The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-05 00:00:00

It is stated that a small new 4 per cent. loan, for
about £140,000 of stock, in connection with the
Danubian European Commission, will be an-
nounced in .the course of a few days, through
,
Bischoffsheim and Goldschinidt. The
security is unique, as the loan is guaranteed by all
the Great Powers.
It appears that the loan on Turkish Treasury
Bonds, as proposed by the Societe Generale of Paris,
likely to meet with opposition in London. It
la contended that the securities offered in pledge
are already distinctly pledged to the holders of the
Turkish Consolidated Bonds, and, apart from this,
it appears that the various railway companies to
Whom the Turkish Government are under default
Will demand that no new security of that country
shall be officially admitted to our market so long as
their grievances remain iinredressed.
Telegrams from Brazil, via Lisbon, quote the rate
of exchange 18id. to id., a decline of about id.
from that of the last mail. There is no later news
irr(iin Paraguay. Reports had been circulated that
Ld
iopez had succeeded in rallying some of his fol-
lowers, but they were not generally credited.
The return of the Bankers' Clearing-house this
week shows the heavy total of £90,399,000, being
£12,000,000 in excess of the return of the corres-
ponding week of lAA ye r. The increase was
caused by the largeness of the transactions in the
Stock Exchange, and by the payment of the rail-
way dividends.

A deputation of the Council of Foreign Bond-
holders and of Austrian Bondholders waited yes-
terday afternoon upon Lord Clarendon, at the
Poreign-office, to solicit him to use his good offices
at Vienna in favour of the endeavours of the Coun-
cil to bring about a fair and amicable arrangement
with the Austrian Government for the conversion
of the Anglo-Austrian bonds. His Lordship stated
that, on receiving the application to the Austrian
Government, he would give all the assistance in his
Power.

As an amendment to the rules and regulations
451 the Stock Exchange, the words in italics given
13e1(31, have kat been added by the committee to
rule
, 21 :—" No foreigner shall be admissible, un-
'esti be be naturalised two years, or shall have been
a constant resident in this country during five
Years immediately preceding his application for
admission."
At a meeting of the Mediterranean Extension
Telegraph Company it was resolved to lay a second
!able between Sicily and Malta at a cost of £ll,OOO,
Lei be defrayed out of the net earnings up to the
slat December next, after paying the usual interest
On preference shares.
A dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. is recom-
mended by the directors of Bolckow, Vaughan, and
en. (Limited).
The ordinary general meeting of the Atlantic
iTelegraph Company is convened for the 19th of
larch, but will be held pro forma only, and be
ItuJourned to .1 uly.
Francisco
ordinary meeting of the Bahia and San
Railway Company (Limited) is called
for the Ist of April, when a dividend is to be de-
clared.
ehe annual meeting of the certificate holders of
e Foreign and Colonial Government Trust is
called for the 17th inst.

The directors of the Paraguassu Steam Tramroad
bapany (Limited) have made a call of £2 per
e, payable on the 6th of April.
The return from the Bank of England for the
week ended the 3d of March gives the following
results when compared with the previous week :--
,st
£3,651,468 ... Increase ... £301,072
odeposits
ner deposits 17,550,588 ... Increase 81,434
il the 4 v other side of the account :
0
ernment
Ot, securi-
os £14,076,537 ... No change.
r securities 18,160,879 ... Increase 1,852,842
rt,`eB unemployed 8,359,860 ... Decrease ... 1,028,415
c 5, amount of notes in circulation is £23,567,250,
belitlg an increase of £771,970 ; and the stock of
alltlioa in both departments is £18,021,457, showing
decrease of £249,758 when compared with the
Preceding return.
subjoined is a comparison of the present position
of the Bank of England and the prices of Consols
1" French Rentes with the corresponding week of
"t Year

At Present. Same Week
Year.
tullion
Ilesery
Note s 9,454,207 ... 12,542,812
r,circulation 23,567,250 ... 23,43,380
-',to of dis t
Consols coun
92i 93i
drench Routes 7lf. 22c. 69f. 25c.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
ti OVERXMENT FUNDS.
a dittont. Consols
a for Account,
Per (Jew
Nei „ . Reduced Ol i I
91i f i i
v 4 per Cent
New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1694
4 1)°. 6 per Cen J an. 1873
tinuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 168 U.
Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April 1885 —
t,Th4s.,o (Red Sea Tele6 -•-
Do, raph), Aug., 1998
`. licquor Bills, .C 1,990, 2i per Ct.
.. '
400 -.