The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-05 00:00:00

WOOL.

As the attention of the trade has been chiefly directed
to the public sales at Liverpool, which are going off briskly
at very full pric s, we have no new feature to report in
our market. The business doing in all kinds of wool is
limited, yet prices are well supported. List wesk's im-
ports were 1,611 hales from Sydney, 355 from Port Philip,
102 from Moreton Bay, 758 from Now Zealand, and 45
from St. Petersburg.
Current prices of English Wool :—Down tags, is 6d to
Is 6:_id ; half-bred hoggets, is 51 to is ; Down ewes
ard hogs, is 4,1 to is 41d; Kent fleeces, is 4rl to is 4zd ;
Leicester owes and hogs, la to is 4d ; flannel wool, is Id to
is 3d ; and blanket wool, 10d to is 4,id per lb.

R`)YAL SURREY GARDENS COMPANY.

MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS (THIS DAY).
A public; meeting of the shareholders in the Royal
Surrey Gardens Company was held this afternoon, at
the King's Arms Hotel, Palace-yard, Westminster.
for the purpose of receiving a report from the director,
and the di charge of other business.
Mr. T. K. Holmes, chairman of the Board of Di-
rectors, in the chair.
(We shall give the conclusion in ou: last edition.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.

WESTMINSTER
WANTON AND DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE BY A SOLDIER.
—John South, a private in the Coldstream Guards, was
charged with wilfully demolishing a large pane of plate
glass in one of the new houses in Victoria-street, West-
minster, and assaulting the constable who apprehended
him.

John Cole, 50 B, said that at half-paq 3 o'clock yester-
day morning he was on duty in Victoria-street, where he
saw the defendant walking on the other side of the way,
drunk, with his belt in his hand. He suddenly stopped
opposite No. 5 and deliberately struck a ♦iolent blow
with the brass part of his belt at a large square of plate
glass there and broke it in two !Aces. Witness ran
over, and just arrested his aril as he was going to de-
molish another. Witness asked him what he broke the
window for, when defendant said he would serve him the
same, and struck him a ♦iolent blow oa.the left shoulder
with, the brass ornament of the belt. He made another
attempt to assault him but witness got. the belt away
from him. He was very drunk, and his conduct was
like a madman.

Mr. Tomas Banks, of New Totbill-street, builder,
said tbat the value of the broken glass was 4/. 10e. It
was on the ground floor of one of the new buildings in
Victoria-street.

Defendant said he could not recollect anythingabout it.
Mr. Payhter (to the owner)—Why leave a valuable
piece of glass like this without shutters or any other pro-
tection ?

Mr. Banks--The house is let, and it was left to let a
little air in. I did not contemplate that a person would
wantonly break it in this way.
Mr. Paynter—Twenty occurrences might happen to
endanger it. It ought not to have been left exposed in
this way ; there are always plenty of drunken men
about. (To defendant)—Hare you ever been in trouble
before!

Defendant—No.
Mr. Poynter—How long have you been in the army
Defendant—Three years.
Mr. Paynter—You must pay the damage, 41.100., or
be committed for a month. I sbould have given a longer
period of imprisonment if the window had not ben so
exposed.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
On Saturday afternoon, Lieutenant Barton and Cornet
Erchatez, two gentleman belonging t 3 the 7th Dragoon
Guards, now under orders for India, were charged at
this court with being drunk and vi dently as•aniting
police constables 34 C and 37 C, while in the execution
of their duty.
The evidence adduced went to show that on Saturday
morning about three o'clock, 34 C wag in the Hay-
market, when he saw the defendants, who were the
worse for liquor, creating a great disturbance, and sur-
rounded by a mob of at least 500 persens. Tise ell)-
, stables desired the defendants to go away. Barton, with
an oath, refused, and seized hold cf 34 C by the cellar,
and nearly strangled him; an I white he was almost,
insensible from the defendant's violenco, Coe latter struck
him several blows in the mouth and face, which bled
very much. Richards, 57 C, went to his a-si3tance, and
was violently struck by Ercha!ez, who tried to rescue
Barton from custody.
The defendants, who bad given the assumed names of
Brown and Simpson, said the constable had exaggerated
the case very much. The fact was they were gro,sly
insulted by a man, and while they were remonstrating
with him the officer cameup and took them into custody
They denied there being 500 people—tbsre were not 50
present.

- Mr. Bingham said the defendants, who from their
manner and dress he should take to be gentlemen, did
not seem to feel the lamentable position in which they
were placed. Instead of showing their valour by
assaulting the police, it would be much better
for them to be off to India and display
their courage there. The police must be protected, and
as be made no distinction between rich and poor, he
should commit each of them for ten days to the House of
Correction.

On healing this sentence the defendants expressed a
desire to speak to the magistrate in private, which Mr.
Bingham refused to do.

The defendants then gave their real names and pro-
fession,, and said they were under orders for India with
their regiments, and were to leave on Monday (this day)
They therefore begged the magistrate not to bend them
to prison, as it would be their ruin. They were exceed-
ingly sorry for what they had done, and lamented the
position in which they were placed.
Mr. Bingham said, under these circumstances, be
should be very sorry that the country shoul l be deprived
of the services of two such stout gentlemen ; but before
he could alter his decision in the least he must calve
inquiries to be made about them at the War-office.
Just as the magistrate was leaving the court, Inspec-
tor Webb, who had been despatched to make the neces-
sary inquiries at the Horse-guards, entered the court,
and informed Mr. Bingham that he had seen the Deputy
Adjutant-General, who informed him that Lieutenant
Barton was under immediate orders for India, and it
was neceosary that he joined his regiment forthwith.
Cornet Erchalez was not under orders at present.
Mr. Bingham, under these circumstances, mitigated
the punishment to a fine of 51. each, which was at once
paid.