The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-20 00:00:00

PRICE OF GOLD.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 1 per mille premium
and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling.
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
175. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about 2-liths dearer in London than in Paris.

By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4251 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13.0 per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
6-ICths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 126 to 1274 per cent., and the premium on
gold about 14i per cent. At these rates there is a profit on
the importation of gold from the United States.

DEATH OF THE DEAN OF GLOITCESTER.—The HOT).
and Very Rev. Dr. Edward Rice, Dean of Gloucester, died
at his residence, Oddington, near Stow-on-the-Vold, on
Friday last, in the 86th year of his age.

LIVERPOOL COTTGN MARRET, Aug. 19.—The
excitement in the cotton market increases in intensity, and
prices must be quoted to-day again fully ls. l!d. per pound
higher than those current yesterday. 1.12. selo..r. 95,000
bales--15,000 on speculation and for export.
THE TEA TRADE, Aug. 18.—The deliveries in
London estimated for the week were 979,4161 b., which is
an increase of 19,4191 b. compared with the previous state-
ment.

THE MOUNT CENIS TUNNEL.—The last accounts
from the works for boring the tunnel through Mount Cenis
mention that a distance of 1,200 yards has been attained on
the French side and 720 on that of Savoy. The air at the
former distance is perfectly pure.
GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY.—At the meet-
ing of this company, held yesterday, it was proposed and
unanimously agreed to raise £BOO,OOO on 5 per cent. pre-
ference shares of £2O each, to construct the line from Liege
to Aye, and further, those shares would participate equally
with the constituted shares in all dividends above 5 per
cent.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT FLEETWOOD.—Yesterday a
lamentable and fatal accident took place at Fleetwood.
Captain Bond, the energetic master of the harbour, was
examining some works in progress for the improvement of
the harbour, whop a capstan suddenly gave way and fell
upon his head. He sustained injuries which vere evi-
dently serious, and was conveyed to his home with as
little delay as possible, but died on the way. Captain
Bond was the joint servant of the Lancashire and York-
shire and London and North-Western Railway Companies,
and was highly respected. Ho leaves a widow and :ix
children.

STOPPING THE MAIL IN IRELAND. A corre-
spondent of the Freeman's Journal, writing from Castle-
town-delvin, Aug. 17, says :—" A few nights ago as John
Hogan, the cardrivor between this and liillucan, was pro-
ceeding with the mail bags from the post-office at Killu-
can, to the railway station, he was stopped by four men
near Riverstown, who called on him to stand, which ho
did ; they then warned him to give up driving the mail car,
or the consequences would be serious to him. No injury
was done to him, and it is asserted a former driver, who
resigned, and now wishes to be reinstated, is suspected of
being the prime mover in this affair. Hogan, who is a
stranger in the locality, cannot identify any of the party.
EXETER HALL—The Messiah will be performed
to-night by the National Choral Society with a band and
chorus of 700, under the direction of Mr. G. W. Martin.
The principal singers are Madlle. Florence Lancia, Madame
Laura Baxter, Mr. Wilbye Cooper, and Mr. Weiss. The
oratorio will commence at 8. We understandthat a series
of oratorio performances will be given by the above society
in order to give the country and foreign visitors an oppor-
tunity of hearing these great works.
Doctor Elsner, the theatrical critic of the Silesia
down
Gazette, was attacked a few days ago while walkingili
min the
neighbourhood of Breslau, by a man who threw
and seized him by the throat, as if be intended to strangle
him, exclaiming, " That is for yourspiteful article on in fact, published
Lucrezia Borgia.' "
lasn,--„.
performance had,
of that opera,
some days before a notpicre.oEf
criticising the singing of an actor who filled the part of the
Duke of Ferrara. The author of this act of vengeance has
not been discovered.
DEATHS Tllito,oll CRINOLINE.—When Fashion
enters the door, Common Sense flies too generally
out of the window. So of course Puha cannot
wonder
the danger and the nuisance of your doing
that
you
ladies will wear crinoline, in spite
of all
so. But some of you do sometimes heed a medical
opinion, when other warnings fail to penetrate your
brai,pans ; and possibly a few of you may be deterred from
wearing crinoline by thinking of the caution Dr. Lankester
puts forth. You ladies are not given much to readtng of
the newspapers, yet possibly the plan which Dr. Lankester
suggests, that every accident through crinoline should
be mentioned by the press, might help somewhat to
frighten you and bring you to your senses. Improving on
the hint (what is there Punch cannot improve upon F)
Punch would suggest that every paper should set aside a
column for these crinoline reports, and, to mark it out for
notice, should edge it with deep black. " Deaths through
Crinoline," Punch thinks should be chronicled apart, so as
to catch the eye of the most hurried and most hasty reader.
As another strong deterrent, Punch also would suggest that
when crinoline is plainly proved to be the cause of death,
the verdict of the jury should be simply that of" Suicide."
I It might be well in some cases to add the words "com-
mitted in a fit of fashionable insanity;" for, after all that
has been said about the danger and the nuisance and the
ugliness of crinoline, the mind of any woman who still per-
sists in wearing it cannot possibly be held to be at all in a

sound state.—Punch.
THE RANELAGII TESTIAIONIAL.—The presenta-
tion of the Brighton testimonial to Lord Ranelagh ex-
pected to take place about the middle of September From
the design submitted to us
sword will be such an one as will do credit to tbd town'an
we are led to believe that thed
be worthy of his lordship's acceptance and regard.-5143862.
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