ENGLISH SHIPPING.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 350, 26 February 1861, Page 2

ENGLISH SHIPPING.

DEPARTURES. ~ .:.■'. November.—Bosworth, and Minerva. December 20.—Melbourne, for. Otago. , . . ■ . •' . CLEARKD. : - • • • : For Nelson—George Canning,' December 19, from London. . '... . LOADING. ■■'.■: For. Auckland—African, Mersey, Earl of Mar and KeMe.v ' For Canterbury—Glentanner. and Gylfe. For Otago—Velore. For Wellington—Golconda. ••■■-■». 'tMDON WOOL REPORT.—Dec. 21,1860. \ -J?he -sales,, which closed on the 7th December, Tiaving supplied the wants, of all our manufacturers, j.bufeliftle'demand could be expected so soon after their ftermination and 'the close of the year. The accounts :from.tbo North; however, report an active market for ;th&:season, with all the manufacturers employed,'and .'operatives in full work. • • ■ ;• There have been a few inquiries in our market chiefly for good Sydney fleece, bufttie satisfactory iprices'.raijging-atthelasfc sales for this.description in•duced holders to quit all at those sales, the dealers in London are therefore without stock. j r-Oiir market'will, with' the exception of a kw hun•dred1 bales'in speculator's hands, principally'Oape,. be aiearlyclear of-stock', and the arrivals^already here and there expected vtfill, without a large import of the inewelip comes forward for the March sales, leave our (market more scantily supplied with stock than at any former period—a, remarkable feature and good evidence ithat consumption is fully up to production, and that the high prices now ranging for the raw material does not check the consuming powers of the people. It is extremely gratifying that the close of the .year should be. marked by such agreeable features viz 1., low stocks, good trade, and full prices—evidences of the very healthy state of the wool and woollen trades. . . ; PRICES OF NEW ZEALAND WOOL. I Superior flocks in best condition ....... 110@ 22£ Average to good in tair condition.*.. ..I 7 110 Ordinary and ill-c0nditi0ned........... 1 4 17

Scouvod . iik ~... 2 0 2 4J, „ Lambs1 2 0 2 3 Fair and hand-washed skins I 4 1 9 •;' Inferior ....I 0 14 Lambs', good ...." ...1 '8 110 „ inferior to average ..1.5 1 8 Broken locks, &c. .0 "'9 1 ,i In grease , ...Oil 1 4 ~ ' ~~ BIRTH. V; % Barnett On the 20th February, the'wife of Mr. i Henry Barnett, of a son. | MARRIAGE. Yates—Lawrence.—On the 23rd February,-at" Richmond, by the Rev. P. Calder, Henry Liegli; third son of the late T. T. Yates, Esq., Solicitor, Preston, Lancashire, to Mary Louisa Ann, eldest • daughter.:;.ofi the late Mr. C.. Lawrence, of Milbourue House, Malmesbuiy,'Wilts. DEATHS. Ritchie.—On the 2nd instant, .at Taranalri, Eliza- . beth, wife of James Ritchie, Esq., Solicitor, Broughamstreet. : . ■"■•'■■■■ ■■■■" ' ...;■, '■ •".■ Elliot.—On the 2nd instant, at Taranaki, Jaijei. youngest daughter of Mr. P. Elliot, aged U.'months..: Waller.—Oh the sth instant, at Taratiaki, Mary, wife of Mr. Thomas Waller, aged 38 years.' BAURir.ALTi.—On the 6th instant, at Taranaki,. Mary Grace, eldest daughter a of'Mr. H. Barriball, aged 18 years... • . i■ ■" King.—On the Bth instant, Captain W. C. King.,-.of the Tarannki Militia Corps, surprised by the" rebels near Woodleigh, and shot; aged 32-years. . , Perry.—On the 9th instant, at Taranaki; Clara, daughter of William and Mary Perry* aged 7 months. Strange.—On the 10th February, 186 L, at Gamp, .Huirangi, Taranaki, New Zealand, of a wound received in action, Captain Thomas George Strange, 65th regiment, deeply and deservedly • regretted by his brother officers and the community at large. Reid.—On the llth instant, at Tarauaki, Louisa, wife of George Reid, aged 24 years. . Adams.—On the 13th instant, at Taranaki, Eliza, wife of E. A. Adams, Esq. Halse.—On the 18th instant, at Taranaki, Harriett Lceta, eldest child of William Halse, Esq., aged 3 years I^9 months. ! Marsden.—On the 25th instant, of consumption, the wife of Mr. John Marsden, Hardy-street, aged 3; years.