The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-10 00:00:00

netcp; OF GOLD.

quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
Vie short exchange on London is 25f. 150. per Li sterling,
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
£3 lis.loid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold at the above pride is slightly dearer in Paris than in
London.

A wholesale murder was recently committed near
Douglas Place, about 25 miles from San Francisco, at the
store of an Italian, named Frank Medina. A disturbance
was observed there, but no notice was taken as it was
supposed to be a drunken row, till late next morning, when
as the store showed no signs of life, and, suspicion being
aroused, the place was examined, and the confusion gays
evidence of a struggle and robbery. The bodies of Medina,
the clerk, two Mexicans, and a coloured man wero found
in a gulch a quarter of a mile from the house. This was
the second robbery perpetrated on Medina, and but a fort-
night before tvi o men wero robbed and murdered within
12 miles of San Francisco. These are the ',scenes which
rouse the citizens into the formation of Vigilance Com-
mittees when the myrmidons of the law prove, too weak
to deal with their performer. The St. Louis Republican
relates how they dealt, in Missouri, with a man named
Moore, who was believed to have murdered John Carney
and his wife in a store. The sheriff concealed the pri-
soner, fearing the violence of the people, but when the
excitement had subsided he returned him to gaol. Tho
prison was immediately surrounded, Moore taken out and
hanged, though professing his innocence to the last. The
people had, however, the strongest circumstantial evi-
dence of his guilt.
The Government having decided upon convert-
ing Millbank Penitentiary building into a general
military prison, all soldiers whose terms of im-
prisonment exceed 56 days will be forwarded hence-
forth to that destination, and the various military
prisons at different stations in England will be
abolished. In the case of Aldershott, it is ;un-
derstood that Major Miller, the Governor of the
Military Prison, will be allowed to retire on the
Superannuated List, while such of the warders as
are fit for duty will be transferred to convict estab-
lishments, the remainder retiring upon pensions.
On Friday the first draught of prisoners from Alder-
shott will proceed to Millbank.
Direct communication will shortly be established
between Aldershott camp and the metropolis by the
opening of the Pirbright, Aldershott, and Farnham
Junction Railway, now nearly completed. Several
slips of the embankment have recently caused some
delay and inconvenience, but it is hoped they will
soon be remedied. The military residents of the
Camp and the civilian population of the neigh-
bourhood are alike most anxious to see the line
opened, and in compliance with the general feeling
the Aldershott Local Board of Health has resolved
to memorialise the London and South-Wester4
Railway Company, asking them to open the line as
far as Aldershott forthwith. A deputation of the
Board has also been appointed to wait upon Lieut.
General the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, G.C.8.,
and request hia co-operation.
Staff Commander F. \V. Paul, commanding the
paddle yacht Fire Queen, tender to the flagship
of the Port Admiral at Portsmouth, will be retired
from his command on the Ist of April next, toge-
ther with several other officers holding similar
home appointments, in accordance Nvi
just decision arrived at by the present 13,
tniralty, that home appointments shall
by any tifficer for an indefinite term to
dice of his brother officers.

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