The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-30 00:00:00

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day.

LONDON, May 30.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.

Pm., May 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Walker Hall,
from Trinidad.

PORTSMOUTH, May 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Her
Majesty's ship Charybdis, from Vancouver's Island ; Don
Quixote, screw steamer, from London, and proceeded for
Havannah.

BRISTOL, May 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cardigan-
shire, from Barbadoes; Fominica, from Havannah ; Vic-
toria, from Odessa.

PLYMOUTH, May 29..—Wind W.S.W.—ArriYed—Eliza-
both, from London for Calcutta. Sailed—Young Australia,
for Moreton Bay.

CLYDE, May 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Express, from
Demerara.

BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived, May 30—Juno, from Hobart Town ; Haabet,
from Ranea.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Passed—Maori, from New Zealand ; Cinderella, from
Sydney—both for London.

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mllle pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.20 per Ll sterling. On
comparing these rates with the-English Mint price of £3
17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
at about the same price in London and Paris.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
80 days' sight is about 249 per cent., and the premium on
gold 127 per cent. At these rates there is a small profit on
the importation of go'd from the United States.

By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark
and the short exchange on London is 13.0 per £1
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
10ths per cent. dearer inndon than in Hamburg.

BRUTAL ASSAULT ON THE REV. A. D. WAGNER.—
The borough magistrates of Brighton were occupied a long
time yesterday in hearing a charge preferred against three
men named James Hersee, Henry Chatfield, and William
Braizier, -sweeps, of having assaulted the Rev. Arthur
Douglas Wagner, perpetual curate of St. Paul's, Brighton,
and Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard. The court was crowded
to suffocation, those present including persons moving in
all ranks of society. Mr. Somers Clarke appeared on the
part of the prosecution, and Mr. Bury Hutchinson, of Lon-
don, defended. Mr. Somers Clarke, in opening the case,
briefly alluded, or rather hinted, at recent proceedings with
which Mr. Wagner's name has been connected, and said
there could be no doubt that to cause persons in the pri-
soners' rank of life to act as they had done there must be
some inching cause, into which, however, he would not
enter, and referred to it not in order to aggravate the case
against them, but to excuse them, it being Mr. Wagner's
desire not to punish but to prevent a recurrence of what had
taken place. (The rev. gentleman has been once or twice
previously molested in the public streets, but always de-
clined to give his assailants into custody.) From the evi-
dence produced in the case yesterday, it appeared that the
Rev. Arthur Wagner was proceeding up North-street, about
half-past 5 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, when the prisoners
and some of their friends shouted and hooted at him ; and
Braizier came across the road to him. He caught hold of
the rev. gentleman's arms, and saying " Here's a gentleman
wants to speak to you t'other side," began to pull him across
the road. Mr. Wagner shook himself free, and swung his
walking-stick round, catching Braizier on the leg, who
immediately knocked him do*n. The disturbance attracted
the attention of Sir Thomas Lennard, who was walking up
the street, and Sir Thomas seeing Hersee leave his com-
panions to make a kick at Mr. Wagner went to the latter's
assistance, not because he was acquainted with him, but
from his English love of fair play. Sir Thomas Len-
nard struck Hersee to keep him off, and Hersee turned
his "attention" to the hon. baronet, but got the worst of it,
and, finding he could not "touch" Sir Thomas, again
assailed Mr. Wagner, who had been knocked down one
or twice again by Braizier. As Sir Thomas was walking
away guarding Mr. Wagner from the attacks made upon
him Braizier seized Sir Thomas from behind, and getting
his head in "chancery," Hersee again turned upon Sir
Thomas and struck him severe blows on the face, the left
side of which was dreadfully swollen and contused, and a
long deep gash was inflicted under the eye. The hon.
baronet got himself free, and with the assistance of a
policeman and the bystanders, several of whomwerenoitlbv
collected round, Braizier and Hersee were secured,.
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Sir Thomas Lennard could speak to this prisoner
taking part in the assault ; but other witnesses spoke
to Chatfield inciting the mob to attempt a rescue, and
pulling one or two away who we: assisting in carrying
Hersee to the police station. At ate close of the case
Mr. Clark, on behalf of Mr. Wagner, again asked the bench
not to punish the men, but to bind them over in order to
prevent a recurrence, but he refused to have the charge
taken under the act which specially protects clergymen in
going or returning from their duties, preferring to have
it treated summarily as one of common assault. The
magistrates, in giving their decision, said the assault was a
most gross and unwarrantable attack on a person inoffen-
sively walking in the street, and to prevent a recurrence of
it they should visit it with the fullest penalty they could
summarily. They should therefore sentence Braizier and
Hersee to two months' hard labour each, and fine Chatfield
20s. and costs, in default of payment to be committed for a
month.