The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-29 00:00:00

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
j Closing
Share! Railways Paid.l Price. Business done
100 !Atlantic &St Lawrence all 67 69
llom.,Barodadr.Cent lne. 100 106 107 1041
stk Gu. 5 per cent
20 Do. New
201 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 51 51
10 Do. Preference ~.. all 8 81
100 ,'llittfalo,Brant,&Godric.ll ion 77 so
.6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872
100 Do. do. July 1, 187? 100 ; 75 78
100 Do. do. June 1, le:4 100 72 75
st Clcutta.&S.Eastn.(L,, ' ' 100 105 107
st Cape Town & Dock Scrii 100 1(.74 408,3
stock jEastn. Bengal gu. sp. t• 100 107 1(8
stock ;East Indian, go. sp. c. 100 108 109 109
20 Do. do. G Ext..... 5 1 lip
20 Do. do. II do. .. 2 6 ip 21
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 221 221
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 74 76
100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct. all 61 66
100 Do. 6 per et. Debenti. all 35 37 35
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 48 52
100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 34 36
100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 31 36
stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c 100 107 1(8 1171
20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 1 11p
20 Do. January, 1862 .. 4 4 4i) 5
stock !Gt. South.of In dia (Lim
guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 105 106
205 ,Gt.W. of Canada Share, all 13 131
201 Do. New ....... 18 74 71
100 :Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all 98 100
100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 90 92
10 ;Indian Branch Limited t 4 1 die 2
stock 'Madras gear., sp.c. .. 100 1054 1063
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stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 991 1001
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stock 1 Dc. 4A d 0........ 100 A 96
20 i Do. Fifth Extension. 2
stock IVlelb.Corn. p. o. Bnds. 100
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COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
'Can.(4or. 6 p.e.Ja kJ
1 1877-84 ...... 100 ;1081 1095 1031
Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au,: 100 'lO6 (08
- Do. dp. c. Mar. .0 Septa 100 106 108
i Do. sp. c. Jan.&July.l 100 994 100 108
Do. 5 Inscribed stock, 100 93 100
!Cape G. Hope, 6 p c. 1873 100 .03 110 x d
Do.Ap &Oct 1880 100 ,111 113
Do. 1890' 100 112 114
j Do. Jan. & July, 1891_, 100 114 116
- ! Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p e 100
N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 1071 Fon
1)0. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100
N. S. W. G ov. 5 p c.,1866 100 1011 1024
Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 1014 1021,
Do. d0.,1888 &upwde 100 101 1011!
- , New Zealand 6p. centi 100 111 113
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.,
i sterling*, 1875 ' 100 108 109
Queensland Gov. 6p. c 100 112 114
b. Aus G6p.c.1878.&up 100 111 113
, Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Jalcjuly 100
Do. In *i o.n. A p.. 47.00... , 100 1(84 lo9l' lO4 9
BRITISH. MINES.
2 (Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 fp 14
~21111orti Amalgamated.. -- 21 23
!Devon G. Con.. (Tavist. 1 495 505
i East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 52 64
1 I East Clogau Gold Ltd.; ss. 4 1p
lEast Caradon ..... 441 451
;East Carn Brea... 3.0.0 113 t 2
IE. WI Russel (Tavistk 1 7.19.0 24 34
(Great
574 14 16
rent South Tolgus l7s 7 71
Wheal Vor (Ilelston 40 6 63
IGrenville.
Herod's- Foot 8.12 47 19
iilingston Downs 4.17.0 2i 21
- ;Lady Bertha
'Margaret (tiny Lelant t+l 41 43
Marke Valley..
4 Mvndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 20 ds pr
New Setun l9l 135 145
North Downs 24 21
S .1V It'l liasset(lllomn f. 17.0 2/ 65
North Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 5 51
Par Consols (6t. Blazey~ 11 5 6
20 rrovidence(Uny Leint.) 10.6.; (2 14
South Caradon(StCleer; 14 380 39)
S. Care Brea (Illogan) .5.15.6 21 3
Fran. (Illot,rat lB.l -.9 873 923
jStray Park
5 Tamar Silv,t6 Lead UM 4/ 4 1
10 Pin Croit 9 13 14
West, Basset (Illogan) ll 13 14
W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 26 28
West Seton
Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 771 821
:Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 49 61
Wheal Kitty (li.Lelant) 2.0.6 71 81
—II WhealLud ott
( Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 8 15 16
Wheal Seton 585 1771 1824 189
- O.'heal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 17 18
/W heal Union ' 113 51 64

CONVICTIONS UNDER THE POACHING PREVEN-
TION ACT.—At the petty sessions at Stamford,
before the Mayor and a full bench of magistrates, Robert
Blades, a labourer, and three other men named Yates, were
charged with being in unlawful possession of five rabbits
and a hare on the 12th inst. The facts as stated by Mr.
Atteress, the town clerk of Stamford, who conducted the
prosecution, were as follows —The defendants were seen
to pass through a toll-bar, a mile and a half from Stamford,
on the night of the 11th instant, between six and seven
o'clock ; information of this being given to the police three
constables proceeded in the direction the defendants had
gone. At six o'clock on the following morning, near the
toll-bar, they met four or five men having bags upon their
shoulders, and accompanied by a dog of the lurcher breed.
Suspecting that the bags contained game, one of the police •
men attempted to take Blades's, but he and one of his
companions ran away ; the former was subsequently taken,
and in his possession were found five rabbits, a hare, and a
quantity of netting, which was wet, and the game warm.
One of the defendants, when taken, said, " What fools we
were to come along the road ; we were told you were on
the look-out for us on another road." The game
was taken to the station-house, where the de-
fendants went and demanded it, but were refused. and in-
formation was laid against them under the 25th and 26th
Victoria, cap. 144. Mr. Atteress read, in support of his case,
from a work recently published by Mr. George Oke, in
which it was pointed out that the new statute for the pre-
vention of poaching did not repeal any of the old law, bat
provided cumulative powers for the discovery of this class
of offenders. Mr. Atteress pointed out that it was incumbent
on the defendants to show that they were lawfully in pos-
session of the game. All the circumstances as detailed
above were proved. On the part of the defendants it was
contended by Mr. Law that there had been no proof ad-
duced of anyone having lost any game ; that to convict a
man of stealing a particular thing an owner must be found ;
it must be shown that something was lost. Further, that
there was no evidence to show that the defendants had been
on any land in the night in question in search of game, or
that they had been acting in concert. The magistrates
considered the case roved against Blades, and fined him
p
£2, including costs, or a month's imprisonment with hard
labour. lie was also convicted of being in unlawful pos-
session of a net, and fined ld., the net to be forfeited and
destroyed. The other defendants were also convicted, and
in default of payment were sent to gaol, but the fines have
been since paid and the men released. Their solicitor has
since served the presiding ma
ap-
peal, and the defendants have lstrates with notices of
entered into recognitances to
o
prosectre the same at the Quarter Sessions.

On Thuisday next, the Ist of January, the new
Chancery Act as to titles will take effect. The
object of the new law is to enable persons to obtain an
" indefeasible" title to land, and thereby save litigation
and considerable expense,