The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-20 00:00:00

.WOOL M'Altli ET.

English wool continues in stea ly request, and a further
slight advance has taken place ix t the value of most kinds.
In foreign and colonial qualities. Liore business is doing, at
extreme rates. Last week's imports were only 876 bales
from Algoa Bay, and 667 from ..Port Philip.

SEIMS. •
Linseed has been in steady relsruest at fully last week's
quotations.' • Rape and oil-seeds &Ave sold to a fair extent,
at very full prices. Tares are in il'emand at the extreme
rates of last week. New mustard is a slow sale, on former
terms. In the value of clover seed -.and trefoil we have no
change to report. Cakes are quiet, but without alteration
in price.

Turnip,White, p.bus.l2s to 14s
Swede
Mustard, Brown l4s 16s
White, new l4s 15s
Tares,Winter,new 12s0d 13s Od
Old --s —s
Canary, per quarter 768 80s
Rye grass, new 22s 26s
Clover, Red Eng., et. 50s 588
White
Foreign Red 4Bs 56s
White 56s CBs
Trefoil, new. 2os 24s

Carra way
Coriander
Hemp seed, IF qr
Linseeti,Eng.sowing 68s 70s
Crushing
Baltic ...
Odessa Rs 58s
Linseed C ake, p. ton—
English lolos 11 Os
Foreign ,p. tonlo Os 11 5s
Rape Cak es,p. ton 510 a 6 5s
Rapeseed,, p. qr 6ls 68s

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.)

MARLBOROUGH-STS EET.

CHARGE OF FORGERY.-SINGUL 4R CASE. John
Rayner, of 11, Swan-place, Newingt on, office boy, and
T heophulus Cooper, of 11, Hampton-street, Walworth►
advertising agent, were placed at the bar before Mr. Bea-
don, charged with forging a cheque for £25 on the Western
Bank of London, Hanover-square.

Mr. H. W. Herbert, cashier of t lie Western Bank of
London, said—l produce a cheque purporting to be drawn
by F. J. Montgomery, in favour of the _Military Spectator
or bearer, dated the 10th of September, for £25. It was
presented that day week by a lad named Samuel Barry
Barnard, now present, but there being no one of the name
the cheque was not cashed. It was one of the printed
forms. The regiment to which Captain Montgomery be-
longed did not bank with the Western Bank of London.
Samuel Henry Barnard, 4, John-street, Camberwell, in
the employ of Mr. Wilmot, manager of the Military Spec-
tator, 11, Wellington-street, Strand, said—l received the
cheque from Mr. Wilmot to present it at the bank, when
Payment was refused. I know the prisoner Rayner, who
is employed at the office. He once showed me a blank
cheque, torn from a book.

Cross-examined by a solicitor—He said he had found the
cheque with some letters in the editor's box. There was
no writing on it.

Mr. Cleveland Wilmot said—l reside in Camberwell, and
am manager of the Military Spectator. The prisoner
Cooper was formerlra clerk in the office, and discharged in
February last. I received the cheque produced between
five and six on Saturday afternoon week through the post.
I found the envelope which had contained the cheque where
letters were usually put. The envelope contained besides a
printed order for the supply of the journal, three names for
£25, entitling the persons to the paper so long as they lived,
or the paper existed. The name of " Montgomery " was
one of the names. I sent my lad to the bank, and he told
me payment was refused. _ _

The solicitor on behalf of the prisoners addressed the
magistrate at some length, contending the whole affair was
nothing more than a ridiculous hoax, as the prisoners would
not have derived the slightest benefit from what they had
done—the only person who could possibly have benefited
being Mr. Wilmot. There was no intention to defraud the
bank, and his clients were very respectable.
Mr. Wilmot recalled, said he believed now that it was
done to hoax him.

Mr. Beadon said it was a most outrageous act for the
prisoners to have been guilty of, especially in a commercial
country like this. Had the bank wished to have pressed
the case, he should certainly have sent them fo- trial. He
considered they had disgraced themselves for life.—Dis-
charged. .