The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-24 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille pm., an d
the short exchange on London is 25.35 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
178. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appenrs that gold is
about 3-10 the per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices fromllamburg the price of gold is 423 i per mark
and the short exchange on London is 13,41 per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, rather
more than 2-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in liam-
burg

The course of exchange at New York on London for hills at
60 days' sight is 174 to 175 per cent., and the premium on
gold is about 691 per cent. At these rates there is a profit
on the importation of gold from the United States.

THEATRE OF WAR IN SCHLESWIG.—Under this
head Mr. Wyld has published a fresh instalment

of his maps illustrating the progress of the war now raging
in Denmark. This last instalment leaves nothing to be de-

sired. The town of Duppel, backed by the island of Alsen,
is set forth with great distinctness, while the entrenchments
thrown up by the Danes and the positions occupied by the
allies are also made distinctly visible. This new map is an
indispensable companion to sil who wish to follow intelli-

gently the newspaper accounts of the progress of the war.
TITLED AND UNTITLED ARISTOCRACY.—When
Louis XVI. ordained that no ore should be pre-
sented at Versailles unless he could prove four hundred
years of "gentility," in other words, that his ancestors
bore arms before 1403, many
counts and marquises were re-
jected as unworthy, though many an untitled gentleman,
as old as Hampden of Hampden, left his tower or chateau,
and posted up to court to establish his right. Every gen-
tleman, on hie pedigree being certified, was invited to join
the royal hunt; and this privilege was entitled le drat de
»writer dans la carosse dee Iloi, The plain squire, to whom
this right was allowed, was always held to be really supe-
rior even to the count or marquis whose claim was rejected.
Were the same standard of gentility in vogue at St. James's,
many an old English squire and highland chieftain would
bear away the palm of ancestry, while many a noble peer
would, as at a tournament, have to " ride the barriers."—
Once a Week.

A YOUNG " SWELL "—Thackeray has made the
word classical—who thoroughly enjoys the Paris
life, which, from station and fortune he is fully qualified to
lead, betook himself, says a contemporary, six months ago
to Poland, where he fought like a hero in the insurgent
ranks merely from the love of the cause. He was shot
through the body, but was fortunately rescued from the
claws of the Russian bear, and got back to Paris ; he is now
nearly well. " Mon cher," said a friend to him only yester-
day, " thou art well—we shall see thee directly at the club."•
" Yes," replied M. de —, " for a day or two, but the
moment I can travel Igo back to my corps." Chivalry
still exists even in 1864.

AN EXTRAORDINARY ANECDOTE.—Replying to
a slerical del utation the other day Victor Emmanuel is re-
ported to have said—" I am aware a report is circulated of
my being on ill terms with the Iloly Father,
from whom I
nevertheless again received, during the past year, further
proofs of affection on the occasion of my daughter's mar-
riage. His Holiness has invited me to Rome. I will add
that I am in correspondence with him, and that I have good
hopes that the time is not far distant when all differences
will disappear."
Mr. SAMUEL SHARPE was elected a Fellow of the
Society of Antiquaries on the 4th of February.
interesting discovuy has been made of cor-
respondence and literary papers of William Hone, author
of the " Everyday Book."
THE SLOW Moen OF INTELLECT.—Catkins is
now a respectable young man, though I have known
him to be otherwise. He has a young wife and child, and
lives in another of our "models,' The child was lately
taken ill, so Catkins tells me, and adis that "no doctors,
neither parish nor 'firmary, can cure Um." I answer, that
with a mother's care and nursing the child may outgrow
the disease. " There is a quicker way,,, he replies, myste•
riously, "if it warn% fur a d!flieult:, wo are afraid of."
Ho is going to take the child some flue morning before
long, at sunrise, to a young ash sailing hard by. The
sapling is to be split. The chid is to be strip-
ped. Catkins is to be permitted to hold the split
parts of the sapling far enough astnder to allow his in-
fant to be passed between them by the wise woman, while
she repeats mysterious words,
which. either ho does not
know, or he dares not communicate, After this is done, the
sapling will be carefully bound togetber, and its wound will
be plastered with mud and clay. if the tree grows, the
child certainly recovers ; if it dies, or is cut down, the dis-
ease returns, and will remain for life. "And here," says
Catkins, "is the deuce of it all. All the sticks in these
parts is wanted for hop-poles every tin or twelve year, and
the cure is never safe, because folks won't lot 'em bo and
grow into tiinber."—.Dickeny's "old the year ,Ronne?.".

SPORIING INTELLIGENCE,

LINCOLN SPRING MEETING.

