The Sun. — 1870-01-10 (London, England)

GOLD.  quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and Vie short exchange on London is 25f. 150. per Li sterling, On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 lis.loid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold at the above pride is slightly dearer in Paris than in London.  A wholesale murder was recently committed near Douglas Place, about 25 miles from San Francisco, at the store of an Italian, named Frank Medina. A disturbance was observed there, but no notice was taken as it was supposed to be a drunken row, till late next morning, when as the store showed no signs of life, and, suspicion being aroused, the place was examined, and the confusion gays evidence of a struggle and robbery. The bodies of Medina, the clerk, two Mexicans, and a coloured man wero found in a gulch a quarter of a mile from the house. This was the second robbery perpetrated on Medina, and but a fortnight before tvi o men wero robbed and murdered within 12 miles of San Francisco. These are the ',scenes which rouse the citizens into the formation of Vigilance Committees when the myrmidons of the law prove, too weak to deal with their performer. The St. Louis Republican relates how they dealt, in Missouri, with a man named Moore, who was believed to have murdered John Carney and his wife in a store. The sheriff concealed the prisoner, fearing the violence of the people, but when the excitement had subsided he returned him to gaol. Tho prison was immediately surrounded, Moore taken out and hanged, though professing his innocence to the last. The people had, however, the strongest circumstantial evidence of his guilt. The Government having decided upon converting Millbank Penitentiary building into a general military prison, all soldiers whose terms of imprisonment exceed 56 days will be forwarded henceforth to that destination, and the various military prisons at different stations in England will be abolished. In the case of Aldershott, it is ;understood that Major Miller, the Governor of the Military Prison, will be allowed to retire on the Superannuated List, while such of the warders as are fit for duty will be transferred to convict establishments, the remainder retiring upon pensions. On Friday the first draught of prisoners from Aldershott will proceed to Millbank. Direct communication will shortly be established between Aldershott camp and the metropolis by the opening of the Pirbright, Aldershott, and Farnham Junction Railway, now nearly completed. Several slips of the embankment have recently caused some delay and inconvenience, but it is hoped they will soon be remedied. The military residents of the Camp and the civilian population of the neighbourhood are alike most anxious to see the line opened, and in compliance with the general feeling the Aldershott Local Board of Health has resolved to memorialise the London and South-Wester4 Railway Company, asking them to open the line as far as Aldershott forthwith. A deputation of the Board has also been appointed to wait upon Lieut. General the Hon. Sir James Yorke Scarlett, G.C.8., and request hia co-operation. Staff Commander F. \V. Paul, commanding the paddle yacht Fire Queen, tender to the flagship of the Port Admiral at Portsmouth, will be retired from his command on the Ist of April next, together with several other officers holding similar home appointments, in accordance Nvi just decision arrived at by the present 13, tniralty, that home appointments shall by any tifficer for an indefinite term to dice of his brother officers.  .I..iitoilartd.hoe very 0 Ow rr