The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-24 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING JANUARY 24, 1863.

AMERICAN FINANCE.

The following important financial measures are
thus described by the .ZVew York Herald of Jan. 9 :
" Washington, Jan. 8.
" The Finance Bill reported by the Committee of Ways
and Means is as follows :

" Be it enacted, Bco., that the Secretary of the Treasury
be, and be is hereby, authorised to borrow from time to time,
on the credit of the United States, a sum not exceeding
900,000,000 dole., aial issue therefore coupon or registered
bonds, payable at the pleasure of the Government after 20
years, and of such denominations, not less than 50 dole„ as
he may deem expedient, bearing interest at the rate of 6
per cent per annum, payable semi-annually in coin ; and
he may in his discretion dispose of such bonds at any time,
upon the best terms he can obtain, not less than par for
lawful money of the United States, or for any of the certi-
cates of indebtedness that may at any time be unpaid, or for
any of the interest bearing Treasury notes heretofore issued,
or which may be issued under the provisions of this act ;
and all the bands and interest bearing Treasury notes issued
under the provisions of this act shall be exempt from taxa-
tion by or under State authority; provided that there shall
be issued and outstanding of bonds, interest-bearing notes,
and United States' notes, at any time, under the provisions
of this act, no greater amount altogether than the sum of
900,000,000 dole, except an additional amount equal to any
amount of the seventh and three-tenths bonds, so called,
heretofore issued, which may be redeemed and funded in
such bonds as are authorised under the provision of this
act.

