The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-09 00:00:00

THE WOOL SALES

Pullin Sales of 23,152 bales Wool commenced here on
the 29:h concluded
On the first c'av or two, when the _River Plate Merino
awl Mestizo, the I tuEau arA Portugese Wools were offered;
the a' tE.,ndetuce was limited, and,com.p,tition irregular and
spiritless ; a eonsinerab‘e :cordon or these Ititris was
withdrawn, and what was sold was at 14 to 3d per lb less than
was current the preceding month ; suhsequently' additional
buyers appeared, and a decid,dly active spirit has been
manifested, anti East India, which opened at id. per lb.
decline en January rates, has sold readily, and in many
instances tia''recovered part of the reduction.
Considering the immense quantities of various kinds of
Wool that have been recentty and almost sigiultaneonSly
placed o the market by public auctions in Liverpool,
London, Antwerp, Havre, and • Hamburgh, and taking
sinto account the dearness of money and i s usual coast-
Itierices,,the result of the sales just concluded at this port
is come evidence that consumption, though rather restricted
during the last two menthe; still progresses, on-a large
scale, and it is probable that the aggregate dernpud, is, still
quite equal to the production, and, - While 'this continues,
any permanently serious decline from present rates cannot,
be exp6cted.
Of East India a large quantity 'has 'been taken for'.
French. account, and upwards of 700 bales for the-United
States, where this description has attracted attention,
as-Wools costing under 10d per lb. now enter the'litter
country duty free.


Below are particulars of the various quantities offered
and priceS paid : „
13,782 bales East India all sold, and realised .1,10 to„
151 d for 38 bales white, of extra fineness, colour and It ow h
of staple, bales 18p) ;,•12d to 14d fair to tine white, 8d
to lld coarse to middling do , 10 id to 131-d aae to, txtra
yellow4d to 9,,t3 coarse to middling do, 4,1 to fid very in-
ferior and wasting do,, tip] to 10d fine coloured;"s.4 to 6,1
coarse to middling dc., 4d to 61d fair bury. it to 3d,
rubbish, Persian white 123 to 1311, fain 9d to 121, brown'
711 to 11d, locks and burs 4d to Gd. Native-black 4t4
do 6d (average sid,) grey 30 to 41d, yellow 3d to 7d.
Calcutta, 31 bales, 4,1 d to 71d.
1,583 bales fine Eutre Rios and Buenos Ayres. Except-
ing for one or two marks the competition was very
languid, and, although the selection was remarkably
choice; but little interest was excited'--no doubt in conse-
qnence of buyers waiting the result of the eornmencernmt
of the London salei of Colonial then pending. The hulk
was withdrawn, and the 372 bales sold by :motion realised
201 for Merinos, 133 to 18-13 Mestizo, 93 to lOld un-
washed do, and 25 bales rubbish, called washed, sold at,sd.
The reduction on the washed Wools varied from 1(1 to 3d.
per lb on business during the previous mouthi, 'but by
private, contract, during the last few days, part of this
decline has been recovered. 244 bales washed Cordova
offered, and about half of them sold, chiefly at 10clito 1011
for ordinary, and a few superior at 1011.
226 bales Italian Offered, and 130 bales sold. Not being
at' present in demand prices declined 33 to 41 p2r
Shorn Basilicata Fleec: sold at 13-4-d to 1.11 ; very
incerior shorn Summer Wool -at 9 d ; limey dirty Akin
`223 bales Egyptian in exe4'ent demand. Extra'White
15ed to 141; fair average ,White 'l4d to 14f1;" inferior
12d to 13d ; second, or pieces., lld to 121; lacks 9d to 10d ;
coloured Fleece 9d to 12d.
409 bales Donskoi Fleece, part sold. 41`, few good at
101 d to lld ; inferior and short 914-1 to 103. 254 bales
Bosnia and Albanian, part sold at 9d to 1013 for inferior
to extra long coarse. 6 ,Missolonghi : 101,11 refused. 11
Scopia Lambs, inferior and, burry, sold at 9&d. 119 bag,
Angcra Fleece, part sold, inferior to fair tOd to I Id; 12d
refused for superior, which was taken in at 133. 130 bags
Constantinople, part sold at 10d to 11d. 99 bales
• Benghasi, 13 sold at Gd, and remainder not landed in time.
'162 bags Mogadore, superior l lid to 123, inferior to
Middling 913 to 10Id, locks lid to 9d.
150 hags unwashed Alentijtt : few .561(.1- at 51d. 88
bays, Lisbon Short Skin, ;,and 270 bags washed Mentijo
withdrawn. 32 bags washed superior Castel Branco
FleeCe sold at 140 to 'l6l. 581 bag 4 Oporto, chiefly
Fleece for White Pena 141 d refused, and taken -in et

151; unwashed Oporto Fleece taken in at 6/d ; a few
Skin sold at 5d to 10d. Middling Black Lisbon Fleece
taken in at 11/d. •
300 bags Iceland : 166 bags good average Fleece sold at
1 lid to up 19 bags superior, at 13d ; grey, 8.1 to 9d ;
rejected short ( sserted) at 9.1 d.
1,254 ballots Ar:quipa, chiefly withdrawn; unwashed
skin taken in for 8/d ; washed fleece sold at 122 d to 15d
for fair to, superior ; washed skin part sold at 93,d to Iod
white, and 9d coloured.
1,756 bags laid Cheviot sold at 10d to llid for average,
and 9d to 9/d for inferior ; 912 Sheets English, consisting
almost entirely of combing and clothing skin, met with
tolerable competition, and was chi fly sold at a reduction
of id per lb. on previous rates; 90 sheets inferior Nails sold
7fi•
The public sales of about 52,000 bales Australian, and
6,800 Cape, pow being held in London, are well attended
by buyers, and fair competition exists. The decline in
va ue, compared with the close of the March salts, averages
lid per lb. on the former, and about 1 per lb. on Cape.
The low wools arc advertised for the 29th and 3011 instant.
JOHN L. Bowzs,