The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-07 00:00:00

Asia—

Malay Peninsula l.O 1.0
Farther India
Japan B.O 8.0
China and Thibet
Northern Europeiltnd Asia 4.0 4.0
Europe—
Germany
Austria
Spain
England
Africa
Other countries

2.5 2.5
2.0 2.0
3.0 3.0
.7 .8
1.5 1.5
3.0 3.0

Grand total
RELATIVE VALUES OF GOLD AND SILVER.
The relative values of gold and silver have been ascer-
tained, with probable accuracy, almost from the date of the
discovery of these precious metals and their use as mediums
of exchange. In the time of Abraham the relative value of
gold to silver was ono to eight; a thousand years before
the Christian era it was o.ie to twelve ; B.C. 500 it was one
to thirteen ; at the commencement of the Christian era it
was oao to nine. Since that period the standard, more
positively stated, has been as follows ;
A.D. 500 gold to silver a 5..... 1 to 18
A.D. 1100 „ 7/ lto 8
A.D. 1400 „ 17 lto 11A.D. 1600 „ 17
to 13
A.D. 1700 „ lto 151
17
With slight variation the latter ratio continued to 1848.
Before the California discoveries in that year gold uui-
' formly commanded a premium which the influx then de-
stroyed, and the demand for silver occasioned a slight
premium on the latter. The relative value of gold to silver
in London that year was ld. to 15id. The price of gold
was then 775. 6d. per ounce, and of silver 591 d. per ounce.
On the lsc of January, 1866, silver was 62d. per ounce.
This rise was due, in a degree, to the fact that short sup-
plies of cotton from this country during the war required
large sums of silver to be sent to India for cotton, as well
as for other articles. After the gold discoveries in Cali-
fornia France began to exchange her silver for gold cur-
rency, sending the silver to India for silks and other pro-
ducts. The tea and silk trade of China with all countries
also absorbs an immense amount of silver.
COMPARISON.
The silver statistics give $1,620,400,000 of production
in eighteen years, against a gold yield of $3,341,500 in the
same period, or an average of $90,022,222 in silver to
$185,638,888 iu gold. Trustworthy statistics, covering all
the producing countries, of the yield of gold and silver for
1864, are not now accessible, but the reader can easily
estimate the probable production from the relative amounts
in 1863-64-65 iu the tables given. It will be seen, from
the silver tables that the annual increase since 1817,
except in the United States, is very moderate, while the
annual gold product is constantly increasing from new
discoveries, and especially from the application of scien-
tific processes to the extraction of the ore.—lron Aye.

A NE VA DA NETVSPAPEI?.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)

The most generally illustrated newspaper we
have yet seen is one that makes no pretence to being
an illustrated paper. Why the Daily Trespass of

Virginia, Nevada, should have a little picture for
each advertisement we cannot understand, unless it

be to aid its mining readers in their spelling by signs
and symbols. The amount of little wood cuts done in
Virginia for the Daily 7respass must be prodi-
gious, and its collection a curiosity worth seeing.
When we add that the Daily Trespass is all adver-
tisements, with a very small exception, and that
almost each advertisement has its own little illus-

tration, our readers may have an idea what a picture
paper it is. At its head is a landscape representing,
we presume, Virginia City. It might represent
any place, for there is a degree of indistinctness
about the sketch which leaves much to the imagi-
nation. It is a curious name to have given the
paper. The "Y" trespasses on this picture, and so
does the " T." Both words are thus introduced,
showing the identity of the journal with the city.
The first thing that meets the glance on looking
over the columns are two hideous rows of teeth.
These belong to the dentists of Virginia, and are
warranted to give satisfaction. Two curious
beasts are next introduced, with the extraordi-
nary knot in their tails which somehow or
other has been considered by the naturalists
who make these, and similar sketches to be charac-
teristic of pigs. Why are pigs supposed to be tying
knots in their tails ? A cock in the act of crowing
announces to the public that a family grocer also
keeps fresh poultry. We would have supposed that
the crow had been taken out of the bird, and that
it had been stripped of the fine feathers in which it
appears in the Daily Trespass before it was reduced
to the condition announced by THOMAS J. CLARK.
LAMMON and Co. have a new way of bringing old
furniture to the notice of the public. They head
their advertisement " Legislature," another " Spe-
cial Session," and then introduce four little pictures.
The delightful places of recreation scattered over
Virginia are described in a manner to fascinate, and
each ends with an earnest invitation to call and
see them. Mr. LEGATE says, " All luxuries may
be found on my " lay out". Cases always win
here ;—see me." We can offer no explanation of
what Mr. LEGATE means by cases always winning.
He has two little pictures to show what his " lay
out" contains ; one a bird, the other a fish. The
Exchange offers the inducement of 200 fireproof
rooms, all hard finished, to which the travellers are
driven in the Exchange coach with Red lights. We
presume there must be some curious connection
between the fireproof rooms and the Red lights,
which is suspiciously coupled with being nicely
cooked. H. R. MULLER, who earnestly asks both
old and new friends to " call and see him," offers as
an inducement a choice lunch in the middle of the
night. Mrs. lIUNGERFORD gives lessons in French
and Spanish, closing a curious advertisement by
stating best of satisfaction given as to competency to
any one asking Mrs. D. E. HUNGERFORD. We
have little doubt that la3y will give strong testi-
mony in her own favour. The sign of the Enter-
prise Saloon is a barrel and a pail, meaning, we
presume, a large-hearted proprietor, which is
further certified by the concluding sentence of
his public invitation—" We will always be ready
to welcome our old friends, or to make new
acquaintances." What does GEORGE LEwls of the
Magnolia Saloon mean ? With the usual invita-
tation—" call and see me"—he adds, "lightning
does not strike in the Magnola." He writes in a
vein of poetry, under the signs of,,a rosebud and a
glass :
" The Legislature has adjourned, the State is out on a
two years' furlough, and nothing but even going justice
marks proceedings at the capital. The Magnolia breaths
its fragrance to the Summor wind, saying to whose
thirstoth, Come !' Iced drinks concocted and well shaken