The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-25 00:00:00

the same business. The firm enjoyed. fair credit,
but it was established only three years ago; and
the liabilities, it is said, will not be large.

A prospectus has been issued of the Bitten Caelan
Company (Limited), with a capital of £20,000, to
purchase some lead and copper mines near Abe-
rystwitb.
On the tenders for the 3,013 unissued shares
of the Indiarubber, Guttapercha, and Telegraph
Works Company being opened, notwithstanding
the protests of shareholders against the methol
adopted, it was found that only 938 were applied
for, and that of these but 191 were taken at
and above the minimum price, which was stated
to be 57i.

The return from the Bank of England for the
week ended the 221 of Feb. gives the following
results when compared with the previous week :=7,_

_
Rest
doposits
Other deposits 17,293,689 ... Itierease ... 732,700
On the other side of the account :.
Goverument securi-

tin £13,831,311 Decrease 500,000
Other securiti,es 18,003,217 ... Increase 72,1,021
Notes unemployed... 11,643,465 ... Increase ... 369,180
The amount of notes in circulation is £22,283,485,
being a decrease of £257,280 ; and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £19,880,99G, showing
an increase of £124,60 when compared with the
preceding return.
Subjoined is a comparison of the present position
of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols
and French Rentes with the corresponding week of
last year :

Same Week
last Year.
Bullion
Reserve
Notes in circulation 22,283,485 ... 22,795,280
Rate of discount
Consols
French Rentes
The following is the official return of the cheques
and bills cleared in the Bankers' Clearing-house for
the week ending Wednesday, Feb. 23 :
Thursday £9,556,000
Friday

At Present.

Saturday...
Mouday 8,946,000
Taeiday

Weaueiday 9;879;000

£60,718,000

BRITISH FUNDS-.TWO O'CLOCK.

GOVERNMENT rUNDS.
3 par Cent:.Consols
Ditto for Account --
3 per Cent. Re laced 921 3 f
New 3 per Cent
New- 2} per Cent. Jan. 1894
Do. 5 per Con Jan. 1873
innuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jun., 1880 —
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
Do (Red Sea Televaph), Aug., 1908 —
'xchequzr Rills, £l,OOO, 2} p. Ct. March Pli
Da. 2f do. June 2 d
ID‘) £lOO, £2OO &.£5OO --
Bank of England Stock, 4i per Cent

Da. opening.
C tnada 4 per Ceut. Bondp —
later-Colonial Omnium
INDIAN 113VERNMENT SECURITIES
IncilA Stock, 10} per Cent., April 1874 2o9_7}
Do. Opening, for Account
D 3. 3 per Cent. July, 1880 . 1111 i
Do 4 per Cent. Oct. 1888
Do. Enfaced Pape. 4 per Cant.... —
Do. 5 por Cent., Jan. 1872 ..... ... —
Do. 5} per Cent. May 1879
Do 5 per Cent., Rup. Dth. 1872..
Do -do 18-a„,O —
Do. do. 1882 —
DJ. Deb., 5 per Cent. Aug. 1873
Do. Bonds, 4 per Cent., £l,000
Do. under £l.OOO — PLI
FOREIGN FUNDS—TWO O'CLOCK.
irgentine Republic, 6 per Cent

iio Account —
Alvtrian Bonds 5 per cent —

1859 . -

Brazilian 5 per Cent —
Do. 4} per Cent. 1852 —
Do. do 1858....• —
Do. (to 1860 —

DO. do., 1863
Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 ...

Ik, Account —
BuenosAyres 6 per Cent.
Do 2 per Oant.(Deferrod 3 per Cent 5ll
Oubs., 6 per Cent. -.:
0 idian 6 per Cent —
"o. 4} per Cent...,.. —
Do. 3 per Cont., —
Do. 7 per Cent., 1866
Do. 6 per ce-.lt. 1867 9B
1 lombian, 6 per Cent..
Danisn, 3 per Cent., 1825 —
Dannbian Principaities, 7 I,er Cent 9Ol
Do Account
Do 8 per Cent., 1867 —
''cus,l3r Now Consolidated, 1 p.,r Cent 91i
Oa vrtian, 7 per Cent...
Do Sewed Issue —
. .
Do. .€sul, Bonds B3
Do. 1864
Do. Account
Do. £5OO Bonds
Do. £IU Bon is
Do. 7 per Cent., 1868 ....

