The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-31 00:00:00

THE PRICE OF GOLD

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille prem.,
and the short exchange on London is 25.37 i 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 5-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 428 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13.8 i per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
9-10ths per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
430 days' sight is )06f to 107 per cent., which, when compared
'With the Mint par between the two countries; shows that the
Xchange 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.

DEATH OF GENERAL J. DWINBURNE.—Genera
John Swinburne, who died on the 27th inst., in the 73d
dear, served at the siege of Copenhagen and the campaign
"1808 in Portugal, and was wounded in the head on the
retreat to Vigo.
DEATH OF SIR A. J. LARPENT.—We have to
announce the death of Sir Albert John de Hochepied Lar-
tent, Bart., which occurred on his passage from Calcutta to
London. The deceased was the son of the first baronet, who
Was for many years a merchant and East India agent, and
far
a short period a representative in the House of Com-
mons for the borough of Nottingham. Sir Albert is suc-
ceeded in the baronetcy by his son George Albert, a youth
45 Years of age.
THE CHANNEL FLEET IN THE Cvsrpn.—The
-uurnibartotißerald says :—lt is reported in the most re-
spectable circles that the Channel Fleet may be expected in
the
Clyde in a few days, and inquiries have been made re-
tl'ding pilots for conducting them safely up the Channel.
Ye trust that this report is well founded, and that her Ma-
'eBtY's loyal subjects in the west of Scotland will have an
°l3Portunity of gratifying themselves with a sight of this
13°Ilion of our floating bulwarks.
THREE PERSONS KILLED BY LIGHTNING.—A
severe thunder storm visited the East Riding of Yorkshire
in Saturday last. At Esk, a village three miles from
Beverley, a man named Watson Patrick and three of his
were engaged in a field hoeing turnips. They
7aght refuge from the rain under a wide-spreading tree.
here the whole party were struck by lightning. Patrick,
his
B°ll Joseph, aged nine, and his daughter, Bessy, aged
13' w_ere killed on the spot. The third child, a girl, aged
twas stunned, and lay in a state of insensibility for some
a• On recovering her senses she was able to crawl on her
hands and knees to a neighbouring house and inform the in-
„atee
of what had happened. An inquest was held yester -
Y, When a verdict was returned of " Accidental death."
TR A
• -.MWAys IN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.—
fir
local authorities of Southwark have granted permission
rt4he laying down a double line of street rails along the
Waterloo, Borough, Blackfriars, London, Westminster
go, and New Kent-roads, Newington .causeway, Stones-
ad'd and Blackman-street. The authorities of Westminster
have gi.411 an opinion unfavourable to the extension of the
victoria-street tramway over Westminster-bridge to unite
iTith the before-mentioned line. The line along the Ux-
hladge-road is about to be removed. The vestry of Islington
Pe sanctioned a tramway along the New North-road, but
hierations have yet been commenced.
th MAURITIUS.—From the Ist of January, 1849, to
fre 31st
of December, 1860, 49,916 emigrants embarked
565-7 t'a Mauritius for India; 40,455 were male adults,
female adults, and 3,804 children. The largest emi-
t,oratien t
Ituntb "k place in 1858, and the smallest in 1853. The
Under
" of ships despatched from Calcutta to Mauritius,
bttdellits Ordinance 30 of 1858, from the Ist Jam to the 31st
bare k. 411860, was 19. The number of emigrants who em-
amounted to 5,079 souls, equal to 4,529 statute
q' 2,894 of whom were male adults, 1,343 female
334 boys, 250 girls, and 250 infants.