The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-04 00:00:00

consumers and dealers, we have within the last ten days had
considerably more inquiry, and sales of some importance have
been effected without any material alteration in prices.
Stocks of all descriptions of low foreign Wools are very light,
and prospects generally more favorable than at the date of
our last circular. Of the late arrivals of East India Wools
(about 6000 bales) the bulk is held for our next public auc-
tions, which will probably not take place till the early part of
next month ;• these Wools continue in good request, and the
few sales made by private contract have been at a slight im-
provement on late prices.

Messrs. J. ROBINSON and Co. say :---
For sometime back, the receipts have been much curtailed,
by the high prices in the Mediterranean ports, and it is now
evident, that consumers have discovered, that the supply is
quite inadequate to their requirements, which has induced
several to purchase at higher rates, with very little choice of
Wool. All classes of low Wools may be quoted id. to id.
Per lb. up, our table of prices is slightly altered, though in
the absence of many descriptions, there are no sales passing,
the tendency of the market is still upward, and a good enquiry
for general use. There is a considerable trade in operation,
throughout the range of manufacture, and had it not been for
the stringency of the money market, the value would have
risen long ago ; as it is, prices are rising from scarcity. The
whole of the business here has been by private treaty.
Australian is in good demand, and purchasers visiting this
market complain that the quantity offering is so small ; sales
could be effected at high prices, if a moderate assortment was
sent here.

Messrs. HUGHES and RONALD say :---
We are glad to be able to report a more favourable state of
business in the Wool trade during the past month, both in this
market as well as throughout the manufacturing districts,
which to some extent may be ascribed to the improved tone
evinced at the public sales in London during the last fortnight.
The decline which bad been established at the commencement
in Colonial Wools was, in a great measure, recovered, and the
rates at the close are considered about equal to the previous
sales, and great firmness was displayed, the concluding sale
being considered the highest of the whole series. Since then,
we have had more demand for East India by private contract,
and what has been done has been at full rates. We have now
6,770 bales of new arrivals, which are held over for the next
public sales.

TIMBER.—From the monthly circular of Messrs.
HOLME, SLATER, and CROOK, it appears that

The arrivals into the docks of the Mersey, during the
month, containing Timber, &c., from British North America,
were-33 vessels, 26,103 tons, against 38 vessels, 25,647 tons,
for the corresponding period last year. Of Pine Timber.
Quebec, the cargoes have been sold on arrival, at prices
varying as per quality and specification, at from 19A. for 55
feet average to 221 d. per foot for 80 feet average. Of St.
John.—On the 28th, by auction, 90 logs 18 inch average sold
at 22d. per foot, and 429 logs 131 inch average at from 16d.
164 d. per foot. Of Baltic Timber the arrivals during the
month were-4 vessels 1,153 tons, against 3 vessels, 668
tons, for the corresponding period last year. Of Mahogany,
Gulf.—On the 28th the cargo ex Carthagenian, 210 logs,
61,282 feet, of good quality and mostly large size, sold at from
sd. to 10d. per foot, or 7 5-10 d. per foot average. This cargo
was free from shakes and other defects, decidedly the best
that has been sold here ; St. Domingo, 120 logs and curls, ex
Irlam, sold at from 6d. to 13d., or Thd. per foot average ;
Cuba : on the 14th, 481 logs and curls, 78,765 feet, ex Sussex,
sold at from sitl. to ss. per foot, or 7 27-32 d. per foot average ;
on the 28th 99 logs ex John, at 6d. to 11d, per foot, or 7 5-13 d.
per foot average.

MET.u.s.---In Scotch Pig Iron there has been a
very decided improvement during the past week, both
as to the amount of business and the price obtainable,
the present quotation for warrants being 795. 6d. cash.
Manufactured Iron and other Metals are without
change.

