The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-03 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mille pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. Ou.
cloni parinff these rates with the English Mint price of
.£1
7 s load
per ounce for standard gold, it appear that gold is
h t 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris,
...011
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 428 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per .£1 sterling:.
tandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
4-10ths per cent. dearer in hamburg than in London.
The course of exchange at 'New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 169 to 164 per cent., and the premium on
gold is 541 to 541 percent. At these rates there is very little
profit on the importation of gold from the United States.

The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, being desirous
of maintaining the rights of the citizens of London
in the forest of Waltham. or Epping, to visit that pic-
turesque spot occasionally for the purpose of recreation,
&c., has intimated to Lieut.-Colonel Palmer, the verderer
of the forest, and high sheriff of the county, his intention,
previous to tho expiration of his year of office (if a conve-
nient day can be appointed), to visit that locality with some
of the aldermen and certain members of the Common Coun-
cil, to exercise their ancient privilege of hunting in this
Royal forest; upon which occasion, it will be the duty of
the forest officers to attend upon his lordship and their
worships, and to contribute, as much as in their power, to
show them sport.

THE JOINTED STEAMER CONNECTOR.—An inte-
resting trial trip cf the jointed steamer Connector
took place on Saturday last, on which occasion Mr. Reed,
chief constructor of the navy, Admiral Belcher, Capt. Sy-
monds, R.N., and other nautical gentlemen were present.
Tho Connector started from Greenwich during the height
of the gale on that day, and notwithstanding the severity o
the weather, proceeded with her party down the river, eli-
citing the praise of all at the excellent manner in which she
behaved in the gale. When in the neighbourhood of Gras:e.B"
end she disconnected and reconnected her sections, nem"'
standing the roughness of the water, with perfect success,
and ultimately detached her steam portion with the chief
constructor of the navy, and naval officers of the Py,
landed them at Purfleet. She then reconnected, and steamed
and
h gainst the full force of the gale back to London.
Court
A case beard in the Peterborough
has hitherto
this week disclosed the startling hicChounty
not be en made public, that the spefcaica
to London, on the
where both the
which
by which the
Prince of Wales travelled from Halifaxhe
fate of the Lynn ex..
6th of A,'lgust, narrowly escaped
crossing,
the road,
elusion tr,, in, At the Helpstono
Midland anal Great Northern line
Great IN or-
attempt was 1.--tade to Brice
seems, are only a single pair
them line. The gata,
ijo• ,:re bullockals oo
pa:lire:os thethe
line,so
that
and when open to tho ro
thin.. passing, I
~ich was being drive the
when sepa-
rated is no protection for toY b ln present
instance the bullock. W.
..,.' frequentlyn along
was
'Two or three servants stood on one
; io bullock.. are
tralttehderfrNovaiildt,haeshEe.ard:
himself stood on the oth,?r side so that it should
side of the crossing to prevent its ijoing down the line, and
e .
nthoet gateman
teorn the In spite of these an
line. precautions, however,
the bullock gave the gateman the slip, and trotted compla-
cently metals. Altuoe,t at this instant the royal
xt ong
train
dashed past, striking; the animal behind, and
happilyecePntlreys3 a
throwing it off the line, so that a.ny further acci-
dent was avoided. Strange as these facts are, the Judge's.
decision upon them is still more remarkable. An action
being brought against the company for the value of the
bullock, Mr. Ellis has ruled that the company are simply
bound to provide a passage across their line, and are not
responsible for what, may occur through a bullock being
wild or badly driven. This decision, which is probably
sound in point of law, throws a new light on the question
of level crossings, and the public will learn with surprise
that should a train ever be upset through the eecent.icity of
a bullock at one of these unprotected crossings, no one but
a small country butcher will be responsible for the accident.
—Peterborough Advertiser.
HAMBURG, Oct. 31.—The lacaiide Russe pub-
lishes an Imperial order that no resignations of
either officers in the army or civil functionaries
shall be accepted. The same journal states that the
tribe of the Abadsekhs (Western Caucasus) hay. 7
just wade their submission to the Rlls.BitsEE.