The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-29 00:00:00

WOOL.

Since we last wrote, owing to the proposed congress to
settle the German dispute, and to the reduction in the Bank
rate of discount to six per cent., a rather better feeling has
prevailed in the English wool trade, and although business
has not materially increased, prices of all descriptions have
ruled firm. The public sales of colonial wool will com-
mence on Thursday next, the 3d March. Since the close
of last auctions the arrivals have amounted to 40,781 bales,
viz. :

Sydney
Port Philip
Van Diemen's Land ... 396
Adelaide
New Zealand
Cape

Tot al 40,781
Tha quantity of wool at present efloat is 55,041 bales, con.
slating of 6,726 bales from New South Wales and Queens•
land, 32,332 Victoria, 216 Tasmania, 17,856 South Aus.
traiia, and 1,045 bales from the Cape,

SEEDS.

Clovcrseod commands rather moo attention, but trans.
1.7..aNe Pot urateriany r4erageq, Vricco rule firm,

SPORTING NOTES,

The Lincoln Meeting, in spite of the frost, turned out a
great success. The Trial Stakes was won by the Billingsgate
horse in a common canter, which made him a rattling
favourite for the big race on the morrow, but Benjamin won
easily, and his stable companion,, Partisan, was second,
thus showing; the forward condition of the French horses.
A moderate lot of two-year-olds contested the Brocklesby
Stakes, which were won easily by Vision.
For the Liverpool Steeplechase Bantam still maintains
the position of first favourite, and will see a much shorter
price before the day of the race. Ho is well worth in-
vesting on at his present figure. and if no accident hap-
pens to him in the race, ho is almost certain to be re-
turned the winner,

Viry little betting has as yet taken place on the North-
amptonshire Stakes, but the two that I would select thus
early to furnish the winner are Benjamin and Lioness.

For the Two Thousand Cambuscan has more charms for
me than either Paris or the Fille de I'Air.

The Nottingham Handicap is the only event of any im•
portance to be decided this week, and if Lord Stamford runs
Revolver, who carried off the same race last year, I shall
anticipate the judge's decision by placing

REVOLVER

TOURIST

JACK'S ALIVE
A FRESH MAN

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day,

OLD COURT.

The sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced
this morning before the Lord Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen,
and the Sheriffs.

The calendar contained the names of only 64 prisoners
for trial, and the cases were not of that aggravated and
serious nature which marked the two former sessions. There
was one indictment for wilful murder, which was preferred
against a female. The prisoner was charged with the murder
of her illegitimate child, and although there could bone doub t
about the child being the prisoner's, the question that
would be for them to decide was, the intention of the pri-
soner when the child came to its death, which was caused
by strangulation. There was a case of manslaughter, which
was of an unusual nature. 'I he prisoner and the person
killed were both inmates of a gaol. The prisoner was in-
censed at his cell being searched, and during•that ex-
citement th© blow e as struck wh'ca, it was alleged, caused
the death of the man. From the facts which would
be laid before them, they would have to decide
whether there was sufficient to justify the returning of a
true bill. There was also a charge against a person for
attempting to kill his wife by throwing her out of window,
but the evidEnce was not very satisfactory. The other
charges that would require their attention was that of a
man attempting to bribe a witness, and another of rather a
novel nature, namely, the alleged counterfeiting of the trade
mark of Mr. Rolfe, a pianoforte maker. He did not anti-
cipate they would meet with any difficulty, but in the
event of assistance being required it would be readily
afforded.

Samel Davis and Marion Davis, convicted of felony last
session, were brought up for sentence.
The Recorder sentenced Samuel Davis to six years' penal
servitude, and Maria Davis to six months' imprisonment
with hard labour:

A respectably dressed man named Jowet, lately a secre-
tary to a Forester's Society, surrendered to an indictment
charging him with embezzlement.
After hearing the evidence the jury acquitted him.

Mr. Metcalf said as there were other indictments ho
should proceed with some of them.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

SECOND EDITION.