A Bar named Hayes was committed for trial for breaking
the window of Mr. Davies shop in Christian-street, and by
that means extracting goods to the value of 10s. The pri-
soner is a well-known thief, having been committed to gaol for
three months on several occasions.
STEAMING Two TOP-COATS.—John Conner, a young man,
was charged at the Police-court, yesterday, with stealing two
top-coats. A woman residing in Marybone stated that her
house had been broken open on Saturday, and two coats were
stolen. She identified the property. Conner was sentenced
to be imprisoned for'two months.
CHARGE OF BIGAMY.—An elderly woman, whose maiden
name is Margaret Forbes, was charged by her husband with
bigamy. Forbes married a seaman belonging to the Royal
Navy, named Clarke, about 19 years ago, in Inverness, by
whom she has had twelve children. While her first husband
was serving in the Black Sea fleet, where he has been for the
last 14 months, she has married a man named Ferguson,
also in her maiden name of Forbes, and by whom she has also
had children. The prisoner was remanded for a week, in
order that her first marriage certificate might be produced.
She was admitted to bail.

STEALING COPPER PROM A RAILWAY STATION.—Two men
named John Jones and William Potter were charged at the
Police-court with stealing a box of copper valued at £B. The
prisoners had been remanded from Saturday, and both are re-
turned convicts. Mr. William Willis, coal merchant, Crown-
street, sent•tbe copper to the Crown-street Railway Station,
to be conveyed to one of his collieries. A point's-man at the
station named Jones said that he saw the prisoner Jones on
the top of a waggon, and in a short time after lie saw both the
piiscmers carrying the box away. Jones admitted that he took
the box, but his companion Potter had nothing to do with it
at'all. Both prisoners were committed for trial at the next
-sessions.

