The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-10 00:00:00

PRICE OF GOLD.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
Vie short exchange on London is 251. 271. per LI bterling
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
iis. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appe...-s that
gold at the above price is of higher value in Loudon than
In Paris.

The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60
days' sight was on the 7th inst. about 09; per cent. At this rate
there is no profit on the importation of gold from the United
States.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM

FROM OLT. OWN CORRESPONDENT.'
PARIS, WEDNESDAY, June 9.

The one seat the result of which was unknown yester-
lay has been won by the Opposition. This makes a total
)f thirty-five out of the fifty-nine circumscriptions. The
:alculations of the various Liberal journals accord pretty
nuch with my own. One puts the total strength of the
Dpposition at 90, another at 91, another -at 93.
These little discrepancies arise from the doubtful atti-
tude of some of the Independent deputies. Some
enumerations place one or two of these in the ranks of the
aovernmcut supporters ; others class them as Liberals.
Nly calculation was 95, and I believe that on the
auestion of personal government, for instance, at least
that number would be found arrayed against the Emperor.
The conduct of the police has borne its natural fruit.
The riots of Monday, which were owing solely to the
)fficious intervention of troops of sergents-de-rUle, have
been renewed. It is natural for large crowds to collect
'n the main streets at the close of a general election, and
especially such an election as this. In London the elec-
tion excitement is swallowed up in the immensity of the
electoral boroughs. But then the people of your capital
take much less interest in these contests, proportionately
to the population, than do the citizens of Paris. In your
;minty boroughs, however, lively scenes are of frequent
)ccurrence. Crowds and horse-play are supposed to be
regular concomitants of a keen struggle. The practical
jokes played are often more cruel than humorous, but it
Is impossible to prevent a few incidents of this kind.
Nobody would imagine that electoral effervescence in
England could be kept down by ordering all the crowd to
go home. But this is precisely what the police did in
Paris on Monday. Large bodies of them were collected in
different places. The crowd was immense, covering the
whole of the leading boulevards. Its movement was
all but impossible; nevertheless the police insisted upon
the formula of " Move on !" Where the people could not
move on they were hustled—and hence the shouting,
pelting, and arrests.
Yesterday these scenes were renewed to a certain
extent, though by no means so seriously as the official
papers represent. The Liberte says that about eleven
o'clock last night " considerable agitation , was created
on the Boulevard Montmartre by the presence
of strong bodies of police occupying the pavement
on the north side. The corner of the Faubourg
Montmartre, in particular, was the centre of mime-
rows crowds, of whom the police formed the majority.
Some timid cries, uttered by persons who took care
to hide themselves, were uttered at very rare intervals.
The sergents-de-ville were in quite a jolly humour, and
appeared enchanted with the nocturnal promenade which
the fear of the Rochefort partisans had procured them.
Most of the shops in the neighbourhood were closed at
half-past twelve, says the Gazette des Tribunaux, the
crowds still keeping together, notwithstanding the efforts
of the police. A battalion of the Paris Guard and a squadron
of cavalry were brought up. These troops, commanded
by a colonel, were preceded by drums and a
commissary of police. Thanks to this shew of force
tranquillity was restored. This is all that the Liberte finds
to say about the riots. The Tenips has a similar narrative.
It says that last night a large crowd collected, and that
the noisy, but harmless, demonstrations of Monday
were renewed. The police, as on the preceding
evening, were in great force, and chased the people
about with the same brutality. It adds that
all this parade of force, the battalion and the squad-
ron, and the blows of the police were not deemed
necessary at the first voting. There was certainly nothing
to fear from a few workmen shouting " Vive Rochefort ! "
and singing the "Marseillaise ;" and if the police bad had
the good sense to keep quiet, as they did a fortnight ago,
nothing would have happened.
Numerous letters appear in the papers of to-day, com-
plaining of the brutality of the police to passers-by. One
gentleman writes that whilst he was going alone towards
the Place de la Bourse he was seized from behind, and
maltreated by several scrgents-de-ville. He was struck
on the head with some heavy instrument,which inflicted a
wound from which the blood flowed freely. Another corre-
spondent says that he witnessed one charge made by the
police down one side of the Boulevard Poissonire. The
sergents-de-ville overturned everything on their route—
tables, bottles, glasses, &c.—entered into the cafes, and
struck some of the inmates. In this case there had been
no provocation by songs or cries. Both these writers give
their names and addresses.
The Gazette des Tribunaux and the Patrie give fright.
ful accounts of the breaking of windows and the dis-
mantling of railings, but these statements are directly
denied by the Moniteur and other papers. The whole
affair has clearly been another battle of Clichy.
At Nantes much excitement was caused by the victory
of M. Gaudin, the official candidate, over M. Guepin,
the Liberal. Nantes had given a large majority in
favour of the latter, but in this case, as in many others,
the votes of the town population had been swamped by
the rustics of districts which had no connection with
Nantes whatever. The crowd was indignant, and
well it might be. There was a good deal of uproar,
which was speedily met by a charge of cavalry,
sabre in hand, several persons being wounded.
Here, too, the intervention was excessive. The
same may be said of the disturbances at Bordeaux. M.
Lavertujon, the Opposition candidate at that city—a
highly-respected Liberal, whose failure all deplore—writes
strongly, blaming the police. He says that a com-
paratively quiet population has been treated like a
band of rioters. Cavalry, foot soldiers, and police were
called out, charges made, and yet there was never serious
danger of a disturbance.

