The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-26 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at rani is about at par, and
the shQ•t exchange on London is 16.11 per £1 sterling. t_
tampering these rates with the English Mint price of
Os. boo. per ounce for standard gold, It appe,,rs that gold is
about the same price in Paris and London.
The course of exchange at New York on London torbills at
00 days' sight is about 110 per cent. At this rate there is
a •ma 1 profit on the importation of gold from the United
States.

BALLOON ASCENTS IN PARIS.—Two balloon as-
cents took place on Sunday afternoon in Paris. Shortly
before five M. Godard's balloon went up from the Hippo-
drome, and shortly after the Geant of M. Nadar ascended
from the esph.nade of the Invalides. The spectacle of both
these aerial machines at once was an unusual one ; but it
was of short duration, for they got speedily above the
clouds, and wore borne rapidly aw•ly by the breeze in the
direction of Orleans. A few minutes before the ascent of
the Geant the Emperor, in a carriage driven by postilions,
on his way to St. Cloud to visit the Prince Imperial,
passed along by the Cours la Reiue, and five minutes later
the Empress followed in a carriage and four, with out-
riders. Their Majesties were loudly cheered. The Geant
balloon came down safely the same evening at eight o'clock
neat Longjumeau ; while the other balloon, which had
gone up from the Hippodrome, descended at Clamart.
'A YEAR'S CHURCH APPOINTMENTS.—The Irish
Ecclesiastical Commissioners state that in the year ending
with July last appointments were made in Ireland to five
church dignities, 17 prebends, and 84 parochial benefices.
PARIS EXHIBITION.—It is understood to be the
wish of the Imperial Commission that all persons entitled
to be present at the ceremony of the distribution of the
prizes on the Ist of July should appear in official or other
uniforms.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Between six and seven
o'clock last evening a goods train ran off the railway on
the viaduct between the Borough road and the Blackfriars
Stations of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway.
The train happened to be going slowly at the time, and
the accident only resulted in a temporary stoppage of
traffic

Mr. Newham Woolley writes to the Times from,
Bardney, about nine miles from the town of Lin-
coln, giving an account of the new black death
which appeared in his locality. Early in January
the village was startled by the sudden and unex-
pected death of some of the parishioners attacked
by a disease of no ordinary description. One after-
noon a stout, healthy man called on Lim complain-
ing of sickness and intolerable headache. Though
he resumed his work next morning, about 3 p.m.
he staggered into the surgery very sick, with acute
pain iu the back part of the head, and complete
prostration. His pulse was weak and frequent, the
pupil contracted, the skin moist and bathed in per-
spiration. In the night he became delirious, and in
the morning was covered with a purple eruptiOn,
showing every symptom of approaching collapse.
Under the influence of powerful stimulants he again
rallied, and a small blister was applied to the nape
of the neck, from which the most fetid discharge the
doctor had ever known took place. While attending
on this case 18 others occurred, va:ying in intensity,
but all recovered. On the subsidence of the epi-
demic a mild typhus fever supervened. The disease
was, in Mr. Woolley's opinion, confined to the dis-
trict. If this disease is the same as that lately
reported from Ireland, the success of the treatment
in Lincolnshire is in strange contrast with the fatal
results there. The sooner Mr. Woolley's system is
tried the better, and he attributes his success to
ascertaining satisfactorily the difference between
irritation and inflammation, and prescribing for his
patient accordingly.