The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-16 00:00:00

WOOL.

As the public sales of colonial wool will be commenced
on Thursday week, there is very little business doing in
our market, yet holders generally refuse to sell except at
an advance of from id to 2d per lb. Last week's imports
were 674ba1es from Hobart Town, 401 from Melbourne,
170 from the Cape' 872 from Sydney, 83 from Dunkirk,
and 177 bags from Hambro'.
The following are the current rates of English wool :
Down tegs, is 7d to is Ed ; half-bred hoggets, is 6,1 to is
7d ; Kent fleeces, is 5d to is 6d • Down ewes, is 5d to
is
wool, 104 to 1s 24 per lb.
iced ; sterflafineenceelsw, 10081, 4 disto2dftsesids; combing skins,
is 6d
And blanket
:631 ;t, o Leicester
5

and prices are well sup-
ported. ndseemedasrealise extreme quotations.
SEEDS.
PL° iLnitsieneecisCelecaßaki:epsienarßaelneqdnudiet, on former terms, but rape cakes
5s per ton dearer.
Tarnip.White,per bush. 20e to 21s

Swede •• 203 21s
Mustard, 8r0wn...... 20s 225
White, new...... 103 12s
Tares, Winter, new.... 53 Gd 63 Od

Carraway . 44s 468
Coriander •• .• ....... 228 240
Hernpseed,per c.parter 428 443
Linseed, Eng.iorring •. 711 73s
Crushing 71s 733
Baltio .......... —s —s
Odessa ......... 70s 70s Gd
Linseed Cake, pr. ton—
English .. ...10110s 10115 s
Woreign, porton 9110' 11, 103
RaPe Cakes, per ton 51 15s 61 15s
Rapeseed, pr qr, 82s 841

•• •..• —s —s
Canary, per quarter •• 703 76s
Rye grass (new)•• •• •. 24s 345,
Clont,RedEng.(cWt.) 50s 90,1
White •• • • • • 658 84s1
Foreign Bed.. •• .. 681 76s
White.... 1.88 803
Trefoil, new.. • • 28s 32s

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TALLOW.
The price of tallow continues steady, at 68/ per cwt on
the spot, and to the 31st March ; while there are sellers
at 57s Gd for delivery in April, May, and June. We have
more inquiry for the end of the year, at 54e 9d per cwt.
Town Tallow 66s nett cash. Rough fat, 3s 7d per 81bs.

1853.

1854.

1855.

1856.

Stock this day ...... 39,335
45°0dto
?rice of Y. C . ,
• —s 04
Delivery last week 2,013
Ditto from June 1.... I 76,746
Arrivals last week..
Ditto from Junel.... I 74,447
Price of T01TU.... 464 61

t e 63 26629805 9d2 5-6387:611;16;
1,480 2,081
77,438 60,932
275 176
1'0,775 62,092
63: 3d bs3 od

1857.

23,117 10,172
60s Od to 68s Od
00 to —sod
937 1,839
83,947 88,502
582 1,489
60,522 81,694
534 61 671 Oct

SPORTING NOTES.

A NOTE OF PREPARATION.

"Up and doing" is now the rallying cry of the betting
fraternity. Turfites will begin their regular work with
the Lincoln Spring Meeting, which will take place on
Wednesday and Thursday next ; and, unless Jack Frost
suddenly steps in again to spoil sport, they will not have
a seven days' interval of leisure until the thick fogs and
short days of November bring another racing season to
a termination. The campaign seems likely to be opened
under the most favourable auspices, and there is every
prospect of its being brought to a satisfactory and a suc-
cessful conclusion. In the aggregate the nominations
for the stakes which have recently closed may be advan-
tageously compared with those of any former years,
whilst the "shortcomings" exhibited at certain meetings
are not sufficiently striking to excite apprehensions of a
diminished supply of sport. The old-established gather-
ings, with the exception of those at Newmarket, main-
tain their usual attractions unimpaired, whilst new items
of interest have been imported into their programmes.
In the different training quarters all is bustle and
activity. Heath and moor, down and wold are thronged
with sheeted regiments of " terrible high-bred cattle," in
active preparation for their ipring, engagements. The work
goes on merrily, especially in the South, where the horses
have not been long and frequently stopped in their work.
To those animals which are the most forward in their
preparation will fall most of the early spring prizes—
" fitness," and not merit, invariably regulating the re-
sults of races during the fist three months of the year.
Four races per day are set for decision at Lincoln, the
Two-yrs-old Stakes and the Steeplechase being the at-
tractions on Wednesday, and the " legitimate" Handi-
cap and the Hurdle Races being the most important
" features" on Thursday's list. To-morrow, when I
shall, doubtless, have received advises as to the arrived
aed intended horses, I will enter into a discussion of the
probabilities,

Speculation on coming events has been marked by
few incidents of importance. The knocking out of Black
Swan for the Liverpool Steeplechase, and the undimi-
nished opposition arrayed against Blink Bonny for the
Derby, have perhaps been the principal investments at
the Corner. " Turf topics" are scanty enough at pre-
sent, and nothing new has occupied the gossips in turf
circles. The American horses, which have done merely
walking exercise, are about to quit Newmarket tempora-
rily for Houghton. Down, near Stockbridge. Our turfites
alo vc.6,. Jr ci n a a taste of their quality, but the
favourable impression which they mane ou
in this country was not very deep or lasting. Jonathan
may lick our steam-engines, or beat us in a race across
the Atlantic, but he will not be able to whip our
thoroughbreds, and beat them across the Flat. When
the English and American horses do meet, however,
they will meet in the true spirit of "generous emula-
tion."

To explain the unsteadiness of Blink Bonny in the
market a report has been current, to the effect that she
has been recently tried and found wanting. In fact, it
is said that she was "put through the mill" with Strath•
naver and others, and that Strathnaver turned out the
best of the bunch ! Some colour was given to this re-
port by the fact of Strathnaver's being backed at an
outside price at Tattersall's on Thursday last.
February 16. A FRESH MAN.