SYDNEY COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, February 10th.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 793, 9 March 1853, Page 3

SYDNEY COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, February 10th.

Wheat and Flour— Flour inactive at £20 to £23 ; a large quantity of American barrel floor ]£x Elizabeth Ellen* taken yesterday by the bakers at 445. per barrel. Wheat firm at Bi. to Bi. 6d. for but samples. Oilman* ttoret rery scarce ; pickles almost unprocurable. Rairitu — dull. Currants in great request and very tcarce ; a sale has been effected for export at 9d., and advices from England state the crop has proved a complete failure. Spirits— Good W. I. rum fira at 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d. lOo.p. Brandy, from Us. to 12s. Ale and Porter, supplies inadequate, Genna, without alteration. Tea. Several Teasels expected from Shanghae, now on their way ; meantime stocks are reduced and sales steady at 80s. to 85s. for good Congos. Coffee, BJd. to 9d. No stocks in town, and a further rise looked for. • Spicet, much wanted. ' Cigart, No. 2, at 755.; No. 3, at 655. Soap, £28 to £30 per ton. Candlet, Colonial moulds, sd. Belmont sperm, 14s. 6d. Sugar, Pampanga, £22 ; White China, £28 ; Zebu, £18. Salt, £4 10s. to £5. New Zealand produce — Sawn timber is saleable. A parcel of good Kauri from Auckland at 28s. to 325., in steady demand for export. Patent rope— Saleable for small sizes.. Wool lathing, £18, dull. Potatoet, good, £10 Butter, Cheese, Bacon are all considerably lower both here tad at Fort Phillip.

Black 0>7,£35 ; Sperm, £70, wanted. Qold Demand yery actiye and the Bank large buyers ; it has retched 745. per oz. Exchange on London fallen to 4 per cent, discount on Bank drafts. Freights to London continue low ; wool, *d per lb.; gold, } per cent.; oil, 555. per tun; tallow, 50s. per ton, hide«, 17». 6d.per too. Speculators have hitherto been very fortunate. Oar consumption has increased, and is increasing in a most unprecedented manner