The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-26 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY.—The Prince Regent, 90,
will ba paid .cif on Satnrday. We are informed the
Commander (Barnard) declines tbe re-appointment to
her, and that in consequence it will be conferred on the
Commander of the. Powerful.

The Wasp screw steam-sloop, Commander Crazier,
arrived at Sierra Leone on the 3d of January. As she
was returning to Sierra Leone on the 10th ult., the
piston-rod carried away, close to the cross-pieces, and
knocked the bottom of the foremost cylinder clean out.
Fortunately no accident occurred. Her distilling galley
answers admirably; it gives 230 gallons of water a day,
very good fur all cooking and washing purposes, a little
flat ween drunk cold, but altogether far preferable to the
water that can be got, except in two or three places, on
the coast. Lieutenant Hopkins is coming home in the
Kingfisher. The Wasp sailed from Sierra Leone on the
21st ult. for the Congo. The Kingfisher was to leave
Ascension on the 15th ult. for England.
PLYMQIITH, TUESDAY.—Her Majesty's troop-ship
Apollo, Commander J. Rawstorne, came in yesterday
from Sheerness on her way to Queenstown to embark
the 92d Highlanders for Corfu.
The step.m-vessel Sheerwater arrived on Sunday from
Queenstown, and sailed again for Portsmouth.
The crews of the Calliope and Fantome are to be paid
wages on Thursday.
l.
ship 120, Captain T. W.
Carter,ier a
is
sty's
sor,sdter'edhomeCafrleomdontiahe,
Mediter, anean to be
paid off.
On Friday the merchant vessel Hyperion, Captain
Scott, was off the port, twenty-five days from Bacnos
Ayres for Antwerp; and yest,rday the George Wash-
ington. Mackenzie, fr,m Curtteoa for Ainsteldam, landed
dispatches here for the Duch Minister.

Suicinn.—Yesterday l‘tr. IVAIe, M.P., held an
inquest in the University College Hospital on J, hn Gale,
aged 36, a farrier in the employ of Messrs. Combe and Dela-
field, the eminent brewers. Deceased had been for some time
very dejected through bad health. On Thursday, during
his wife's absence, who went out to purchase his supper, and
wehridleic Iti, Insanity"' he was at the fire he yearly severed the head
from his body. He was instantly conveyed to the University
College
Hospital, where he died the following Saturday.
Verdict,
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin, ac-
companied by his private secretary, Fred, Sutton, Esq., has
arriyetl at Foutou'a

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGItA.PH.)
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21 ran.

CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC WOOL

SALES.

The particulars of this interesting series of public
eales may, from the best information, and from personal
4ttention to their progress, be now summed up.
The wool offered was the last of the clip 0f.1849, and'
tire auction, whiott:_hegan an the 13tis it..stant, cloyed on
thir 260. The quantity put up was 17,042 bales of
Colonial, and 3,738 of Foreign ; viz., 8,031 bales of
Sydney, 2,819 bales of Port Philip, 2,273 bales of Van
Dieman's Land, 390 bales of South Auitralian, 3,503
bales of Cape, 10 bales of Swan River, 16. bales of New
Zealand, 373 bales of Odessa, Merino, &c., 680 bales
of Germanized and brooked-washed, 215 bales of Spanish
washed, 3,373 bales of unwashed, 665 bales of East
India, and 1,132 bales of Turkey; Egyptian, &C.
The prices obtained for the foreign were:—
M4RINO ODESSA AND METIS.--Itledao Odessa, in
classes, Is. 3d. to 2a.; superior, 2s. 2d.; lietis, ls. 2d. to
ls.fid.; superior, is. 10d.

BROOK WASHED AND GERMANIZED.—Brook-washed,
Is. to Is. 2d., part withdrawn ; GermacizA, Is. 2id. to
Is. 6d.; superior, Is. -.; 7d.
SPANISH.—R. F. and S. round, Is. 610. to Is. Bid,;
A., Is. sd. to Is. 60.

SPANISH IN GR/ASE.—Pleece middle quality, Std.
to 7id., mostly withdrawn; Lambe, middle .quality, 5 1.
to 7fd., ditto.; Fleece Merino, 10d..; common, 4id.;
A, Bd. to 9,1.