A REGULAR SWINDLER.—Thomas Johnson, a well-dressed
-young man, who described himself as steward of a ship, was
charged at the Police-court, yesterday, with obtaining a great
quantity of provisions from different butchers of this town,
'under false pretences. George Cookson, butcher, in Bootle,
said that a short time ago the prisoner came to his shop and
ordered a whole sheep, 4lbs. of mutton chops, and a quantity
of other provisions, stating that he had been sent for the
goods by a Captain Brown, whose ship was lying in the Hus-
kisson Dock. The prisoner told Mr. Cookson he did not want
the provisions as ship's stores, but that the captain was going
to be married, and that the provisions had better be sent to
the ship. Mr. Cookson sent a young man with the prisoner
to the ship, who remained on the quay while the prisoner took
the provisions on board; after the young man had waited a
long while the prisoner said that the captain would call on his
master and pay the bill. Mr. Cookson, however, saw no more
of the prisoner until he was in custody of the police. Another
case was also proved against Johnson by a Frenchman, who
had been lodging in the same house as the prisoner, where he
was robbed of all his wearing apparel, all of which was found
at Mr. Birch's ale vaults. Mr. Birch said that the prisoner
brought the goods to his house, where he slept for one or two
nights. Carlisle, the detective-officer, said he found unpaid
bills on the prisoner which proved he had ordered and partly
received provisions to the amount of nearly £3OO. The pri-
soner, who made no defence, was committed for trial.
SaT3IHART ACTION ON AN ALLEGED CLAlM.—Yesterday,
about 1 o'clock, a considerable sensation was created in the
upper portion of Lord-street by a man suddenly, and with
evident deliberation, breaking the large plate glass panes in
the window of Messrs. Williams and Crook, tailors and men-
mercers. From the rapidity with which the work of destruc-
tion was performed, it was quite impossible to prevent the
reckless act from being fully accomplished, although the depre-
dator was followed and seized, and almost as promptly subjected
to judicial punishment for the outrage. It appears that the
culprit, whose name is John Mullin, a journeyman tailor, who
had been employed by Meisrs. Williams and Crook, had some
time since had some work from them to execute, which, pre-
vious to 'finishing, he received full payment of. Having
obtained the money, Mullin did not complete the work, which,
in consequence, had to be finished by some other of their
workmen. This being done, and Mullin still continuing in
their employment, he was supplied with more work, which he
finished and returned, but on delivering it, the sum paid for
the work to the man who completed it in the instance referred
to, was stopped out of Mullin's present earnings. Against
this he remonstrated, demanding his full money. The de-
mand was resisted, and he threatened, if he did not get the
full sum, he would do something which would make his em-
ployers regret their non-compliance. They remained inflexible,
and he proceeded to wreak his vengeance on the plate-glass in
front of their premises. With a stick, he deliberately broke
five out of eight large plate-glass panes in the window of their
shop, and, having done this, he ran away. He was followed,
however, and apprehended, and brought before the sitting
magistrate at the Police-court, where the outrage was clearly
proved, and the damage stated at £l5. The magistrate, after
expressing the severest censure on the dastardly character of
such outrages, ordered him to pay a fine of £5, or be im-
prisoned for two months with hard labour.
ARRIVAL OF AUSTRALIAN SHIPS, AND GREAT QUANTI-
TIES OF GOLD.—On Tuesday last, the splendid ship White
Star, Captain Brown, belonging to Messrs. Pilkington and
1 Wilson's White Star Line of Royal Mail-packets, arrived in
the Mersey, with 170 passengers, 70 tons of smelted copper,
1,213 bales of wool, a large cargo of miscellaneous produce,
and 85,195 ounces of gold, valued at about £340,780, on
freight. The White Star was off Cape Clear on Thursday,
.and her commander has displayed good seamanship in getting
her into port so soon in the face of the east winds which have
prevailed so long. Her owners sent a steamer out to meet
'her on Monday, and thus her arrival was accelerated by some
hours. The White;Star left Melbourne on the 31st of August,
but her news has been anticipated. Among the peculiarities
connected with the voyage of the White Star, is a tastefully got
andeleverly-arranged literary, tniscellany, named the "White
Star Journal," composed on board the ship during her outward
voyage,end published on her arrival at Melbourne. It is an
interesting miscellany, viewed in many lights ; but in none
is its value so readily apparent as in the evidence it affords of
the good understanding and right feeling which prevailed
among the passengers during the voyage ; a good understand-
ing in which the officers and brew have largely participated.
The -Black Bali Mail-ship Oliver Lang, which left Melbourne
a day or two before the White Star, also arrived at Queens.
town on Monday morning, and on account of the unfavour-
able wind for cowing up Channel, the captain telegraphed
here for instruction. Messrs. James Baines and Co. sent a
reply, ordering the wails to be landed, and they were received
here and at London on Tuesday night,2the ship herself
arriving on Friday. Besides passengers and cargo the Oliver
Lang has 75,000 ounces of gold on board, so that the two
vessels bring nearly £OOO,OOO.
SINGULAR CHARGE OR MANSLAUGHTER.-011 Saturday
last, a case of some importance and no little singularity
occurred in the Police-court. A young man named John
Wignall, an attorney's clerk, was charged with the man-
slaughter of a man named Appleton, who was killed on the
10th of September last, in a street brawl in Scotland-road.
The quarrel and fight were chiefly managed by the deceased
and a man, named Woodi, and his wife. In: the,: course
of the row Appleton was knocked down by a blow on the fore-
head, and received injuries which caused his death on the fol-
lowing day. An inquest was held before the Bbrough Coroner,
and Woods and his wife were ;committed for trial, charged
with manslaughter, and John Wignall, a man employed by
some of the attorneys practising at the Police-courts to serve
writs, was a principal witness on the occasion. He has been
in the town ever since, and has attended, most days, at the
Police-court, without any suspicion being attached to him,
until Friday afternoon, when Mary Myers, or Marsden, a
woman living in the neighbourhood of the place where the
affray occurred, pointed:him out to the police as one of the melt
who gave the deceased the last blow, which knocked him down.
He was consequently apprehended, and was, on Saturday,
placed before Mr. Alderman S. Holme and Mr. W, Rathbone,
to answer this serious charge. Mr. Bluck appeared for his
defence, and urged the improbability of the case, but the
magistrates considered there was sufficient evidence to justify
a remand until Monday. Yesterday the case was again
brought up for hearing ; but after some consideration, on the
application of Mr. Clough, Inspector of the Detectives, it was
again postponed till this day.