The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-22 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—Under
the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W
Harrison. Mias
THIS EVENING, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL :
Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss M. Prescott, Mr. Ferdi-
nand Glover,. Mr. H. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Bartleman, and Mr.
W. Harrison

Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon.
To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA FLEUR
D' AMOUR : Mesdlles. L. Michelet, Morlacchi, and Pasquale.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Under the Manaaement of Mr. Charles Kean.
MACBETH.
Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by a new Farce, in one act, entitled
THIRTY-THREE NEXT BIRTHDAY.

TH.EATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, LONDON ASSURANCE : Mr. and
Mrs. C. Mathews, and Mr. Buckstone.
After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADATA-
QUIVER. Perea Nena.
MY MOTHER'S MAID.
And ANY PORT IN A STORM.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE SAVAGE.
♦fter which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE.
WOOING IN JEST AND. LOVING IN EARNEST
Miss Swanborough.
And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

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ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips.
Engagement of John Townsend, Esq., M.P. for Greenwich,
for Six Nights only.
THIS EVENING, and during the week, will be presented
Shakspere's Tragedy of KING RICHARD THE THIRD ;
or, The Death of 'White Surrey, reproduced with all its origi-
nal splendid effects. The Duke of Gloster, Mr. John Towns-
end, 31. P.
Followed by the inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA,
in which Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Runnels, Miss Kate Cooke, and
Madlle. Blanche will appear.
To conclude with the popular farce of SHOOTING THE
MOON.
No fees to box-keepers. The art of riding taught.
Carriages at eleven.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprietor—C. MORTON.
The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE
ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
tion of -Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also
deoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels
her may confidently, assert that, viewed altogether, the exist-
ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently
added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether
as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them-
selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
within, will be found to be wholly without parallel is the
Kingdom.
The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at
Seven o'cloek.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 21.

THERMIIIIETER, IN THE SHADE.

57—highest since noon yesterday.
44—lowest this morning and during the night.
o—this day at noon.
- -

BAROMETER—.3O.IB.
WIND, North-Easterly ; light, with foggy weather and
occasional sunshine. Afternoon—fine sunshiny weather.

Nov. 22.
43—highest since noon yesterday.
37Z—lowest this morning and during the night.
42—this day at noon.
BA.ROMETER-30.28.
WIND,South-Easterly; light and fine. Foggy and
frosty in the night.

A very interesting paper was read by Mr
TEFFTS at the Liverpool meeting of the Institute
for the Promotion of Social Science. It suggested
a plan for obtaining a common decimal currency
for England, France, and America, which would
preserve all the principal types of coins, and would
eventually come into general use by all the com-
mercial nations of the earth. It is needless to ex-
patiate on the advantages that must inevitably
follow the introduction of such a system. They
must be sufficiently obvious not only to every one
engaged in business, but also to all who have
traded on any part of the Continent, and who
have therefore fallen into the hands of the money
changers. Great annoyance, delay, and expense
would be avoided, and the intercourse of different
nations promoted when so fertile a source of vexa-
tion was removed.
But the task of obtaining the concurrence of dif-
ferent peoples on such a point is one of no ordinary
difficulty. Each is prejudiced in favour of the
system to which they are accustomed and with
which they are familiar, and while making no con-
cession themselves, they would expect others to
yield to their wishes and convenience. The sove-
*reign, the napoleon, and the eagle are now accept-
able in all parts of the world, but what is required
is to obtain a common Mint that would permit
these types of coins and the smaller ones in gene-
ral use to remain undisturbed ; although their values
might be expressed in different terms.
Mr. TEFFT proposes, as the standard monetary
units, what he terms " the metrical dollar," its
value to be 1.6 grammes of gold 94 Oths fine. This
would be about Iti per cent less than the present
five franc piece, or a little over six centimes on
the coin, the present standard of five francs,
9-10ths fine, being 1.6129 grammes. It would be
nearly as close to the American dollar, or two
florins or four shillings. And it certainly pos-
sesses many advantages over the plan proposed, of
making the 1 the unit, and having but ten copper
coins to the shilling ; the effect whereof, as we
have repeatedly pointed out, would be to deprive
the labouring classes of a very appreciable portion

of their earnings.
The new dollar then would be taken as the re-
presentative of the American dollar, the five
franc piece, or four shillings. As we have shown,
there 'would be some little difference, but that
would speedily be arranged. The comparison of
the present standards with the one proposed, are
given by Mr. TEM in the following table, viz. :
In Fine Gold. Troy grains,
5 dollars present American standard
1 pound „ English „
French
25 francs 9) 9)
11"'112
5 dollars proposed universal „
In Fine Silver.
2i francs present French standard .... 3.71'
i dollar ~ American ~ . 2.8
2 shillings „ English ~ 01.4
i dollar proposed universal ~ 56'i
In Copper.
1 cent. present American standard
i penny ~ English ~ 45.833

173.713
172.8
161.453

156.253

5 centimes„ French
"
1 cent. proposed universal
"
The ratio between gold and silver varies ma.
terially in the three nations. The proposed plan,
so far as silver is concerned, would be something
lower than that in use in France and America,
but higher than that in England. Indeed, in this
country, the actual is much below the nominal
value of the silver coinage. The present propor-
tions between the metals are as follows
In France
o
America .... ........................ 11-884
r„ England ............................ 14.0265
.......... 14.287
Proposed ....................
The standard fineness also differs in England
from the other countries. This is shown by thofol
lowing table :
Present fineness of gold coin in England
71 silver „ „ ....
gold and silver in France

11-12
37-40

and America ........................ 9-10
Proposed fineness of all gold and silver ...... 9-10
We find that at present the French standard in

grammes is-
-5 francs in gold, 9-10ths fine, present standard 1.6129
1 'dollar „ ~ proposed „ 1.6
5 francs in silver „ present „ 25.
1 dollar ~ ), proposed „ 22.5
The change in gold would be comparatively

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THE SUN.
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1855.