The Sun.
London, England, 1853-07-18 00:00:00

WOOL.

The public sales of colonial wool commenced on Thurs-
day, with a very moderate attendance of buyers. The
biddings, owing chiefly to the large quantity advertised
(upwards of 60,000 bales), have ruled inactive, at a decline
in prices of from id to ld per lb. The following quotations
have been paid :—Port Philip : Clean sheep's, is 61d to
is 100 ; damaged do., is 7d to is 10d ; part grease, is 7d ;
pieces, ls. 141 to is sid ; locks, 101 d to is 5d ; do. and
grease, is ; lambs', is 6d to 2s lid ; clothing .1s llid • skin,
is ,1,,c1 to is sd. ; combing, is ; scoured sheep's, 1; 9d to
2s ld ; greasy, 11c1 to ls Nd.—Moreton Bay : Clean
sheep's, is 9d to ls-9i ; damaged, is 8d ; locks, is 3d ' • do.
and pieces, is 2d ; hoggett, 11 10d.—Adelaide : Greasy
sheep's, Bid to ls ; lambs', is 2Ad ; clean sheep's, la stl to
is B),d ; locks, 7d ; grease, 9d to ls.—Sydney : Snow
white sheep's, is 70 to ls loi ; damaged. Is 9d to is 91d •
clean sheep's, is 7d to is 10d ; super do., 2s 4d ; damaged:
is 7d to is 81d ; broken, is 6id ; clothing, is 101 d to ls
Ild ; combing, is 101 d ; hoggett, is 110 to 2s Oid; hand-
washed, is 40 ; locks, is 6d to is 7d. New Zealand :
Scoured sheep's, is 6d ; grease, is lid ; handwashed,
is 3id ; mixed, is 3d.—Algoa, Bay : Cleau sheep's,
is 4d to is 4id. ; handwashed, is 2d to is 3d.—
Portland Bay : Clean sheep's, is 4d to is 8d ; grease, lid
to is 3d.—Launceston : Clean sheep's. is 7id to is 9d ;
lamb's, is 10d to 2s.—Hobart Town : Clean sheep's is 6d
to is 7id ; combing, is 7id ; lamb's, is bid to is 7id.—lt
has been announced that only one more series will be held
this year, and that two months will elapse between the
holding of the present and the commencement of the next
auctions. In the private market, next to nothing is doing.
Last week's imports were 1,153 bales from Sydney, 79 do.
from Hamburgh, 366 from Bombay, 35 from Alexandria,
25 from Odense, 17 from Seville, 1,406 from Port Philip,
136 from Mogadore, 2,800 from long, 10 from Mar-
i seines, 368 from Taganrog, and 800 from Algoa Bay.

TALLOW.
Sinco our last report, there has been less activity in the
demand for tallow, and several large parcels have changed
hands for delivery during the last three months at 51s 6d
per cwt. To-day, Y.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 52s to

i 1849.

1850. 1851.

1851. I 1853.

52s Odlo
523
Stock this day ...... 24,152 25,4 '5 133,819 43,987 19 434
Price a Y. C.: ....
6d [ :to393s9s3ftidi 306s0s3dOr 3378%9'10r toto 37050..?0%
Delivery last week .. 1,152 1.364 1,448 467 1,5t7
Ditto from June 1.... 7,576 7351 8,921 6,595 10,070
Arrivals last week .. 575 20(3 1,234 605 678
Dittofrom June 1.... 6,245 7,712 6,237 9,184 6,189
Price of Town .... —40 s 38s 06 39s 61 39s Gd ,sls 3d

SEEDS.
Since our last report a steady business has been doing in
linseed, at full prices. All other seeds have moved off
slowly, at barely late rates. Cakes command very full
currencies.

Turn' p,White, per bush. 98 to 115
Swede ••••• .. • • 103 12s
Mustard, 8r0wn...... 79 Os
White, n0w....., 7s nd 94
Tarcs,Winter, new.. Os Od Os Od
Spring • • • • • • • ... 4s 6d 5s 6d
Canary, per quarter .. 403 43s
f? ye grass • • • • • • - • • 28s 3 is
Miter, Red Eng. (cwt.) 44s 64s
White • • • • .. •• • • 48s 65,
Foreign Red.. • • 44s 62s
White.... 51s 65s
Trefoil, 24s 288

Carraway...... ••• • .. 45s 485
Coriander... .... •• • . 113 14s
llempseed, per quarter 38s 421
Linseed, Eng.Aowing.• 64s 5/33
Crushing •••• • • •• 473 495
Baltic .. • • 463 48s
Odessa • • ...• •• • • 46$ 485
Linseed Cake, pr. ton—
English .. . 81 Os 9 5s

Foreign, per ton 7110 s
Rape Cakes, pr ton 4111 s 5/ Os
Rapeseed,lievr,pr Ist 2110 s 2410 s

ASCENT OF MO.NT BLANC.

Mr. Albert Smith has been ascending Mont Blanc
nightly now for nearly two seasons, but ho appears as
far as ever from realising Coleridge's description of the
poor relation—

" That hath outstayed his welcome while,
And tells the jest without the smile."

The popularity of his amusing entertainment, so far
from diminishing, is decidedly on the increase every
week. Considering the long run it has had—we are
afraid to say how many, but over 300—one would al-
most fancy that everybody had seen it sufficiently often,
and that, despite all its brilliant jokes and clever hits,
it would have grown as wearisome as a twice-told tale ;
but Mr. Albert Smith seems to have the knack
of telling the same good thing in half-a-dozen
different ways, and though the delighted auditor knows
perfectly well what is coming, he cannot resist the
drollery. What an enviable person, then, must he be
who has the pleasure in store of hearing the Ascent for
the first time, and no doubt there are such persons left,
though, if we are to judge from the squeeze every night
at Egyptian-hall, the race promises soon to become ex-
tinct. Mr. Albert Smith had long been a popular
favourite, but he has now become the leading saran of
Europe, and we shall soon expect to see all the letters
of the alphabet tacked to his name, for no philosopher
however learned, and no digger however industrious,
ever found so much gold at so high a level as Mr. A.
Smith has succeeded in finding on the top of Mont Blanc.
We heartily congratulate Mr. Smith on his success, for
no man deserves it better.