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

THE PRICE OF GOLD

The quotation of gold at Paris is about 4 per mile 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. 104 d. 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
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 1074 per cent., which, when compared
with the Mint par between .he 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.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 12 Of 12 1
Antwerp
Brussels

litunburgh
Paris
Ditto
Niarseilles - - 25 721
Frankfort on Maine - 1191
Vienna
Trieste
•
Petersburgh 33/
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz •
Leghorn •
Milan -
Genoa •
Naples -
Palermo -
Messina -
Lisbon -
Oporto
Rio Janeiro -
New York — • • • •
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).... per oz. £3 17 • 9
Mexican Dollars ...
Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 5 01-
South American Doubloons

13 101
25 472
25 75
25 75
119 k
14 30
14 30

48k
48
25 82f
25 80
25 80
39
117 f
1171
521
52a

48a
481
25 87.1
25 85
25 85
391
117;
118
521
521

COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES BY RAILWAY Ac

CIDENTS.-A meeting was held yesterday in the city of a
number of shareholders interested in the principal Metro •
politan Railway Companies to consider the subject of the
awards of juries in cases of railway accidents, with a view
of taking preliminary steps to petition the Legislature to
restrict the compensation within certain limits commensu-
rate with the injuries actually inflicted on person or pro-
perty. It was stated that one of the great companies had
disbursed last year no less a sum than £BO,OOO by way of
compensation for accidents on their line, exclusive of law
expenses and the cost arising from damage to the rolling
stock and the permanent way.
FOUNDERING OF A SCHOONER IN THE HUMBER.—
Loss OF ALL HANDS.—A distressing occurrence took place
in the river Humber, near Spurnpoint, on Saturday after-
noon last. Capt. Richardson, of the schooner James, of
Hull, reports that on entering the Humber on the 24th inst.,
at 4 p.m., the wind blowing strong from the north-west,
and Spurn Lighthouse bearing north-west by north, he saw
a small schooner founder a short distance astern of his own
vessel. He immediately hove about, intending to bear
down on her, but she was out of sight in a few minutes, and
had completely sunk with all hands before he was able to
render any assistance. There were only a few spars and
hatches floating on the surface of the water, and nothing
could be seen of any of the unfortunate crew. It has not
yet been ascertained to whom the foundered schooner be-
longed, where she was from or bound to, or of what her
cargo consisted.

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 _Manchester Guardian:—
" The American Letter Express Company transmit letters
and printed matter to and from all points, north and south,
with the knowledge and approbation 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. Is. 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.—
All letters accompanied with an insufficient amount to pre-
pay to their destination are liable to 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 Monday with great ferocity—
severely lacerating the thigh, exposing, though fortunately
not opening, the femoral artery, and laying bare the thigh
bone. Mr. Hunter, to whom the monkey belongs, is also
lying at the Infirmary, suffering from its having bitten him
some time ago. The monkey was destroyed on Monday.
The child lies in a very precarious state.—Scotsman.
THUNDERSTORM AND WATERSPOUT.—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 vivid and close, and the rain
and hail fell in torrents. A waterspout was observed to
burs tin the sea, a short distance from the shore at the west
part of the town.—Sussex Advertiser.
MORMON EMIGRATION.—A vessel having been
chartered to convey a cargo of 500 Mormonites from Liver-
pool to the United States, en route to the settlements inUtak
territory, about 70 men, women, boys, and girls, forming
the contingent supplied by the London district, assembled
on ?Monday morning at the Euston terminus of the London
and North-Western Railway, under the charge of "Elder'
Joseph Gibbs. All seemed to belong to the working classes,
and the proportion of the sexes was about equal. Many
of their relations and fellow " saints" attended at the sta-
tion. to bid them farewell. There are 331 Mormon mis-
sionaries from Utah in different parts of the world, and 156
were elected at a late conference who were to be dispatched
imtptediately.