The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-23 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

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By advices fromllamburg the price of gold is 426 per ropr%
and the short exchange on London is 13. ei per £1 stcrlin4.
t,tandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
3.loths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.
The course of exchange at-Neve York on London for bills a
GO days' sight is 'about 200 per cent., and the premium on
gold is about 82 per cent. At these rates there is a profit
on the importation of gold from the United States.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mile pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price oi .64
17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is!
nearly 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than London.

The Duchess of St. Albans and Viscount Falk•
land entertained a select party at dinner on Saturday last
at their residence at Prince's-gate.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare arrived,
in town on Thursday evening from their seat in Ireland for

stheastohnes
the season. •
The Marquis of Salisbury, as Lord Lieutenant
of Middlesex, will annual entertainment
lafo he
give his
co:lore:tin:a boefrland-
count.ess of Zetland had a dinner
officers of the several regiments of the Middlesex militia and,
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family
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Arlington-street,
Piccadilly. The noble earl and countess also had '
a dinner
the previous evening,
party
at Brown's Rotel.
The Ear! of Derby, who has been passing several
days during the Parliamentary
recess at Knowsley
near Prescott, t, has
Park,

Viscount Boyle has left town to join the Earl and
Countess of Shannon at Caetlemartyr, the family Beat in.
Ireland.

Viscount and ViEcoentees Gormaneton and the
Hon• Misses Preston have arrived at Brown's Hotel.

Lora Brougham arrived at his residence in Graf-
ton-street yesterday evening from Paris. The noble and.
learned lord made a stay of a fortnight in the French capi-
tal on his way home from Cannes. The friends of the
noble and learned lord will be gratified to learn that he !a
in good health.

THE ALLEGED MURDER IN SOUTHWARK.—The
woman charged with killing her husband in Johanna-street,
Southwark, was brought up this day at the Southwark
Police-court for further examination, end fully committed
for trial.
The King of Greece is to leave Athens for Corfu.
on the 24th May, and the excursion will last from
twelve to fourteen days. The itinerary includes
Syra, Hydra, Spetzia, Nauplia, Gythiurn, Cala coatat
NitViiritlol MiseolongLi, and Fatrae,

AMERICA.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

The royal mail steamship Europa, from Boston
on the 11th, and Halifax on the 13th, arrived at
Queenstown at 5 p.m. on the 22d inst. She brings
98 passengers and 42,455 dollars in specie. The
Europa landed 128 sacks of mails and seven p,as•
sengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at 5.15 rbm, ;
all well.

NEW YORK, May 10 (Evenhg).
Gen. Grant fought two severe battles in Wilder-
ness on the 6th and 6th inst., but no official reports
have as yet been published of these encounters.
Secretary Stanton has issued a bulletin stating that
the general results might be considered as a success
to the Federal arms.

The fighting on the 6th was the most desperate
that has been known in modern times. A large
number of prisoners have been both lost and cap-
tured. Nearly the whole of the 7th Pennsylvania
Regiment was taken. Gen. Wadsworth has been

killed.
After the battle of the 6th Gen. Lee commenced
a retreat during the Bight by the direct road, and
on the 7th Gen. Grant began the pursuit. Gen.
Hancock passed through Spottsylvania Court-house
on the Bth, and on the same day Grant's headquar-
ters were 20 miles south of the battlefield of the 6th.
President Lincoln has issued a proclamation stat-
ing that sufficient was known of the Federal opera.
tions to give cause for special gratitude to God, anti
recommending all patriots to return thanks to 11,1 m.
Congratulatory visits were paid by the Washington
citizens to the President, when he made a speech,
in which he said that, although Grant had met with
stubborn resistance, he was not forced back from
the line of operations on which he had started, but
was aivancing on the line he had marked out before
the movement commenced.
Correspondents furnish the following particu-
lars :

In the battle of the sth General Sedgwick ad-
vanced on the centre, General Hancock on the left,
and General Warren on the centre. Strong resist-

ante was offered by the Confederates under Generals
Hill, Longstreet, and Ewell, and fighting continued
along the whole Federal line until nightfall. In
this day's battle the Confederates are reported to
have captured nearly the whole of two Federal bri-
gades, together with their commanders—Seymour
and Shaler. On the 6th the engagement was re •
newed, and continued throughout the day with little
abatement. Ia the forenoon Hancock was driven
back, the Confederates repossessing themselves of
some of the ground lost on the previous day. Sedg-
wick, on the right, was thrown into confusion, but
reformed, supported by Burnside's reserve. Late in
the day the Confederates pierced the Federal cen-
tre, pushing the Federals so far back as nearly to
detach their right wing. At the close of the even-
ing the advantage appeared to be,on the aide of the
Confederates.
Oa the night of the 6th Grant transferred the 6th
corps from the right to the extreme left and consoli-
dated his lines. Lee commenced retreating during
the night, and on the following day the firing was
of a desultory nature, both armies manoeuvring,
Grant advancing his troops on the Spottsylvania
Coart-house road. In the afternoon Lee's whole
force was in full retreat, in good order, to take up
another line of defence. It was supposed that Lee
would halt on the North Anna River.
The Federal losses in both days' battles are esti-
mated at from 8,000 to 12,000 men hors de combat.
A telegram from the Medical Director announced
that from 6,000 to 8,000 wounded were being sent
on to Washington.
In his official report of the battle of the 6th Gene-