Do. AZicount
Do. £lOO Bonds
Government Railway D'etentures oB} i
Green 5 per Cent., 1824 5, ex Coups —
Do. Coupons
Guatemala 6 per Cent .. —
Honduras Gov Bail. Loan., 10 p. Ct., all pd 80
Do. Account Bl
ltalian 5 per Cent., 1865 —
Do. Account -
Do lgaremmana Railway --
Mexican. 3 per Cent —
Ditto for Account
Do. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French
gontevidean 6 per Cent. •,. —
lifourish Imperial 5 per Cent
blew Granada 221. I
Do 3 per Oen —
Do. Deferred —
Do Laud Warrants (Hectares)
Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865
Do Account .. 81
Do 4} per Cent. (IJl:liarren)
Do 4} per Cent.. 1862 . —
Portuguese 3 per Ct., 1853,76, 7, 9,'60,'2.'b
Do. do. 1867. —
Do. do. Scrip, .£2O paid —
B issian 5 t,ar Cent., 1822, X St
Do 44 per Cent, 1850
Do 4} per Cent., 1860
...

Do 3-Per Cent.; 1809

_
Do 5 per Cent., 1862
Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds.
Do. do. £B4 15s. do —
Do.. 1866, £lOO Bonds 9ll
Do. do £B4 15s. do —
Do Nicolas Railway 6Bl 1
Sardinian 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 per Cen . —
Do. Account
Do. 1867
Do. Account
Do. New Deferred 261
Do. Passive —
Do. Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded
Do. Account —
Swedish Provincial Mortgage Loan —r
Do Government, 1864 —
Do do, 1868
Turkish 6 por Cent ..... . B4 31
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent. 1858 6Bi
Do Account
Do flOO Bonds •••
Do 6 per Cent., 1862

Do. Account " —
Do £lOO Bonds 7Ol
Do. 5 per cent. 1865 —
Do Account
Do 6 per Cent., 1860 6B/
Do. Account
Do 1 per Cent., Guaranteed —
Do do, Scrip —
Venezuela 3 per Cont. —
Do 6 per Cent. 1864 —
Do 6 per Cent.,1862
Dividends on the above payable in London
Austrian 0 per Cent Ex 10 Florins
Belgian, 4} per cent., Ex. 25f.
Dutch per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull —
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... ..... B7l
French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. —
I talian 5 per Cent. 1851, E. Zsf
Do Account —

TWO O'CLOCK.
Jonsols, Money
Do. Account, March 9 .. 921 1 ad

The Simoom, 4, iron troopship, Captain T. B.
Lethbridge, has since her arrival at Woolwich, on
Tuesday night last, disembarked a large quantity
of ancient relics, brought from Palestine. They
include a❑ immense stone, originally, it is said, used
to close the entrance to a sarcophagus, with various
devices carved thereon, which has been forwarded
to the Crystal Palace at Sydenham ; also about
10 tons of different kinds of ancient works of
art, &c., brought from Smyrna, which have been
conveyed by road to the .British Museum. The
Simoom is now engaged in taking in stores, consist-
ing of blankets, bedding, &c., which are being
brought from Deptford i❑ Government lighters for
embarkation. She will also embark a large quan-
tity of iron at the Royal Arsenal previous to leav-
ing Woolwich on lues,day next for Portsmouth.
Major-General Sir David Wood, K.C.8., Com-
mandant of Woolwich Garrison, paid a visit to the
Simoola on Wednesday last.

THE IN icia.ow PEERAGE CLAIL—The hearing of
this claim of the Earl of Wicklow to vote for representa-
tive peers for Ireland, and which occupied the attention of
the House of Lords for ten days during the last session
of Parliament, was resumedthis morning, and is not yet
concluded.