; Pitsford, 3 yrs; The Swede, 3 yrs;
Kissaway, 4 yrs.
Plate of 501. T.Y.C. First class.
Ischia, Cane by Venison, Gay Lass, Paquette, Hazy,
Theseus, c out of Odessa, brother to Truth-teller.
50/. Plate. T.Y.C. Second class.
F out of Eunuch's dam; Turtle, Prestige—Drome-
dary colt, Labyrinth, f out of Earring, f out of Mangel
Wurtzel, c out of Empress.
Sweepstakes. T.Y.C.
Honeycomb, 4 yrs; Whitstone, 5 yrs; Preslaw, 3 yrs;
Hazy, 2 yrs.
For the 50 soya. Sweepstakes, for three yrs old fillies,
Cora, Arethusa filly, and Narbonne are scratched.
The Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux walked over for
the 200 FM. Stakes.
Lord Eglinton's Omits has arrived for the Clear-
well Stakes, &c.
LATEST BETTING.
CLEARWELL.
6 to 5 apt Prime Minister 13 to 1 agst Confidence (t)

CESAREWITCH.

7 to 4 agst Landgrave
5 to 1 eget Backbiter

I 11 to 1 agst Essedariva
1 20 to 1 agst Mulgrave

CAMBRIDGESIIIRE.
9 to 2 offered against Landgrare.
LATEST BETTING.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
CLEARWELL STAKES.
7 to 4 agst Prime Minister
5 to 2 agst Confidence
CESAREWITCH STAKES.
7 to 4 agst Landgrave
5 to 1 agst Backbiter
DERBY.
6 to 1 agst Grecian
14 to 1 agst Prime Minister
IS to 1 agst Teddington

IRON-MASTERS' QUARTERLY
MEETING.
DUDLEY, SATURDAY Nicarr.—The ironmasters'
quarterly meetings terminated this evening as gloomily
as they commenced on Tuesday ; for the fear is that
prices, low and unremunerative as they are, cannot or
will not be maintained. It is clear to those who, from
their long and extensive connexion with the staple
trade of South Staffordshire, ought to be the most
competent judges upon such a question, that the pre-
tent depression is not owing to any material reduction
in the demand for British iron for home consumption.
With the exception of rails and other descriptions re-
quired for railway purposes,
Scotch and Welsh rivalry
may, however, affect South Staffordshire prices, al-
though they are higher than they were seven years
ago. The manufacturers and factors of Birmingham
(lare consumers of South Staffordshire iron) are at
the present moment fully employed, and trade is un-
usually brisk. Moreover, Mr. Scholefield, M.P., him-
self an extensive merchant, having the best opportuni-
ties information upon the subject, at a
held on Friday last, said, " When
hptiueebsllooic meeting,theofkeodbatatinin
present state of Birmingham as re-
garded its prosperity he found that this prevailed to
a very large extent ; indeed many persons asserted
that there had been few seasons when the industrious
population were so well
employed." It is a strange
anomaly. Birmingham prosperous and the iron dis-
tricts of South Staffordshire unemployed.
In the event of a reduction of make, which no doubt
will generally be adopted, the workpeople of the iron
districts must of necessity be great sufferers, but we
are happy to state that the future condition of the
men has not escaped the attention of the masters.
When there is an excess of production there must be
in manufactures an excess of labour. It is
partly out
of consideration for the working classes that the
masters have preferred reducing the make of iron
to the reduction of wages. The former will be less
felt by the iron-men, and appears to be the
to
more
acceptable mode by which they will be compelled
participate in the condition of their employers. The
men, as far as we have been able to judge, appreciate
the motives of their masters and as yet no symptoms
of discontent have been exhibited.