The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-04 00:00:00

THE PRICE OF GOLD

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per mule prem.,
and the short exchange on London is 25.40 per £1 sterling.
On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3
17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is
about 4-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4291 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13.81 per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
6-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 107} to 1074 per cent., which, when compared
with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the
exchange is against England. But, after making allowance
for loss of interest and charges of transport, the present
rate leaves no profit on sending gold to the United States.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held last
evening before Mr. Langham, deputy coroner for West-
minster, in Charing-cross Hospital, touching the death of a
private in the 2d battalion Grenadier Guards, stationed at
St. George's Barracks, named Jas. Hutchins. John Simp-
son, a private in the same battalion, said that about 10
minutes to one that afternoon he was coming out of the
barrack-room on the third floor, when he observed the de-
ceased quite outside the window, with the exception of the
left foot, and before he could stop him he had got quite out and
turned to the left of the parapet. He looked out after him,and
found that he had fallen. He ran down and saw him impaled
on the railin gs, the spike entering his stomach and coming out
of his back. He had seen him only five minutes before,
and believed him to be quite sober. The height from the
window to where he was picked up was 42 feet. It was also
stated in evidence that he had performed the same feat be-
fore, and said that he considered it worthy of Blondin. A
verdict of " Accidental death" was recorded.

PUGILISM.—THOMAS TYLER AND WILLIAM
SHAW FOR £lOO A-SlDE.—This passage of arm took place
yesterday, but was not brought to a definite termination.
At the end of a long journey, no sooner had the company
alighted, than thu " rural constabulary" put in an appear-
ance, and fresh arrangements had to be made. After
steaming about for some hours, the ring, for the second
time, was pitched. The first round lasted ten minutes and
a half, but while they were yet occupied with the second
the police again came on the scene of action, so that the
contest was once more stopped, having lasted, up to the
time the combatants left the ring, 27 minutes 30 seconds.
The battle had not lasted long enough for the least adv an
tage to be obtained on either side. Neither man was in
the slightest hurt. It was impossible to make any other
attempt that day, therefore the referee arranged for a fresh
meeting on a future occasion.
IMPORTANT TO VOLUNTEERS.—At the Bristol
Council-house yesterday Mr. F. Shipton, solicitor, applied
to the sitting magistrates for a summons against John Her-
roll, the toll-collector at Princes-street-bridge, under the
25th and 25th Vic., cap. 126, entitled " An Act to exempt
Volunteers from payment of tolls," &c., which received the
Royal assent on the 6th of August last. By the several
sections of this Act it is provided that any toll collector tak-
ing toll of volunteers in uniform going to drill or parade, or
on duty, shall be liable to a penalty of £5, which penalty
the magistrates have no power to mitigate. From the in-
formation laid it appeared that the defendant had demanded
toll of several volunteers on passing the bridge, but on the
provisions of the Act in question being explained to him,
he promised that no such demand should be made for the
future ; and Mr. Shipton, who stated that his principal ob-
ject in appealing to the magistrates was to obtain publicity
for the rights awarded to volunteers by the Legislature, ex-
pressed himself satisfied, and withdrew his application.
A WINDFALL—CorporaI William Harwood, of
the 3d company of the 26th Regiment, has just had the
good fortune to come into possession of upwards of £3,000.
The mother of the lucky corporal was bequeathed a portion
of the fortune of her uncle, the late Captain Whittaker, of
the Bth Hussars, who resided at Accrington, Lancashire,
and died in 1859. It amounted to more than £12,000, and
on Mrs. Harwood's death, which happened about a fort-
night ago, fell to be divided among her four surviving
children, of whom Corporal Harwood is the youngest. lie
is a native of Bolton, and entered the army about six or
seven years ago by enlistment into the 68th Regiment,
from which he volunteered into the Cameronians at the
close of the Crimean war. Corporal Harwood, who we
may mention is married, has purchased his discharge, and
leaves his regiment, we understand, on Monday next.—
Edinburgh Courant.
The liquidators of the Caisse General des Chemins de
Fer yesterday brought an action before the Tribunal of
Commerce, against a gentleman named de Jaconet, to ob-
tain from him 270,6911 r. for the balance of an account-
current which he had left unpaid, the principal item of
which consisted of the purchase of 1,000 shares of
the Caisse made for him by his order. He disputed
the claim on the ground that about five weeks
after the purchase he had given Mires an order to
sell the shares, but that it had not been executed ;
also that both purchase and sale formed a gambling transac-
tion, of which the Tribunal could not take cognisance. In
the event, however, of the Tribunal deciding against him,
he prayed that Mires should be condemned to indemnify
him for not having sold the shares in due time. The Tri-
bunal ordered him to pay the sum claimed, and rejected his
demand on Mires.
The grandson of Charlemagne, the Emperor
Lothaire, tired of reigning, abdicated the throne, as is
known, and became a monk in the Benedictine monastry
at Cologne, and died there. His remains were interred in
the chapel of that edifice, and his tomb for several centuries
pointed out as one of the curiosities of the city. At length
the chapel was demolished, and a new building erected on
the site. In the demolition the tomb disappeared, and all
the searches afterwards made to discover the precise spot
in which the ex-Emperor was buried produced no result.
A. few days back the high alter was removed to be replaced
by a new one, and in taking down the pedestals of the
chandeliers they were found to be filled with bones partly
enveloped in white linen. Among the bones were found
fragments of paper in a state of decomposition, but on
one of them were the words " Ossa Lotharii." From
this circumstance it is assumed that the bones are those of
the Emperor.
THE CANARY BlRD.—This pleasing bird had
its origin in the pleasant climate and delightful valleys of
the Canary Islands, and is now spread throughout Europe,
part of Asia, and as far as Siberia. The beauty of its form,
its plummage, and its sang, united with its great docility,
soon gained its admittance into the most magnificent
abodes, where every one delights in rearing and preserv-
ing it, whilst the fairest hands are often eager to present it
with the most delicate food. It was brought into our
climate as early as the beginning of the sixteenth century.
The arrival of the canary in Europe is thus described :—A
vessel which, besides its merchandise, was bringing a num-
ber of these birds to Leghorn, was shipwrecked on the coast
of Italy, opposite to the island of Elba, where these little
birds, having been set at liberty, took refuge. The climate
being favourable, they increased, and would certainly have
become naturalised, had not the wish to possess them oc-
sioned their being (taught in such numbers, that at last
they were extirpated from their new country. From this
cause, Italy was the first European country where the
canary was reared. At first their education was difficult,
t as the proper manner of treating them was unknown ; and
what tended to render them scarce was, that only the male
birds were brought over ; there were no females. The ori-
ginal colour of the canary was grey, inclining to green on
the under part of the body, and, on the whole, not unlike
that of the linnet. But this has undergone so complete a
change from domestication, difference of climate, and hybri-
dising with birds allied in species, that we now have cana-
ries of almost every colour.--Casull's Popular Ztratural
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