The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-08 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

The quotation 01 gold at Paris is about I per mine pm., and
the short exchange on London Is 25.221 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appea.rs that gold is
about 2-IGths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London.

By advic:s from Hamburg the price of gold is 428 per mars
and the short exchange on London is 13.62 per .C 1 stcrlin .
Standard gold at the Engll4: Mint price is, therefore, at
about the same price in London and Hamburg.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 109 to 1091 per cent. At these rates there
is no profit on the importation of go'd from the United
States.

LIFEBOAT SERVICE.—PORTRUSH, IRELAND, Nov.
6.—During a severe gale from the N.W. a few days
since (reports the Rev. J. Simpson), the schooner Clara
Brown, of Barrow, bound from Cardiff to Londonderry
with a cargo of coals, made the Skerries Roads, off Port-
rush, but was unable to gain the proper anchorage, and
dropped her anchors in a very perilous position, not far
from where an ill-fated ship and her crew of six men were
lost a year or two ago. The schooner was observed to ride
heavily, and the lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution was accordingly launched in a very heavy sea,
went alongside the vessel, and brought the crew of four
men safely ashore. The men were delighted to see the
lifeboat, and eagerly availed themselves of her assistance.
The lifeboat behaved admirably on the occasion. The
vessel fortunately rode out the gale, and her crew took
possession of her again the next day.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE.—
Last evening Mr. C. St. Clair Bedford, the West-
minster coroner, hold a lengthened inquiry at the Vestry-
hall of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, relative to the death of
George Moore, aged 21 years, a plumber. Charles White,
a plumber's improver, said that on Thursday afternoon last
he was employed with the deceased at St. James's Palace.
Shortly after 1 o'clock the deceased went up a ladder to
cross from one roof of the Palace to another, when, as it
appeared, his hand slipped from the ladder being short for
the copping stone, and he fell violently to the ground. The
deceased had a bag of tools over his left shoulder, and ap-
peared quite well and sober. The witness had often been
up the same ladder, and found it was difficult to got from it
to the coping.
The deceased fell about 40 feet, on to the
rough stones. He was quite insensible, and never spoke.
He was put into a cab, and conveyed to Charing-cross
Hospital, where he was found to be dead. It was the duty
of the clerk of the works to see to the ladder. He had
never complained of the ladder. Thomas Dexter, also
employed at St. James's Palace with the deceased on
the day in question, gavo corroborative testimony, and
said he only accounted for the accident by the
shortness of the ladder. The deceased had let go his
hold of the ladder when his head was up to the coping,
and he immediately full sideways into the courtyard.
Nothing fell from the place. Mr. Cantrill, clerk of the
works, residing at St. James's-palace, said the ladder had
been in use 10 or 12 weeks. Ho had frequently used it,
and no complaints wero ever made. It was the largest
ladder he had, but the contractors should supply the
ladders. Mr. O. W. Berry, house surgeon, of Charing-
cross Hospital, said the deceased was dead when he was
admitted. There was a very severe fracture on the right
side of the skull, which was quite sufficient to cause imme-
diate death. The brother of deceased said he had seen the
ladder, and had no fault to find with it, although his poor
brother had been killed from falling from it. The Coroner
thought the statement very candid. Mr. Hutton, who
appeared for the contractor, said the ladder was supplied
by the clerk of the works, and he did not think the con-
tractors wore liable if the ladder broke. The Coroner then
summed up, and said that it was very evident the ques-
tion was between the contractor and the clerk of the works
as to who was responsible forproviding the proper ladders.
The jury, then returned a verdict of 66Accidental Death,"
and recommended that in future the ladders should be of
sufficient length. The inquiry then terminated.

HER MAJESTY'S STAGHOUNDS.—The regular
hunting season of the royal pack commenced yes-
terday, the first turn out being, as is customary, at Salt-
kill, where there was a fashionable assemblage of ladies
r.nd gentlemen in carriages, besides numerous pedestrians,
and between three hundred and four hundred horsemen,
upwards of 30 a ith their hunters having been brought
from town to Slough by the Great Western railway ; many
officers of the Guards were also present. Mr. Davies, the
respected huntsman, was warmly congratulated on his
appearance again in the field, mounted on his old favourite
grey. At the usual hour, half-past eleven, the deer Red
Rover was uncarted in a field near Slough, and went
straight away in the direction of Stoke-green; 10 minutes'
law was only given when the hounds were laid on. After
a very exciting run, the deer crossed the Thames to Mill-
lane, Eton, and was taken in the yard of the Christopher
Inn, near the college. Another deer was afterwards turned
out at Slough, which gave but a short run, and was taken
in a pond at Stoke-park.

has arrived at the Earl of
',Ord and Lady Egerton of Tatton are entertain-
,t,re, from Knowsley? Lama-
ing a succession of visitors at Tatton Park, Cheshire.
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