The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-29 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at ram is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is:2&l;4 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about the same price in Paris and London.
The course of exchange at. New York on London for bills ai
60 days' sight is about 1091 per cent. At this rate there is
scarcely any profit on the importation of gold from the
United States,

PASSION-WEEK AND EASTER AT JERUSALEM.—
A communication from Jerusalem states that the ceremo-
nies of the Latin, Greek, and Armenian clergy in Passion-
week, as well as the Easter festival, passed off with order
and tranquillity.

The Florence correspondent of the Inde'pendance
Beige, writing on the 21st, says :—" Garibaldi' has just left
Florence. He has gone to a country seat near Arezzo,
and appears to be determined henceforth to concentrate all
his attention and all his efforts upon the Roman question.
His health is completely re -established."

We are glad to observe that the Royal Horticul-
tural Socieiy, following the example set by the Interna-
tional Horticultural Exhibition of last year, announce
that their great fete, commencing Juno 4, will remain open
for five days, and we Understand it is intended to admit
the public on the Thursday and Friday for Is. The policy
of giving the million a chance of seeing such a grand ex-
hibition will doubtless prove successful.
NEWSVENDORS' BENEVOLENT AND PROVIDENT
INSTITUTION.—The annual meeting of the members
of this institution took place last evening at the News
Exchange, Black Horse-alley, Fleet-street. Mr. R. J.
Wood, of the Weekly Dispatch, occupied the chair, and con-
gratulated the subscribers upon the steadyprogress which
the institution was making. Ho was happy to say that
one pensioner was to be elected during the evening from
two candidates, one of whom had been engaged in the
news trade upwards of 45 years, and the other 50 years.
It was also gratifying to know that the particular feature in
the rules which enabled the committee to grant tempo-
rary relief had been carried out with satisfactory results,
the unsuccessful candidates having in many instances
received assistance almost equivalent to a pension:
The ;secretary then read the 29th annual repori of the
committee. It announced an increase in the amount of
the funds invested, which now reached the sum of £2,530.
The committee at the same time regretted that the annual
subsCriptions wore slightly under tho amount received last
year. But there could be no doubt that renewed exertions
were necessary to enable the committee to meet the claims
pressing upon the funds of the institution. The balance-
shoot for the year ending March 31, 1867, showed that the
receipts amounted to £341 98. 10d., and the expenditure to
£309 Gs. 3d., leaving a balance of £39 3s. 7d. The report
and statement of accounts wore r: dived and adopted, and
resolutions were passed re-electing officers and returning
thanks to them for their past exertions. The successful
candidate for the pension was Robert Fielding, who re-
ceived 229 votes, 174 having been given for J. M'Gheo.
VICTOR 'LUGO'S SENSATIONALISM.—Victor lingo,
indeed, may be called the creator of true ropaance, just as
the French call him the creator of their romantic poetry.
By those whose application of the word " sensational" is
indiscriminate he has been thought to merit their favourite
accusation. Perhaps they are right; but if Victor Hugo
is "sensational,,, so is Shakspere when he makes Macb..th
murder Duncan; so.is Shelley when he wakes Beatrice
conspire against her father's life ; so is*Coleridge when ho
makes Geraldine take Christabol in her arms; so is Goethe
when he introduces Faust to the Devil ; so, in short, is
every great man who has ever written, who has chosen
subjects more sublime on which to expatiate than a com-
pany of spinsters drinking tea round a table.
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