The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-27 00:00:00

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The Price of Gold.

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The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.30 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
17s. 10 id.
per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about 2- ioths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
ria' ,•-ourre of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 a
days' Sight is 1001 to 110 per cent. At these rates there
I small profit on the importation of go'd from the
United 6tates.

HER MAJESTY.

BAL3IORAL, OCt. 24.

Ilee Majesty, accompanied by the Princess Louise,
Prince Louis of Besse, and Prince Leopold, went
up Glen Gelder.

The Queen and the Late Premiei.

The Queen has, out of respect to the memory of
her Prime Minister, altered the day of her depar-
ture from Balmoral from Friday to Saturday, Lord
Palmerston's funeral being fixed for the previous
day.

The Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Prince of \Vales, accompanied by the Duke
of Cambridge, Prince John of Glucksburg, Prince
Edward of Saxe-Weimar, and Count Gleichen,
went out shooting yesterday, near Windsor.
Major Grey was in attendance.
The Princess of Wales, accompanied by Princess
Hilda of Anhalt, and attended by the Hon. Mrs.
Stonor and Mr. Fisher, went to Windsor Castle
yesterday morning, and returned in the afternoon.
Their royal highnesses went to the St: James's
Theatre in the evening.

The Dowager Queen of Hawaiia in
Liverpool.

Queen Emma, whose visit has been expected with
interest for some days past, arrived in Liverpool
yesterday morning, by special train from Hartford.
Her Majesty was attended by Lady Franklin, the
Lord Bishop of Oxford, Lord Robert Cavcia
Lord De Tabley, Sir Robert Phillimore, Sir Sydney
Cotton, the Hon. Robert and Mrs. Curzon,
Miss Cracroft, the Rev. W. and Mrs. Hoapili,
and was received by the mayor of Liver-
pool. (Mr. E. Lawrence) and the Hawaiian con-
sul: A large crowd was in waiting and followed
the party to several places of public interest. Her
Majesty was conducted by the mayor through St.
G eorge's-hall, when the great hall was illuminated,
and the grand organ played; and afterwards the
distinguished party enjoyed (as far as the weather
would admit) a ride through the town, lunched with
the mayor, and attended a crowded public meeting
in aid of the Hawaiian Church Mission in the Phil-
harmonic-hall, over which building the llawaiian
flag was hoisted. At the meeting at the Philhar-
monic-hall, the Lord Bishop of Oxford gave an
eloquent exposition of the object of the Queen's
visit, and made a powerful appeal for aid to enable
the Church of England to plant an independent
branch in the midst of the independent population
of the Sandwich Islands, which should receive its
orders from the ancient church of England, agreeing
with the church in articles and formularies, and re-
producing in men of another blood the self-same
church which we enjoyed, as the principal channel
of the means of grace. He traced the history of
Hawaiia since the time when it threw off the bond-
age of idolatry, priesthood, and chieftainship, with-
out knowledge of a religion and civilisation to adopt
in their stead. He placed in striking contrast the
condition of the people under the old heathenism of
the islands with their condition under the subsequent
partial spread of Christianity amongst them, but
pointed out the fact that as yet the only satisfactory
proof of the saving reception of Christianity by any
people—the elevation of their moral character—had
not been produced in these people. They were
perishing off the face of the earth by the fruit of
their immorality. Was it not for Christianity to
change all this ? He made an affecting allusion to
the efforts of the late king—the husband om
the noble lady who was that day their illustrious
visitor still mourned—to secure the establish-
ment of a Christian church in his dominions ;
and described this visit on the part of her Majesty
as much the result of her desire to fulfil the inten-
tions of her late consort as of her longing to become
the mother of the church of her people. At the
close of his lordship's address a liberal collection
was made ; and afterwards the meeting was ad-
dressed by the Rev. Mr. Hoapili and other gentle-
men, and the meeting closed. After the meeting
Queen Emma and her party left the town, and re-
turned by rail to Hartford.

His Excellency the Russian Ambassador and
Baroness Brunnow havo arrived at Ghosham Houso from
Brighton.

The Duke do Caumont Laforee has arrived at
the Clarendon Hotel from Paris.

The Right hon Sir Robert Peel arrived in town
last evening, in order to attend the funeral of Lord Pal-
merston at Westminster Abbey.
The Lord Provost of Edinburgh has arrived at
the Clarendon Hotel from Edinburgh.