The uncertain state of the weather had a very material
influence on the fortunes of this popular meeting; and the
influx of both biped and quadruped into the town was
limited in consequence. Chelmsford had this year stolen a
march on the Northern fixture, but still Lincoln is pre-
eminently to racing men the opening of the season " on
the flat," and a generally successful gathering rewards
the exertions of the committee.

Althou,h the attendance was small the fields were large,
all things considered,
For the Trial Stakes 11 came to the post, Backland being
made the favourite, but Anglo-Saxon secured a very easy
victory for his owner. The same number of youngsters put
in an appearance for the Brocklesby Stakes, Walter Baby
and Blackbird being the. most fancied by " the talent."
But Mr, Hodgman's colours, which showed so :suspiciously
at Chelmsford, were again borne in the van by his Wind-
hound filly. The lot, however, was but an indifferent one.
The City Handicap was a very easy affair for Reindeer, who
won as he liked. A good race for the Steeplechase wound
up a capital day's sport, The course was heavy.
The Trial Stakes of 5 soya each. with 25 added; 3-yr-olds,
7st 31b ; 4-yr-olds, Sat 10Ib ; 6-yr-olds, Oat Sib; G-yr-
olds and aged, 9st 101 b. One mile.
Mr J. Lowe's Anglo-Saxon, 3 yrs, Gst 13Ib (Loates) I
Mr.G. W. Morris's Siva, 3 yrs, Gat 131 b (Whiteley) 2
Duke de Morny's Partisan, 5 yrs, fist slb ....(Watkins) 3
The following also ran!:—Bird, Buckland, Dovedale,
Redcap, Guerilla, Flying Fish, and The Sapper.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Buckland, 4to 1 agst Anglo-Saxon
and Partisan, 100 to 15 agst Redcap and Siva, and 10 to 1
agst Dovedale.

Siva took up the running, followed pretty closely by
Buckland, Anglo-Saxon, Partisan, and Guerilla; East-
minster, who gat badly off, bringing up the rear. They
continued pretty much in this order to the turn into the
straight,where Anglo-Saxon drew to the front, and Partifian
and Siva mining wide out of the course, he took a clear lead
and wonin a canter by three lengths ; four lengths separating
Partisan from Siva. Dovedale, Redcap, Guerilla, and Buck-
land were all together. Eastminster did not pass the post.
The Brocklesby Stakes of 6 sow; each, with 40 added ; for
2-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b.
Half a mile.

Mr Hodgman's Windhound filly (Perry) 1
Mr Samuel's Blackbird....
Mr Savile's La Mechante

The following also ran :—Tho Grappler, Simple Maid,
Zizi, Lovelace, Water Baby, Britannia, Catalogue, and
Brown Bread.

Betting-3 to 1 agst Water Baby and Blackbird, sto 1
agst La Mechante, 8 to 1 agst Grappler, 10 to 1 each agst
Windhound filly, Lovelace, Britannia, and Brown Bread.
They got off with a capital start at the first attempt, the
lead being taken by La Mechante, with Grappler, Blackbird,
and Mr Hodgman's filly in close attendance. Water Baby,
Lovelace, and Brown Bread were in the next division. At
the distance the Windhound filly and Blackbird joined issue,
but the former had the best of it and went in a winner by
half a length, the same distanco separating the second and
third. Lovelace was fourth, and clove up with him Cata-
logue. The Grappler was sixth, Brown Bread seventh,
Britannia brought up the rear. The winner has been named
Vision,

The City Handicap of 3 soya each, with 40 added. Six

furlongs.

Mr F Fisher's Reindeer, 6 yrs, 7st Maidment) 1
Mr T Cliff's Ossian, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b
Mr J Abel's Camperdown' 6 yrs, Bst
Mr T Bancroft's Cronstadt, 6 yrs, 7st 2lb .. (Whiteley) 4
Mr F Stanley's Miss Emma, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b ..(Hibberd) 5
Mr J Ridley's Wensley colt, sst 12Ib (Carroll) 6
Mr Bird's Lady of the Isles, 6st 91b...,....(E. Taylor) 7
_ _ _

Betting-3 Co 1 each agst Reindeer and Obsian, 7to 2
agst Miss Emma, 8 to 1 agst Camperdown, and 10 to 1 agst
the Wensley colt.

Reindeer made the running, with Campordown and
Ossian close up, and, gradually increasing his lead, won as
he liked by six lengths, three lengths separating the second
and third. Nothing else was in the race.

The Grand Steeplechase (handicap) of 10 soya each, 5 ft,
_ __ _

and only 3if declared, with 80 added. Four miles.

