The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-16 00:00:00

WOOL.

The public sales of colonial wool have commenced heav-
ily. Some rather large quantities have been withdrawn
op to this time, and prices show a decline compared with
the previous auctions of from 2?,d to 3d per lb. Sydney—
Clean sheep's has realised is 6d to 2s 3d; lambs, is 6cl to
Is 104; locks and pieces, is ld to is 6d; skin, is 2d to is
4d. Melbourne—Clean sheep's, is 6d to is 104 ; scoured,
is 7d to is 104; locks and pieces, is 2d to is 6d. Victoria
—Clean sheep's, is 8d to is 91d; and sound ditto, 541 to
3s9d ; other sorts, is to is 4d. New Zealand—Clean
heap's, is 5d to is 9d; lambs, is 5d to is 9d. Other wools
have realised is to is 5(1 per lb. In the private market
nothing is doing, and prices generally aro nominally 2d to
3d per lb lower.

Current prices of English Wool :—Down tegs, is 5d to
Is 6d ; half-bred hoggets, is 4Ad to is 5d ; Down owes
and hogs, is 30 to is 46d ; Kent fleeces, is 41 to Is 4id ;
Leicester ewes, is 2id to is 4d; flannel wool, is id to
is 3d ; and blanketwool, 10d to is 4d per lb.

SPORTING NOTES.

GOOD THINGS FOR SHREWSBITRY.

Last week's sport was remarkable in many respects.
Remarkable for its quantity and remarkable for its
quality. Mr. Topham, despite the most discouraging
difficulties succeeded in giving his patrons even more
than they bargained for, and got up a meeting which for
the interest which it excited has never had a superior at
Aintree. The style in which Special License galloped
away from his opponents, for the Cup, showed that his

party bad made no idle boast, when they stated that he
could give Mcestissima 61bs. and a beating. William
Day had somehow over-estimated the "form" of St.
Giles, who certainlydid not run up to his Spring perform.
ances. "Isaac," however, as usual, made no very great
mistake with Cotswold, and it was not until Special
License came with such force into the bett;ng that his
confidence was shaken. The number of 2-yr-olds which
were brought out at Liverpool formed not one of the
least important " features" of the meeting.
The last scene of all, which ends the strange eventful
history of the racing season, 1857, will be played out at
Shrewsbury; for the Ludlow "epilogue" will not attract
much attention. With Mr. Frail for the manager, and
a hest of well-known performers, there is little doubt
of the curtain's going do lin with eclat. lam really
puzzled how to deal with the probabilities, and
have the less hesitation in making this confes-
sion, because the leading sporting journal also
expresses its disinclination to calculate the Shrews-
bury chances. RumoUrs of horses intended, and
horses not intended, are plentiful enough, and as at this
period of the year everybody is bent on putting money
in his purse, people must exercise some little caution in
their speculations. How Mr. Frail manages to compile
so formidable a programme as that which he annually
issues, astani-les the uninitiated, and how he
succeeds in commanding large fields is a matter of sur-
priee, even to those persons who are pretty well ac-
quainted with the working of racing affairs. The two
top weightii, Pole Star and Leamington, have been
struck oat of the Shrewsbury Handicap. Hobgoblin
and Rosati are not unfavourably weighted, and with
"Somerset to help mo" I shall stand them against the
field.

Cotswold, Laverna, and Speoial License have incurred
penalties which must more or less spoil their chances for
their respective engagements at Shrewsbury. I shall
therefore place them " out " of the Corporation Plate,
and select Mabel and Badaworth. M. Dobler and the
Plush colt are seemingly as well in as anything for the
C ilumn Plate.

For the Steeplechase I shall be inclined to trust Knight
of the Shire and Minor.

A discussion of Thurdday'e racing must be postponed
until Wednesday afternoon, when I shall at least have a
knowledge of the horses arrived to guide me,

A FRESH MAN.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING.
THE MONETARY CRISIS.

