The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-09 00:00:00

FRANCE.

The number of passengers who passed through
the St. Lazare station of the Western Railway on
Sunday was 255,500. Of these 245,000 were for
the local lines, and 10,500 for the long ones. Nearly
one-fourth were for the Champ de Mars.

The receipts at the Universal Exhibition on Sun-
day by the turnstiles were 63,543 fr., about 2,000
persons coining between seven and eight in the even-
ing, as after the main building is closed at six the
Park remains open until twelve.
According to the Annuaire Militaire, just pub-
lished, the senior General of Division in the active
section of the French army is Count de Schramm,
named on the 30th of September, 1832. There
are 86 generals of division in the section, plus 6,
maintained without any limit as to age, by the
application of the law of 1839, being 6 in excess of
the cadre fixed by the same law in time of peace.
rhe section comprises 65 generals of brigade, or
4 more than the regular number.
The italic of Florence says :—" A real crisis has
suddenly set in here at Florence relative to cop-
per money, of which the supply had hitherto
been almost too large. At this moment there is
literally no possibility of getting a soldo piece.
This state of things cannot be attributed to any
exportation of the coin, as every one knows
that the intrinsic value of this money is notably
below the nominal one. The presumption is that
there exists some local speculation. This scarcity
of small change is the more remarkable that in the
last years the Government has coined more than it
wanted, and one of the financial statements of M.
Sella declared the existence in copper of several mil-
lions of Italian sous."
The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the
following as the atmospheric situation yesterday:—
" The barometer has fallen rapidly since Monday in
Sweden and Norway, but has gone up in the rest
of Europe. The centre of strong pressures was
his morning in Switzerland. Winds are blowing
strongly from the N. on the Black Sea ; from the
E.S.E. at Trieste ; and from the S.E. at Bordeaux ;
they are feeble over the rest of France. The sky is
generally clear, except in Norway, the South of
Sweden, and Scotland, where it is overcast. Some
thunder-claps were heard this morning at Nairn."
Ln Paris yesterday the weather was again of the
finest summer character. At three the thermo-
meter marked 28 Cent. (82 2.5 Fahr.)

BOURSE, May B.—Two o'clock.—The market
continues to maintain an expectant attitude; only
a small amount of business is being transacted, and
the changes in the quotations of stocks and shares
are directly attribu.able to the enormous sums
posted up for " discount." To day a further sum
of 120,000 f. Three per Cents. is called for, besides
170,000 f. Italian Fives ; the first-named stock has
,;ousequently advanced 32e., to 68f. 45c., and the
last 45c., to, 49f. 90c. Credit Foncier shares have
improved 15f., to 1,430 f. ; Mobilier, lf. 25c., to
367 f. 50e. ; and Paris Gas, 5f., to 1,490 f. Immo-
inhere remain stationary at 200 f. The railway de-
partment is dull, but prices show no sensible modi-
fication.

Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol-

lows :--

if per Cents 97
Do. end mouth
per Cents. 6B 35
Do. end month 6B 321
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Credit Foncier —
Do. end month 1.127 50
RAIL'

Bank 5hare5........ .3450
Italian L0an......... 49 85
Do. end m0nth...... 49 85
Mexican Loan ...... 18 50
Do. 80nd5......... 130
Spanish Threes ... 34 50
Home Debt .........
Deferred ............

For Account.
Orleans
Northern ll5O
Lyons and Mediterranean..., 866 25
Southern 553 75
Western
510
Eastern
Sardinian .
Austrian
385
Lombard
363 75
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
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