The Sun. — 1864-09-19 (London, England)

WOOL.  Owing to the continued dearness of money the amount of business doing in English wool is extremely limited, buyers since our last report, having almost having almost entirely restricted their operations to the supply of immediate wants. Compared with the high prices lately current, the (potations exhibit a fall of about ldlper lb. In colonial wool, by  Iprivate contract, a limited business is doing, and prices rule soolowhtit easier. Laat week's imports aillolloted to 655  Particulars. 1850, 1861 I 1862. ) 1863. 1864. 1 Price of Y.C. .. Stock this (1ay.... 44.984 38,390 86.714 ; 42,615 ( 41,3:9 ( —E,nd ' sod ---8 Od ) —Ei Od '—B Ocl Delivery lastweek 2.233 3,459 1,6i2 2,012 1,3 8 f 5i.56.1 lo 50s 91 to 48s0d to '43591 tolls ud to Ditto from June 1 30,669 42,149 23,290 16,7(8 18,985 Arrivals last week 2,522 3315 2,,12 2,587 513 Ditto from June 1 48,559 23,778 21,692 21,579 15 2 -,3 Price of Town .... 555 Od s,iy yd 50s Od 41s 3d 1 44s 3d  Great Fire in the Ci  ,y—This Day.  This morning a very destructive fire broke out in the premises of Messrs Tapping, carpet warehousemen, nearly opposite the laoldamPh's Hall, Gliesham-street. The fire engines were speedily in attendance, and the firemen did their utmost, but the flames were now issuing from 40 windows, and soon caught the Haberdashers' Hall, in which there are many valuable and ancient portraits. The fire then spread to some warehouses in Wood-street. Two of the men belonging to Mr Hodge's brigade were injured. As the fire is now far from being extinguished, it is impossible to give any estimate of the damage done.  CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,—This Day.  The September Sessions of the Central Criminal Court was commenced this morning at the Sessions House, Old Bailey, before the Recorder, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and other civic functionaries. The calendar consists of a list of 108 prisoners for trial ; the charges, with the exception of two cases of murder and two of manslaughter, are of the ordinary character.  The RECORDER, in delivering his charge said, although the calendar was numerically heavy, the cases were unimportant. There were two cases of murder, in one of which a man named Henry 'Wilkinson was charged with the murder of his wife. It appeared that the prisoner had lived with his wife for some years, and treated her kindly except when under the influence of drink, which, unfortunately was rather often. On the night of the occurrenoe the prisoner came home late at night, and appeared very angry at not finding his wife in his own room. From some cause not properly explained it appeared that the wife was sleeping with another woman lodging in the house. The prisoner went to the room, dragged his wife out of bed, and struck her a severe blow from which she fell. Then he kicked her, and no doubt caused her death. The prisoner, finding he had injured his wife, was at once brought to himself, and appeared to have exerted himself to render every assistance in obtaining medical advice, and the question for the jury to consider was, whether there was sufficient prima facie• evidence to sust,in the charge of murder, and whether the prisoner at the time of inflicting the injury had contemplated the death of his wife. There was nothing in the evidence to show that the prisoner contemplated the death. The jury, however, would have the witnesses before them, and it would be their duty to say whether the charge ought to be reduced to manslaughter. The Grand Jury then returned, and in a short time afterwards the trial commenced.  Nothing of the slightest importance transpired during the morning.  POLICE INTELLIGENCE,—This day.