EAST INDIA.-white,-T.,uW3rdkli.eiyttoeD,soBdud.s.kiooi,9d.; yellow, sd. to 7d.;.
Wool.-For well-bred Merinb, washed and
&c.,illy withdrawn.
g r esoyuDNmE
Ds tR
.er
Ed
ws,
brook-washed, there was a good demand, and they sold
freely at full last December's prices • Some ill-bred and
inferior quality brook-washed were less ialeable.
SPANISH WOOL.-Tbe quantity destined for these
sales was unprecedentedly large, about 000 bales, and
f confidencean untried
to description,
take
the
m unless et low speculative
" very greasy," buyers
prices; this becoming more manifest after the first night's
hadbei being
ct'
sale, the greater part, upwards. of. 2,000 bales, were
judiciously bosght in and withheld.
Of the whole quantity, about 11,000 bales, Colonial,
consistectof Wools not previously in sele; the remainder
being purchases made in the various sales of last year,
and forming so much larger a proportion of the stock
on hand than had been anticipated, has, to a certain ex-
tent, proved prejudicial to their re-sale, and the result of,
the sales generally has not been so satisfactory as was
at one time expected. At the opening of the sales the
attendance of buyers was very numerous, and December
rates were fully maintained, but for the last few days
they mustered in smaller numbers, and. the prices for
nearly all qualities, excepting Lambs' Wool, gave way
to the extent of hi. per lb., a result edtinirprising consi-
dering the dulness which has pervaded the manufacturing
districts the last few weeks, caused to sortie extent by the
mildness of the winter and the consecreent reduced con-
sumption of heavy goods, and no MIN considerably
aggravated by the uncertainty as to the future, induced
by the resignation of the Ministry. The present range
of prices may be considered satisfactory both to growers
and manufacturers; and we consider the cheekgtven to
any advance in rates as calculated to be-beneficial rather
than otherwise. Stocks of manufactured goods are com-
paratively small, and those of the raw material lower
than we have ever known them, more particularly of
wools of home growth.
It is probable that the receipts of the new clip from
all the ports will be earlier this year than usual; and,
with a prospect of IS decided increase is production and
import of Colonial Wool, there is no reason to doubt
that there will be an ample supply for the wants of the
year; and we trust that our market will; in consequence,
be less subjected to fluctuations than has been the case
in the past year.
The tol lowing is the amount of business transacted :-
SYDNEY.- Bales, 8,301; fleeces, IS: 014. to Is. Hit ;
lambs, is. Old. to Is. Bd.; scoured and handwasbed, Is.
Id. to 2.. Id.; unwashed, 51d. to 1011.; locks and pieces,
6,1. ti Is. 51d.; slipe and skin, lOid. to Is. 7d.; black and
grey, Is. lid. to Is. 61d.
CAPE (-,E GeoD HoPE.-BAles, 3 446; fl,eces, 6d. to
Is. 611.; lambs, Is. to Is. 9id.; scoured' sval hand% ashed,
101. to Is. 71d.; unwashed, 6d. to' WO.; locks and
pieces,4l. to is. 21d.; end akin; lid. to ls. 31.;
black and grey, 61d. to Is.. 21d. •
PORT PHILIP AND PORTLAND BAY:-Bales, 2,819;
fleeces, Is. to ls. 91k. lat,ubs. ls. 3d. to Is. 9d.; scoured
and handwasbed, Is. Id. to 2s. Id.; unwashed, 9d. to I Id, ;
locks and pieces, 6d. to Is. 61d.; sliO'El and skin,' Is. 3d.
to Is. 5r1.; bl;ck and grey, 9/1. to Is.•pd.
M VAN DIEAN'S LAND.-Bales, 3; fleeces, Is. to
Is. 10d.; ]sorbs, ls. Sid. to 25.; scoured'and handwasbed,
Is. ld. to Is. 81d.;, unwashed, 81.1.. to Is. lid.; locks
and pieces, 71d. to Is. lid.; slipe and skin, b. 2d. to Is.
' 5d.;
_ black and grey, is. 40.
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN.-135101, 370; 'fleeces, 18. lid. to
Is. 50.; lambs, Is. 61d.; scoured and handwasbed, Is.
2p. to ls. Bd.; unwashed, 7d. to Ild ; locks and pieces,
Is. 2d. to la. 3id.; black and grey, 7d.
NEW ZEALAND.-1131e8, 16; fleeces,ls. 4d. to 18. 41d.;
lambs, ls. 3d.
SWAN EIVER.-Bules, 10; fleeces, Is. 31d. to Is. 451.;
lambs, le. 31d. to Is. 7d.; scoured and handwasbed, 14.3 d.

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_NAST IND/A.—Bales, 665; •h.)st .white, 71d. to 9d.;
second, 611. to 7id.; inferior, 44.1. to 6d.; very low,
to 314.; yellow, 41. to 6i:1,; black.3nd gr4A. 3d; to 5/4.
TOTAL BALES, 23,464—viZ., C,Atatial 17;630; Suu-
dries, 5,834.