... Tho first annual general meeting of the Wedgwvood Coal and Iron Company was held at the North Staffordshire RaEiway 11tol, Stoke-on-Trejet, on the 29th ult. Thle chair was occupiod by Alexander Burnes Anderson, Esq., tlie clairman of the com any, who, upon moving thre adoption of thle report, said the docuront wa .,ry full ono. Tho directoe, h'd. exaggerated nothingr, and there was nothing ...

... BIRMINGIIAM SHARE LIST-YESTI;DAY A c~ ?? Anmt. P P COVPANIES. one. 1 10 Dl RAILnneAy, Buy. ?? 10 1 ro WSuburb .- Stoeck lS Lon don and North-'West.. -- -itockc 100 DItto , r.. and S. V.,. ataick 200 frln atoe [ k 100 D o rZ an d D erb y .. _ _ 20 20 btr2tordon-tve. . Stock 100 L. & N. W., 1'ref. (S.Staf. 03 10 i10 Redditrl,.-3 0tock 100 Shreivetury an .. ..eford _ _ 10 10Wet and Severn ...

... THE EAST AND WEST JUNCTION COMP'ANY v. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday, the Railway Commission appointed to hear this application resunmed their sitting. Mr. Field called Ar. Pearson, who was the general manager of the Great Western Company, who stated that they had given to tire East and West Junction Company it through rate for iron ore; there was also the same rate given to the station ...

... BiljMiINGHAM SHARE LIST.--YESTElDAY. Amt. P-1. ~ ~ ~ ~ I C osing Bnsi'less Amt-l1l 1 COMPANIES. Prices. Dons. RAIL W A YS fy | SeD| 10 10 Ilirmn A. Suburb ?? Stolt 100 7oLdlon and Nortil-West. - - Stock2 '100 11Llln 35THrdS.X .1 Stock 100 Ditto, BW. ?? Milnd.1) 1 Stock :ioo 1311cc, 3tir, anld Dwerby. _ _ _ Stock '100 Nortilad ?? _ .. _ Stock 100 Shropoihiro Union . _ 20 20 'Stratford-onntvon . ...

... I Business is virtually at ao standstill in the local coal and iron :trades ponding the adjustment of tho wages ques- tions, the most serious and pressing of which is that which has arisen between the colliers and their employers with reference to the proposed reduction of Is. and 9d. per day in the thickc and thin coal districts rospec- tivoly. In the Cannock district the strike which ...

... (10.ERCIAL AND MONETARY. I rv-- -. CAM 1 t . 17brre. olm at.1 [Irrom our UZEy %Arr-Ttavgswpv.-j LoNE ON, Tuesday Evening. There has been no improvement ?? demand, 51tbogh it is not improbable that the demand for silver far the East will impart a firmer tendensy to the market. gse supply of money shows no diminution, and best three meeths' billsaro still taken at from 3.1 to 3% per cent. At the ...

... I Ad LONDON09 C1i. -Last week's supplies Nvere moderate of all grain. British vheat, 3,305 quarters; foreign, 18,145 quartaer. Exports. 3,050 quarters. The showv of freslh ?? this norning from Es;sex and Kinet was limited, tile condition being good. Fine samplas went off slowly, at the prices of this ilav week. The foreign traise sas less actiso than on Frldavy last, but the advante of is, ...

... BULMINGHATN SaARE LIST.-. YrsTzWm&Y. Amt. |Pd. COMPANTIES* ! pi I dnes ?? ~ ?? , _e RA. IL WA YS. 10 RUINAILY. 10 Birm. W. Suburb. 100 Loneon and Nortih-West. 100 Dltto,B,,,W end S.V ?? 100 Mjidland ?? 100 Ditto, Bir. and Derby.. 100 North Staffordshire . 100 Shropshiro ?? 20 Stratford-on-Avon ?? 10.0 1 ' t LFJLKXD. 10 . &N. W. r.(S. Sic?.) 10° Redditch ?? 100 Slhrewsbury nnd Hereford 10 Wol. ...

... TH-IE IRON TRADE. \OLVrmtAiMPrTONx, 'ednosdedy.-Ihe quotatiolns for finished ifon were strongoer to-day than last wveal, shoets for golv:nising, for instance, bein; 10s. cdearer. They were qluotcd to-day at £1-. to £1-. 10. Tho higher quotations are not, however, the result of a it. -ter dentslid, but simply of the dilminiohed supply, by reoason of the continlualnce of thle strike of miners. ...

... 11, . I ?? . .1 ARTS AXD MANVPACTTjm?- NEW PATENT& (Csrefribated bu lMr. George Ve The following Patents were scaled during the Wesle November 12. 1874:- James Atkins (firm R, W. Winfleld. and Co.,) B improvements in the manufacture of castors fesfirpng~ oilier purposes.Dated June 2, 1874. ste Charles W. Torr (fIrmt F. W. Winfield and Co.), pirjllI tinprovensents in tho manufacture of ...

... SATITIDAY'S MIARIKE TS. lV ?? COutN--Gool business was doile at the following rates :- -Wheat (white ciglisi), new, Le. 10d. to Us. ditto, old, (s. to Go. Hd.; ditto, red, iew, 5s. Gd. to Gs. Sdl.; ditto, old. 3s. to ts. 2d.; ditto (white foreign), lis. 2d. to Cs. Gd.; red, 5. 4d. to Cs. 4d.: ba rley, nialtih)y 5s. to ds.,- grind- big. So. to Os.; beans, (Eliglisic), iew, V s. to (is. ditto, ...

... I (From our (ity C-rrespondent.j LONDON, Friday Evening. There has been a little better demnand for short loans in the Discount market, in connection with the Stock Exchange settlement, but there has been no increase in the number of bills offering, and best three months paper has been readily taken at 44 per cent., and six months bankers' drafts at 4 per cent. The abundance of money shows no ...