The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-08 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mine pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appedr that gold Is
about 3-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark
and the short exchange on London is 13.6} per £1 sterling.
abandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
6-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 162/1 to 1531 per cent., and the premium on
gold is about 39 per cent. At these rates there is profit on
the importation of gold from the United States.

The biddings for 40,00,000 rupees (£400,000) is
bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of
England. The proportions allotted were—To Cal-
cutta, 22,00,000 rupees; to Bombay, 16,00,000 ru-
pees; and to Madras, 2,00,000 rupees. The mini-
mum price declared was, as before, is. Hid. per
rupee on Calcutta and Madras, and ls. Hd. on
Bombay. The applications within the limits
amounted to 121 lacs. Tenders on Calcutta at
ls. 110. will receive about 14 per cent.; on Bom-
bay at 2s. about 68 per cent. ; on Madras at
is. Dad., about 63 per cent.; and all above these
prices in full.

THE FRENCH ZADKIEL'S PROPHECY (a month
too soon)—of the English Earthquake?--M. Alix, the
well-known Zadkiel of Paris, predicted that, on the loth
of September, the earth would be subjected to some shofk
of nature, something more modern, but not less terri,,b_e:
than an earthquake. People quaked up to the drei:337l
is that
day, but the earth was perfectly staid all the wb
nothing having taken place, M. Alix merely sable'
pisit her.
Nature changed her mind, and that she Yetmay
l
threat into execution.
vre°ach phyla.
GOOD NEWS FOR THE BOYS !—A -- f makie f
clan, M. Gras, has found out the mean °ll subscribe g al
for,
OF post,
piotisiosnseadidbywthase
medicine tasteless. The juvenile world *g
a monument.
Odour of dead game,
-,,EAD GAME.--The
DEATH OF THE PAlNT_eEeltratetoe
recent death of Mr. Duffield, the 7 7
caused by his blood having h
recalls' to the mind of
absorption into his syste.rabil°l,
which he was constantly Pain."'
the. Arabs to death in their
M. GIRARDIN agree-
the French their smoking
: ... this with the recent displays of
caverns, and coropsra.
Russian "mildness" In
Poland.
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PRINCE ALFIts; The General Steam
Navigation CoraPsofa steam-ship Princess Royal, which
arrived at Grant from London on Monday morning.
brought eight horses, one of them an Arabian, two Shet-
land ponies: two carriages) and a pony phaeton, for the use
•
of Prince Alfred while In Edinburgh.—Scotsman.
TBE BRIGHTON CIIESS CLUB has been granted 0,
room in the Pavilion for its future exploits.
Tug PAINTER 11
~ELL' AQUA has been ordered by
the Archduke Maximilian to proceed to Miramon to paint
the scene of the presentation of the Mexican delegates.
SUICIDES IN PARIS AND SHIPWRECKS ON THE
COASTS OF •
FRANCE —The journal Le Sauveteur states that
there Ore, on an average, 600 persons drowned every year
in Paris; and that from 80,000 to 90,000 French seamen
have Perished by shipwreck within the I tat 30 years.
TIIE " BLACK BAIL" SHIPS.—In advance of the
Australian mail, advices have been received, per tele-
gram from Suez, of the arrival at XI elbourno of the Western
Ocean, Donald M`Kay, Whirlwind, Southern Ocean, Pe-
gasus, and Queen of the South; and of the sailing from
Melbourne for Callao of the Hope, Royal Dane, Western
Ocean, Golden Land. and British Trident. .

There were 22 fatal cases of smallpox in the week, showing
a further decrease on those of previous weeks. Scarlatina
still prevails much, and shows a tendency to increase; the
deaths from it rose to 154 last week. Five deaths from this
latter disease occurred in Kensington-town Bub-district, 3
in Kentish-town, 9 in Islington, 9 in Liwohouse, end 7 in
St. Peter, Walworth.