Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1882-08-26 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

CLEVELAND IRON MARKET.  MIDDLIIIIBROLIGH, Tuesday.  The pig iron market, though satisfactory in tone, was quiet, partly because people ha re , bought and sold as much as they care to do at present, and, besides, they are waiting until something definite is deoided relative to the continuanse of the restriction of the output over the winter months. A good many contradictory reports have been in circulation relative to this matter, but as far as the Cleveland Irontuasters are concorned they are perfectly willing that the arrangements shad be renewed, indeed at their meeting this morning they decided that the restriction shall continue provided the Scotch makers are agreeable, as no doubt they will be, seeing that the arrangement has been more advantageous to them than to the Cleveland trade, and to resume the old rate of output in the face of the winter sealsoll would work disastrously for them. We may, therefore, look for a smaller rate of output being maintaind till the end of March next, and the chances are that prices will be kept up if not further iscreased. Prices have been stiff to-day, the majority of makers taking nothing less than 44s 63 for prompt f.o.b. deliveries of No. 3 G,/t1.8., but some of the outside makers are even accepting as low as 44s for that quality, delivery over next month, and this is the figure at which the merchants are doing business. Forge iron is 43s in second hands, but large sales are not recorded, as manufacturers have bought as much as will enable them to carry on for some time to come. Warrahts are quite out of favour at present, and cannot be sold except 43s 6d is taken for No. 3, and there are very few buyers indeed at that figure, people preferring makers' iron whenever they can get it. The stock of Cleveland pig iron in Connal's stores to-day is 117,351 tons, a decrease of 65 tons on last Tuesday, and scarcely any iron is now being sent into store. Our shipments continue very good indeed, in fact, they are one-third better than they were during the first three weeks of last month, and Scotch shipments .are also very satisfactory, while stocks in both distriets are being materially reduced to the evident advantse*,e of the , trade, which cannot be healthy as long as there is such an immense amount of iron held. The finished Iron trade shows no change, but is very firm, and prices remain , at the same figures as last week—namely, , £6 its to £7 for ship plates ; £6 5s for angles; £6 5s for bars; £8 for sheets, all less .2i per cent, discount for cash on 10th. For steel the demand is very quiet, and prices are unchanged. The oast iron trade is also  MULBOUILNIE Errodionow.—The Anglo-American hope and Oakum Company, Liverpool, have been awarded first order of merit and silver medal for machine-spun oakum,—Livorpooi Journal of _CoinMOW  As the 10.5 train from Birmingham was entering Low Level station, Wolverhampton, on Monday morning, the engine and one (mach left the rails. Two carriages were overturned, killing the driver, Geo. Webb, and seriously injuring three passengers. The Sheffield Coroner held an inquest on Wednesday on Thomas Billam, a youth; who died last Sunday from bloodipoisoning. The lad played in a cricket match at Darnall a fortnight since, and was struck on the knee with a cricket ball, and although he felt nothing for some days, blood poisoning set in, and he died. His system otherwise was quite free from disease. The execution of William Turner, a collier, from Skelmersdale, for the murder of his wife on the 23rd of June last, took place on Monday morning within the precincts of Kirkdale gaol, Liverpool. Marwood was the executioner. The re. porters were refused admission to the gaol, and the only intimation they had that the execution had taken place was the hoisting of the black flag over the gaol. Marwood gave Turner a long drop, and death was instantaneous. The execution was witnessed by Mr Woodcock, the Under Sheriff for Lancaster, and Captain Leggett, Governor of the gaols  "