Markets.

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 632, 27 November 1858, Page 4

Markets.

The commercial news brought by the Louis and-Miriam' from the Australian colonies may be briefly gummed up. In the ' Sydney Morning Herald' of OctoKer 29, it isstated that the new wool-clip wag beginning to come intothe market. Much caution wag being ,'exercised by pnrchasers,.and prices remained unsettled. : A lot of- 80 bales from Moreton Bay realized, atMetisrs. Morta's'ale.ls. 6jd., of a brand which last year fetched 22d. to i3d.. A furtherdecline was not anticipated. New Zealand 'fleece at the name sales is quoted at Is. I|.;' tallow was lower ; hides firmer. ► The flrnt of the •erieiof wool sales in 'Melbourne had hot come-off on the 25th nit.

• The Melbourne 'Argus' of the Ssth mentionß that th»IJoor market continueii" very quiet, prices boing iilmost • nominal.„ In the iome^paper of the SS^h we find that im-, portations of grain and flour were on the increase, without a „ prcupect of being discontinued for pome time/, ' i At Adelaide floor had given way in price and would not recover unless something should occur to injure the present , pronpect of a plentiful .harvest. A telegram,- 'dated Nov.-; \ y^v, gtateg 'that holder* wore ofleriog at .^l4 but no buyera. - Wheat had changed hand* at 6h. to 6», 6d., and all other groin «w plentiful and dull.' " :-'T|' ';": . : .-':■." ■ i Is TMmania we 'find', little doing in"|he grain; market. Whntww however flrm at B»'.-to Bb. 3d; in'Hobart Town. Floorswu: brisker,• commanding jflß to .^2O per; ton, and ordera plentiful. Potato** down to jf6 arid j^7 per ton:: • : In Sydney, nnaer date Nov. 1, the import markets »ro reported M follow* —Oroceriev, dull. Teaij, small Jots coming to hand, and prices not io good; parcela in utoek of an ordinary character, but the better^ description* selling r readily *t'jr9 to jf9 ss.' Bnftars: the market bare 6f, riivr-;" sugars, and prices for all kinds fully-maintttinod.'Rico^ further shipments expected and bnyerg cautious. ■ i '