The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-18 00:00:00

WOOL.

Very large quantities of Wool were imported into
London last week, viz. 202 bales from Bombay; 236
do., from Trieste ; 549 do., from Hamburgh ; 422 do.,
from Taganrog; 400 do., from Port Beaufort; 400 do.,
from Adelaide; 90 do., from the Cape; 600 do., from
Algoa Bay; 1,600 do., from Sydney; and 19 bags from
Jamaica. The public sales held since our last report,
have been well attended by English and foreign
buyers, and a fair average quantity :of Wool has been
disposed of, at full prices. The supplies on offer in the
private contract market are large; while the demand
for all descriptions is in a sluggish state, at unaltered
quotations.

TALLOW.
Sicce our last report our market has ruled very active,
and prices have advanced 2s per cwt. P.Y.C. on the
spot is selling to-day at 47s 3d to 47
_d, and nearly
equally high rates are demanded for forward delivery.
Last week's delivery was good. Town Tallow is
47e 6d to 47a 9d per cwt. nett cash; rough fat has risen
to 2s Bid per Bibs. Letters from St. retersburgh re-
present a good trade to be doing there at improved
quotations

WILSON'S ENTERTAINMENTS ON
THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
Mr. Wilson having been engaged by the cornm:ttee of
the Whittington Club to giCe two of his ever popular
entertainments, on Wednesday and Saturday evenings,
the large room of the Crown and Anchor was crowded to
excess with eager listeners. Mr. Wilson never was in
better voice, and the entertainments were received most
rapturously. The first evening he sang a selection of
favourite songs, and on Saturday he gave his beautiful
entertainment on Sir Walter Scott's '‘ Lady of the
Lake," which was listened to with breathless attention,
and applauded to the echo. Where all the songs
are so exquisite it is difficult to particularise, but
the audience set med greatly delighted with the fine
spirited boat-song, " Hail to the Chief," with Norman's
song " The heath this night must be my bed," and with
the "Ave Maria," which was beautifully sung. After
the Lady of the Lake, he sang some of his charac-
teristic songs, and in such a way as only he can sing
them. "Young Loehinvar" was demanded a second
time most vociferously, as were some of the humorous
songs.
Mr. Wilson is about to pay a visit to America, where
we doubt not his entertainments will be as
success-
ful as they have been every w hero else ; for although
many of his imitators have gone there before
him, yet the Americans do not require to be
told that Wilson, as he was the first, is still
the best of all who have attempted this spccies of
monologue entertainment, fur in all styles he is equally
at home. In his plaintive strains he causer. many a tear
to flow, in his humorous ones he provokes the liveliest
laughter, and in his martial strains he inspires the most
sluggish hearer with heroic enthusiasm. Before be
crosses the Atlantic he is to give a farewell: enter-
which, large though it be.
tainment in Exeter Hall,
we are sure will not contain all the friends that would
like to rally round Scotia's Minstrel cn this occasion.
Next Thursday is the night on which he sings his
farewell strains; the programme is made up of all his
finest and most attractive songs, and the cheers of
those whom he has on many an occasion delighted
will lighten his way across the mighty deep. Success
to him in his journey through the United States, and
may he soon return to his " ain countrier

EARLY CLOSING OF 13AN KERS.—Messrs. Coutts
and Co., the bankers, have issued the following circular
to their customers, announcing their intention of joining
with the other West end bankers in closing business at
the earlier hour of four P.M.:—" It having been signified
that the closing at four o'clock by the Bank of England,
the City bankers, and joint-stock banks has been carried
out with complete success, and (it being considered of
great importance that a unifoiu..ity of hours should con-
tinue to guide all banking houses, Messrs. Coutts and
Co. beg to give notice that on and after Monday, the
2d of October next, the hour of- closing w ill be four
o'clock, instead of five o'clock, as at present.