The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-19 00:00:00

WOOL.

Owing to the continued dearness of money the amount of
business doing in English wool is extremely limited, buyers
since our last report, having almost having almost entirely
restricted their operations to the supply of immediate wants.
Compared with the high prices lately current, the (pota-
tions exhibit a fall of about ldlper lb. In colonial wool, by

Iprivate contract, a limited business is doing, and prices rule
soolowhtit easier. Laat week's imports aillolloted to 655

Particulars. 1850, 1861 I 1862. )
1863. 1864.
1
Price of Y.C. ..
Stock this (1ay.... 44.984 38,390 86.714 ; 42,615 ( 41,3:9
( —E,nd ' sod ---8 Od ) —Ei Od '—B Ocl
Delivery lastweek 2.233 3,459 1,6i2 2,012 1,3 8
f 5i.56.1 lo 50s 91 to 48s0d to '43591 tolls ud to
Ditto from June 1 30,669 42,149 23,290 16,7(8 18,985
Arrivals last week 2,522 3315 2,,12 2,587 513
Ditto from June 1 48,559 23,778
21,692 21,579 15 2 -,3
Price of Town .... 555 Od s,iy yd 50s Od 41s 3d 1 44s 3d

Great Fire in the Ci

,y—This Day.

This morning a very destructive fire broke out in the
premises of Messrs Tapping,
carpet warehousemen, nearly
opposite the laoldamPh's Hall, Gliesham-street. The fire
engines were speedily in attendance, and the firemen did
their utmost, but the flames were now issuing from 40
windows, and soon caught the Haberdashers' Hall, in which
there are many valuable and ancient portraits. The fire
then spread to some warehouses in Wood-street. Two of
the men belonging to Mr Hodge's brigade were injured.
As the fire is now far from being extinguished, it is impos-
sible to give any estimate of the damage done.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,—This Day.

The September Sessions of the Central Criminal Court
was commenced this morning at the Sessions House, Old
Bailey, before the Recorder, the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, and other civic functionaries. The calendar con-
sists of a list of 108 prisoners for trial ; the charges, with
the exception of two cases of murder and two of man-
slaughter, are of the ordinary character.

The RECORDER, in delivering his charge said, although
the calendar was numerically heavy, the cases were unim-
portant. There were two cases of murder, in one of
which a man named Henry 'Wilkinson was charged with
the murder of his wife. It appeared that the prisoner
had lived with his wife for some years, and treated her
kindly except when under the influence of drink, which,
unfortunately was rather often. On the night of the occur-
renoe the prisoner came home late at night, and appeared
very angry at not finding his wife in his own room. From
some cause not properly explained it appeared that the
wife was sleeping with another woman lodging in the house.
The prisoner went to the room, dragged his wife out of
bed, and struck her a severe blow from which she fell.
Then he kicked her, and no doubt caused her death. The
prisoner, finding he had injured his wife, was at once
brought to himself, and appeared to have exerted himself
to render every assistance in obtaining medical advice,
and the question for the jury to consider was, whether
there was sufficient prima facie• evidence to sust,in
the charge of murder, and whether the prisoner at the time
of inflicting the injury had contemplated the death of his
wife. There was nothing in the evidence to show that the
prisoner contemplated the death. The jury, however, would
have the witnesses before them, and it would be their duty
to say whether the charge ought to be reduced to man-
slaughter.
The Grand Jury then returned, and in a short time
afterwards the trial commenced.

Nothing of the slightest importance transpired during
the morning.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.

A FOOLISII FRElX.—Charlos Bishop, a young man,
living in York street, 'Westminster, was charged before Mr
Tyrwhitt as follows :

Sergeant Franklin, 20 E, said that about 12 o'clock the
previous night he was on duty in 'Great Portland-street,
when he saw the prisoner, who was attired as a female,
and wearing a capacious crinoline, standing talking to a
young man and a female. A Life Guardsman passed by,
and the prisoner said " Good night—shall I come home
with you ?" and then kft his companions and walked some
distance with the soldier, and then returned to his com-
panions. Suspecting the prisoner was a man, although
dressed as a female, he (the sergeant) was making his way
towards him when the prisoner and his companions started
off, and on his pursuing them the prisoner's crinoline fell
down and dragged along the ground, and he then took the
prisoner, who cut a sorry figure, into custody.
The prisoner said he did not think there was any harm
in what he had done.

The sergeant (amid some laughter) produced a gay-
looking bonnet, cloak, dress, and crinoline.
Mr Tyr whitt—lf prisoner would behave in such an indis-
creet manner as he was proved to have done ho must not
be surprised at haing looked up. Ile would discharge the
prisoner, but he (Mr Tycwhitt) considerol the prisoner
had acted like a fool.

WESTMINSTER.
CRUEL ROBBERY ET A SISTER.—Mary Wharton, a girl
smartly dressed with a hat and feather, was charged with
robbing her sister, who had afforded her a home, of every
article of wearing apparel she passessed.
Louisa Stotiens, a rough, hardworking countrywoman,
said that her husband was a brickmaker, and they lived near
Maidstone, Kent. Prisoner came to her three weeks before
last Friday work, when she robbed her and absconded.
They went out together into the fields that morning to work,
buy prisoner was soon missed, and, instead of continuing at
her labour, returned to her sister's cottage and stripped it.
When she returned home, she found she had left her no
clothing but what she stood upright in)
and had gone cff
by the 12 o'clock train to London.
Mr Selfe—How was she found ? •
Pro3ecutrix—l wrote to my other sisters about her, letting
them know how she had treated me, and they sent to me to
tell me where she was. when I got the information I
came to town yesterday morning and found her at my
brother's. She denied the robbery, but I directly saw a
hankerchief belonging to my husband which she had carried
off, and also a cloak that she had stolen of mine, and there
are other things that we havo the tickets of.

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Mr Scudamore, pawnbroker, Great Chapel-street, pro-
duced a gown pledged with him by the prisoner.
A policeman said he had two tickets relating to other
property, but had not had time to see about them or trace
the other property.
pir Selfe said he should remand the prisoner, to afford an
opportunity of completing the case.