" Sec. 2. And be it further enacted that the Secretary of
the Treasury is authorised to issue on the credit of the
United States 300,000,000 dols of United States' notes,bear-
ing interest, payable semi-annually in coin, at the rate of
lic per day on each 100 dols, being 5 dole 472 c per cent. per
annum, payable to bearer, and redeemable at the pleasure
of the Government, after three years, at the Treasury, and
of such denominations as he may deem expedient, not less
than 10 dole each; and such notes shall be receivable for in-
ternal duties, and all debts and demands due to the United
States, except for duties on imports ; and any holder of said
United States notes depositing any sum, whether before or
after maturity, not less than 50 dole, or some multiple of 50
dole, with the Treasurer of the United States, or either of
Vie Assistant Treasurers, or either of the depositories,which
shall be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury for such
purpose, shall receive in exchange therefore duplicate certi-
ficates of deposit for the amount of principal, and any accu-
mulated interest thereon, one of which may be transmitted
to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall thereon issue to
the holder an equal amount in bonds of the United States,
coupon or registered, as may be desired, bearing interest at
the rate of 6 per cent., payable semi-annually in coin, and
redeemable at the pleasure of the Government after 20 years;
and such United States' notes may be used by the Secretary
of the Treasury at their par value in the payment of the
lawful creditors of the United States who may be willing
to receive the same, and shall be received at their par valtie
in payment of any bonds that may hereafter be negotiated
by the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall also allow in
any such negotiations, and pay in Loin, any interest which
may have accumulated thereon ; and the Secretary of the
Treasury may, as the exigencies of the public service may
require, re-issue any amount of United States' interest-
bearing notes herein authorized equal to the amount re-
deemed. There shall be printed on the back of the United
States' interest- bearing notes which may be issued under
the provisions of this Act the amount of interest which will
have accumulated at the end of each 6 months from the date
thereof, and the following words The within note is a
legal tender in payment of internal duties, and all debts and
demands due in the United States,except duties on imports,
and is exchangeable for bonds of the United States bearing
6 per cent. interest, payable in coin semi-annually.'
"Sec. 3. And be it further enacted that the Secretary of
the Treasury is authorized, if required by the exigencies of
the public service for the payment of the army and navy
and other creditors of the Government,to issue on the credit
of the United States the sum of 300,00'),000 dols of United
States' note;, in such form as he may deem expedient, not
bearing interest payable to bearer on demand, and of such
denominations, not less than 1 dol, as he may prescribe,
which notes shall be lawful money and legal tender in pay-
ment of all debts, public and private, within the United
States, except for duties on imports and interest on the
public debt ; and any holder of the said United States'
notes, or of United States' notes heretofore issued, deposit-
ing any sum not less than 50 dole with the Treasurer, As-
sistant-Treasurers, or depositaries of the United States,
shall receive duplicate certificates, one of which shall entitle
the holder to an equal amount of the 6 per cent. bonds,
coupon or registered; and any on. of the eaid notes when
returned to the Treasury may he reissued from time to time
as the exigencies of the public service may require.
" Sec. 4. And be it further enacted that, in lieu of postage
and revenue stamps for fractional currency, the Secretary of
the Treasury may issue fractional notes of like amounts, in
such form as he may deem expedient, and may provide for
the engraving and preparation thereof in the Treasury De-
partment building ; and all such notes issued shall be received
in payment of postage and revenue stamps, and of any dues to
the United States less than 5 dols, except customs, and shall
be exchangeable at the office of the Treasurer of the United
States, or any assistant-treasurer or depositary for the
United States' notes of an equivalent amount, provided that
the whole amount of fractional currency issued, including
postage and revenue stamps, issued as currency, shall not
exceed 50,000,000 dole.
" Sec. 5. And be it further enacted that the Secretary of
the Treasury is authorised to receive deposits of coin and
bullion, with the Treasurer or any assistant-treasurer, or
designated depositary, in sums not less than 20 dols, each,
and corresponding with the denominations of the Govern-
ment notes not bearing interest. The coin deposited for or
representing such receipts shall be retained in the Treasury
for the payment of said receipts en demand, and for no
other purpose whatever, and such receipts, representing
coin held in the Treasury for payment of interest on the
interests,
and debt, may be issued in payment of such
and such receipts shall be received at par in payment for
duties on imports as coin.
" Sec. 6. And be it further enacted that the United
States' notes and the coupon or registered bonds authorised
by this act shall be in such form as the Secretary of the
Treasury shall direct, and shall bear the written or engraved
signature of the Treasurer of the Unitel States and the
Registrar of the Treasury, and also, as evidence of lawful
issue, the imprint of a copy of the seal of the Treasury De-
partment, which imprint shall be made under the direction
of the Secretary, after the said notes or bonds shall be re-
ceived from the engravers, and before they are issued ; or
the said notes and bonds shall be signed by the Treasurer
of the United States, or for the Treasurer, by such persons
as may be specially appointed by the Secretary of the Trea-
sury for that purpose, and shall be countersigned by the
Registrar of the Treasury, or for the Registrar, by such
persons as the Secretary of the Treasury may specially ap-
point for that purpose; and all the provisions of the act
entitled An Act to authorise the Issue of Treasury-notes'
approved on Dec. 23, 1857, so far as they can be applied to
this act, and not inconsistent therewith, are hereby revived
and re-enacted.

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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS FOR THE WEEK.

