The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-25 00:00:00

OCTOBER.

Northallerton 6 Gloucester
Newmarket Second Oct. 116 Newmarket Houghton 24

NOVEMBER.
Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 Worcester Autumn .... 30
Leamington&War.Hunt 22
STEEPLECHASING FIXTURES FOR 1864.

MARCH.
Grand Military (Rugby Hunt) l4
ArRIL.

Abergavenny

NOVEMBER.

Leamington and Warwickshire Hunt 22

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mille pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.35 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 43
17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appe.o s that gold is
about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.

By advices framilamburg the price of gold is 423 i per mark
and the short exchange on London is 13.4: per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, rather
more than 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Ham-
burg,
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 174 to 175 per cent., and the premium on
gold is about 50 per cent. At these rates there is a prot.t
on the importation of gold from the United States.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR TIU WEEK.
Miles Opened. Reoelpts:

Railways.

1864. 1863.

1864. 1863.

Belfast and N. Counties 136 136
Belfast and County Down 4U 49
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28
Bristol and Exeter l2l/ 1211
Caledonian
Coekermouth& Worldligton Bl 81
Cork and Bandon 2O 20
Cork, Blackrock, &Passage— 6} 61
Cork and Youghal • • 32i 3U
Cornwall 6s} SRS
Deeslde l7 17
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63
Dublin and Drogheda 75 63
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexld 9ll 181
Edinburgh and Glasgow 1691 16e
Furness, &c 5O 6
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 353 351
Great North of Scotland 6B 58
Gt. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 714
Gt.Soutlin. &Westn.(lrlnd.) 3731 329"
Great Western 1054 10321
Inverness & Aberdeen June B6/ 86,
Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 --
Irish North-Western 145 145
Lancashire & Y orkshire
Limerick and Ennis—. . ..... 241 241
Limerick and Foynes ........ 26k 261
Llanelly .. , ................. 461 461
London & North-Western ... 1221 1171
BrigShotountl-W
,iszse.sctoeranst......
246510 441
London and Blackwall
L
Lo
oundd
o.
n &
2611
London,r_ev tiriho,Chatham,,puor yii
,4ia.,5
42 421
BLDloanon.d.,M.S' heffield, & Lincolnsh .. 232 2391
Blanch. S.J un.& Altrincham• • -4
28-
Maryport and Carlisle ....... 1 73.
Metropolitan .. . ... ....... I
,z
014' t;u2l( :theoenvnsediro n..
17021 72*
Midland (incl. N.-Viestern) e4l 6.0

1,815 1,712

661 005
1,33 t 1,4b8
6,073 6,268
16,451 11,792

280 93
112 154
387 317
1,368 1,120
246 198
1,238 1,258
1,466 1,521
100 111
2,116 1,552
7,625 6.181
3,093 2,691
8,007 7,884
28,703 27,240
28,893 25.779
1,583 1.602
40S 489

6i63 6,994
55,216 52,177

918 -
1,536 1,695
31,657 31,150
151 175

154 139

500 446
90,150 81,3.c3
1,612 1,555
16,70 36.9u0
13,763 15, os
.3,510 2 740

e 25 270
1.025 1,000
15,7e9 11,561
1,147 1,066
1,423 1,161
1,961 2,392
43,469 38,943

The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are, in round figures, as under : -
1864. 1863.
Great Western £53,468 £50,243
North-Westorn •• •• • 88,829 80,06 i
South-Western
Brighton .
13,897 14,040
Midland
South Eastern
Great Northern ..
Lancashire and Yorkshire.. 34,920 31,300
Bristol and Exeter
Great Eastern
North Eastern 50,914 47,851
Manchester, Shelli,,td, and Lincolnshire 16',55 14,240
Midland and Great Western of Ireland
Glasgow and South-Western
These returns, compared with those of the same
period of last year, are with one or two exceptions
very favourable. On the pleasure lines there is a
falling off—viz,, on the Brighton of £ll3, on the
South Western of £139, and on the South Eastern
of £264. The Great Western, however, shores an
increase of £3,225, the North Western of £5,161 ;
the Midland of £3,355, the Great Northern of
£4,727, the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £3,C21,
the Great Eastern of £1,190, the North Eastern of
£oSheffield, and Lincoln of
e
w Western
.x..,015, 2outh
.t.23:06135: thea na Mia .h n
ech Geslt:s ,
of 4,241,