The Sun.
London, England, 1862-03-19 00:00:00

PRICE OF GOLD.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mine pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.25 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
about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.

By adrices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4261 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 gold
3 per cent. At these rates there is a profit on the importation
of gold from the United States.

The amount of specie engaged for transmission
to the East by the Mooltan, on the 20th inst., is £311,959,
showing an increase : £25,160 in gold, and the rest silver.
Subjoined are the particulars, viz.—For Alexandria, £9,400 ;
Ceylon, £3,092; Madras, £37,878; Calcutta, £50,000;
Penang, £4,700; Singapore, £61,700; Hong Kong,
£65,760; Foo-choo-foo, £9,170; and for Shanghae, £70,259.
LOLA FERNANDEZ, alias MARGARET HUGHES.—
This notorious individual was again in Manchester a few
days ago, but whether she succeeded in swindling any one
during this visit we have not ascertained. She told some
acquaintances before leaving that she was going direct
to Madras ; but it is not at all improbable she may turn
up, under some fine name, much nearer home. She appears
to have recently favoured Greenock with her presence, and
succeeded, as usual, by her audacious pretensions, in im
posing upon several persons, including, it would seem, a
Roman Catholic clergyman.

Dorangeon, who was last week convicted of the I
murders in the Rue St. Placide, has made a full confession
of his guilt, since his removal to the condemned cell in the
prison of La Roquette. After he had signed his appeal to
the Court of Cessation, he was again interrogated as to his
improbable story of the pretended accomplice, whom ho
accused of the two murders. After some hesitation he re-
plied--" I very much regret that I deceived my counsel
by persisting in my system of defence in spite of all
his solicitations; I feel certain that, if I had told
him the truth, he would have found some arguments
that might have modified the verdict of the jury. But
it is too late now, and I must abide the consequences of the
foolish defence which a false shame prevented me from
abandoning, after I had once adopted it, and which I only
imagined because the sum of money stolen, only about
180 L, had been grossly exaggerated." He then proceeded
to state that on Nov. 26, being quite destitute, he resolved
to enlist in the army, but happening that same day to enter
the shop of Mme. Cabardos, he saw her husband take some
money out of a cupboard. He instantly resolved to watch an
opportunity of stealing the rest, and not long after
Mme. Cabardos left the house, to accompany a neighbour
to the Rue du Cherche-Midi. He followed them part of the
way, and then returned to the shop, and asked the niece to
, fetch him some sausages. As soon as she was gone, he
took a large knife from the kitchen to force open the I
cup-
board, and was engaged in the attempt when Mme. Ca-
bardos suddenly entered, and laid hold of him, crying out,
" Thieves, thieves I" A struggle ensued, and finding that
the woman held him fast, he cut her throat, and she died
almost instantly. A moment after he saw the
girl re-
turning, and fearing she would see her aunt's dead body,
he took her in his arms, carried her into the kitchen,
and killed her also. He then took the keys from the pocket
of Mme. Cabardos, opened the cupboard, seized on the
money 'and jewelry, and was going to leave, when a man
j
opened the door to ask about led6,,ogn to let in the house.
He, referred him to the next shop, and then fastened the
street door to prevent immediate discovery, and went out
the back-way. He threw away his cap, and bought another
as he went along !Mont Parnasse: When he reached the
Chaussee du Maine, he hired a room in a lodging house, and
secreted his bloody clothes and booty. Such is the confes-
sion of the criminal, and there is every reason to believe it
substantially true.
PLYMOUTH, --The Cowes
Wednesday Morning.
pilot boat No. 4, landed the crews of two foundered ships
port last night. On z
at this y morning, at half-past
5, in thick weather, when 70 miles south of Scilly, the ship
Negotiator, Captain Moon, with coal from Sunderland, for
Genoa, ran into the Russian brig Ah+i, Captain Grauber,
with salt, from Liverpool for Revel, which sank shortly
after all the crew got on board the ship, but the mate,
Adrian Leim an, who was lost in her. The Negotiator,
beinga sinking state, 'was shortly afterwards abandoned
in
by both crews, who took refuge in the barque Talavera,
.
from St. for London, which transferred them yes-
terday morning to the pilot boat.