Commercial.
Business during the week . has been more nctivo than for some time past. As the wool sonson advances, we anticipate that orders from the country will have tb'be executed, Which will no doubt «ivo an impetuc to 'trade. Tho arrival of the Prince Alfred without 'the European Mails hue canned considerable disappointment in commercial circles. It is tho first occasion that the I. & O. Company have failed to deliver r the mails according to the time specified in thuir contract; and the breaking down of the Northam ts no doubt the case. > On Tuesday last, Messrs. Smith & Co sold by ! public auction) at their auction rooms, a quantity of liolloware,boofD and shoes, enßraTings, Stc. Tinned 1 saucepane and covers, assorted sizes, fetched from Ud. to 3s. Oil. each, ttunod round tea kettles, from 2s. to ss. 6d., oval pots and covers, tinttnl, from 1 to 0 galls, 3s. to 35.; men's bluehern.Os. per pai', waterti-hts 10s. (3d., calf Wellington's 18s. to I3s. 6d., army bluchers 9s Cd., liu'ies' boots, cordovan. 6s. per pair, do. memel, Os.'Od , do.'cloth, s's. 3d. to os. od., cashmere 4s. to 4s. (id., seal whoes, 3s. (id.; a number of engravings and a quantity of fancy ware sold at fair prices, saddles, .42 10s. to .£3 ss. each, military do., 4s. to 7s. Oil., iron wheelbarrows 325. fld. each, galvanised iron tiles, 50s. per cwt., Forsler'p spndej, pelished, No. 1, 02s. Gd. per dox., No. 2, 07s. 6d. to 725. Od.; not polished, dSs. Otl. to 40s. do., double barrelled guns, £i 15s. to £5 15s., 1 do. extra ride barrels, £7 to £7 ss. each. • On Wednesday last, Mcsers. Bethune *s Hunter sold by public auction, at the Exchange, a quantity of merchandise, which realized tho following prions —B.P. rum, 3s per gallon (in bonrl), corn saoks, 10s. per dozen, mutsentcl raisins. Bd. per !b., paints, colors, &c, at low yricis, bottled ale and pnrior. Sβ. Oil. per doz., starch OJd. to 7d. per Hi,, peraiiilmlators'i£3 to £i rnnh, sardines, j lb. tins, 7s.'lid. per dijz., half lb. tins, 10s .'id. do., maize, 4s; Od." per bushel, and sundry other goods at fair ra'es. On Wednesday last Messrs. Duncan & Vcnnell sold by public amnion at 'Messrs. Wilkie's, Hint, the remainder of theu nock-in-trade, they beinir about to dissolve partnership. The good") fetched fair prices, but they were not all sold, in conse-, quonce of the number of lots. Yesterday, Mr. J. [I. Wallace submitted to public competition, a number of country anil town properties, whiih realized the following prices; Seciion 0 Oli&riu, £140; section 13, Harbour Liatrict, £00; section 783, Mannwatn, .£SO; town acre 1070, £33 ; town acre 001, X'BO ; town acre 7M, £1)2,; town acre (iO2, £IC>O ; town acre (iO!), ; gl2o ; nart of town acre 250, i','i3; part o: town norn .'!«!) and house, £320 ; part of town acre 534, £S 17s. (id. per foot. I'awsoiiville properties wi:!idi'nwu. The sale was well aUonded, the bidding spirited, raid the prices realized considered satisfactory.
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