The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-07 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mills pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.171 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
175. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
abou' 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in London.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is about 1101 per cent. At these rates there is
a small profit on the importa.ion of go'd from the United
States.

By advice from Hamburg the price of gold Is 425 per mart
and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per .£1 stcrlin .
Standard gold at. the English Mint price is, therefore, about
3-10 tbs percent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.

THE NEW LORD CHANCELLOR.—The rumour
which we announced on Tuesday has now been confirmed,
as Lord Cranworth has been appointed to the vacant office
of Lord Chancellor. The noble lord's experience, and his
familiarity with the duties which he is about to resume,
afford tho best guarantee .to the country that the selec-
tion of his lordship is as judicious as it is likely to be
beneficial.

PREPARATIONS FOR THE APPROACHING ELECTIONS.
—Yesterday the erection of hustings for the nomination of
candidates at the general election, consequent on the disso-
lution of Parliament, commenced in the Guildhall for the
City of London, in the Covent-garden market for the City
of Westminster, on Clerkenivell-green for Finsbury, and
the customary places for the boroughs of Marylebone,
Southwark, Lambeth, and the Tower Hamlets.

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THE NEW SEWAGE ACT.—Yesterday the act to
facilitate the more useful application of sewage in
Great Britain and Ireland was issued. It recites that it is
expedient to remove difficulties under which local boards
and other bodies labour having the care of sewers in dis-
posing of the sewage in their districts so as not to be a
nuisance, and to give facilities to such authorities to make
arrangements for the application of such sewage to land for
agricultural purposes. There are various provisions in the
act. The sewer authorities are to prevent the pollution of
streams and to dispose of the sewage.

LONGEVITY.—On Saturday Mr. Wm. Thurston,
of the White-house, Dymock, expired in his 92d year. On
his 90th birthday he went out fox-hunting, and seemed to
enjoy the sport as keenly as ever he did. Ever since he
has been in business he has lived in the same house—that
in which the " Man of Ross" was born. The late General
Sir J. Thackwell was first taught by Mr. Thurston to ride
to hounds. The present master of the Ledbury hounds,
Mr. J. C. Thackwell, can recount many a happy reminiscence
of his friend Mr. Thurston. Many will regret his death,
for he not only entertained the rich, but "neier forgot the
poor."—Gloucester Journal.

THE COAL TRADE AT LIVERPOOL.—At a meeting
of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board on
Thursday, Mr. C. Langton, the chairman of the Traffic
Committee, stated that from the Ist of July, 1863, to June
30, 1864, the coal which passed over the High Level Rail-
way at the Bramley Moore and Wellington Docks,
amounted to 98,515 tons, and from 'July 1, 1864, to June
30, 1865, to 140,325 tons, showing an increase of 41,810
tons. This statement was considered exceedingly satis-
factory, as for a long period the export coal trade on the
Liverpool side of the Mersey was in anything but a pro-
gressive condition.

THE GREAT NORTHERN PLANT WORKS, DON-
CASTER.—On Thursday morning a fire broke out at
the Great Northern Plant Works at Doncaster, and it is
supposed that it was occasioned_ by the spontaneous com-
bustion of some lampblack kept in a portion of the carriage
erecting shops. The works of the company are of great
extent, and have recently been considerably enlarged. The
fire was discovered about 3 o'clock by one of the three
night watchmen. The supply of water for the town and
company's engines was obtained from the river Don, but
notwithstanding the exertions of both brigades the flames
extended to several carriages, and entirely consumed a di-
rectors' carriage, a first-class carriage, and a brake van.
The roof of the building was seriously damaged, the fore-
man's rooms were burnt down, and not loss than £1,500
damage has been done. There was no wind at the time,
and had the flames been at all fanned the whole block of
buildings would probably have been destroyed.
The official Wiener Abendpost informs us that
the International Inquiry Commission has suspended
its labours in order probably to re-commence them
at the beginning of September. We say " proba-
bly," because the re-appearance of the English
members depends upon agreement to the proposals
of reform put forward by Mr. William Hutt—an
agreement not yet able to be arrived at. In the
often-quoted report of Mr. Hutt the English
demanded that the object of the commission should
be transformed into establishing an ad valorem
maximum duty for imports and exports, with the
co-operation of the English, through responsible
Government officials and by exports, after careful
consideration of the industrial positiog of Austria,
and that this general duty on value should be altered
into specific duties on weight for the different goods
by the adoption of a more proportionate tariff. The
tariff thus prepared was then to be proposed by
the Government to the Reichsrath as a general
customs tariff, and advocated by it in that assem-
bly. The commercial treaty between England and
Austria would then receive it unaltered in the shape
of an appendix, and would at the same time include
all further arrangements as to mutual traffic locali-
ties.