A strange event happened at the procession of Corpus
Christi in the Church of the Madeleine. A fellow was
standing with his hat on, and on being asked to take it off
or quit the edifice, used insulting language, calling the
congregation fools and idiots. One man, unable to con-
trol his indignation, stepped out and struck the fellow a
blow on the face, breaking two of his teeth. Both were
arrested. It then turned out that the defender of
religious sanctity was a Jew. He said that he was present
as a simple spectator, but had been disgusted at the inso-
lence of the brawler, and knowing that Christians are
forbidden by their religious law to avenge injuries, he had
interfered on their behalf. His generous interference may
cost him something.

The Bishop of Salisbury is reported to be somewhat
improved in health.

Lord Stanley of Alderley has considerably rallied
aline Monday morning.

Returns relating to the Patents Office, published
on Wednesday, show that the annual excess of receipts over
expenditure is, on an average, about £65,000 a year. This
is paid into the Exchequer through the Stamp Office. The
annual cost of printing is about £16,500, and the fees to the
Attorney and Solicitor-General for England amount to
£lO,OOO a-year.

On Tuesday afternoon, three men, named William
More, William Marsden, and John Burke, were killed by a
fall of coal of thirty tons weight, at Rounds Hill Colliery,
Princes End, Tipton. The unfortunate men were so terribly
crushed that their remains had to be brought up in bags.
Four hours were occupied in recovering the bodies. All the
men were married and had families.

The masons' strike continues at Halifax. The
masters propose to pay 7d. per hour, on a week of 50k hours,
which would make the wages 295. bid. instead of 295., as at
present. The men, however, object to the hour system;
and though the employers propose to postpone the settle-
ment of the dispute for two months, the men decline to ac-
cede to this compromise.

Mr. Goldwin Smith's reply to Senator Sumner's
speech was published on Wednesday by Mr. Rotten in a
sixpenny pamphlet. It is very eloquent and forcible. The
following is the last sentence :---" There is no living Eng-
lishman who has more reason to be grateful and attached to
America than I have, but a man's attachment to an adopted
country is worthless if he has no regard for the honour of
his own."

On Tuesday evening a handsome presentation was
made to Col. Hogg, the late Conservative M.P. for the city
of Bath, who was replaced by a Liberal at the late general
election. The colonel represented Bath for four years, and
his supporters, on their champion being beaten, resolved
to present him with a testimonial. It consisted of a three-
quarter length portrait of himself and another of the Hon.
Mrs. Hogg. The pictures were painted by the Hon. Hein.)
Graves. There was also presented to the colonel a magni-
ficent silver centre-piece. two feet nine inches in height,
with nine branches adapted for either lights or flowers. The
centre piece is designed in the Italian style.
One of the Liverpool County Court Judges, Ser-
geant Wheeler, has been engaged in trying Admiralty
cages, under his new jurisdiction. In ono it was decided
that tho delivery of certified copies of bills for disLurse-
ments to the agent for a vessel in a foreign port wa:
equivalent to delivery to the owners; and a captain wh( se
account was withheld by the mortgagees under such cir-
cumstances was awarded the full amount of his claim and
reasonable remuneration for his detention here to prosecute
the suit. In another case the Court held that there was
no authority in ship's articles to change a cook and steward
into a seaman, and to withhold his n ages when he refused
to work in the new capacity. lie might be disrated and
paid lower wages, but the nature of his employment, for
which he had signed articles, could not be so ;vilely changed.
The plaintiff, who sued Lis captain, recovered all he asked
for—namely the full wages at which he shipped. It tran-
spired in cross-examination that he had been very brutally
treated by,hie captain-7m leat this wtte the opinion of the
Judge, -

