The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-27 00:00:00

PRICE OF GOLD.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
Vic short exchange on London is 251. 1.5 i. per £1 sterlln:2.
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
£3 17,3.100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold at the above price is slightly dearer in Paris than in
London.

There has been a rise in the price of Erie shares
in the London market in consequence of an order by the

Supremo Court suspending Mr. James Fisk, jun., Jay,

Gould, and six other directors of the Erie Railroad for
alleged malfeasance and appointing a referee to investi-
gate the affairs of the company on behalf of the share-
holders. The first message stated that a public receiver

had been appointed, and if the directors are suspended
such a functionary would become necessary. But the
news of Thursday evening was that Mr. Fisk and the rest
of the board had obtained an order staying the proceed-
ings in connection with the Erie Railroad. It is evident
that the turn of the tide is against Fisk and Gould. The

strike all along the line continues, notwithstanding all the
efforts of the board, while the men aro assuming a threaten-
ing attitude and talking of turning those blood-suckers
out of the State. On their part the managers endeavour
to replace the men on strike with green hands, and
the fight, instead of subsiding, grows more exciting.
In the leatl.l, 01 tots hubbub, with all the disrepute of the
gold gamble still clinging to them, Messrs Fisk and Gould
bring out their loan of convertible bonds for $5,000,000,
which is interpreted to mean a prelude to a new war
against the Vanderbilt interests. The state of the New
York Money Market does not favour the loan, and Mr
Fisk's name would not be a tower of strength if the bonds
were pressed on the European markets. That it is not a
tower of strength in New York is sufficiently evident from
the general strike of the workmen for the non-payment of
wages. Nor aro thes3 the only troubles b3setting these
hitherto successful speculators. Their failure.to fulfil the
Erie contract with the Atlantic and Great Western
Railway has led to an open quarrel. At Cleveland
(Ohio), a warm discussion took place between the re-
presentatives of both roads, and a suit has been brought at
Akron, in that State, for the return of the line to its legiti-
mate possessors, as well as the recovery of heavy damages
from the Erie for violating the contract. Now is the time
for united action by the English proprietors to choke off
from their property these vampires ; but knowing what
injunctions, writs, and orders from the Courts mean in New
York, we have little hope of good if vigorous steps are not
taken, unless it be true that these clever manipulators are
at their wit's end for money. Indeed another action has
been commenced against James Fisk, jun., this time by
Watson B. Farr, for $272,500, and attachments have been
issued against the defendant's property.
The New York Sunday ilerald treats its readers to
the biography of James Fisk, jun. The family live in
Brattleboro', Velment, consisting of an insane father, in
the asylum there, a mother, and a younger sister. Fisk,
jun., has been married 12 years, but is without offspring.
His wife was an accomplished and beautiful Springfield girl
named Lucy D. Moore. "She is short and chubby, like Fisk
himself, and the two together make a very handsome as well
as a very comical couple. They live very happily toge-
ther now, and always have, idle gossip to the contrary
notwithstanding. Mr. Fisk supports a nice mansion at
Chester-square, Boston, and Lady Fisk presides over it
with grace and dignity, and hospitality of the tallest kind
is the chief characteristic of the house. During the week
Mr. Fisk is generally found in New York, but he almost in-
variably goes to Boston to spend the Sabbath. He started
with nothing, and now, before reaching the prime of life,
he is a millionaire. He has settled several hundred thou-
sand dollars on his wife, and if his whole fortune should
be swept away in some adventurous speculation ho will
not come to want in consequence. He has a great many
warm enemies and a szoie of earnest friends. He is gener-
ous, social, and warm-hearted, and has a sort of " winning
way" in his general deportment which it is impossible to
describe and almost impossible to resist. He is one of that
kind of men with whom it is much better to be on friendly
terms than otherwise ; for he will go far out of his way
to obtain redress for a real or fancied wrong. Like all
frail humans he will bear close watching in the everyday
1 transactions cf business life, and it is then ten to one that
he does not get the best of the bargain. Ile is, or has been,
intimate with men of all classes—from the President of the
United States down ; and, what is more remarkable, his
acquaintance is sought by the very ones who denounce
him. His future career will bo watched with interest by
the whole American people, and whether his life is spared
for a longer or shorter period he can make his exit from
the world with the proud satisfaction that he once made
considerable of a stir iu it."

Mr. Motley, the American Minister, has pur-
chased the lease of No. 17, Arlington-street, Piccadilly.
The Hon. Freeman H. Morse has received another step in
dignity if not in emolument, being created Consul-General
of Great Britain and Ireland, and Deputy-Consul J. Nunn
has been promoted to Vice-Consul of Great Britain and
Ireland, a recognition of services which these gentlemen
have well merited. Judge H. Embry, of Kentucky, has
been appointed Minister to Ecuador, Mr. Nunn, of Ten-
nessee, having rejected the post as he was not allowed a
clerk. The Hon. E. B. Washburno, in a private letter to
Washington, expresses surprise at the statement the papers
had published that he had estimated his contingent ex-
penses for the next fiscal year at $15,000 in gold. He
made no estimate whatever, limiting himself to the sum of
$2,800 allowed by the Department of State.
Captain Higgins and the officers of the hornet
have fallen out with the Cuban Junta in New York, which
asserts that there was a supply of specie on board, that
the captain did not report to tho Junta, that he had no
business to run into Wilmington, and that the vessel,
which through his fault has been lost, :cost s'_'oo,6oo; it
proposes to tit out another privateer, of which Captain
Higgins will not got the command. Tho Spanish gun-
boats constructing iu New York have been libelled by the
Federal Courts, as intended for hostile action against
Peru, and seized by Marshal Barlow. The Spanish
Minister in Washington denies the allegations against
them, and formally demands the release of the vessels.
The case, however, will be heard in the District Court on
the llth December. Several Congressmen are known to
be preparing resolutions pointing towards the recogei-
lion of Cuban independence. The Junta has been reor-
ganised with Senor Miguel Aldama as President.
Her Majesty's ship Buzzard having defects, the
Salamander will convey supernumeraries and stores
to Gibraltar for the Channel Squadron, under the
orders o Vice-Admiral Synicoudg.