The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-03 00:00:00

PRICE OF GOLD.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25f. 153. per £1 sterling
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
£3 lie.lO4d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold at the above price is slightly dearer in ,Paris than in
London.
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PARIS CORRESPONDENCE.
TUESDAY.

The electoral campaign has opened, and already several
public meetings have been addressed by rival candidates.
So far as we can yet judge, M. Louis Blanc's suggestion for
the election of members who will decline to take
the oath is not popular even with the most
extreme party. M. Allow, ono of the most
eminent members of the Parisian bar, has issued an
address to the electors of the fourth circumscription of
the Seine. He announces that he is not a Socialist, nor a
Radical, but that he is the resolute opponent of personal
government. Modern society is, he believes, tending
towards a complete democracy, and he demands that
the nation should be governed by itself. The " platform "
as our American friends would say, that M. Allen sup-
ports, is not likely to meet with favour in high quarters,
for it includes all the theoretical reforms of the day,
beginning with the liberty of the press, and ending with
the separation of Church and Stato. Tho most imperative
reforms are, he considers, the abandonment of oflicial can-
didates, a change in the circumscriptions, and a speedy
dissolution of the Chamber of Peru t•••, sas to secure a
veritable representation of the people. In the first cir-
cumscription the Opposition candidates will no doubt be
M. Rochefort, M. Laurier, and M. Cantagrel. The hero of
the Lantcrne is evidently anxious for parliamentary
celebrity, and discountenances the idea of electing
members who will refuse the oath. He ingeniously
declares that the matter is insignificant, being apparently
unwilling to sacrifice himself for a theory. M. Emmanuel
Arago is almost certain to bo returned for the Eighth
Circumscription, and M. Brisson is likely to present himself
in the Fourth. Who the Opposition candidate in the
Third is to be is not yet clear.
The Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne still declares that he will
vacate his office before the opening of the Chambers, while
the great empressement with which M. do Forced° is pro-
viding for his friends gives rise to a belief that a change is
in contemplation at the Ministry of the Interior. It
was rumoured yesterday in political circles that
rapprochement was being arranged between the
most reactionary of Ministers and the Third Party. The
Liberte does not disbelieve the report, but thinks the nego-
tiator will have- a difficult task, as the majority of the 116
have been greatly displeased with the prefectoral move
ment which has lately taken place, and which certainly
does not harmonise with the new order of things.
The Emperor has addressed a special letter to Marshals
Canrobert and Bazaine, thanking them for the measures
which they took to preserve public order on the 26th of
October. The plan adopted on that day will be again
practised should similar circumstances arise. The Govern-
ment, satisfied with the experience of the last month, has
resolved not to interfere with those public manifestations
which aro peaceable, as in England, but it is not the less
decided to maintain public order should it be seriously
threatened.

It is reported that the Conseil d'Etat, whose functions
are considerably curtailed by the recent changes, is in-
clined to shew itself extremely liberal, and intends to offer
no opposition to the abolition of the famous Article 75,
which, as you know, provides for tho infallibility of Govern-
ment agents. Wo have yet to see, however, whether this
abolition is among the measures promised us in the forth-

coming session.
The Independanee Beige refers to the state of the Empe-
ror's health, and mentions the fact of his indisposition pre-
venting him from presiding at the Council of Ministers on
Saturday. In order to counteract the unfavourable
impression thus created on the public mind, the Public
made a statement, which admitted the Emperor's ill-
ness, but denied the report of a relapse having taken
place. Tho Belgian journal attaches little faith to this
announcement on account of the inconsistencies that were
shewn on the previous occasion, when the Indipendance
was seized, and the Journal o.ificicl I'd the fact of the
Emperor's danger, until contradiction was useless.
Yesterday being le jour des snorts, immense crowds
visited the different cemeteries. The concourse
was so great at Montmartre and Pbre Lachaise
that there was scarcely room to move. There was
no disturbance in any direction, and nothing occurred to
interfere with the quiet suitable to the occasion. In 1814
the cemetery of Pere Lachaise was the scene of a struggle
between the allied forces and the defenders of the
capital, and for many nights the tombs were lighted
up by the bivouac fires first of the French, and afterwards
of the Russians.
The Constitutionnel is very indignant with the Reforme
for making its appearance with a black border, in order to
celebrate the memory of its dead—those who died on the
3rd and 4th of December, 1851. It declares that it is not
the part of an honest citizen to rake up these memories,
and that the Republican friends of the Reforms have their
dates also, which might well give rise to shame and

reproach.
The Message'', a French-American paper, declares that
Father Hyacinthe has found out his mistake by this time,
itho expected to enjoy quiet and forgetfulness on the shores
of America. He refused to put his name on the regidter
of the hotel, in order to escape notice, but the reporters of
the American journals beset him in all directions, and out
cf a few incidents contrived to spin some columns of choice
intelligence.
At Lyons the leather cutters for the shoemakers have
gone on strike, and yesterday morning several of
the warehouses were deserted. The packing case
makers of Marseilles are also on strike, and the secession
of the weavers of Panissieres, in the Loire district, still
continues. The strike of the drapers' assistants seems
likely to be reproduced at Toulouse, where the employes in
this line have already hold two meetings. 'They demand
that the shops should be closed at eight o'clock, and 'hat