ral Lee says:—
" Our loss in killed is large, but we have not
many wounded. General Longstreet is severely
wounded, Pegram badly wounded, and Jenkins
killed."
He thanks God that every advance of Grant had
been repulsed.
Fort Powhattan,Wilson's Wharf, and City Point,
on the JAmes River, had been occupied by General
Butler without resistance, and on the 9th the same
General reports that he had advanced up the Pen-
insula with 1,700 coloured cavalry, crossing the
Cuickahominy to take up positions. As the Fede-
rals advanced on Richmond 3,000 cavalry from
Suffolk crossed the Blackwater River and burnt the
railroad bridge below Petersburg, thereby sepa-
rating Beauregard's forces at Petersburg. One
p3rtion of Beauregard's forces was beaten by Butler
after severe fighting. Butler has ordered up sup-
plies, saying he can hold his position against Lee's
whole army. He says Grant will not be troubled
with reinforcements to Lee from Br•auregard.
General Sherman has occupied Tunnel-hill, and
General Johnston is in position at Buzzard Roost
Pass, north of Dalton. Sherman is now fighting
for posession of Rocky Face Ridge. Macpherson
has taken Snake Creek Gap, and is within seven
miles of Result, in Johnston's rear, Scolefield flank-
ing Johnston from Cleveland,
From the Red River accounts continue more dis-
astrous to the Federal arms. The Confederate ram
off Newbora is reported to have sunk.
The New York Chamber of Commerce has ap-
pointed a committee to receive subscriptions to pay
the interest of the State debt to foreigners in coin.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Cotton quiet—middling upland, 83e. Petroleum
—crude, 381 e. ; refined, 56c.

(BY TELEGRAPH TO HALIFAX )
NEW YORK, May 12, Morning,

Money abundant. Gold, 69 ptr cent. premium,
Exchange oa London, 186.
Stocks firm, and advancing. New York Centrals,
1301 ; Illinois, 1241 ; Erie, 169,1 ; Six per Cent,
United States' Bonds, 1061.

MAY 11, 6 a.m.
Mr. Stanton reports that in General Grant's de-
spatches, dated the 9th, afternoon, it is stated that
Lee made a stand at Spottsylvania Court-house.
Hard fighting occurred, but no general engagement
ensued.
General Sedgwick was killed by sharpshooters.
On the 9th Grant showed no signs of renewing
the attack, being engaged in replenishing his stores
from the supply train, in order to be able to advance
without that encumbrance.

Generals Getty, Talbot, Morris, Robinson, and
Baxter have been wounded.

Correspondents state the sth Federal Army Corps
to have been engaged on the Bth inst. three miles
north of Spottsylvania Court-house with General
Ewell and part of Longatreet's corps, which had
reached
Spottaylvania by an inner road. The
Federals held their position, but suffere4 heavily in
killed and wounded.

Grant is reported to be two miles north of Spott-
sylvania Court-house, with Lee in his front, Ewell
holding the heights north of that place.
Grant's losses are now estimated at 27,000 men.

It is reported that General Butler PM engaged
yesterday, and that an engagement also took place
between the iron-clads on James River.

On the 10th inst. General Grant fought another
sanguinary battle with Lee, which lasted from the
afternoon until dark. Grant's lines extended six
mites along the north-east bank of the river Po,
the Confederates occupying the south-east bank and
the village of Spottsylvania. The attack was nom-.
menoed by the artillery of General Grant. Towards
dark Burnside was ordered, to charge the Confede-
rate right flank, when it was discovered that Lee
had advanced round the Federal right link, and
was moving down to break through Grant's Lines,
and had captured the supply trains in the Frede-
ricksburg plAnk-road. This checked Barnside's
intended movement, and he held his ground,
threatening the Confederate right, while the Sixth
Corps charged the Confederate centre, drivieg the
enemy from their first line of rifle pits and °lour_
ing 2,000 prisoners, In coniequence of Lee's
movement Grant placed his troops about, and
having moved his trains to the rear, secured a new
position for his artillery; bat Lee did not follow up
the movement. During the night he was reported
to be moving.

On the 11th Burnside advanced and occupied
Spottsylvania Coart-home, driving forces
before him,

Grant's iosses 3re now catinvittd to have reached