Widnes Examiner. — 1883-03-10 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

LANCASHIRE LION TRADE.—Although the actual ullginess doing was only limited, generally a better feeling Was noticeable in the Iron market on Tuesday. There was ra • "0 Inquiry for pig iron, and makers reported more favourable offers than they have been receiving of late. In Lan%shire pig iron moderate sales have been made on the basis 01 the Minimum price of 46s 6d, less 2-1 for forge and :Pundry qualities delivered equal to Manchester, and at a. Tye uncier this figure fairly large offers have beau submitted. District makers having booked a tolerably large illlantity of iron at the recent low prices, at which there are eotsiderable offers in the market, are showing a disposition hold for rather more money, and now want fully 45s 6d ~l)r Lincolnshire forge and 47s for foundry qualities less 2i "Slivered equal to Manchester. For Derbyshire brands rnakers ask 485 to 49$ less 2i delivered here, but there are /13)(0) sales reported, and the advanced rates which Middlesb.r°,tlgll makers were asking to-day checked the limited hr f. 'fleas which has been doing in north country brands. h'e manufactured iron trade continues very quiet, but there a°? further giving wap. in prices, £6 5s remaining the -"inium quotation for bars delivered in the Manchester district.  Mr. John Jones, registrar of the Swansea County ' t , died on Monday in the Court building. The large ironworks at Briton Ferry, the closing of which caused so much distress in the district, are about to be restarted. Early on Saturday morning the body of Private John Maher, of the sth Dragoon Guards, now stationed at Fulford Barracks, York, was found floating in the river Foss. The Admiralty have awarded to Captain Morgan Singer, NN., the good service pension of £l5O a year, rendered vacant by the retirement, on the Ist instant, of Captain S. P. Townsend, RN. The herring fishing at Girvari last week was unprecedentedly heavy. The entire catch is estimated at 30,000 baskets, and 500 trucks laden with fresh fish were despatched to the markets by special trains. A COLLIERY on FlRE.—Owing to an extensive fire in one of the roadways, the Pelsall Hall Colliery, near Walsall, has been closed, and over 200 persons are thrown out of work. The fire is supposed to be due to spontaneous combustion. A largely atteiftlea meeting of Caledonian Railway servants was held at Glasgow on Sunday, and they unanimously agreed to accept the promises made by the company through their general manager (Mr. Thomson), and to return to their duty . Mrs. Stanger, the rife of the missing baker in St. Luke's, was yesterday sentenced to twelve months imprisonmen for giving false evidence on behalf of the man Sturam who forged her husband's name and is suspected of having murdered him. The Grosvenor Gallery was open to the members of the Sunday Society on Sunday, each member having the privilege of introducing a friend. The gallery was open from six o'clock until half-past eight, during which 720 persons passed through the turnstiles. As some workmen were excavating in a field belonging to Dover College, which originally was attached to the ancient priory in St. Martin's-lane, they discovered a handsome massive gold bracelet of antique design. Several urns and other relics of antiquity have been found near to the same spot.