The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-30 00:00:00

National Bank will advance two-thirds of the
nominal value of the loan in new notes.
3rd. The third decree releases the National Bank
for the present from the- obligation to meet their
notes by specie-payments.

4th. The fourth decree orders that the duties
and certain Excise dues must for the future be paid
in silver or in payable coupons of the National
loan.

THE FRENCH FUNDS.
PARIS, APRIL 29, 11.55 A.M.
Rentes were first done at 62.50, and are now
62.45

12.18 P.M.

The Bourse opens flat. Rentes 62.20, being a
fall of nearly per cent. since yesterday's closing.
2.18 P.M.
According to a rumour disturbances have taken
place in Rome.
Rentes are now 62.15.

3.45 P.M.

The Bourse closes very flat. Rentes 62 for
money, and 61.75 for account, being a decline of
nearly 1 per cent. since yesterday.

AUSTRIA.
(From the Correspondent of the Times.)
VIENNA, APRIL 27.

The inhabitants of this city are extremely nervous
and agitated, but none of them appear to disap-
prove the decisive step which was taken by the
Emperor on the 19th inst. The feeling of the Aus-
trians towards Xing Victor Emmauel is perhaps
less hostile than it was a short time ago, but their
animosity towards the. Emperor of the French, to
whom they attribute the present complication, is
greater than ever. The older inhabitants of Vienna
well recollect the tortuous policy of the First
Napoleon, and they assert that the nephew is
treading in the footsteps of the uncle. If I read
the Austrians aright, they now feel a kind of pity
for the Sardinians, whom they consider the victims
rather
.than .the proteges of the Emperor of the
French. " The end of the matter," say the
Viennese politicians, " will probably be that
France, with the assistance of Sardinia, will
succeed in;ejecting us from Lombardy, which
will be given to King Victor Emmanuel as an
indemnification for • the loss .of a part or the
whole of Savoy. If a kingdom should be formed
out of the Duchies of Tuscany, Modena, and Parma,
it is probable that Prince Napoleon will be placed
at the head of it." Such opinions as the foregoing
are, however, only expressed in private, as it would
be considered unpatriotic should any one publicly
speak. of the possibility of the Mincio becoming the
boundary line of the Austrian possessions in Italy.
The army is extremely sanguine, and some of its
principal officers have repeatedly expressed to me
their conviction that no force which the French can
bring into the field will be able to dislodge the
Austrian troops from their fortified position be-
tween the Mincio and the Adige. Yesterday evening
a general officer informed me that -Austria now
has about 190,000 men in Italy. " If," said he,
" the French and Sardinians should have an
army of the same strength there will soon be a
dearth in the land. During the former wars in
the Italian peninsula neither •of the belligerent
Powers had more than 80,000 men in the field ; but
it was always very difficult to procure the necessary
supplies for them." There are fortified camps both
at- Verona and Mantua, but the fortresses them-
selves can, in case of need, be for a time defended
by 10,000 men. The two camps are so extensive
that 40,000 men can with ease manoeuvre in them.
The quadrangle • formed by Peschiera, Mantua,
Verona, and Legnano is neither more nor less than
a fortified camp on a very large scale. Of the pro-
posed plan of operations of the Austrian army I know
literally nothing ; but it appears probable that
Piacenza will be one of the points of departure,
as a corps pushed forward from Piacenza to Novi
would cut off the communication between Genoa
and Alessandria. Many people believe that the
Austrians will cross the Ticino at Pavia and make
the best of their way to Turin, but to. me it does
not appear probable' that they will venture to.pass
between .Alessandria and Casale,:the• two strong-
holds of the Sardinians. The straightest and best
road fro.m. Lombardy to the Sarilinian capital is
that which-runs through Vercelli and .Chiavasso,
but it i.known here that the Sardinians have re-
cently been " hard at work" at the. . first-mentioned
place. • It•is related that the railroad between Ver-
celli and the Ticino has been rendered. impassable
in several places. ... .

When sending *Off my despatch this-morning, I
learnt that . Sardinia interrupted'
.hervtelegraPhic
communication with Austria about 48 hours ago.
It is obVi•Mis that 'she did so in order that the Aus-
trian Envoy might .not be able to let .his .Govern-
ment kriOW the result of his mission until he reached
Buffalora or Milan.
The 'Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian arrived at
Venice from Monza on Saturday kit. The wives
of the officers and private soldiers bolonging to the
garrison. of
:Venice have received orders to leave
the city. It. being generally . believed. that the
French intend to make an attack on Cattaro, it may
he well to say a few words in regard to that port,
which has perhaps, with the
_exception of Malta,
the best and roomiest harbour in: Europe. The
entrance to the Gulf of Cattaro is so well fortified
that it would be almost impossible to fOrce it; but a
Power which has the. command'of the sea can get
possession of it by means of a strict blockade. Dal-
matia produces hardly enough food for the inhabi-
tants of the province, and once a week supplies
(oxen, &c.) are sent from Trieste to Cattaro and
the other Austrian ports on the east coast of the
Adriatic. If the Montenegrins should harass the
Austrians in the rear, while the French and Russian
squadrons are blockading the entrance to the port,
Cattaro would soon be obliged to. surrender at dis-
cretion. Cattaro, in the hands of a great maritime
Power,. would be almost impregnable, and the Bri-
tish Government will do well not to lose sight of
this fact.

The Wiener Zeitung of this morning announces
that the so long-expected Municipal Laws have
been published in the Reichs Gcsetz Blatt (Bulletin
des Lois). The official organ also contains an Im-
perial rescript, by which the military authorities
are empowered tQ take, at fixed prices, as many
horses as are required by the army. As each com-
munity is obliged to supply a certain number of
men, so each district will be obliged to supply a
certain number of horses.