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 hiving almost entirely
restricted their operations to the supply of immediate wants.
Compared with the high prices lately current, the quota-
tions exhibit a fill of about ld:per lb. In colonial wool, by
private contract, a limited business is doing, and prices rule
somewhat easier, Last week's imports amounted to 655

Great Fire in the Ci

;y—This Day.

This morning a very destructive fire broke out in the
premises of Messrs rapping, carpet warehousemen, nearly
opposite the Goldsmith's Hall, Gresham-street. The fire
engines were speedily in attendance, and the firemen dit
their utmost, but the dimes 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 civio functionaries. The calendar con-
sists of a list of 108 prisoners for trial ; the charges, with
the exception of two oases 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 ef the occur-
rence the prisoner came hoLne 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 sustain
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
he morning.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day.