The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-22 00:00:00

THE PRICE OF GOLD.

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mille 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 7-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark,
and the short exchange on London i5::13.61 per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
7-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60 days' sight is 104 i to 105 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.

A RELIC OF THE DEEP.—Alwin S. Bell,
A.B.A.A.,•in a letter, dated Scarborough, May 20, says :
—" A highly interesting relic of bygone days was recently
fished up In the trawling net of the smack Vigilant, of
Hull, near the Goodwin Sands. It consists of a large
Roman vase of remarkably strong earthenware, 2ft. Gin. in
height, and sft. 9in. in circumference, having two handles
and a round bottom; it has evidently been intended when
used to be slung. When first brought up it presented an
extraordinary spectacle, being completely covered with sea-
weed, oyster, and mussel shells, together with a deep and
very beautiful coating of corallines. Unlike the vase fished
up by the fisherman in the " Arabian Nights," it was not
corked or sealed with the seal of Solomon, nor yet did any
genie emerge from it; but may it not, from its capacity,
holding 16 gallons, and the place where it was found,
have been used to hold a supply of water for one of
the galleys of the Roman squadron before the birth of
Christ ?"

THE GREAT FIRE IN SWITZERLAND..—The patriotic
sympathy of the Swiss for those of their countrymen, ren-
dered destitute by this great calamity, has shown itself in a
remarkable manner. The Government at Berne has resolved
in full council to devote 20,000 f. for the relief of the suf-
ferers, and half the sum has been already sent to Glarus,
whilst the council of Argovia has also sent a like sum.
These examples have been elsewhere- imitated with the
utmost generosity ; so that hundreds of thousands of francs
in ready money, and dozens of carts laden with food and
clothes, have been despatched to the relief of the sufferers.
According to an official report, 500 buildings have been re-
duced to ashes, and 3,000 people are 'roofless, whilst the
loss in money value is estimated at 8,000,000 f., and four
people were killed or burned.
THREE MEN DROWNED OFF SCARBOROUGH.—
On Saturday evening an accident occurred whereby three
men lost their lives. The deceased were fishermen, and
while in their boat, near Scalby Ness, about three miles
north of Scarborough, arranging their nets known as
" lobster pots," a heavy surf of tho sea upset the coble, and
the three men were thrown into the water. They were
seen by a man on the adjoining road, who, however, could
render them no assistance. The lobster pots are placed on
a rocky bottom, near the shore; and at the place what..
deceased men were fishing, there is a reef of rocks, over
which it was that the sea so suddenly broke upon them.
The coble came to the shore soon after the melancholy
occurrence. The names of the men were Tames i Douglas,
wasthe
John Bentley, and a son of the latter. The Coble
o
property of Douglas, and this is the second crew
edrowned
out of her. On the former occasion six men perished.
None
of the bodies lost on Saturday have as yet been recovered.