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That, notwithstanding this reduction, the value of silver has,

during the course of the present century, begun to rise somewhat

in the European market, the facts and arguments which have been

alleged above, dispose me to believe, or more properly to suspect

and conjecture; for the best opinion which I can form upon this

subject, scarce, perhaps, deserves the name of belief. The rise,

indeed, supposing there has been any, has hitherto been so very

small, that after all that has been said, it may, perhaps, appear

to many people uncertain, not only whether this event has

actually taken place, but whether the contrary may not have taken

place, or whether the value of silver may not still continue to

fall in the European market.