The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-28 00:00:00

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THE PRICE OF GOLD

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 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 5-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Paris.
By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4294 per mark,
and the short exchange on London is 13.81 per £1 sterling.
Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about
5-10ths per cent dearer in London than in Hamburg.

A strange crime was committed a few nights
back in the neighbourhood of Frankfort. A person named
Wilvonseder, steward of the Prince of Senftenberg, arrived
in a gig, accompanied by two other persons, at the octroi
office of the village of Rehberg, and found the gate closed.
It was some time before the octroi man, whose name is
Hautschek, presented himself, and Willvonseder reproached
him for his delay. "Ah 1" cried the man, " you are tired
of waiting, are you ? Well, then, you shall wait longer ?"
and he closed the g,ttl which he had opened, and retired to
the office. Willvonseder called to him several times, but
he returned no answer. and at length the former, getting
out of his gig, went to the office and summoned him to
open the gate. " You insist on its being opened, do you?
Take that l" said the octroi man, and he plunged a large
knife into Willvonseder's breast. The latter staggered a
few steps and fell dead. The murderer was immediately
after arrested.

A deplorable affair has occurred in the Rue du
Faubourg Saint-Antoine. A married couple carrying on
the trade of butchers at No. 164 in that street had frequent
quarrels, owing to the man for some reason having for-
bidden his wife to visit her family, and to her disregarding
his prohibition. On Monday evening the wife taking ad-
vantage of the man's absence, went to see her sister. After
a while, he arrived, and bitterly reproached his wife for
disobeying his orders; but by the intervention of his sister-
in-law and her husband, who were present, he became
calm, and promised to live on, better terms with his wit'.
As, however, the woman feared that the man would commi
some act of violence, she begged her sister o pma nayk
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home, and pass the night in her room, the butcherel
no objection. The man and wife retired to rest together,
and the woman's sister slept on a mattress behind their bed.
About four o'clock in the ramming, the man as usual got
,up to attend to his business, and went out. The two women,
who had been awakened by his movements,
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fell asleep. About two hours later the sister was awakened
butcher's wife cry out " Help I he is mur-
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and jumping up, to her horror, she perceived
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to the hospital, whilst medical assistance was procured for
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