The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-22 00:00:00

CESTER.

The following bulletin was issued this morning :
" Gloucester House, April 22, 8 a.m.
" Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
had some sleep in the early part of the night, but
has since been much embarrassed in her breathing,
(Signed) " FRANCIS HAWKINS, M. D.
" ROBERT EBROUSON, M.D."

The Duchess of Ragusa, the widow of Marshal ?elar-
mont, whose posthumous memoirs have occasioned so
much sensation, is just dead.
The Grand Duke Constantine arrived at Toulate on
Monday afternoon, and was received with the usual
honours by Admiral Trehouart and the naval authorities.
There were no speeches. His Imperial Highness dined
with the Maritime Prefect.
The East India and China Association have published
their usual comparative statement of the number of
ships, British and foreign, with their aggregate tonnage,
entered inward and cleared outward, with cargo, from
and to places within the limits of the East India Com-
pany's charter, from the Ist of January to the 31st of
March, 1856 and 1857.
The Independanee Beige mentions a sad event which
has just happened at Brussels. A young English lady,
only 14 or 15 years of age, at one of the pensionnats de
demoiselles in that city, threw herself out of an upper
window in a fit of home-sickness, and one of her legs
was broken by the fall. No name is mentioned.
CITY OP LONDON UNlON.—Yesterday was held the
first meeting of the newly-elected board of guardians for
the City of London. Mr. Deputy Whiteside proposed
Alderman Thomas Quested Finnic; (the present Lord
Mayor) as chairman of the union for the ensuing year,
which was seconded by Mr. Verry, and carried amidst
loud cheers. Mr. Abbisa was also elected vice-chairman
by a majority of 22.
The Prince of Prussia has left Coblentz for Mayence,
of which federal fortress he is Governor. After residing
there till the 21st inst. he will proceed thence to Frank- '
fort, and, accompanied by the Princess, pay a visit to
their daughter at Carlsruhe. The whole of May the
Prince and Princess will probably spend here in Berlin,
at which time the spring exercises of the troops takes
place, and towards the beginning of June they will pro-
ceed to London on a visit to Queen Victoria, accom-
panied by Prince Friedrich Wilhelm.
SMYRNA, April 11.—The Royal Albert and the rest of
the squadron under command of Admiral Lord Lyons
sailed' on Thursday, after a stay of one week. The day
before his departure a deputation composed of six of the
eldest English merchants waited on the admiral with a
complimentary address, and in the evening his lordship
gave a theatrical performance on board the Royal
Albert, concluding with a dance and a supper, to which
all the European society was invited.
EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.—LFFEEPooL, Tuesday.
—The White Star ship Sir William Eyre, Captain Jopp,
belonging to Messrs. H. T. Wilson and Chambers, of
this port, sailed at an early hour this morning for Mel-
bourne, with a full cargo of valuable merchandise on
freight, and 440 passengers on board. She will be suc-
ceeded by the fine new ship Samuel Locke, Captain
Sweetser, also sailing under the White Star flag, on
Monday next, the 27th inst. The Samuel Locke has
already nearly all her berths engaged, and will carry out
above 300 passengers. She has also the greater part of
her cargo room appropriated. Altogether, the emigra-
tion trade, especially to Australia, from this port is
FIRE NEAR ST. PAUL'S.--This morning, at a few
minutes pact 12 o'clock, a dense mass of smoke was
perceived issuing from the lower part of the premises
belonging to Messrs. Goodyear and Co., straw bonnet
manufacturers, carrying on business at No. 35, St.
Paul's-churchyard. The building stood next to the pri-
vate residences of the principals of St. Paul's School,
whilst the narrow thoroughfare known as Old Change
only separated it from the parish church of St. Faith
under St. Paul. There were five persons in the house
at the time ; only one of them managed to reach the
front door, the rest escaped by a trap-door in the roof.
The fire was got under by 2 o'clock. The destruction
of property was considerable.
THE LATE DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WEST-
ERN RAILWAY OF CANADA.—SUbjeiried is the substance
qf a telegraphic despateh received yesterday by the com-
pany : —A telegraphic despatch received from Hamilton,
Canada West, per Europa, intimates that after a pro-
tracted examination, the coroner's jury had returned a
verdict, in the matter of the lamentable accident of
March 12, on the Great Western Railway of Canada.
The swing bridge at which it occurred is declared to
have been substantially constructed, and the locomotive
to have been properly examined before starting ; the
cause of the accident being the breaking of the axle of
one of the leading wheels of the engine, which caused
it to leave the rails and cut through the timbers of the
bridge. No blame is attribntable to the company. The
jury recommend that a fixed bridge be erected in the
place of a swing bridge.
PRICE OP GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is
about 4 per mille premium, and the short exchange on
London is 25.25 per 11. sterling. On comparing these
rates with the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 1 Oid per
ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly
I.loth per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By
advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per
mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.4 per
11. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price is
therefore about 2.loths per cent, dearer in Hamburg
than in London. The course of exchange at New York
on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1081 per cent.,
which, when compared with the Mint par between the
two countries, shows that the exchange is against Eng-
land ; but, after making allowance for charges of trans-
port and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no
profit on the transmission of gold either way between
England and America.
Tun BANK or FRANCE.—The letters from Paris de-
scribe an uneasy feeling. The contrivance of the Go-
vernment to obtain a new loan by compelling the Bank
of France to double their capital seems to have occa-
sioned considerable dissatisfaction, and it is positively
stated that the opinions of the Directors were unani-•
mously against the measure. It appears that the Bank
is to be allowed increased powers of issue, which will
probably lead to the circulation of notes of a denomina-
tion lower than those at present authorised. It is men-
tioned that M. Mires has been summoned before the
Trieunal of Commerce in connexion with complaints re-
garding his mode of putting forth the shares of the
Roman railways. He at first announced that the num-
ber would be 100,000, and, after large dealings had been
effected on this supposition, a strong action was pre-
' duced on the market by a notification t hat the number
weuld be reduced in order that a certain proportion I
might be reserved for the clergy.
,;;SALE OF THE PROPERTY OF LEOPOLD REDPATH AT THE
AUCTION MARL—Yesterday, at the Auction Mart, the
freehold, leasehold, and reversionary property of the
notorious Leopold Redpath was offered to public antion
by Mr. Marsh, in a most densely crowded room. The
freehold residence at Weybridge, Surrey, fitted up and
decorated with the most consummate taste, at a great
expense, with pleasure and kitchen garden, stabling,.
&c., and purchased by Redpath so recently as the spring
of last year, sold for 2,670/. The leasehold residence,
49, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, held for an unex-
pired term of 30 years, at a nominal ground rent of 6d.
per annum, and let at a rental of 851. per annum, sold
for 8001. The reversion to a freehold home, Marsham-
street, Westminater, on the death of a lady and gentle-
man, aged respectively 75 and 81, of the yearly value of
421. per annum, sold at 350/. A similar reversion to a
house, Richmond-buildings, Soho, let at a rental of 541.
per annum, sold at 5601.

