The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-24 00:00:00

PRICE OF GOLD.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per Mine pm ,a
the short exchange on London is 25.21 per £1 sterling.
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
175. Wad. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about A-10ths per cent. dearer in London than,lin Paris.
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 426 k per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13.61 per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.

The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 114 per cent., and the premium on go 1
3 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation
of gold from the United States,

DURHAM UNIVERSITY COMMISSION.—A meeting
of the Durhani University Commission was held at 7, Lan-
caster-place, Strand, on Friday. Present—the Bishop of
Durham, the Right Hon. R. Lowe, M.P., the Right Hon.
C. 13. Adderley, M.P.. the Hon. H. G. Liddell, M.P., the
Rev. C. J. Vaughan, D.D., and Mr. Robert Ingham, Q.C.,
M.P.

Ths Charivari publishes a caricature in which
Europe, represented by a female figure, is trying to amuse
a young girl crowned with flowers, and bearing the name
of Spring, with a polichinelle dressed like an Inhabitant of
ancient Mexico, with a head-dress of feathers, bow and ar-
rows, dkc. Underneath is written t—" Endeavouring to
turn away her attention from other things."
The medals of the Royal Irish Academy haw)
been given to the Rev. Humphrey Lloyd, for his origins
researches in optics, magnetism, and meteorolgy ; to Mr.
Mallet, for his researches into the theory of earthquakes ;
to Mr. Whitley Stokes, for his Irish glosses, and to Mr.
J. T. Gilbert, for his " History of the City of Dublin. "
MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT A COFFEE-HOUSE IN SZY-
YOUR .STREET, Sr. PAricuAs.—Yestorday information of
a mysterious occurrence was received by Mr. Mackrey, ono
of the summoning officers of the parish of St. Pancras,
which took place the previous day at a coffee-house, No.
10, Seymour-street, St. Pancras, near the Euston-square
railway station. It appears that at about half-past 6 o'clock
a gentleman, who was accompanied by a female, respectably
dressed, engaged a room, and that in about half an hour
after the female alarmed the proprietor by stating that the
gentleman, who was a stranger to her, was in a fit. Mr.
Thompson, surgeon, of Stebbington-street, was called in,
who stated that life was extinct. Police constable Hail,
2645, who does duty at the railway station, was sent for.
.He, upon his arrival, searched the deceased's pockets, when
some documents were found in his possession, showing
that his name was Walter, and that he was residing in
Richmond .crescent, Barnsbury-road, Banishroy-park. A
post-mortem examination of the body will be made.
SUICIDE IN A CAB.—A determined act of suicide
was committed on Saturday, by John Gravatt, a youth,
in the Old Kent-road,
aged 19, son of an official connected with the Post-office, at
Chislehurst, Kent. It appears that the deceased had loft
home on Tuesday night last, for the purpose of seeking era_
telling the cabman to drive hire to
ployment, and at three o'clock this morning he was at the
arriving upon Chislehurst-co
Crown and Anchor public-I'l4lBe'
ratuon the
wChiheslrechhuorshit.
at hearing the report of fire-arms, and
driver was alarmed
• down and opening the cab door ho found blood
on jumping . ear of the deceased, issuing redone
from the right
recently discharged, lying
had beennear him. Medical
assistance was immediately sought, but the deceased ex-
pired before its arrival. Inside the cab was found
written by the deceased and addressed to his
he alluded to his intention of father, in which
g suicide, and,
alluding to family grievances as the
cause,
of forgiveness. The body now awaits
sexpressed a hope
inquest.
An extraordinary accident tookan
ago, at Thourailles (Loiret)
As
theplace two days
of the steeple was in
need
of repair, vane at the summit
a workman was em-
ployed to get it down. Ho ascended without difficulty by
means of the knotted rope used on such occasions, and, after
getting astride on the cross to which the vane was affixed,
displaced the latter, and lowered it to his companions below.
Having done so, he preparbd to descend himself, and hero
the danger of his position became evident. The cross on
'which he was sitting was in a very tottering co edition, the
timber to which it was fastened having become worm-eaten
by age, and the moment he began to move it gave way
with his weight. The man endeavoured to save himself
by clutching at the rope, but he missed it and came heavily
down on the roof of the church, several of the tiles of which.
were broken. Thence ho came on a large apple tree, and
fell through the boughs to the ground, which luckil77 for
him had been freshly dug up, for such was the force with,
which he came down, that he made an indentation to the
depth of more than a foot. His comrades, who we re hor-
rorstruck at witnessing his fall, expected to find him a
corpse, but to their great surprise ho got of his legs, and
soon after walked to his home, complaining onLy of a pain,
in his hip, from falling onthe branch of a tree.,
hampton, Mr. F. pc
The Mayor of Sout , skins, hasinvited Garibaldi to visit the town over wnich he presides
as chief magistrate when the International '-Exhibition is
open, and has 1
private and public
promised the illustrious Italic n an English
welcome in Southamptor • - which shriald
testify the estimation in which his great talents and, ser-
vices in the MIN of
WWl= freedom FAre hold i,n this
contrY.