The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-25 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND.

NOTICE POSTED AT THE BANK -
ENGLAND. • 404
" Th.e Governor and Company of the Bank of Entity
are ready, until further notice, to receive applicati°ll, opt
Loans, upon depoir, of approved Bills of Exchatigeloy,
having moue than six mot.ths to run ; Exchequer
and East India I3ondi. Such Loans to be repaid 7ibe
before the 21st of April next, with the' ii.trest. as ot
rat: a5l. per cent. per annum, and to be for "Pi
less than 2,0001. each."
" Bank of England, Feb. 25, 1841."

MONEY and COMMERCIAL 10 WS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCII;te•
We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yesterday?, 'OO
Accounts from Karia of the 15th;February state, "Al"itious
the report of war is dying away still the armaments Onestot
here : convoys of horses arrive continually, and the grof the
activity prevails in the military departments ; the uhele
army will be ready by the Ist of April to march. a piag.to
Letters from Cracow announce that several coe° - 600
have manifested themselves at Tiflis, and that
had adopted measures of precaution. 110
BOUBSE of AMSTERDAM, FEB. 04.--.3 he fi tinny- .00
contleot. prevailed yesterday in the. rice of the National Fund°
this day, but the transactions have not been to a great 104'
The Foreign Funds, although no business has been -beef,
nevertheless continue firm ; the Coupons of Ardoin's have,, wss
sought after, and have got up : after the closing Ardoin
22b 3-16ths; Coupons 21 7.l6ths. fat' 133
Accounts from Frankfort state that tl.ey are waiting
f
answer from the French Cabinet to the last note 0 . ng.
trian Minister. The Confederation continue their prep. ,tratwo,--
L.- MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 24.--Loo‘l,loo ;
South Western, 571 58 ; Ditto, Tenthe, 195. 20s. Pre''). jaw
Manchester and Leeds, 75 76; Ditto, New, 321 33.;41 33;
chester and Birmingham, 25 ; Lancaster and resto", -
the authe .
Ditto, New, 191 ; North Midland, 73} 74k.

THE ',us. VA.°
This being settling day in thern British Funds, the gioes
and jobbers were ch.efly occupied in arranging their '70.00
balances against to.morrovr, which is pay day. The el. cot.
fluctmtion during the Account has been about 24 Pet •Q go
There does not appear any doubt but the settlement
off well.
Yer
Consols opened this morning at the leaving-off priee'L
terday, 888 a for the Account ; for the 15th April, 69. es;1014
chequer 8i115,5 7 prem. ; Bank Stock, 165 167 ; India
247 248.
(1, Pl
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 24 ; Deferreceo,
% ; Passive, 5L ; Portuguese, 31i 4 ; Three per 01/4
19i ; lit aziian, 71i 72i ; Colombian, ; ChilitePeents,
Buenos Ayres, 24 26; DutchTwo.antl-a-Half per
591-4 ; Five jer Cents. 99i. , T"!
ShShare,.—Great Western, 24 25 prom. ; New, 11 Li;eo
London and Brighton, 73/4 di,. ; Blackwall, 51 4,4 share;
Birmingham, 79 81 prem. ; Southampton, 571 511 I-erjharei
Croydon, 111 12i per share ; Greenwich, Fer
Manchester and Birmingham, 16 15 dis.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONLY

RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Sho"
Eastern Counties -
Ditto Debentures
89
Gee:'. Western - ...... to

Ditto New 5O
Ditto Fifths
London and Blackwall
to
24...... 17i.....• to of
London and Birmingham 9O 169 ...... to i
Ditto Thirds
North Midland ..

JOINT t;TOCC BANKS.
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Colonial

HALF-PAST
mt-
We are sorry to announce a commercial failure of 11°1; took
portance, a Hebrew house, in the Australian trade, win' ere-
place this morning, and we understand that a meeting t'feot
ditors is railed for an early day next week, when a °teas t°
of their affa:rs will be exhibitel calculated to satisfy thel,l) age'
the means of the house honourably to pay all their elia
ments in full in a short time. • ic
The settling of the British Accounts to the presen„ti,Tl
going off well • it turns out to be a bull account. ;""" ,c°4
tinuation 4 about 1„ per cent., owing to the bulls not cotn't'o
to the scratch until the last moment.
Account. t 490:
Consols at present may be quoted, for the
for Money,'BB4 ; Exchequer Bills fa 7 prem. ; in Balk St° •
nothing done ; India Stock, 248.
,30:04
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 24a ; LA7II-. 11sP
22i ; Danish, 78* ; Mexican, 27i • Dutch Two-an.":; the
per Cents. 50,1 In the above market very little delne set"
attentiox is to the. British Market, owing to its bei„"
tling day.
New' 61
In Shares a little doing.—Great Western, 89;
Fifths, 9 ; I3lackwall, 17 ; London and Birminght' •
174 ; Ditto Quarter Shares, b 7 ; North Midland, 73.
W hat the e are glad to find t Brisiol Mecuai,"ni jag
Institution is well supported by men of all partie• n
• .7;109
the list year 151 volumes have been
presented L'ittion
library. J. K. [libel-M.l, Esq , made t!:e Ingtn6g
the ‘aluable present of ihe Encyclopedia Britannicsr
volume!, and among the other tiontributors arc Sir pr..
bert Peel, the Bishop of Chester, Colonel Nel3l°, 61,50-
Lee, of Cambridge, and the Vice-Chancellor, SP,,p:i-
celot Shadw,ll. It is refreshing in these timere'
cal animosity to see such names mingled together. eet.. •
TEMPERANCE IN IRELAND.—At a late ,—,Ol
ing i I Cork, Mr. Kcnnagh, Secretary to the yeses.. '
Tem, erance Society, stated that they had 8 goilla° sei
tholic pr. la'e3 enrolle(), 700 of the Catholic doll,
of the population altoge:ber not less than 4,647,q°°' t
Mr. Sheridan Knowles hay, it is said, conseno.,
to write a new play, for the purpose of iatroducilios
Chitties Kean in an criginal part, whenever be 6111" sins''
entered into an engagement at Ct.vent-garden or the
market.

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SPOONS, FORKS, Scc, superior to Silver for_o.7
rability, equal in appearance. Table Spoons or , Forks. IF:kg,
6 inches high, is.
Dessert, 10s. ; Tea Spoons, ss. 1 dozen; Table Cantu 'bleb
these articles are made is like silver, that .c can oisil :till's'
per pair; tier
particular metal of
ug-t told
from it by the stamp; every article made in silver s 3"1"
lured in this material by
hIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street
Who, to prevent imposition,
Oxford.streeioi.
Catalogues of prices gratis. •
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confine the sale,of it to thentss

• BIRTHS I igies
At Bucklind Abbey, Devon, on BIRTHS.
41st inst., Mr.' "I
Yennin, of a son. (IA 1 '
On the 15th inst., Mrs. T. Vesper, of the Conimer,,,--r°
east, of a son.
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DIED
On the 20th inst., at his house,. Robert-street, Irax°ls tes
Os'
road, George Comb, Baptist Minister, of Soho age ' #
ford-street, aged 59. tor 01
On the 19th inst., at Diss, the Rev. P. Bull; nee
Elvcden, Suffolk.
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