The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-30 00:00:00

WOOL.

the
eistc
alv)zek' s imports into
526 from Port
There is a slight improvement in the demand for low
qualities of English wool, at full prices ; but fine
parcels
command very little attention, on former terms. Foreign
and colonial wools, owing to the near approach of the
Elizabeth, and 17 from Odessa.
pLuobuldiconsawleesr,
The followirig are the current rates of English wool :
Down tege, is Od to is ld ; Down ewes, lld to is Od ;
were
r2elB veryba inactive.les f om
half-bred hogs, 11Ad to is Oid ; half-bred wethers, 11d to is
Kent fleeces, is Od to is ld ; Leicester fleeces (mixed), 101 d
to is ; combing skins, 10d to is o.id ; flannel wool, lld 'to
is ld ; blanket wool, 6LI to lld per lb.

qmuoedaterate business
and quite as
SEEDS.
is doing.
deMarosats agriculturallast slene dos t
ha rear ianr
tgioc!eds
are
Turnip. White, per bush. 22s to 25s

Swede .. • • ...... —s —s
Mustard, Brown • • .. 123 14s
White, new •• • • 8s 108
Tares, Winter, new.... 11 s 12s
Old.. •• • • • • .... 93 103
Canary, per quarter •• 46a 52s
Rye grass •: •• • 24s 30s
Cloyer,RedEng. (cwt.) 52s 653,
White •• •• .... • • 653 755,
Foreign Red...—. 48s 603,
White—. 553 vs,
Trefoil, new.. •• ...... 253 3231

Carraway.......• • • . 36s 38s
Coriander •••• ...... • • 20s 24s
Rempseed, per quarter 48s 56s
Linseed, Eng.:iowing.. 68s 70s
Crashing .... •• •• 663 67s
Baltic ...... •• •• —s —s
Odessa ...... •• • • 60s 61s
Linseed Cake, pr. ton—
English .. ...121 Os 12 lOs
Foreign,per ton 1110 s 121 53
Rape Cakes, pr ton 615 s 61 lOs
Rapeseed, New,prist 33/10s 351 Os

ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM-

MiTTEE.-(THIS DAY.)

The committee re-assembled this morning at the usui
hour.

After several of the members had arrived, Mr. Layard
entered the room in a hurried and apparently excited
manner, and, on taking his seat, said :—Mr. Chairman,
Sir Charles Trevelyan
.has very ostentatiously made an
accusation against me. _

Lord Seymour rose to order, and suggested that the
room should be cleared before the bon. member pro-
ceeded with his statement.

Mr. Layard replied that he wished the gentlemen of
the press to hear what he had to say, whereupon.
The Chairman said that Sir Charles Trevelyan should
be sent for, and a messenger was despatched accordingly.
Captain Milne was then recalled, and his examina-
tion was resumed by Lord Seymour,
He stated that all the vessels taken up by the Go-
vernment had to be fitted up properly for the con% ey-
:nee of horses and stores of various descriptions ; but
other shipowners were obliged to he employed in this
service in consequence of the Government con-
tractor being quite overwhelmed with work, and
the necessity fer completing the outfit of these
vessels being pressing and immediate. Consider-
ing the large amount-3 millions--of money ex-
pended during the past year in the transport service
by taking up vessels, it would have been more economi-
cal to have purchased the vessels, so chartered, out-
right.

Lord Seymour—Why then was not that course
adopted ?

Captain Milne—ln the first place, we should have had
no means at our command of manning them or appoint-
ing officers to them ; because we found the greatest
difficulty in manning our Baltic and Black Sea fleets•
There was another objection : we should have been un-
able to bring these vessels into our own dockyards. The
question was considered by the Admiralty, and was con-
sidered very undesirable.

The witness was then examined relative to the official
regulations which were enforced in the transport service,
and gave evidence in detail at some length, but it was
not of a generally interesting character.
By the Chairman—There had been no desire on the
part of the Admiralty to increase the expense of the
transport service. If there had been any want in the
army it had not arisen from the want of a sufficient
number of transports.

By Lord Seymour—ln the month of August last
Admiral Boxer wrote to the Admiralty complaining
that he had not an adequate staff, and that he could
not obtain labour. A steamer was despatched for the
purpose of being attached to his service.
LLEFT SITTING.]