The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-15 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about der raille 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. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold in
about the same price in London and Paris.

By advices irumHamburg the price of gold is 423} per mark
and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling.
-tandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.
fhe nourse of exchange at New York on London for bills at
GO days' sight is 1771 to 178/ per cent., and the premium on
gol,l is about 3/ percent. At these rates there is no profit
on the importationof gold from the United States.

COST OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS.—The
Civil Service Estimates for the current year, relat-
ing to the cost of public works and buildings, have just
been published. Our readers may be interested by some
of the items. The maintenance and repair of Royal
Palaces, wholly or partly in the occupation of the Queen,
absorb £35,291, other palaces, &c., in England, £16,967.
There is a sum of £1,656 required for the restoration of the
windows of St. John's Chapel, White Tower, and the ex-
terior of the eastern and southern sides of St. Thomas's
Tower—Public Buildings in Scotland take £15,365; this
includes Holyrood Palace, preservation of Haddington
Abbey, Glasgow Cathedral, Cloister of St. Andrews, &c.—
Public Parks near London, and Holyrood-park, £97,952, of
which New Botanic and Pleasure Gardens take £19,981
Houses of Parliament, £32,144, including gas, ventilation,
clock, police, fuel, &c. ; add to this for pictures and statues
£3,800—New Foreign-office instalment, £7s,ooo—Edin.:
burgh Industrial Museum, £6,7so—Aberdeen University,
£3,355 --Public Record Itf-p,isitory, £26,ooo—Westminster
Bridge Approaches, £2o,ooo—New Westminster Bridge,
cost£lo of
930t—Nelson
is Column,ngiven
at
£ 'Trafalgar-square,
quaren,
efol;..od
00 (theßuild-
ings, Dublin, £lB,ooo—National Gallery, Dublin, buildings,
£l,3oo—Purchase of land &c., at Kensington Gore,
£53,000.

We understand that the office of Junior Lord o
the Admiralty, vacated by Mr. Stansfeld and de
dined by Mr Baxter, has b:en offered to Mr. Childers,
M.P. for Pontefract, and has been accepted by that gentle-
man. An election for Pontefract may therefore bs expected
to occur witnia a few days.

It is stated that Mr. Lowe, the Vice-President
of the Committee of the Privy Council on Educa-
'ion, has tendered his resignation in consequence of the
vote of Tuesday night; but wo are not positively informed
whether his resignation has been accepted. The friends of
the right hon. gentleman not iu the Government, it is said,
are of opinion that he cannot retain office after the adverse
vote of Tuesday.

TUE ALEXANDRA.—Although the officers of
customs at Liverpool still retain possession of the Alex-
andra serew cam, it is understood that an intimation has
been ccniveyecl to the owners that the Crown is ready to
deliver her over to them on their lodging the usual ap-
plication. •
HENRY IRETON AND DRIDG ET er.OMW ELL.—
The following extract from the ancient register of marriages
in the parish of Holton, near Oxford, is an historical memo-
randum which has never been publicly noticed before:—
cc 1646.—Weddings. Henry Ireton, Commissary General
to Sir Thomas Fairfax, and Bridget . ~ daughter to
Oliver Cromwell, Leftenaunt general' of the horse to the
said Sir Thomas I' airefax, were married by Mr. Dell in the
Lady Whet wood her house in Holton, Jane 15, 1615,"