" Sec. 7. And be it further enacted that all banks, asso-
ciations, corporations, or individuals issuing notes or bills
for circulation as currency shall be subject to and pay a duty
Of 1 per cent. semi-annually, from and after April 1, 1863,
upon any circulation of notes or bills as currency issued be-
yond the amount hereinafter named—that is to say, banks,
associations, corporations, or individuals having a capital of
not over 100,000 dole, 90 per cent thereof ; over 100,000 dole,
and not over 200,000 dols, 80 per cent thereof ; over 200,000
dole, and not over 300,000 dole, 70 per cent thereof ; over
300,000 dole, and not over 500,000 dole, GO per cent thereof ;
over 500,0000 dols, and not over 1,000,000 dole, 50 per cent
thereof ; over 1,000,000 dols, and not over 1,600,000 dols, 40
per cent thereof ; over 1,500,000 dole, and not over 2,000,000
dole, 30 per cent thereof; over 2,000,000 dole, 25 per cent,
and a list or return shall be made and rendered within 30
days after the time fixed as aforesaid to the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, which shall contain a true and faith-
ful account of the amount of duties accrued, or which should
accrue from time to time as aforesaid, during the time when
such duties remain unaccounted for; and there shall-be an-
nexed to every such list or return or declaration under oath
or affirmation, to be made in form and manner as shall be
prescribed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, of the
president or some other proper officer of said bank, associa-
tion, corporation, or individual respectively, that the same
contains a true and faithful account of the duties which
have accrued, or which should accrue and are not accounted
for; and for any default in the delivery of such list or re-
turn, with such declaration annexed, the bank, association,
corporation, or individual making such default shall forfeit
as a penalty the sum of 500 dols ; and such bank, associa-
tion, corporation, or individual shall, upon rendering the
list or returns tt, aforesaid, pay to the Commissioner of In-
ternal Revenue the amount of the duties due on such list
or return, and in default thereof shall as a penalty the
sum of 500 dollars ; and in case of neglect or refusal to
make such list or return as aforesaid, or to pay the
duties as aforesaid, for the space of thirty days after
the time when such list should have been made or ren-
dered, or when said duties shall have become due and pay•
able, the assessment and collection shall be made accord-
ing to the general provisions prescribed in an Act entitled,
An Act to provide internal revenue to supply the Govern-
ment, and to pay interest on the public debt,' approved
July 1, 1862.
" Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, that the provisions
of the Act entitled ' An Act to provide for the better
organization of the Treasury, and for the collection, safe
keeping, transfer, and disbursement of the public revenues,'
approved August 6, 1846, be, and the same is, hereby so
modified as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury at

his discretion, to allow any money obtained from loans or
internal revenue to be deposited in solvent banks to the
credit of the Treasurer of the United States upon depositing
by said banks with the Treasurer an amount of United
States' bonds or interest-bearing Treasury notes equal
to such deposits respectively, as security for the payment
thereof; and, from time to time, the Secretary of the Trea-
sury may use such deposits by draught or check to pay any
of the creditors of the Government, or for transfer to the
Treasury or authorized depositories.
" Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, that in order to pre-
vent and punish counterfeiting and fraudulent alterations
of the bonds, notes, and fractional currency authorized to
be issued by this Act, all the provisions of the 6th and 7th
sections of the Act entitled An Act to authorize the issue
of United States notes, and for the redemption or funding
thereof, and for funding the floating debt of the United
States, approved Feb. 5, 1862, shall, so far as applicable,
apply to the bonds, notes, and fractional currency hereby
authorized to be issued, in like manner as if the said 6th
and 7th sections were hereby adapted as additional sections
of this Act, and the sum of 600,000 dole is hereby appro-
priated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated to enable the Secretary of the Treasury to
carry this Act into effect."
"MR. STEVENS' SUBSIITUTE.

The Alleged Murder at Nine Elms.

