... 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 ...

... COMMERIALs AND MONETARY. I ([From our OUi I LolDoN, Saturday Evenig. Money is rather more in demand, and Suplies are not so abundant. Rates have consequently a firmer tendency, and ended 24 to 2j for best three months' bills At the Bank of England to-day 14,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for India, and £15,000. in foreign o0in was also taken out, while s,000 sovereigns were received from South ...

... Ln'itroos.1 Coax.-There was only at limited business done inl whlat, at a iern'ral decline onl tle week of 4d. per cental. Flour is. per sack atnil M. leer barrel lower. Bleans Cdl. per quartet dearer. Peas Iis. pe.r quarter higher. Oats dull. Indian corn, owing to continued scarcity for itornecliats delivery, was 2s. pet quarter dearer on the week, betf the demaind was not active at the ...

... TilE BIRMINVHAM PEARL BUITTON TRADE. TlUiNINATION OF THE DISPUTE. Yesterday evening, a meeting of the employers in the pearl button trade was held at the Athennm 'Hall, Temple Row. There wa a large attendance. DMr. J, Whateley presidee and read a report of the committee appointed to see wl1iat coula. be done to bring about an amicable understanding. The report stated that the committee deided ...

... CHEMICAL, MINERAL AND METAL. BEPORT. LF'oent .T. Beryer SpmienC and Co.'s Circuar.] I MANanzIrErt, September 18. CnEmIcALs.-The market this week his been very muoh firmer, and in a few instances prices have improved, re- sulting from the pressure of the last two or three months upon producers. Caustic Soda is now obtainable only at an advance of 5s, or more Per ton. There is a heavy de- mand ...

... DISORDERLY MEETING AT MIDDLESBRO'. On Monday night Mr. Hughes, in accordance with anu invitation from tb6e workmen's representatives, addressed a crowded meeting of ironworkers in. the Odd Fellows' Hall, Bliddlesbrough. The proceedings were of a mout disorderly character. 'r H. 3. Reid was olled to the chair. Mr. Hughes pro6eeded to address the meeting upon the ndvantages of arbitration, but a ...

... VOTRIMERUCAL AND MONETARY. tlrom our City Correspondent.] LONDON, Monday Evening. The Stack markets have, on the whole, bren quiet, but without adveree features. Business appears to be under some dijewuragetnent until the next Bank return appears. rhat return is expected to show fur- ther weakness in the Bank's position, but not suffi- eient to call for a further advance in -the Bank mini- ...

... NOURflOR.ENGLAND IRON TRADE. . - -614 o or t sposiiit.]'' . ?? ! 2 ?? M,. DL=5OUGff, Saturday. TOe present has been somewhat of a broken week, so far as business ie o0noerned, owing io the attention which it [was necesoay, for the employers conneeteda with the Arbitration Bosrd to devote to the very important pro. ceedings which took place at Middlesbrough on [MoAday and Tuesday, Mesnured by ...

... COMMERCIAL AND MIONNETAPY. [From cur City Comspondent,] Lo-oDoN, Thursday Eveuing. We have had dull markets to-day. The umain caase ,tias bcen the expectation that the French loan will be soon announced. In Paris, the ?? go on d-elill- ing, and an adverse effeet is made here. One of thb3 features of the day has been the depression of Erie chares. It will be noticed that this company has come ...

... ?? K . ,.E1IITS'., ' L )I#DOorGm~ U&~K~r, Yeeteday.-The arrivals thin 'week are on a fair acale-rather moderate thun otheiwiss for the time IaL glh wet4 yes quarters foreign 268256 qrs, four- 8 gfror St tibgand (Iroustadt. The blohict English Wheat; being in My SM& m mi spply. sells at Iast 'ea ratez. Foreign is quickbut not lower. Country lou., 17.889 sauc6 foreifV 7T13 as and 1,089 barl; ...

... ?? ase the receipts Into and payments out of the E3schequer between April 1, 1872, and July 6, 1872! BndgeIt Toa R-Total Ra. Estimate CI-3 Reeu for the q1 fro coresord and other Rlecelpta. FinancilJ lue, Aprilom peebriod Year 13 to 6th ?? .7-78. J 101 Year Balance on April 1 1872. . £. . Bank of Engiand - 7,70f,921 5,678,915 Bank of ?? - 1,63,723 1,4,520 9,842,862 7,023,48 Revenae. . . . A_ ...

... WOLVERHAMPTON AND SOUTH STAF- I FORDSHIRE HARDWARES. WOLVE111tAMPTON, Tuesday. The ffurther upward movement in the price of iron this week, or rather the confirmation of advances intimated last week, has been followed by the usual batch of revised quotation-lists from manufacturers of the leading descriptions of hardware. Ar+icles made from sheet-iron are especially firmer, and the supply of ...