The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-28 00:00:00

TILE PRICE OF GOLD

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mine 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 5-10ths 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 fs 13.81 per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mint p rice 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 107 to 1071 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.

'` LETTERS FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES OF
AMERICA.—The following circular, addressed to persons
desirous of corresponding with friends in the Southern
Confederacy, appears in the Mime/tester Guardian:—
" The American Letter Express Company transmit letters
and printed matter to and from all points, north and south,
with the knowledge and approbat ion of the Postmaster-
General. Directions (letters going south)—enclose :and
direct each letter to your correspondent in a common en-
velope, put that letter in another envelope, and direct on
this outside envelope to " American Letter Express Com-
pany, Louisville, Ky." Enclosing, in the outside enve-
lope, when the letter is to go to any point in the Southern
States under 500 miles from Nashville, Tenn. ls. This
will prepay all expenses to its destination, The rates here
given are for letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight ;
double, treble, &c. letters must have an additional amount
\ enclosed in proportion to weight. Printed matter; for
single newspapers, enclose the company 10 cents. N.B.—
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All letters accompanied with an int ;nfficient amount to pre-
pay to their destination are liable Ito be sent to the dead
letter office. Prepay all letters in full to the company."
A monkey, belonging to a Mr. Hunter, of Edin-
burgh, attacked a child on Mond: ty with great ferocity—
severely lacerating the thigh, expc ;sing, though fortunately
not opening, the femoral artery, at td laying bare the thigh
bone. Mr. Hunter, to whom the monkey belongs, is also
lying at the Infirmary, suffering fI ran its having bitten him
some time ago. The monkey wa a destroyed on Monday.
The child lies in a very precarious: state.—Scotsman.
THUNDERSTORM AND WAV:ERSPOUT.—On Tues-
day evening last, Seaford was visited by a heavy thunder-
storm. The thunder was of short: duration, but was very
heavy; the lightning was very viva(' and close, and the rain
and hail fell in torrents. A wate a 'spout was observed to
burst in the sea, a short distance Room the shore at the west
part of the town.—Sussex Adverti set-.

MORMON EMIGRATION.—A. vessel having been
chartered to convey a cargo of 500 1 vlormonites from Liver-
pool to the United States, en route to the settlements inUtah
territory, about 70 men, women, 'boys, and girls, forming
the contingent supplied by the L(r ndon district, assembled
on Monday morning at the Euston 4 terminus of the London
and North-Western Railway, and ar the charge of "Elder'
Joseph Gibbs. All seemed to belor LI; to the working classes,
and the proportion of the sexes m s about equal. Many
of their relations and fellow " saii its" attended at the sta-
tion to bid them farewell. There are 331 Mormon mis-
sionaries from Utah in different pr irts of the world, and 156
were elected at a late conference m rho were to be dispatched
immediately.