Mr Welfitt's Rook the Gardener, 6 yrs, lOst lllb
(W. White) 1
Mr Newman's Magician, aged, 10st 101 b (Mr G. Walker) 2
Mr Wright ns Bridegroom (I) b), aged, list 21b
(Mr G. llarford) 3
Mr Welfitt's Creole, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (Mr Goodman) 4
Mr G. Simpson's Red Robin, aged, 12st 21b
(Mr W. Simpson) 5
The following also ran :—llarkaway, Pine Apple, King-
ton, Malta, Cadet, and Baron of Avon.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Baron of Avon, 4to 1 agst Pine
Apple, 6 to 1 agst Rook the Gardener.
Cadet went in front, followed by Malta and Rook the
Gardener, the -rest in single file. Cadet kept the lead
until the second round, when he resigned in favour of

ine Apple, whe continued it up the hill with Rook the
Gardener, Baron of Avon, and Magician well up. Rook
the Gardener headed them on entering the straight, and
won by two lengths, a neck separating the second and third.
A good fourth.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER,YEsTERDAY.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
9to 1 agst Bantam (taken freely)
10 to 1 agst Emblematic (offered)
20 to agst Jerusalem (taken freely)
LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP.
3to 1 agst Anglo-Saxon (7 to 2 taken freely)
CHESTER CUP.
100 to 6 agst Golden Pledge (taken)
20 to 1 Bar one (oaered)

STATE OF TRADE,

MANCHESTER, Feb. 23,—1n shipping yarns we
learn that there is literally no business doing for
any market, and! that to effect sales lower prices
would have to be taken. Telegrams from Calcutta
are considered favourable, but they have led to no
business here, and the market closes very quiet.
The demand for home-trade yarns has been very
languid. Prices are easier, but not quotably lower,
In cloths the demand has been quite as languid as
that for yarns, and to effect sales manufacturers
would have to give way in price, This, as a rule,
they are unwilling to do, but sellers holding stocks
have shown same disposition to meet the wishes of
buyers, and in such oases some few sales have been
effected. The aggregate business of the day, how-
ever, is understood to have been of a very limited
character. A telegram from Calcutta, two days
later than that brought by last mail, speaks of a
rather improved market, and of shirtings selling at
rather better prices ; but these advances have led to
no business in Manchester to-day. From Shanghai
the news brought by this mail speaks of a money
panic; exchange, 7s. The arrivals of cotton in this
country are likely to increase, and Messrs. Whit-
worth and Co, have put out a circular giving the
total arrivals in Liverpool last week at 45,935 bales,
and in London at 14,623 bales. They estimate the
total arrivals this year at 226,358 bales, and state
the quantity at sea from India, China, and Japan
to the 20th of February at 555,651 bales, of which
456,987 had been shipped for Liverpool and the re-
mainder for London. Of this quantity, however,
upwards of 190,000 were from China and Japan,
which are rather small bales. There seems to be
some disposition here to enter on time bargains,
and it is said that one manufacturer has contracted
to deliver 10,000 pieces of cloth per month till Septem-
ber at a decided reduction in current prices. Messrs.
J. Slagg and Co. report of to-day's cloth-market :
" The late India telegrams, though reporting de-
cidedly more favourably of those markets, have
failed to produce any movement here. To-day we
have a dull market, with no disposition to operate.
Prices, though nominally unchanged, tend, if any-
thing, in favour of buyers."
LEEDS, 231—The inclemency of the weather
still operates prejudicially on the woollen cloth
trade, buyers postponing purchases of spring and
summer goods until winter has more nearly de-
parted. To-day's market, upon the whole, was of
a quiet character in both the white and the coloured
cloth halls, but in the aggregate as much cloth
changed hands as on this day se'nnight. The great
bulk of the goods sold were light materials, among
them being white and fancy diagonals for ladies'
wear, as well as a fair portion of meltons and tweeds.
Bright colours aro likely to prevail among ladies'
goods, and buyers are on the look-out for novelties.
Good black cloths keep in moderate request. The
manufacturers are all in steady work, and their
stocks are not at all in excess of what is usual. The
wool trade is without material change. The flax
trade keeps steady, and the mills are well employed.
The raw material and yarns and threads are steady
in price. There is some ground to believe that in
England, as well as in Ireland, a good deal more
flax will be sown this yeur than last.

CAMBRIDGE HONOURS.—The highest mathema-
tical honours in the University of Cambridge are this year
divided between the south and the north of Englald, the
senior wrangler, Mr. Purkise, to whom the first Smith's
prize has been awarded, being a pupil of the City of London
School; while the second wrangler, Mr. Turnbull, who is
also the second Smith's prizeman, is a pupil of St. Peter's
School, York. Mr. Turnbull, who is a native of Hackness,
near Scarborough, was elected from St. Peter's School to a
minor scholarship at Trinity, and wee first in the college
examinations of 1861 and 1862, in which year he gained a
scholarship. He also obtained the Mathematical Exhibition
in the University of London in 1801, and again in 1862,