The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-04 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 8 per mille pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.228 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
I Zs. Mid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
n:arly 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13.51 per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mirt price is, therefore, about
6-10tha per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 167 to 1688 per cent., and the premium on
gold is about 558 per cent. At these rates there is a profit
on the importation of gold from the United States.

MRS. JEFF. DAns.—As the family habits of
Queen Victoria are described minutely in an Ame-
rican magazine by one who evidently knows nothing about
them, says the Mirror, as every feature in the character of
the beautiful Empress of the French is interesting to all the
world. and as we have heard a good deal of " Queen Lin-
coln," whom the New York Herald declares to be hand-
somer than the Queen of England, and wiser than the
Empress of the French, it may be fair to introduce a little
mention of the Queen of the South. This sketch of Mrs.
President Davis is by a lady's hand—a hand bestowed in
marriage upon a member of the Confederate Congress.
Mrs. Jeff. Davis is not pretty, but a fine looking woman—
dresses badly, in no taste. She is not much liked here, and
is said to control effie,' as she calls her husband. She
has several children. She takes but little notice of them.
They go about with their clothes tossed on in any and
every style. ' She has the public affairs to attend to.' Ask
aunt Kitty what she thinks of that ? The President looks
careworn and troubled. He is very thin, and looks feeble
and bent. He prays aloud in church, and is a devout Epis-
copalian."

The oldest newspaper in the world is published
in Pekin. It is printed on a large sheet of silk, and, it is
said, has made a weekly appearance for upwards of a
thousand years.
The new comedy to be produced at the Haymarket
of the on Saturday next, May 9, is the production
years Countess of Gifford, and was written by her two
unil"
ire. Circumstances have delayed its representation
and m c present time, but owing to the engagement of Mr.
• re- Alfred Wigan at this theatre, who have characters
In the re-
Comedycast
well suited to their talents, combined with a
company, it
company,
hgasthe principal members of the Haymarket
appearance befor been considered a fitting moment for its
written by a gran°d the public, while the comedy being
for Scandal', nuletdaughter of the author of "The School
duction.—Era, add to the interest excited by its pro-
dAß D IFF, April 30.—The coal trade continues moderately
buoyant, and the shipment
able. The Dare-valk 8 this month have been consider-
Y collier proprietors will shortly ship
largely at this port. There isY
beitlout material alteration.
tions. The iron trade renaninaThange to report in quota-
A large iron work is about,ttotadtt
erected on the site of the
old Whitchurch coke works
dreds of hands will be employed. The expected some bun-
Grth tin
etoof about two
works have just been started after a stoppage
years, and employment will thus be afforded numberbooks
oo
ff
men. There are not many orders at present oantetahien
haysa irl y
the ironmasters, but upon the whole things
satisfactory state. The inquiries from the contineaatf
not as yet come up to expectation, but as the season advances
it '
4 expected that an ull. pririenallia will be experione,ol.