The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-09 00:00:00

WOOL,

Since our last report, rather more ',business has been
transacted in most descriptions of English wool. As re-
gards prices, there has been continued firmness, and the
currency to-day exhibits very little alteration from last
week. In colonial wool by private contract, sales progress
slowly, at late rates. The import into London, last week,
was 457 bales from the Cape; 91, Port Natal; 1,022, Port
Philip ; 1,100 Sydney ; and 625 bale' from Taganrog.
sd s d
Fleeces -South Down hoggets ...2 0 2 1/
Half -bred do 2 2 2 3
Kent fleeces 2 2 2 21
outh Down ewes and wethersl 1 t 2 0
Leiee,ter do 2 1 2 2
Sorts -Clothing 1 6 2 01
Combing 1 8 2 2

TALLOW.
The tallow trade is firm to-day, and prices are rather
higher than on Monday last. Isjew P.Y.C. is quoted at 41s•

A MOTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED BY HER SON.—Wm.
Fitzgerald, a young man described as a tailor, of 4, Tudor-
place, Tottenham-court-road, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with violently assaulting his mother, Hannah
Fitzgerald, and also his father and brother.
The prisoner had a very haggard appearance, and seemed
to be labouring under the effects of a long course of dissi-
pation.
The mother was unable to attend, and a certificate was
handed to Mr. Tyrwhitt, signed by Dr. Saul, of No. 2,
Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, stating that Hannah
Fitzgerald was unable to leave her bed in consequence of
having received a severe scalp and other wounds.
It appears that the prisoner this morning seized up a
poker, with which he dealt his mother a violent blow on
the head, inflicting a very serious wound. He then took
up a pan and again struck his mother on the head with it.
He then tried to throttle his father, and afterwards attacked
him, severely injuring his mouth. , The prisoner, who had
behaved throughout as if mad, then made his escape on to
the roofs of some houses, and, taking up some bricks, de-
fied the police to interfere with him, and it was nearly an
hour before Sergeant Rogers, 87 E, and other constables
could capture him.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week, and
said that by that time they would be able to ascertain the
result of the injuries the mother had received.
ASSAULTS ON THE POLICE.—MaHriCe Jones, 'a medical
student, residing at No. 14, Dean-street, was charged
before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with , assaulting Police-constable
Wood, 151 C, and Rough, 310 A.
Wood said that on Saturday night at a quarter to 12,
the defendant, who was intoxicated, was trying to force
his way into a public-house in Oxendon-street. He re-
quested the defendant to go away, but he refused, saying
that if he (the constable) interfered with him he would
punch his head, and immediately after did so. Three or
four other constables coming up, the defendant, who was
very violent, was got to the station.
Henry Rough, 310 A, proved being kicked by the de-
fendant, who was very violent.
Defendant said he had taken a little too much to drink.
Mr. Tyrwhitt fined him 10s., or 14 days, for each assault.
Robert Hodgson, a watchman, was charged with assault-
ing Langham, 108 C.
The constable saw the defendant asleep in a doorway,
and on raising him ho struck him, and put his hand in his
pocket as if to take something from it. As the defendant
was drunk the constable took him to the station. In his
pocket a staff and a rattle were found.

Defendant—l am a watchman.
Mr. Tyrwhitt—And get drunk and go to sleep in a door-
way.
The defendant was fined 10s., or 14 days in default.
. .

John Whelan, a labouring man, was charged with being
drunk and disorderly, and assaulting 76 C, and fined 10s.
or 14 days.
John Stephen Griffiths, a rough fellow, was charged
with assaulting police-constable Hard 186 A.
Some gentlemen complained to the constable while in
Hyde Park on Saturday evening, that the prisoner was in-
terfering with every one passing, and on the constable
going up to him, he (prisoner) immediately struck him
several severe blows, one of them blackening his eye.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the constable said the pri-

soner was drunk.
Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for seven days:

WESTMINSTER.

A WIDOVS TROUBLES.—CharIes Peachey, a boy 12 years
of age, was charged with robbing his master of 2/.
Mr. John Kerslake, of Queen's-row, Pimlico, bootmaker,
said that on last Monday week he sent prisoner, who was
his errand boy, home with a pair of Wellington boots, for
which 1/. 9s. was to be paid by the customer. Prisoner
shortly returned, saying the gentleman to whom he had
taken the boots wanted 11s. change, and he would send
back two sovereigns. Prosecutor gave the boy the lls .
but he never returned with the gold. Ile absconded, and
was not found until last night, when he was taken into

custody.
Mr. Selfe—How long had he been with you ?
Prosecutor—Two days only ; he was recommended by
one of my men, who infortaed me that his mother spoke
well of him, and she ought not to have done so, for I find
that he robbed his former master.

A police constable, with the appropriate name of
" Cleverly," proved finding the boy in the street on Satur-
day night, thinking ho resembled the description given of
Mr. Kerslake's runaway, and plumply asking him whether
he did not steal the money, to which he replied he did.
The mothor,:a very respectable lady-like woman, stood
forward, and said that she had sometimes called on Mr.
Kerslake to ask him to be careful not to trust him with
any sum of money, but unfortunately failed in seeing him.
She had been a widow six years, and maintained herself
by extremely hard labour as a dressmaker. She could do
nothing with the prisoner, and emplored the magistrate to
rescue him from ruin. He wanted to go to sea, but could
not obtain a ship. He was very well educated, and com-
petent to manage accounts, &c.
Mr. Selfe said he should remand the prisoner for a week
and would see whether he could get him to sea.