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Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 347, 27 February 1856, Page 6

Tin: Maukets. —The price of flour, at Wellington, ' is steady,' says tiie ' Spectator' of the 23rd inst., ' with rather a upward tendency. Holders of wheat are demanding i 3s. with very little coming in.' The 'Independent' of the fame date still quotes flour at ;£33 and £34 per lon, wheat at 1 Is., and beef and mutton at sd. to Bil. per lb.

Groceries.—lt is our duty, this week, to notice considerable alterations in the prices of groceries produced by the great advance that has taken place, in Sydney, not only through speculative transactions, but by the enhanced value at the places of production ; we refer principally to sugars. Tea has brought a higher figure, the trade having all but run out, and many orders having arrived from coast settlements waiting f<ir supplies to rpach us to !>e executed. Messrs. H. Smith, Sc Co. sold by auction on account of W. Hickson & Co., it large part of the cargo of the William Alfred. Great indisposition was exhibited to lay in stocks, in consequence of the determination of the importers not to sell at recent quotations. To some this caused surprise, but to those who were in possession of advices from the Sydney market, ihe reserves weie nothing moie than were warranted by the state of that market, and which must rule here for some time to come, unless a considerable change occurs in the Australianmarkets, or large supplies are poured into this and other New Zealand ports, which from all we can learn, appears very for from probable. Sugars have made a most unprecedented advance in the London markets. Manila hcinjr quoted in <he J-Jnme Neivs, N\>v o, at £'47.— Wellington Spectator, Feb. 23. The following prices were realized at the sale by Auction of the William Atjred's cargo at Wellington, on Thursday the 21st inst. " Pampanga sugar bought in at £'38; yellow Java, sold at 445. and 435. ; «l,i(e Java, 485.; No. 1 Company's pieces, 465. ; Co.'s crystals, 50s. ; Lossipoie, 505. ; rice 225. ; Liverpool soap, 405.; ships biscuits, 505.; Sydney mould candles, 9*d.; ticlinont sperm, is. lid.; coffee, 9&d.; TD pipes, Gs. 6d. ; vinegar, 2s. yd.; Congou, in chests, £7 55.; do., in lialfchi-sis,£7 5s to £775.; boxes orange Pekoe, 375. Bd. per box ; rum, V\ -1., G.s. per Ka ]. ; pa le brandy, 165.; brown do., 175.; Sidney fl, ni r, £34 ; " mair.*, us. 6d. ; bbellards tobacco, Is. fid.

Syijnev Alaiikbts.—lt was ijenerally expected that there would have beei, a rise in Hour ;

this, however has no/ Icon the case, but on enquiry at the mills \xi ,<nd that both grain and flour have mi upwa'd tendency. Messrs. T. Barker and Co. jjivi! ,hv last quotation, viz., fine (Jour, £'28, seconds, £'«*<> per ton; wheat, Us. per bushel ; bran, \]. 3d. per bushel. A parcel of imported wheat /as been yurchased,*and is now being worked ij>. Mr. Breillat reports:— There is no ahcrat^n in the flour market this week. Fine floiir/'inains firm at £28 per ton ; seconds do. do., i"'-2<> 5 i)ra"» ls- to ls- 3tl- P er bushel ; wheat. /<K to ! Os-. (id, very little arriving- to mark* .—Empire, Feb. 1, 1856. On the tfOth Jmuary, Messrs. Dean & Co., sold at auction /lot of New Zealand wheat, for whicli ten sliilliiirs a bushel »»s obtained. Adklaidk IY/arkets —'I'here has been a ris^; in (lour liere e^ual to about £2 10s. per ton. The following ire the prices quoted.— Com Exchange, Thursday, Jan. 17. Wheat.—S;.les effected at 9s. iKd. to 9s. 3d. in town : <Js.-Id. to 9s. 4 3d. at Port. Laige parcels weie hsl'l for a hiuher rate. Daniel Ferguson, Chairman. Grain. Flour, and Provender Market. Fine flour, £'25 to £20 ; Wheat 9s. to 9s. 3d. liran, Is. Id to Is. 2<l. ; oats, ss. to ss. 6d Knjjlieh bailey, ss. Od. to 55.; Cape do., 4s. Chilian do; 4s. Ball & Cowie. Lati r dues, via Sydney, quote the same figures.

Wooi.Sat.ks.—At the Novpinber pales of wool in Engiind," fall of Id. t.0'24<1. perlb. occurred.

Wf beg to direct the attention of the publi; to the advertisement calling a meeting of the Lyttelton Colonists' Society for the purpose of taking farewell of their VicePresident, Mr. Spowers. We understand that the Choral Society have kindly offered to contribute their assistance towards enlivening the proceedings of the evening by giving a variety of glees, &c. .