The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-29 00:00:00

was a drop in prices of about i per cent. ; but the
market, though still depressed, has since slightly
rallied. Among the many causes now operating
adversely on the market, the continued decline in
the value of the Funds at Paris is exercising a
decided influence, and the fall this morning has
been chiefly attributed to that circumstance. In

addition to this the unsettled aspect of the Money
Market is also prejudicial to values. Consols have

been dealt in at these prices :—for money 92i
921 f, and 92i ; for account, 93, 924, 92k. They

are •now 921 1, and 921 respectively. Exchequer
Bills have descended as low as 9s. to 123. premium,
and the Bonds are 99i. East India Stock is 229.
The Foreign Market is also very heavy. Turkish
per Cents. are marked 99a for money, and the
4 per Cents. 101. Spanish Deferred are 23i,

Sardinian 91, and Russian 4i per Cents. 961. Mexi-

*an Stock is 21k.

The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61, to 74 ;

Mexican, 21i to 22 ; Peruvian, 77 to 79 ; ditto
3 per Cents., 56 to 58 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,
43 to 45 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 105 to 107 ; ditto 41
per Cents., 93 to 95 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 421
42/ ; ditto Deferred, 23. E 23/ ; ditto Certificates,
5i 6 ; ditto Passive, 61 I.
Railway shares are down on the average 4 to 1
per cent., but the settlement of the account has

still engaged the attention of the brokers and

others. A large amount of business, however, has

been done. Paris and Lyons are 10s. to 15s.

lower, and Northern of France ss. to 10s. The

East Indian and Canadian are also heavy.
Mines and Banking Shares rule dull, and the
Colonial are depressed. Canada Land are 106,
being 2/. to 4/. lower.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List:

Rn.lnftm•
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities c2l 3
India Stock
Consols for Account
E (chequer Bills, 20.
£1000
£560 l4 10 12 9
14 10 12 9 p
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE OPcLo( .Iz.
Mexican 3 per Cent 2l/
Russian Bonds, 1622, .t St., 5 per Cen; —
Ditto 4i per Cent.
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cont.
Ditto Account
Sco nisi Roads, 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Turkish Bonds, 6 par cent
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.

DIN-Wends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Conaols, money 92a
Ditto Account.

The average population of Genoa is 110,000 souls
The consumption of that city in 1855 included 121,337
hectolitres of wino (2,662,314 gallons), 13,080 do. of oil
(287,760 gallons), 2,164 oxen, 9,185 cows, 7,172 calves,
972 pigs, 1,330 quintals (cwt.) of hog's lard, 35,618
sheep and goats, 17.980 lams and kids, 372,108 fowls
of all kind., 264,785 kilogrammes of dried fish, and
7,046 kilogrammes of cheese.
NIGHT READING ROOM AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—
" A. Landing Waiter," in a letter to a contemporary, re-
vives the old question of opening the Reading-room of
the British Museum, and to obviate the'objection to such
a proceeding, viz., the danger of fire, suggests that Go-
vernment should lease or purchase a private house, say in
Montague-place or Montague street, to which a back
entrance should be obtained from the Museum. The
first or second floor could be fitted up for the accommo-
dation of readers, and thrown open every evening, say
from 6to 10. At present, books could be obtained by
day in the usual manner ; but ultimately duplicate cata-
logues might be lodged in the supplemental reading-
room. The difficulty for those who do not attend in the
day might in the meanwhile be diminished if one of the
Museum attendants were permitted, for a small fee, to
receive from the evening readers orders to seek the
books needed. The risk of fire would then be limited to
the few volumes sent over to the night reading-room.
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