The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-28 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

The- quotation of gold at Parts is about at par, and
the short exchange on London is 25f. 20c. per .£1 sterling.
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of
.£3 lis.lo4d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that
gold is about 1-:oth per cent. dearer in London than in
Paris.

The 'verge of exchange at New York on London for Mlle
at 60 days' eight is about 105 i per cent. At this rate thero
is no profit on the importation of gold from the United
States.

LORD GRANVILLE AT MANCHESTER.—Yesterday
evening Lord Granville met a numerous gathering in the
Free Trade-hall, Manchester, and after delivering the
prizes and certificates awarded at the Oxford local exami-
nations, delivered an interesting address.
THE FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AT CLEETIIORPES.

—Two other bodies have been recovered close to the spot
where the boat wont down. One of them was removed to

the deadhouse of the hospital at Grimsby, and was searched
by a policeman, when a watch, which had stopp3cl at 1.33,
was found; also several documents. The features were
disfigured so much as to be unrecognisable. Amongst the
papers a return half-ticket from Cleethorpcs to Ashton-
under-Lyne was found, also a " contribution card," of a
sick and burial society held at the house of Joseph Knott,
Red Lion Inn, Ashton, which showed that the last pay-
ment of 3s. was made July the 6th. This established the
identity of the corpse as being that of Thomas Platt. The
other was that of Mr. Rawlinson. An inquest was held,
and a verdict of "Accidental death" returned.
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MY
EXTRAORDINARY HOAX.—A most remarkable
affair has just come to light at Wirksworth, Derby-
shire. A married woman, living with her husband at
Winster, ner Wirksworth, left hmao last Wednesday at
noon, for the purpose of taking some £3O in cash to the
bank, and when, as she at first stated, was proceeding along
an out-of-the-way part of the road, a villanous-looking
man pounced upon and seized her from behind. He grasped
her tightly, and upon her attempting to scream out he
pulled out a clasp-knife and shuck at her with the large
open blade, but she fortunately succe rded in guarding the
blows off with her hands, which were slightly abrased. A
desperate encounter then took place between the patties,
ending in the h.ghway robber throwing his victim to the
ground, rillirg her p&cket of the bank notes and all the
money, and then decamping. She proceeded to the nearest
police station, where she reported the outrage, giving a
minute description of her assailant. Front the woman's
statement, the police superintendent of the district consi-
dered the affair a desperate attack, and at once issued no-
tices giving a description of the garotter and offering .£3
reward for his apprehension. The • notice further said
that two men were suspected who wore in the neigh-
bourhood mending umbrellas. After inquiries had
been prosecuted it turned out that the whole affair was a
concoction, that she had not even been stopped or robbed
of a farthing. Further, it is alleged she had changed and
spent the money.

THE WOOLVERTON MURDERER.—George Britten
will not be hung to-day, as was at first intended. Three
petitions have been presented to the Home Secretary—one
from Taunton, a second from Bath, and a third from Kil-
merdson (a village a mile or two to the westward of Wool-
verton). The promoters of these memorials for a reprieve
have not yet received a reply. The delay is regarded as a
hopeful sign by those who desire a commutation of Brit-
ten's sentence ; for they regard it as an intimation that the
additional documents which have been laid before the
Home-office since Wednesday have led to a reconsultation
between Mr. Hardy and Mr. Justice Wines, the judge who
WO the case.