The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-12 00:00:00

Irish •• ••
Foreign } i ii i 0

1
I -

BOROUGH HOP.
The amount of business doing in our market is ♦ery
Limited. Prices, however, arc supported.

WRITECHAPEL.
Large supplies of moat were on sale to-day, yet a good
business was doing, as follows : —Beef, 3s 4d to 4e 8d ;
mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6 1 ; veal, 3s 84 to 4s 8d ; pork, 38
to 5s td per Sibs. by the carcase.

The philologist Meier, professor at Halle, died on the
sth inst.
ILLNESS OF Ma. JOSEPLI STURM—We regret to state
that our highly esteemed townsman has been suffering
from illness of a dangerous character. The disease is
erysipelas iu the head, and for several days Mr. Sturge
was in a perilous condition. On Friday morning he WaS
rather better.—Birminghant Journal.
Mr. Bunning, architect to the C.ty of London, has
been presented with aivery,hazegndisioom,
by
y orderdia of
mondrhinisg,Mba.y
his Excellency Marquis
' • the King of Sardinia, as a memorial of his
J"tY Majesty's approbation of the decorations at Guildhall,
on the 4th Dec.
Her Majesty has commanded the publication of
sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Caird, of Errol, in
Craithie Church, in October last, during her Majesty's
sojourn at Balmoral. The sermon is entitled " The Re.
ligion of Common Life." It is no secret about Balmoral
(says the Glasgow Daily Mail) that Prince Albert ex-
pressed his high satisfaction with Mr. Caird's pulpit
discourse and appearance by stating that he
pheraidodnotot
heard a preacher -ike him for seven years, and did not
expect to enjoy a like pleasure for so long a
come.

FIRES IN ALDERSGATE-STREET.—About half-past 12
o'clock this morning a fire broke out on the premises of
Messrs. Gash, Wright, and Co., distillers and recti-
fiers, of Aldersgate-street, which in a very short time
destroyed a large amount of property. The establish-
ment abuts on Castle-street, Falcon-square, and the in-
habitants of this confined locality were greatly alarmed
for some time after the outbreak, but the timely arrival
of several engines and a full supply of water haPPV'gher
re-
lieved their anxiety in less than an hour. T
portion of Messrs. Gash's premises having burnt
i damage to
out, the fire was readily got under wit
host
windows
the adjoining property, beyond a few
street front of the
huhrent itself
and scorched panels. The Aldersgaut
-b :10 business will soon be
distillery is not damaged, and the
on the spot, and Mr.
resumed. The fire-escapes were
his accustomed deci-
Braidwood directed his coersp
sion and energy.
the last tariff),
111 11131
quotationi
nogf goldto
about per mills p
lish Mint price of 3/. 17e. 10 tariff},
per
PRICE
4 OF GOLD.—reTbie
which, at the Eng
-gold, gives an exchange of 25'27 ;
ounce for standardexchange at Paris on London at short being
follows that gold is about the same price
and London. By advices from Hamburg
N(.12.,,,7t:j0it
in ' ar-s i• gold is 425 per mark, which, at the English
the price o
Mint price of 3/. 17s. 1014 d. per ounce for standard gold,
gives an exchange of 13.4;7; ; and, the exchange at Ham-
burg on London at short being 13.5, it follows that gold
is 0.29 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.
The course of exchange at New York on London for
bills at 60 days' sight is about 1081 per cent., and, the
par of exchange between England and America bein.g
109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nomi-
nally 1.08 per cent. against England ; but, aftermosfkiing.
allowance for charges of transport and difference
terest, the present rate leaves no profit on tbe,t.restealii.
lion of gold, either way between the two wtua tn