The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-25 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

•
The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mille pm., and
?the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On
"IParing these rates with le English Mint price of £3
`7a. too. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
"Ightly dearer in London than in Paris.
113` advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4224 per mark,
4,11 d the short exchange on London is 13.54 per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mirt price is, therefore, about
eloth.
per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg
6144 course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
goldsYa' eight is about 170 per cent., and the premium on
ie ,Is 4 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on
t—
"3ll3ortation of gold from the United States.

RAILWAY BILLS.—The following is a list of
,icew,
a nd
14cotimwe'itiYeerabielnIst
nrfhtahte haeasvaiennbe:_enHaanaharanadramtLeicester-
nie(hl since the
Richmond ; Isle of Wight Valley Junction
square, Rammersmith,lit,w, and Richmond ;
Dovdr, De 1,
and Sandwich; Marton aad Harbury; BansteadLayntdhatsaonmd
Downs, Gravesend and F trniughamJunclicn;
Preston ; Kensinton, K nightsbridge, and Metroopno-lTifraennt;
and
So Newport,Wool-
and Norton-bridge; Burton
and South Leicestershire Junction ; Greenwich and
Nvielt; Market Harborough and Melton Mowbray ; Great
S outhern and Western and Midland Great Western Junc-
tion
Lou; Aylesbury and Buckingham; Londonderry and
gh SwillY ; and Fulham and Hammersmith.
GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—The
7t,6.h halt verir:v trteetitie of the shareholders inb
_Ts compa
rcl-str an
was held yesterday, at their offices, 71, Lom-
John Wilkin, Esq., in the chair. The r, port Of the direei; ors and a statement of the accounts for the year
ending the 3 Est December last were read to the meeting.
The report Was highly
lved satisfactory, and unanimously
ee
re-
dividend of and adopted by the proprietors. The customary
anuu I,ls. per share, being at the rate of 10 per cent.
It" m, and the usual bonus of 2s. 6th per share were
Lich declarEd, The cordial thanks of the proprietors were
then voted to the chairman and directors for their able and
Zealous services in the mangement of the couwany's affairs,
Ili the proceedings terminated,

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 1, 112 13
Great Eastern, E. Union 4 per cent. guaranteed, 86
Gt. Western ( erks & Hants Ext.), 4t per cent. red., 981 Oh
Ditto, 4 per cent. irred., B.'b
London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 1011
Mid. Consolidated, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 137
South Eastern (treading Anne., 11.0.6)), 24
PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
London, Chatham, &e., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 111
Metropolitan, 5;
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Lancaster and Carlisle, 211
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 8}
Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 20;
Great Luxembourg, 151
Namur and Liege, 14f. per annum, 8}
Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 181
Sambre and Meuse, 104
San Paulo gua. 7 per cent. al
Ditto (all), 23k
South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221
Turin and Savona (all), 7
FOREIGN MINES.
Cape Copper (lim.). 3
Dun Pedr , Nor h i,el Rey, 4 I
Port una (urn.), 4 5
Mont. Aureos Braz. Gold Min. Co. (lim.), 3
Port Philip,
Santa Bath tra Gold Mine aim.), 4
St. John del Rey (lira.), 574 6
Yudanamutana of S. Australia (lim.), 34 1

DOCKS.

St. Katharine, 561 6
Alliance Bank ojt°Li:nTd-oBUTaInICdIC WANKS.Lire;pool(lim.), 24i
Anglo Portuguese (lim.), 3}
Australasia, 8
Bank of London. /121
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 21i
City. 911 3/
English and Irish (lim.). 3/1
F.n,r., Soo . and Australian Chartered, 261
London lh rtered Bank of Australia, 27
Loniion and Colonial • 3,
London and County, 42 - 1121
London Joint stock, 5 9
London and Middlesex, 21
London and South African, 251
London and Westminster, 771 6
ottoman Bank, 40 : 40i 39140 f If
Ditto, new, 1 lii3
Union of Australia, 521 11
Union of Ireland (lim.), 9
Union of London, 34

MISCEL LANEOITS.
Berlin Water Works, 7
Crystal l'abiee, 33
Ditto, Pri Terence, 103
E glish and Australian Copper,
London Gen, ral Omnibus Company (lim.),
National Discount Company (lim.),
Peninsula and`O iental Steam, 72 2
Scottish Austiaan Investment (lim.), 141 2
South Australianli Land, 301 1

CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—Yes-
terday the admissions on payraent were 610; do. by 601$011
tickets, 682 ; total, 1,092.