The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-03 00:00:00

LA TEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

ITALY.
POPULAR ENTHUSIASM FOR WAR.
FLORENCE, MAY 3, 9.20 A.M.

Popular demonstrations have taken place in this
City, Naples, Turin, and other towns, in favour of
the national armaments. The National Guard of
Naples have expressed their wish to relieve the
troops now garrisoning the town.
The public funds have risen in Naples in conse-
quence of the promulgation of the decree ordering
the forced bank-note currency.
The Florence Chamber of Commerce has ex-
pressed its satisfaction at this measure to the Mi-
nister of Finance.

FLORENCE, MAY 3.

The new loan of 250 millions of lire, which has
been contracted by the Government with the Na-
tional Bank, consists of a current account opened
by the Public Treasury, whereby the latter will be
able to draw upon the bank to the above amount.
Interest will be calculated at 1 per cent. on all
amounts advanced from the 2d inst. until the con-
clusion of a different arrangement.
The Government releases the National Bank from
the obligation of paying its notes on presentation
in specie. The notes of the National Bank will be
given and received as legal tender for their nominal
value in payments of every kind throughout the
kingdom. The Banks of Naples and Sicily, the
National Bank, the National Tuscan Bank, the
Bank of Tuscany, the Credit Industrial and the
Society of Commerce, will continue to issue credit-
bonds in conformity with their statutes. The bonds
of the Banks of Naples and Sicily will be a legal
tender for their nominal value in all payments in
the provinces of Naples and Sicily. The National
Bank and the other financial establishments above
mentioned will not be allowed to vary their rate of
discount without the authorisation of the Minister
of Finance.

THE PRINCIPALITIES.

PARIS, MAY 3.

Prince Charles of Hohenzollern is said to have
declined the Hospodarship of the Danubian Princi-

palities.

BAVARIA.

MUNICH, MAY 3.

The official Bavarian Gazette says :—" Neither
Austria nor Prussia have addressed to Bavaria a
demand to disarm. The Bavarian Government
will only consider the necessity for maintaining the
measures of defence which they have taken to cease
when the danger of a war in Germany shall have
disappeared.

SPAIN.

MADRID, MAY 2 (Evening).

The Bank of Spain has determined to demand
an indemnity from the GovernMent in the event of
the Ell for the new National Bank being agreed to
by the Cortes.

The Ministers of Finance and of the Interior are

unwell.

Perfect order prevails here to-day during the
celebration of the fête in honour of the Constitution.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, May 2, Three o'clock.—The market
has closed on the following quotations :

q per Cents 95
Do. end month —
3 per Cents.
Do. end month 64 60
Credit Mobilier 555
Do. end month
Unis —
Do. end month —

Bank Shares 3500
Italian Loan 42 10
Do. end month 42 50
Mexican Loan 4O
Do. Bonds 278 75
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred -
rAYS.

RAIL'

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

Cash. Amt.
... 802 50
... 1085 -
- 842 50
- ... 537 50
... 535 -
- ... 525

- - ... 315 -
- - ... 336 25
- - ... 135 -
- - ... 177 50

Crystal Palace.---Mr. Charles Dickens's
Reading.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. Charles Dickens ap-
peared for the first time at the Crystal Palace, and
read the story of " Little Dombey." For nearly
one hour and a half the smiles and tears of upwards
of 2,000 persons were at the command of the Great
Enchanter, and at the conclusion of the delightful
entertainment the applause was universal and
enthusiastic. Anything more exquisite than the
reading of Mr. Charles Dickens it is impossible
to imagine, and those who have not yet heard
the incomparable author have a pleasurable
gratification in store they little dream of. The
concerts given at the Palace are admitted on all
hands to be a success, but in attraction they do not
equal the unaided efforts of Mr. Charles Dickens.
Not a seat in the concert room was unoccupied,
and those who arrived late submitted to the incon-
venience of standing throughout the entire reading.
When are the public to have a repetition of this
most pleasurable entertainment ? That is a ques-
tion which, we doubt not, will soon be answered by
the managers of the glittering palace at Sydenham.