The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-01 00:00:00

Middling 123. good middling 1

ACcottiiti from country more discouraging as to average

- The Birmingham Gazette of to-day contains the fol-
lowing gloomy review of the iron trade :
The prospects of this trade for the approaching quarterly
meetings and the ensuing winter months are far from Satifi-
.

factory, A general impression is felt that a large and univer-
sal reduction of make is required to open a way for any im-
provement.
t. ,b
the
thishaec sheets tusa
tl.tra
provenient. The preliminary meeting of our Staffordshire iron
masters was held at Wolve r h a m p tsestoynde
iateofi
iril
an f
irsel
tilieco (of
i tThursdayrf(gloor:terticsatcte\e proposedlvstl , ahies
ls,est, these
, the
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only.
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so
sorry
scarcely so well attended as is usually the case. The position of
7del sb.y' transaction lan 1 of
general busi-
ness.
the trade was carefully discussed, and a resolution was declared
that prices should remain as last quarter—Lominally, bars and
.6
to
persevered in with good faith,
waarabent(
abandonment
improving'l
u reduction
ntoi
o": °Il ).
fitnomi irt mii
ekhns works;
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rlwaedlesde ofbl
mitt htai
are
d rods
o.tr6p perrtvi
st oeiny,
adhered
:se.:
alternative will be such a reduction of wages, and a partial
to learn that both here and in Scotland some parties are
still preparing to put in blast more furnaces, and that
works for some time standin,,<, have been re-opened, while
sales of pigs, bars, rails, and sheets are continual! coming to
light at deplorably ruinous prices. Itfanufactures are con-
sidered to be comparatively in a better position than producers of
the raw material; but, from their own statements, it would
appear that the most favourably circumstanced are working
without profit;
that
shortly be effected, great apprehensions are entertained.
another season of widely-extended difficulties is inevitably
approaching. and unless some Iteration for the better can

weight

RETURN FROM THE ARCTIC REGIONS

Master Commander J
Sir John Franklin and the Arctic expedition, arrived at Spit-
ship
head at 10 40 on Saturday morning. We wish that we could
SaHunedrer:%l,6leAtiyAs outN itnh May,Star, 18 49 with provisions for
report any tidings of Sir John Franklin, but unhappily upon
this important subject the North Star's log is an entire blank.
She left the ice on the 9th of September, in 60 deg. N. lati-
tude, and 60 deg. W. longitude, rounded Cape Farewell on the
17th September, and came into Spithead by the Needles,
On the 30th of August the North Star saw and spoke to the
schooner l'rince Albert, Commander Forsyth, in Possession-
bay. On the 31st the North Star sent a boat to the Prince
Albert, when Commander Forsyth came on board and reported
that he had also been to Port Nettle, but had not been able
to enter for the ice, and had found one of the American ships
sent out to search for Sir John Franklin ashore in liar-
row's Straits, that he Lad tendered assistance, which had been
declined by the American commander, as, his ship being unin-
jured, he believed his own crew competent to get her off.
Commander Forsyth reported that Captain Austin had o-
ceeded to Pond's-bay in the Intrepid, tender to the Assist
to land letters. The North Star went on to Pond's-ba • • -
could not find any indications of Captain Austin's havin. .
there. It is conjectured that he had passed the appointe.. !i,
in a fog. The North Star's periple suffered much fr. • ;
intense cold, D>it has only lost lire hands by ber periloiaut