The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-18 00:00:00

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.

GRAVESEND, Monday Morning,
Arrived, April 17—Lion, from Harlingen—Precursor,
From Adelaide—Golden South, from Demerara—Alphing-
on, from A)goa Bay,

DEAL, Monday Morning.
Arrived and Passed, April 17—Cezvantes, screw steamer,
from London for Alicante.
Passed—Eugenie, from London for Nassau—Rouen,
from London for Nassau.

Arrived, April 18th--Zephyr, from London for Ri
Janeiro—Golden Fleece, from London for Algo% Bay—
Blanche, screw steamer, from London for Corfu.

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about i per milk pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
17s. 10id. per ounce fbr standard gold, it appears that gold to
about the same price in London and Paris.
By advices fromllambur,g the price of gold is 423& per mark
and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling.
standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.
The 'curse of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is mi to 178 per
and the premium on
gold is about n percent. A. t these rates there is no profit
on the importationof gold from the United States.

The Gordian knot of the Eve Under-Secretaries
in the House of Commons has been cut by the unsolicited
resignation of Mr. Chichester Portescue. Mr. Lowe has
also resigned the office of Vice-President of the Council.
Lord Dufferin and Lord Wodehouse are spoken of for the
vacant Under-Secretaryship, and Mr. Forteacue to succeed
Mr. Lowe.

EXECUTION IN IRELAND.--0a Thursday morn-
ins, at 8 o'clock, the last sentence of the law was
carried into effect at Waterford on the per4on of Thomas
Walsh. The facts connected with the case were of a most
revolting nature.—They are thus busily related :—Thomas
Walsh and Thomas Connolly both lived in a wild district
in the south of Waterford. The daughter of the former
married the grandson of the latter, and all went to live in
the same house. The old men never agreed, and were
naendniNoVrnaillashg's daughter were left
young Connolly left
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alone in the house. Walsh availed himself of this oppor-
tunity,
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she a, tacnht
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chopped
it up into small pieces. These ho made so small that he was
able to take them in handfuls and bury them in a garden
which joined the house. But afterwards he thought this
place too near, so at night he again took up the mangled
remains, put them into a bag, and conveyed them to a bog
about three miles d,stant, where he buried them, making
three or four portions, and tarrying them in different places.
When young Connolly came home next day of course he
missed his grandfather, and, his suspicion being aroused,
searched for, and after several da3s' search, found portions
of his mutilated remains. As yet there was no direct evi-
dence against old Walsh, but his daughter, who had been,
according to her own statement, an unwilling witness to all
that has ben related, and who, believing herself to be in
danger, saw no means of getting out of it except by swear-
ing against her father. Her father was hanged on her
evidence, and it may be said on her evidence stone. There
is something so unnatural in this that most persons wish
the Crown could have dispensed with her evidence. A
considerable crowd had assembled 10-ag before the time ap-
pointed for the execution. It was principally composed of
women, girls, and boys. Few men were present. It was
very orderly, very quiet—indeed, most looked as if they
were deeply impressed with the scene. Precisely at eight
o'clock the condemned man was led to the scaffold. He
looked pale and worn, trembled violently, and could
scarcely stand. He was attended by the Rev. Mr, Dunphy
of this city. The executioner did his business expedi-
tiously—he was evidently no young hand. His face was
blackened, so that it was impossible to tell what he was
like. Walsh was placed on the trap ; in a tew moments the
bolt was draws, and the struggling, quivering body was
swinging in the air. In a short time he ceased to struggle
—his soul W:18 before his judge.