The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-16 00:00:00

Lancashire and Yorkshire
Bristol and Exeter 7,890
North-Eastern
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
North British
West Midland
Dublin and Wicklow
Edinburgh and Glasgow 7,268
Grand Trunk of Canada
Great Western of Canada

37;940
7,813
39,739
10,660
6,888
6,575
2,312
8,116
9,116
6,508

The above returns show a steady improvement in
the receipts of most of the principal lines. On the
Great Western, the increase is £2,128 ; the North-
Western, £8,407 ; the South-Western, £2,366 ;
the Brighton, £1,910 ; the Midland, £3,667 ;
the South-Eastern, £1,544; the Great North-
ern, £698 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire,
£5,049 ; the North-Eastern, £2,901; the Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, £1;540; the
West Midland, £B7l ; and the Grand Trunk of
Canada, £2,076. On the Edinburgh and Glasgow
there is a decrease of £B4B ; and on the Great
Western of Canada, of £627.

Business in the Railway Share Market has been
inactive, and the few dealings entered into have
been at reduced rates in most instances. Great
Western have declined ss. ; Caledonian, Eastern
Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Eastern
(Berwick), and South Eastern, 10s.; London and
Blackwell, 155., and Great Northern, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings are flat.
South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have re-
ceded ss. ; and Dutch Rhenish, ss. ; Grand Trunk
of Canada, ss. to 10s. ; Great Western of Canada
and East Indian realised previous rates.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are
inactive. City Bank declined ss. ; Colonial Bank,
ss. Great Ship Company's preference shares realise
; English and Australian Copper, 21 ; and Lon-
don General Omnibus Company,

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 3 k
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities - i 14 1
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
93k / 3 3
India Stock ..

Ditto 5 per Cent. lO3l 4 31 1 I 1
Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent.
Ditto b per Cent 961
Ditto 51 per Cent.
Ditto Debentures, 1858 961
Ditto, 1859
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 4 d
. _

Ditto under £l,OOO
Consols for Account, 6th Sept 92A 1
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid
Ditto £5OO
2 6 2 pm
Ditto Small
2 6 2 pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Mexican 3 per Cent 99}
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St 2ok t 1
Ditto 4i per Cent. Scrip, 1860 •
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859
' 64
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Spanish Cora. Cert. of Coup. not funded si i
Turkish 6 per 'Cent • •
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent lOOl
Dividends on the above payablein London.
Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent. London.
Dutch O'CLOCK.

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Consols, Money .................. 921
Ditto Account, :September ...... 921

TEE NEW GAME ACT. —Yesterday the new Game
Act was printed. From and after the passing of the act on
Monday last the new duties commenced. For a licence in
Great Britain or a certificate in Ireland to kill game, if the
same be taken out after the sth of April and before the Ist of
November, to expire on the sth of April in the following
ear, £3. To expire on the 31st of October in the same year
in which it is taken cut, £2. If the licence or certificate be
taken out on or after the Ist of November, to expire on the
bth of April following, £2. Fora gamekeeper to kill
game
on the lands of a person having tho right, £2. For very
licence to deal in game in England, Scotland, and Ireland
to be granted trader the act, £2. The new duties are to be
Excise duties under the Inland Revenue Commissioners.
In default of a licence to take or kill game the offender is to
forfeit £2O. Several exceptions and exemptions are set
forth in the act, including any of the Royal family. No-
thing in the new act is to alter the 11th and 12th Viet., c
29 and 30, except that a " game certificate" in those acts:
and also in th, lst and 2d Will. IV., c. 32, is to be read as
a "licence to kill game." Licences may be taken out on
behalf of assessed servants acting as gamekeepers for per-
aons having the right to kill game, or under deputations
from lords of the manor. On the change of gamekeeper or
the revocation of deputation the licence may be eontinuea
to the successor. Persons doing any act requiring a licence
to kill game are to produce the same on demand, or declare
their name and residence, under a penalty of £2O. A licence
is to be void on a party being convicted. The Inland Re-
venue Commissioners are to publish lists of persons 'lanced
to kill game, and licences to deal in game are only to be
granted to those who havo obtained licences from justices.
Every licence to kill game, and not as a gamekeeper or
esrvant, is to be. available for the killing of gem in any
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