The Third Edition of " The Sue " of last Evening was
publis-hed in !rime for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day

ASCOT HEATH MEETING—Tins DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH)
ST. JAMES'S PALACE STAKES.

Dunbar
Duke of Beaufort •
Tasman

Pandore
Bruce...

Five ran.
SEVENTH NEW BIENNIAL.

Badsworth..

Three rnn

SIXTH NEW BIENNIAL.

Typhon ..
Antietam
Brother to Ravioli

Five ran.
THE GOLD CUP.

Brigs: Cue
Blue Gown ,
Formosa

Five ran. Thorwaidsen came in third, but was disqua-
lified for carryihg short weight.
THE NEW S FAKES.

Temple
Atlantis .
Green Riband

Fourteen ran.
ALL-AGED STAKES.

Talk o' th' Hill w.o.

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

MENTS.

June 4, at 9 a.m., Badsworth, Taraban, and The Spy,
out of the Royal Hunt Cup, Ascot.
Juno 4, about noon, Brennus, oat of the Prince of
Wales's Stakes, Ascot.

June 4, at 3.25 p.m., The /Eagan ont of the Gold Cap,
Ascot.

June 5, at 9 a.m., Ventnor, ont of all engagements.
June 5, at 9 a.m., Yellow Rose, out of all handicaps
publist ed to date.
June 5, at 9 a.m., Fidelia, out of Windsor engagements.
Juno 5, after 6 p.m., Perry Down, out of Prince of
Wales's Stakes, Ascot.
June 7, at 9 a.m., all Mr. W. S. Cartwright's horses, out
of Ascot and Stockbridge engagements, 1869.
June 7, at 0.15 p.m., See Saw, out of Windsor engage-
ments.

June 8, at 9 a.m., Avenconrt and Prince George, out of
Windsor engagements.

June 8, al 0.30 a.m, Wamba. out of Windsor engage-
ments.

June 8, at 11.20 a.m., Boundary and La Belle Belene,
out of Ascot Stakes.

June 8, at 1.13 p.m , The Drummer, out of Prince of
Wales's Stakes, Ascot.
June 8, at 3 p.m., Pretender, wit of Prince of • Wales's
Stakes, Ascot.
June 8, at 7.45 p.m., Casse Tats, out of all engagements.
June 8, Gt 9 55 p.m., Dist..ff, out of the Eton HaLdic tp,
Windsor.

The following names bays been given ; —Mr. John
Watson's c by Larabton, dam- by Newminst,r, out of 1:4:0-
tette, 2 yrs - Uarnonstie ; Mr. John Watson's cby Loiter r,
out of Qut on Bess, 2 yrs —The Bobby; Mr. EttuTs year-
ling colt by Beadsn.au, out of Flower of )flout Flowery
Land.

Colours of Ridors—Mr. J. C. Stuirt, brown and 0r.,n0
cap.

Race Glasses, byVoigtl.inder, are now kW longer the ex-
clusive luxury of the rich. Since the groat demand fur
photogiaphic lenses has diminished, au opportunity has
been afforded for applying mechanical power with the
greatest success, whereby the cost of th !se biantiiul at.d
most perfect iustrutnents is red ucA in price iu sonic
instances to as much as 20 per cent. In fact they aro now
no dearer than those of the best French or English makers.
At the depot Callaghan, 23e, New Bond-street, corner of
Conduit-street, the patrons of the Derby may indulge
their taste in the possession of a veritable Voigtlhuder at
comparatively trifling cost. It is superfluous to say the
quality is as ever matchless.

RACING I
fir,

FIXTURES.
NE.

Bibury Club 28
Stockbridge 24, 25, 26
New Forest Hunt