Samuel Hillier, aged 29 years, a carman. was yes.
terday brought up on remand before Mr. Dayman,
at the Wandsworth Police-court, charged, on sus-
picion, with having caused the death of Charles
Champion, another carman.
The eviderce adduced on the first examination
went to prove that between seven and eight
o'clock on the night of Saturday, the 27th ult..
the deceased was discovered lying on his back
outside his employer's stables in the yard of the
Nine Elms Tavern. His face was smothered in
blood and mud, and he appeared to have been se-
verely injured. Ile was teen at Nine Elms by one
of hie mates at 20 minutes past 7 o'clock, ana he was
then quite well. He had had a little drink, but he
was able to do his work and walk steadily. After
he was discovered in the stableyard he was removed
to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he subsequently
expired. The only evidence affecting the prisoner
was a threat used in the taproom of the Nine Elms
Tavern saortly before the deceased was discovered.
Between 5 and 6 o'clock in the evening the prisoner
entered the taproom in a state of intoxication, and
stated to Maynard, a lightermen, that he mid
been looking for oid Charley Champion, and that
he should not best him out of a " tanner" (sixpence).
Maynard cautioned him not to have anything to do
with him, as he was a likely man to stick a knife
into
_him. The prisoner replied by using strong
language, and said that if the deceased stuck a
knife in him he would kick him. The prisoner re-
mained drinking for some little time, and when he
left the taproom Maynard saw him take the turn-
ing leading to the stableyard, where the deceased
was subsequently discovered.
Mr. Jefferson, the house surgeon of St. Thomas's
Hospital, now attended and stated that the deceased
died on Friday, the 9th inst., from injuries he had
received to the spine and brain. They were not li
likely to have been produced by a drunken man
falling down, but they might have been caused by
blows or kicks, especially the injury on the back.
The nose was broken, and some smaller bones in the
skull were also broken. Witness could not conceive
how the injuries to the front and back of the de-
ceased's head could have been caused by a fall.
Mr. George Hunt, a contractor, of Nine Elms,
said the deceased was in his service. The prisoner
worked for Mr. Bryant, a coal merchant, opposite
to him. Witness saw the deceased while he was
alive in the hospital. He told him that he was
afraid he would not live, and the deceased answered
that he was afraid he should not. Witness said,
" Have you any idea who the parties are ?" He
partially moved his head, and said " Yes, I know
them." Witness asked him how it arose, and he
said, " Master, I went in to get myself half a pint
of beer, and because I would not spend all the six-
pence a lot at coalies' pitched on to me_ Jemmy
would not help me, and Jemmy was the worst of
all." This was all the deceased said, and witness
went away, as he saw that he was faint.
Inspector Abrook, who took the prisoner into cus-
tody, said he man Jemmy had since absconded.
Mr. Wilson, who defended the prisoner, contended
that the evidence of Mr. Hunt did not affect his
client. _ _ _

"The substitute of Mr. Stevens provides for the issue of
registered or coupon bonds to the amount of not exceeding
900,000,000 dole, payable in coin, 20 years after date, and
bearing I interest at the rate of 6 per cent., payable semi-
annually, to be issued in such denominations, not less than
60 dols as may be determined by the Secretary of the Trea-
sury; also for the issuing of 300,000,000 dols of legal tender
notes. The bill repeals the gold-bearing clause of former
acts, excepting on bonds already issued, and repeals the act
authorising the reception of legal tender notes on deposit."

The traffic receipts of railways in the United Kingdom
amounted tor the week ending the 17th of January, on
10,588 miles, to £486,870, and for the corresponding week
of last year, on 10,193 miles, to £461,560, showing an in-
crease of 395 miles, and of £25,310 in the receipts. The
gross receipts on the following 14 railways amounted in the
aggregate, on 7,268 miles, to £381,758 ; and for the corre-
sponding week of 1862, on 7,008 miles, to £360,846, show-
ing an increase of 260 miles, and of £20,912 in the receipts.
The increase on the Caledonian amounted to £511; on the
Great Eastern to £1,609 ; on the Great Northern to £2,418;
on the Great Southern and Western to £2BB ; on the Great
Western to £2,039 ; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire to
£525 ; on the London and North-Western to £4,482; on
the London, Brighton, and South Coast to £695 ; on the
London and South-Western to £1,263; on the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire to £721 ; on the Midland to
£2,378 ; on the North British to £675 ; on the North-
Eastern to £1,364; and on the South-Eastern to £1,674;
total, £20,912. The goods and mineral traffic on those lines
amounted to £217,653, and for the corresponding week of
1862 to £203,355, showing an increase of £14,298. The re-
ceipts for passengers, parcels, &c., amounted to £164,105;
against £157,491, showing an increase of £6,614. The
traffic receipts on 65 other lines amounted, on 3,320 miles,
to £105,112, and for the corresponding week of last year,
on 3,185 miles, to £100,714, showing an increase of 135
miles, and of £1,398 in the receipts. The total receipts of
the past week show an increase of £6,690 as com-
pared with those of the preceding week, ending the 10th inst.
Miles Opened. Receipts.

