The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-07 00:00:00

711 E TREATY TVITII FRANCE.

Yesterday was issued, with the Parliamentail
notices, the copy of a second additional article of
the Treaty of Commerce concluded between her
Majesty and the Emperor of the French, signed at
Paris on the 27th ult. This article is as follows :--
" It having been found impossible to conclude the nego-
tiation of the arrangement which is to fix, according to
paragraph 1 of Article XIIT. of the Treaty of Commerce
concluded between Great Britain and France,
the 23d of
January last, the rate of the specific duties to be levied on
British merchandise imported into France, within the
period stipulated by the said article,, the high contracting
parties have considered it advisable, in the interest of the
the
‘radual execution
respective commerce of the two countries, to make a fresh
arrangement with a view to insure g
of the aforesaid Treaty within theperiodstised by the same.
‘• In consequence whereof, the undersigned, invested with
full
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--0 Queen of the
Kingdom of Great Britain Majesty the Queen of the
United Kingdom 0f Great Britain and Ireland on one side,
and of his Majesty the Emperor of the French, on the other,
have agreed upon the following articles
Instead of a single convention establishing the specific
duties to be paid by British merchandise imported into
France, three separate conventions shall be successively
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shall be negotiated, concluded,
and ratified in such a manner as to come into force with
respect to the Articles to which they apply, at each of the
periods fixed by Article XV. of the Treaty of which they
will form the complement. Nevertheless the last of these
conventions shall be concluded and ratified before the Ist of
November next.
" The present additional at title shall have the same fora°
and validity as if it had been inserted in the Treaty of Com-
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merce of the 23d of January last. It shall be ratified, and
the ratifications thereof shall be exchanged at Paris within
four days at latest from the date of its signature.
"In witness whereof, the respective plenipotentiaries
have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of
their arms.
" Done at Paris, this 27th day of June, in the year of
our Lord, 1860.
(L. S ) " COWLEY.
(L. S.) " E. I'HOUVENEL
The ratifications were exchanged on the lst of this month,

GAME CERTIFICATES BILL.—TiIiS bill, intro-
duced by the Government, has been printed. It pro-
poses the following scale of game certificates or licenses, to
be granted by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
From the sth of April to the sth of April, £3; from the
sth of April to the 31st of October, or from the let of No-
vember to the sth of April, £2; gamekeepers' license in
Great Britain, £2; dealer in game in England, £2. A
number of exemptions from liability to duty are continued
from former acts—such as hunting deer or coursing hares,
and taking woodcocks and snipes with nets or syringes,
and the tenant of lands may by himself or those he permits
take or destroy conies.