The Sun. — 1857-05-06 (London, England)

ATTEMPT TO MURDER NEAR BURNHAM, SOMERSETSHIRE.—A. " navvy " named John Hickes, employed on the Central Somerset Railway between 11 ighbridge and Burnham, and residing at Berrow, a village near Vie latter place, having spent an hour or two with his fellowworkmen after his day's work, went home in company with two of them, aout nine o'clock. His companions left him at the doer of his cottage, but in a minute afterwards heard a cry of murder and saw Hickey running towards them and covered with blood. He had received a tremendous cut in the throat, and stated that on hi, entering his cottage his wife had advanced towards him " as if to kiss him," and inflicted the gash with a razor. The man's wife, it was found, had been for two days engaged in packing up the furniture, and had given out among the neighbours that they were going to leave. In the garden a hole was discovered having every appearance of a grave, and with it a quantity of quicklime by the side of it. She was t.ilren before the magistrates on Monday and committed for trial. PRICE OF Conn —The quotation of gold at Paris is about 6 per mills premium, and the short exchange on London is 25.221 per 11. sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of V. 17s. 101 d per ounce for standasil gold, it rippia,rs that gold is nearly 4-10thF4 per cent. dearer in I),i-is than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4241 per. mark, and the short exothange on London is 13 4.} pet 41_1. sterling. Standard gold at the English Mint price i, '‘erefore about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Haenbure E an in London. The coureo of t xchange at New York o'3 L ) idon for bills at 60 days' is 1091 per cent., wnich, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, sh.iws that the exeliani:e is aboutat par. And after making allowance for charges of transport and differenc, of iuterest, the present rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation of gold from America. The commercial advices from New York this week show that remittances of specie may now continue to be expected by each packet. The stock-market still presented a downward tendency, the news from England of the advance of the Bank rate of discount to 61 per cent. h tying connteracte•! the previous effect of a better supply of money. Erie Railway was quoted 461 ; Reading, 81 ; Panama, : New York Central, 871 ; and nr.is Central, 1311. The Now York Tribune mentions the suco,ssful negotiation in London of 225,0001. of the bonds of the Panacea Railroad Company. The last racket stated that 200,0001. had jut been obtained in Ike manner on the bonds of some Western lice, and thus, notv:ithstanding the pressure in our discount market, we find capital being subi,cr:Led to be sent away at the rate of nearly half a inA;ion sterling in a fortnight. The construction tf the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, the shares of which are largely held in England, had been corup!ets-d on the 15111 of April, and regular trains were ta commence running the entire distance between Cincinnati ar'd St. Louis on the 1-t May. The length of the lis,e is 311 miles, of which 105 base been CJI • itrri,Ctt'd and Lt:cked is tht space of about nine months nd a half.