The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-19 00:00:00

WOOL.

The colonial wool sales continue to be attended by buy-
ers, and the biddings aro still active, at id to 20 per lb.
advance upon the previous auctions. The following prices
have been realised during the week :—Sydney—Clean
sheep's, is 104 to 2s 4d ; lamb's, is 9,1 to is lld ; skin and
broken, is 7d to is 110. Port Philip—Clean sheep's,
is 6cl to 2s 9d ; lamb's, is 80 to 2s Gid ; pieces, is 4d to
is 110 ; grease, 110 to is 40. Van Diemen's Land—
Clean sheep's, is 10d to 2s Oi ; skin in the grease, Is 60
to is 10(1. New Zealand—Clean sheeps, is 11 id to 2s 3d ;
lamb's, 2s ; grease, is 4d. Cape—Clean sheep's, is 3d to
2s 32 ; lamb's, is 7d to is 100 • 2 grease, lld to is
Australian—Clean sheep's, is 7d to 2s ' ; slips and
pieces, is 11 to 29 ' • grease, is ld to is 4d per lb. Several
parcels of foreign have sold at from 11d to is 9d; and
English, lld to is 40 per lb.
The private market is very firm, and prices still continue
to advance. The imports, last week, were unusually large,
viz., 32 bales from Auckland, 106 from Buenos Ayres,
3,823 from Adelaide, 4,000 from Port Philip, 200 from the
Cape, 353 from Bombay, 1,000 from Launceston, 1,600
from Hobart Town, 1.600 from Algoa Bay, 7,000 from
Sydney, 2,700 from Melbourne, and 1,000 from other
quarters.
The following are the current rates of English wool
South Down hogs, 171 lOs to 18/ Os ; half-bred do., 161 to
171 Os ; Kent fleeces, 151 Os to 161 10s ; Down ewes and
wethers, 161 to 171 Os ; Leicester do., 131 10s to 141 Os ;
Bolts, 142 10s to 181 Os; combing, 151 Os to 211 Os.

SEEDS.
The arrivals of linseed are good. The article meets a
brisk demand both for home and exportation. The de-
mand for linseed cakes has been large, and a great portion
taken off at last week's quotations. Rape and oil seeds
arrive freely, and are to be purchased at a further decline
of 2s to 3.1 per qr.
Turnlp,Whtte,pet bush. 22s to 25E

Swede .. • • . . —8 —s
Mustard. 8r0wn...... —3 —s
White, new •• • • .. —s —s
Tares,Winter, new.... 01 Od Os Od
e• •• •• •• ••—s —s
anary, per yt. *trier .. 44s 603
Rye grass.. • • ... 24s 30s
CI( ver,RedEng.(ewt.) —s --A
White • • • • •• • • • • —s —s
Foreign Red.....• —s —s
White.... s —s

Carraway .. 44s 50s
Coriander • • 2Gs 28s
nempseed, per quarter Ms 585
Linseed, Eng. Sowing.. 63s s
Crushing •• •••• .• 46s 52s
Baltic
Odessa
Linseed Cake, pr. ton—
English • • ns 12/ Os

roleigo,per ton 101 Os 11l Os
Rape Cakes, pr ton Gi Os 6( 103
Rapeseed, New, pr qr., 88s 90s

Trefoil, ,--3

TALLOW.
Our market is steady, and prices are well supported.
P. Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 465, and for the last three
months, 45s 9d per cwt. Town tallow 46s per owt. nett
cash. Rough fat 2s qd per 8 lbs.

t 852. 1853. 1854. 1855. 1856.

Stook this day
Price of Y. C ••• • 1
Delivery last week ..
Ditto from June 1....
Arrivals last week..
Ditto from June 1 ..
Price of Town -

41,054 23,035 i 35.075 46,F80 ) 16,359
37s 01 to 47s Od , Gls Odto F2i 3.1 to, 46s Od
—s Od to --s 0t —s 0,1 —s Od to Od
956 766 539 1,(313 , 2,591
102,252 101,249 92,060 84,719 , 10,247
709 324 1,190 7,450 i 2,371
107,802 81,556 101,726 95,399 76,094
383 91 :494 3d 61s 01 1 533 611- 48s--6d