The step just taken by the Government towards
the casement of the money pressure does not appear
to have given general satisfaction this side of the
water. The Evening Mai/ unreservedly condemns
the Ministerial panacea, observing :
" Baseless speculative trading in Glasgow and the
grossest banking mismanagement caused a number
of commercial failures in that city, and ultimately
the stoppage of two banks largely used by the elms
of small depositors. A run upon other Glasgow
banks was the result, and such a popular commo-
tion as was sufficient to frighten Lord Palmerston
from his propriety. Not knowing what else to do,
he determined, at all events, not to be beaten by
Lord John Russell, and from that determination
sprang the letter which it appears was neither auz-
gested nor approved by the Bank. The best result
we can hope for is that no serious harm may be
done ; but it is greatly to be regretted that sufficient
firmness did not remain in the Treasury counsel.;
to wait a few' hours for the turning point towards
which the natural process of cure was fast advanc-
ing."
The Evening Post, on the other hand, contends
that some relaxation had become absolutely neces-
sary, not to uphold concerns that ought to suffer
for improvidence, but to provide for the require-
ments of legitimate trade. The remedy adopted
in 1847, the Post maintains, was the obvious one
to be applied in the present crisis, and adds :
" In Ireland, as we have often already stat;d,
and as events have proved, there has been none of
that system of reckless over-trading which has
caused so much calamity in England and Scotland.
Here trade generally is sound, payments are punc-
tual, and mercantile credit was never higher.
We use the term ' credit' as a conventional phrase ;
for capital is most abundant for all legitimate
purposes in Dublin, and there really is lets of
a credit system than, perhaps, at any former
period. Irish capitalists are availing them-
selves of the high rates of interest for loans on
Government security in England, And investments
are so largely made that Government fltoek to a
considerable amount has been transferred to Ire-
land even during the last two months. Neverthe-
less, we rejoice at the symptoms of improvement
that have been manifested in England and Scot-
land since the announcement of the letter of Loid
Palmerston, allowing the Bank of England to in-
crease its issues. The panic, now at an end, has
been 'short, sharp, and decisive'—not more than a
fortnight in duration in Great Britain, but here we
had the opportunity of contemplating its effects at
a safe distance from the scene of disaster. This is
the first time in our history, perhaps, that Ireland
has thus been distinguished at once for prudence
and prosperity. Already we have reaped the re-
ward, and hereafter we shall find the advantages
of the reputation we have acquired for that sound
mercantile credit and prudent conduct of our bank-
ing business which have so effectually protected us
during the severe commercial crisis of 1857."

THE CHANCELLOR AND THE ORANGEMEN.

The Christ Church (Belfast) Protestant Associa-
tion, headed by the Rev.. Dr. Drew, have adopted
a aeries of resolutions menacing Chancellor Brady
with " attainder and loss of fortune, liberty, and
life," as the just penalty of the unhappy letter ad-
dressed to the Marquis of Londonderry. Such, at
least, seems to be the obvious meaning of the fol-
lowing resolutions :
" Resolved—That the Protestant Association
take notice with much regret of the recent letter of
the Lord Chancellor. _

" They respectfully plead with that high officer
of State, and ask whether, in his limitation respect-
ing candidates for the magistracy, he has not out-
stepped the limits of the British constitution ; and,
if so, whether there be not historical record for
showing that by ants of a similar unlawful kind
great functionaries have been subjected to attain-
der and loss of fortune, liberty and life.
"They respectfully inquire if the same high offi-
cer of State reject any candidate on alleged and
specified opprobrious grounds, at once insulting to
said candidate, and injurious to his position and re-
putation, whether an action at law will not lie
against the public defamer of any candidate who
belongs to a society of proverbial loyalty and unde-
niable legality.
" As to the commemoration of anniversaries, this
association respectfully remind him of what occa-
sioned the visit of William 111. to this country,
and how the monarch James 11. and Lord Chan-
cellor Fittan of those days ceased to hold office.
To commemorate the removal of inquisitions kings
and statesmen, to glorify God for civil and religious
liberty restored, and to keep in endearing remem-
brance the fathers of the Reformation and the
originators of the glorious revolution of 1688 they
hold to be a most indispensable and religious
duty."

TICEREGAL APPOINTMENTS.
Capt. Robert Williams, Controller to the House-
hold of Lord Carlisle, has been appointed to the re-
ceivership of the Dublin police, vacant by the re-
tirement, on pension, of Mr. Redmond. The salary
is abeut 5001. a-year. Mr. Williams was formerly
in the 21st Fusiliers, and has off and on been con-
nected with the Irish Court since the second Vice-
royalty of the late Marquis of Anglesey, some 26
years back. He is an especial favourite with all
classes m the metropolis.