The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1874-12-19 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

WOLVE BRAMPTON AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE HARDWARES. WOLVERHAMPTON, Tues,ay. —As a general rule the manufacturers are well occupied, and the orderbooks give an assurance of sustained activity until the turn of the new quarter. The tone of business is particularly health on account of the Australian and New Zealand Inarke's, and the Cape orders for emigrants' requirements, which have been of fair extent for some time past, afford every promise of continuance during the next quarter. The local shippers of hardware to the United States report that their latest advices from that market are more encouraging. Quotations are without much actual change, but the general tendency is weak. Some few exceptions are, however, to be noted as the result of increased cost of material or 'wages concessions to workpeople, as instances may be mentioned an advance of £2 per ton in zinc pails, and one of five per cent, in some classes of wrought. iron nails. The Wolverhampton hollow-ware founders are steadily engaged in the tinned and enamelled branches, and for builders' requisite:, in foundry work, and also for general castings, the manufacturers' order books arc for the present tolerably se 11 filled. The tin. plate ware manufacturers are steadily occupied on orders for season requisites, both of japanned and painted descriptions. The Willenhall lock trade is buoyant in all tne principal departments, and complaints are arising as to the scarcity of skilled labour. Bolts (tower and barrel) are in fair request, and prices are steady and uniform. The wrought-iron tube manufacturers report business quiet in all but the gas tube branch, in which the requirements of the season naturally cause a little more to be doing. The engineering ironwork establishments in this neighbourhooh are in moderately steady operation, nothing like actual buoyancy having been experienced in this direction for some little time past. The marine and naval ironwork manufacturers on the Dudley side of the ilistrict complain of the restrictions imposed by recent legislation as to the testing of anchors and cables. order of ''  order of the Earl of Dudley, who has taken a new lease of the far-famed Black Mount Deer Forest, and the fisbing,s connected therewith, inclined passages have been cut in the rock forming the Falls of the Orchy for the free run of salmon. At the Barnsley Town Hall, on Monday, a miner named John Heeley, living at New Wombwell, was committed to prison for six mouths, three separate charges of brutally assaulting his wife having been proved against him. The case was the more painful from the fact that the man's ill usage had led his wife to attempt suicide, and upon that charge she was remanded in custody.  A correspondent informs us that a terrible gale prevailed during Saturday night and Sunday oil Hartlepool, which was attended with fearful loss of life, The wind was north-east, and the sea tremendous. From daylleht the lifeboats were continuously on duty, and also the rocket brigade. The hooner Lady of the Lake and the French barque Francais appeared in the offing soon after nine o'clock, when the steamer Thomas and Mary ran out to their assistance. They endeavoured to keep the Bea, but about noon the Francais ran among the breakers on the north sands, when the tog offered a tow, which she refused, and again stood out to sea, as did the Lady of the Lake. which at two o'clock entered the old harbour safely, after twice striking the bar. Thousands of people now crowded the cliffs to witness the man, ruvres of the Francais, which had now approached the Yorkshire site of the bay BO closely that it was feared she would drive ashore at Redcar, but she bore round, and about four o'clock passed the end of Longsear reef safely. The excitement was new intense, and the tug Amelia put off to assist taking her tow line near the bar. This soon snapped, and she drove ashore on Middletcn lie .ch. The rocket apparatus was instantly despatched, and two lifeboats pulled out to the rescue; but the surf was so heavy, they could not approach her closely. At dark the first rocket was fired, but it fell short, and of five sue ceeding ones two went right over her, but the crew, in ignorance of its use, clung helplessly to the Wherdef 1 Total was from Total wreck. The lifeboats vainly endeavoured to Receipts. Highway, Ex penal- . approach. About seven o'clock, one man leaped Rate . Rte. 1 tare. ' into the surf, and was rescued. His name is Ruscogne. Soon after wet ds, a second, supposed to 779 776 757 be the captain, arid a boy, about twelve, were 2162 2112 2200 waFhed ashore. The former was still alive, but in 2153 2126 2352 spite spite of every effort, he soon expired. The 36152 al-17 2) 27 3', 4 309 452 remainder of th.• crew mere all drowned. 713 706 633 The brigantine Arcadia of Truro, was totally . wrecked at South Shields, on Saturday. John 1202 747 76' Birkenshaw, mate, and William Gay, were killed 57 I 571 626 , by the mainmast falling. 35,1 WI.