COURT OP ALDERMEN.—At the Court held yesterday,
the following resolution, agreed to at a meeting of the
Court of Common Council hill on the 27th, was read—
" That this Court expresses its surprise and disapproval
at the step taken by the Commissioner of Police in
having, without permission, vacated his official residence,
and thus violated the condition of his appointment—
viz., residence within the city ;' and retaining a strong
conviction of its necessity and importance, it hereby re-
quests the Court of Mayor and Aldermen to enforce the
same, and require that officer immediately to occupy the
residence provided for him, and report forthwith to We
Court." The eopy of the resolution was ordered to be
sent to the Commissioner for his reply, and in the mean-
time the matter was referred to the General Purposes
Committee. The petition of the Metropolitan Saloon
Omnibus Company, for standing in the city, ,was also re-
ferred to the same committee. A strong feeling pre-
vailed in favour of the company.
NORTH BRITISH AUSTRALIAN COMPANY.—At a meeting
of the North British Australian Company, held yester-
day, Celine' Oliphant presiding, it was agreed to ap-
point a committee of investigation, and an aojournment
was consequently agreed to. The next meetiug is to be
called previously to the let of July, and it is thought
the intermediate time will be fully occupied in carrying
out the inquiry. The discussion was of a violent and
irregular character, but as the chairman., immediately
the proposal for a committee was made, met the wishes
of the shareholders, the details entered into were less
than might have been anticipated. The position of the
accounts, the expenditure upon the Kawan mining pro-
perly, and the general ill-success of management, were
the principal points urged, to which it cvaa considered
unnecessary to offer a reply, as the investigation will he
immediately commenced. With regard to the sale of
the interest of the .North British Australian Company
in the Bon Accord property, the Directors endeavoured
to elicit the opinion of the proprietors, arid, the majority
declining to ianction the proceeding until the report of
the committee shall have bee❑ completed, the question
stands for the present postponed.
THE LIGHTING OF PARIS.—In 1807, just 50 years
ado, the streets of Paris were lighted with 4,223 lamps ;
the let of January, 1857, we find these superseded by
14,330 gas-burners. In 1807, each lamp, all expenses
included, cost Vic. per hour, or 97ic, per night, taking
11 hours as the average length of time; in 1857, the
coet, all expenses included, is 190. per burner, with an
intensity of light seven times greater than that of the
oil-lamp. The total number of gas hunters in Parie,
street-4 and houses included, is upwards of two millions ;
the total length of all the gas pipes laid down is 195
leagues. Were all the gas burners collected into one

glohe, situated at an elevation of 2,500 metres ;bO;;;
Park, it has been calculated that it would afford light to
the whole department of the Seine, equal to that of a
cloudy day.