The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-02 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

The quotaiim of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on Londou is 251. 20c. per £1 sterling.
On Comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
iis.loid. per ounce for standard gold, it appe..ns that
gold i; about I.loth per cent. dearer iu London than in
Peril.

The course of exchange at New York on London for bills
at 60 days• eight was on the last date about lonj per oent.
At this rate ►here is no profit on the importation of gob
from the tint cd states.

AN ELECTION STORY.—There is a story told of
the Dewsbury election, which will bear repetition. The
candidates were Messrs. Simon and Cossham. An old
woman enters a butcher shop to purchase a sheep's head.
"Is this a Simonite or a Cosahamite?" she asks. The
butcher was a friend of Mr. Simon. " A Simonite, to be
sure," he says. "Oh! then it won't do; IVO are all
Coashamites whore I live, and they's kill me if I bought
Simonite meat."—" I'll soon make it a Cosshamite, then,"
says the butcher. "Do do," the old woman responds—
whereupon the butcher, putting the bead upon the block,
opens it, removes the whole of the brains, and, handing
the head to his customer, says, " There, marm, there's a
Cossahmite for you."— The Gentleman's Magazine.
THE BURNING VESSEL IN THE DOWNS.—This
vessels turns out to have been the barque Waterloo, on a
voyage from Leghorn to Hull. We are glad to state that
there was no loss of life on the occasion, the whole of the
crew, nine in number, having been got on board a Dutch
brig, and wore put ashore safely at Deal the same night.
The poor fellows, however, were unable to save their
clothing or other property, and were, consequently, per-
fectly destitute.
FLOWERS AND PLANTS OF THE ROCKY AIOUN-
' TAINS. —Over sixty different varieties have been described
by Dr. Scovell in the vicinity of Central City, Colorado ;
seventeen of which were not heretofore described in the
botanies. There are still, according to Dr. Scovell, hun-
dreds of new varieties to be described. The flowers of the
Rocky Mountains aro varied and beautiful. Almost every
botanical family is represented. Some of the new species
will have to be arranged under new genera and families.

There are in California 62,000 Chinese, nearly
all enrolled in six clubs, corresponding to the six districts
from whence the emigrants come. On the arrival of an
emigrant ship agents from the clubs proceed on board
and take charge of the emigrants from their respective
districts. At the club-house the emigrant is boarded and
lodged at a small cost until he has obtained employment.
Should he be out of work at any time afterward, he is
permitted to return, or should he bo sick, lodging is pro-
vidgcl tyr Utz.

THIRD EDITION

NOTICE.

The Third Edition of " The Sun " of last Eveaing was
published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m.

SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLoutc.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
MANCHESTER RACES-THIS DAY.
TRIAL HANDICAP.

Contempt came in .
Kingsley... ......
Harmony
8
Five tan. The winner disqualified; Kingsley gets the
stakes.

1

HANDICAP HURDLE RACE
Lady Lyon
R 055.........

Turmoil..

OLD TRAFFORD HANDICAP.

Contempt
St. Valentine
Sweet Briar

Four ran.