The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-03 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This D►ay.)

LONDON, Dec. 3.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ;
light breeze and dull hazy weather, with rain, snow, and
sleet at times.
CORK, Dec. I.—The Cormorant (s.s.), for Liverpool,
ran into the brigantine Orleans, from Newport, on the
28th ult., off Blackcock Castle, doing her damage in the
bow ; she also carried away the bowsprit and cutwater of
the Eliz 1, from Newport, both vessels being in tow of the
same tug.
FALMOUTH,iDee. 2.—Wind N.—Arrived--Helene, from
Ibrail.
CLYDE, DAs. I.—Arrived—Jane Brown, from Montreal;
Charles Napier, Palermo.
PLYMOUTH, Dec. 2.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived--Chris-
tine from Swansea, for Charente, to stop a leak.
MILFORD, Dec. 2.—Wind S.E.—Arrived.—Leander,
from iingapore, and sailed for Liverpool.

MR ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning.

Wind E.S.E.
Sailed—Claudia, for Palermo ; Amelia, Havre.
QUEENSTOWN, Dee. 1.

Wind W.N.W.
Arrived—BeHairs, from Monte Video; Livorna, Memel.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.45 a.m.
Wind, N. W. ; tide six hours' ebb ; raining.
Arrived, Dcc. I—lmpetuous, from Patras.
sailed. Dec. 3—Panther, (s.), for Boulogne ; Belgium,
(s.), Ostend ; Dragon, (s.), Hamburg ; Royal Albert,
Adelaide.

DEAL, Wednesday, 9.40 a.m.

Wind W.N.W., moderate.
Passed— American Congress, from New York; Gladio-
lus, Madras; Dorothy, Mauritius— all for London; Grey-
hound, from Jelsey, for Dundee.
Sailed—Salabra and Actaeon, for Hull.

DISCOVERY OF IRON IN WILTSHIRE. —A paragraph has
appeared in some of the local, papers stating that iron
ore had been discovered near Caine. It is, however,
at Seend,three milts from Melsham, and near the Ken-
net and Avon Canal, that the discovery has been made.
The ore is described as being very good.
A PUNCTUATED RETRACTION.—A member of the Eng-
lish Parliament having charged an officer of the Govern-
ment with dishonesty, was required to retract it before
the House of Commons, which he did in the following
words :—" I said he was dishonest, it is true ; and I
am sorry for it." This was pronounced satisfactory,
but he managed to have the printed report of the trans-
action read thus :—" I said he was dishonest ; it is true,
and I am sorry for it."
THE FRAUDS ON THE NORTHERN RAILROAD OF
FRANCE. —Parot, Grelet, and Debut, charged with
frauds upon the Northern Railroad of France, have at
last bad a hearing upon their motion to be discharged
from arrest, and the Courts have taken the papers for
decision. The grounds urged for discharge are that the
order for arrest had been granted on irregular and insuf-
ficient papers, that the documents alleged to have been
taken were of no value, and that the Court had no juris-
diction. Parot puts in an affidavit to the effect that ho
was a dealer in hrrses, 24, Rue Chaussee d'Antin, that
Felicite Debut was his wife, and kept a hotel at No. 4,
Rue de Grenelle ; that wishing to come to America he
sold part of his horses, and his wife sold her furniture,
and taking the money (amounting in all to 45,000 f.) n
i
Bank of France notes, they came to this country ; that
he knew Grelet in France, but never aided him in ab-
stracting any certificates of stock ; that the notes
be took to Mr. Belmont to get cashed, and which were
the cause of his arrest, were part of the proceeds of the
sale of the horses ; together with various other allega-
tions as to the people to whom be bad communicated
his intention of residing in America, and his innocence of
any complicity in the matters charged against Carpen-
tier and Grelet.
APPALLING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last an accident
of a moat painful nature happened at the Clay-cross
Ironworks, near Chesterfield, which it is feared will
terminate fatally. A labourer named Kelly was employed
in wheeling materials into the furnace, from a calcined
heap of partially fused ironstone which had been con.
4derably undermined, when a large burning mass fell
upon him, burying him tip to the middle. Halt an hour
elapsed before he could be released from that fearful
position ; the debris having clinkered round him, bad to
be broken with hammers and crowbars in order to his
release. During this time his cries were pitiable in the
extreme, and he frequently begged of the bystanders to
carry him into the reservoir close at band, and drown
him to relieve him from his misery. His injuries were
found to he of so extensive a
.nature that amputation of
theby
right
Messrs.leg abovea
atrlsi e
and Holland, knee joint
ad t o b e resortedto b
t toe
works, and it is flared the other leg Neill also have to be
sacrificed, so dreadfully is it burnt. Scarcely a particle
of clothing waspleerftilbounstphoesiptoiol_fel.al
re-
leased from his iewn chhe set ern hEex awma si
n er

PRICE or GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 6 per mille premium, and the short exchange on
London is 25•221 per 11. sterling. On com paring these
rates with the English Mint price of 31. 17 B. 10td. per
ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly
4-10ths per cant. dearer in Paris than in Lo ndon. By
advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 423: per !nark,
and the short exchange on London is 13.34 per 1/. ster-
ling. Standard gold, at the English Mint price, is there-
fore about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in
London. The course of exchange a New'
York on
London for bills at 60 days' sight is 109 per cent.,
which, when compared with the Mint par between the
st
England ;
two countries, shows that the exchange, is slightly against
transport and difference of interest, the pre sent
but, after making allowance for c hargesratef
leaves no profit on the importation of
gold Pent
the
-United States.