The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-21 00:00:00

WOOL.

The public sales of colonial wool continue to be well
attended by home buyers. The amount of business doing
for export is still restricted ; nevertheless, the biddings
rule somewhat inactive, at an advance in prices from the
close of last sales of Id per lb. Inferior and greasy Cape
produce, however, owing to the absence of American buyers,
does not participate in this improvement. In the private
contract market English wool rules vary firm, and the
recent advance in prices is well supported. The import
into London last week was—from
Bales.
Melbourne
Port Philip and Geelong
Moretown Bay ..
Adelaide
t ape
Sundry other ports, about
CURRENT PRICES OP ENGLISH WOOL PER LB.

Fleeces—South Down hoggets ls 9d to is 10d
Half bred do is llid 2s Od
Kent fleeces ... 0..
S. Down ewes and wethers is 81 is 9d
Leicester do
Sorts—Clothing is 6d is lOid
Combing ~,,., .... ,„ is 60 -- is 110

LAW INTELLIGENCE,—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
RE COLONEL WAUGH.

His Honour asked whether it was a fact that Mr. Com-
missioner Holroyd declined to interfere in this matter.
Mr. Sargood said it was so.
His Honour said the more he thought of the matter
the more he was convinced that he could not inter-
fere, but must leave the matter for the Common Law
Court. He considered it a great injustice that a man
should be detained in prison on such a process as that on
which Colonel Waugh had been taken into custody. He
was called upon to give bail to the amount of £lOO,OOO,
which almost amounted to imprisonment for life, and yet
by merely lodging the process at the prison the debtor was
locked up without hope, as the creditor was not bound to
proceed a step further, although the debt r was ready to
meet the case. He thought that on the facts being repre-
sented one of the learned judges would interfere.

It was ultimately decided that the case should extend
over for a fortnight, and then be brought before his Honour

again.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.
WESTMINSTER.

PROVIDING A SUNDAY'S DINNER,—Mary Payers, a
middle-aged woman, was charged with stealing a hand of
pickled pork from the shop of Mr. John Grammar, 125,
Brompton-road.

George Wagstaff said that at half-past 11 on Saturday
night he saw the prisoner go up to the prosecutor's shop
and steal a hand of pork, weighing 441 b. and value 2s. 6d.,
from the stall board in front. She then quietly walked
away with the pork under her ehawl, but witness followed
and charged her with the robbery, and brought her back
to the shop, where she replaced the pork near the spot
from which she had taken it.
Mr. Selfe asked whether she was knr.wn ?

The young man replied in the negative, and it was then
statod that Mr. Grammar was frequently robbed in this
way.

Prisoner said she was very sorry, and ehe hopod the
magistrate would be lenient with her, as she had been
drinking a little.
James Seymour, a detective officer, said that prisoner
was given into his charge on Saturday night. Oa search-
ing her he found an Ostend rabbit concealed under her arm.
Mr. Salle—Have you got any owner for the rabbit ?

Polic3man—No, your worship; it is so difficult for any
one to identify. I asked her where she got it from, but
she could not tell me or would not.

Mr. Selfe (to prisoner)—Da you plead guilty to the
charge of stealing the pork ?

Prisoner—yes. -
M. Selfe—Do you wish me to deal with the case, or
would you rather that it should be sent to sessions ?
Prisoner—l should like you to try me.

Mr. Selfe—Well, then, I am of opinion that you are
making a practice of this sort of thing, and as the offence is
very clearly proved, I shall commit you for three months
to hard labour.