The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-04 00:00:00

The Price of Gold.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mile pm., and
the short exchange on London is 25.26 per £1 sterling. On
comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £,
Os. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold fE
nearly 3-iGths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
mum of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 1071 to 108 per cent. At these rates there
is no profit on the importation of go'd from the United
States.

By advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark
and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 stcrlin2.
Standard gold at the EngHAI Mint price is, therefore, at
about the same price in London and Hamburg.

'4 HESTER'S SACRIFICE,' by the author of St.
Olavo's,' is a story which will be read with great plea-
sure. The writer has great power of sketching character.
Some of the personages in the novel are perfect studies.
Then, too, domestic life and routine of a cathedral town
are depicted with a quiet ease which it is refreshing to
meet with. The plot of the novel id a good one, and it is
well worked out. Not the least charm of the story is that
its interest is sustained throughout. From the first chap-
ter to the last there is no flagging. The novel is one to be
heartily commended."—Star.
THE Loss OF TILE LONDON.—A testimonial con-
sisting of a handsome chased silver tankard has been sub-
scribed for by the inhabitants of Gravesend, to be pre-
sented to Captain Cavasa of the Italian barque Marianople,
ou board which ship the survivors of the ill-fated steam
vessel London, were brought safely into port. The tankard
bears the following inscription :—" Presented to Captain
Cavasa by a few English friends, not as a reward, but as an
attestation of their esteem and gratitude for his humane
and kind conduct towards the survivors of the ship
London."

DISFRANCHISEMENT OF GOVERNMENT WORKMEN.

—Public meetings of the dockyard and other voters of the
borough of Chatham have been held at the " Napier Arm,"
New Brompton ; at the "Richard Cobden," Luton-road ;
and tho "Gibraltar," Ordnance-place, Chatham, to protest
against the IGth clause of the Reform Bill, which provides
for the disfranchisement of Government workmen. It
was resolved to convene an aggregate meeting at the
Literary Institution, and it was stated that Mr. Otway,
the member for the borough, had promised to attend.

THE BRIGHTON REVIEW.-011 Monday evening,
after the review, Colonel Richardson-Gardner, honorary
colonel of the North-East London Rifles, was honoured by
the company at dinner, at the grand hotel, of Lieutenant-
General Sir Robert Garrett, K.C.B , who was in command
of the entire Volunteer force on that day. There were
also present at the dinner a distinguished party of Volun-
teer officers.

THE MUTINY AND MARINE ACTS.—The two Acts
of Parliament on the army and navy which received the
royal assent on the day of the adjournment for the Easter
recess have just been issued-29th Victoria, caps. 9 and 10.
It is recited in the first-mentioned statute that the standing
army is to consist of 138,117, including the depot of regi-
ments serving in India, but exclusive of the soldiers actually
serving in India. Of the 13 public Acts passed in the pre-
sent Session, these Acts are at present the longest, and are
annually issued for the guidance of the army and navy and
to onforce proper diNciPlino in both aorvicea