Railway". „..-_-.......,„--"..-...„,
1863. 1862. 1863. 1862.
£ £
Belfast and N. Counties . 136 136 1,730 1,656
Belfast and County Down.... 49 49 597 502
Blyth and Tyne . 28 28 1,248 1,525
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 107 5,091 5,016
Caledonian 230 230 16,231 15,721
Cockermouth& Workington Bl 81 221 288
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 302 279
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 147 163
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 53 53 1,053 1,000
Deeside l7 17 224 254
Dublin & Belfast Junction 63 63 1,287 1,326
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,279 1,426
Dub. & Wicklow and We'd d 4Bl 481 1,405 1,101
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,045 1,104
Edinburgh and 611asgow l69} 169} 6,658 7,025
Forth & Clyde Junction
Furness, &c 5O 5 ) 2,712 2,258
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union 644 614 26,666 25,057
Great Northern 330 330 26,047 23,629
Great North of Scotland 5B 58 1,743 1,828
(it. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 714 455 397 398
qt.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind.) 329 329 7,324 7,035
Great Western 992 964} 49,162 47,123
Inverness & Aberdeen June... 731 73i 826 679
Irish North-Western 195 130 1,691 1,559
Irish South-Eastern 2s} 25} 3(5 266
Lancashire & Yorkshire 395} 395 31,120 30,595
Limerick and Ennis... 241 2 138 161
Limerick and Foynes 261 26 101 113
Llanelly 461 46 937 478
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 51 1,609 1,361
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, & S. Coast 2474 2114 14,343 13,378
London, Chatham, & Dover 72} 72} 2,525 1,579
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend
Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh
Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham 9} 9} 3,060 1,137
Maryport and Carlisle 2B 2 1,381 1,051
Metropolitan 34 - 2,306 -
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 630 6141 37,988 35,610
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irlnd 249 1924 4,077 3,795
Monkland 7l 714 1,574 1,574
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,315 2,424
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee
N-Eastern and New. & Car 894 8674 36,190 34,826
North London _
_ 9 9 3 087 2,566

Mr. DaymEin observed that Mr. Hunt described
the cause of the quarrel, and the witness Maynard
spoke about that which connected the prisoner.
Mr. Wilson said the prisoner denied having made
the statement. He then called

North Staffordshire gtaffoidshire 248 246 7,545 6,873
..._.
Oswestry and Newton 42 42 864 539
Rhymney l9l 14 820 808
St. Helen's Canal At Railway, „ 52 52 1,914 2,035
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern 132 132 4,110 4,418
Somerset and Dorset 391 284
South Devon
South-Eastern .... ..... „ 306; 306 17,208 16,534
Stockton and Darlington ... „ 185 161 9,201 7,653
Taff Vale ..- 5B 54 4,727 5,128
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd.
Vale of Neath.
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 471 292
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,247 1,083
West Cornwall 27/ 271 644 850
W.llartlepoolHarbr.&Rail 39 39 3,061 4,280
W'haven,CleatorotEgrmnt, ~ 7 7 561 456
Whitehaven Junction .. . ...
Whitehaven St Furness Jun 35 35 740 643

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 g 95 672
Austrian B2B 828 21,315 30,757
Belgian Eastern Junction 26i 26i _
Buffalo and Lake Huron l6l} 181} 1,377 1,851
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5 185 3,240 3,316
Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 3,401 3,456
Eastern of France
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada lO9O 1090 __.

Great Indian Peninsula 495 437}
7,633 5,936
Great Luxembourg 134 128 3,579 3,113
Great Western of Canada 345 345 19,662 11,467
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 439 435 13,724 10,112
Northern of Canada ... 94 94 634 645
Northern of France 7Ol 680
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1491 1354 101,972 117,032
Paris and Orleans 1340 1201 61,466 47,874

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Pernambuco 7l 989
Royal Danish 69 69 566 497
Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,350 1,204
South Austrian
Southern of France

Welland.
West Flanders ..... 75 75 925 822
W. and N.W. of France 758 758 35,049 35,207

Two men named Bonner and Stenning, both in the
employ of Mr. Bryant, who stated that on the night
in question they were with the prisoner, and their
wives and children, and about six o'e►ock in the
evening they were in front of the Nine Elms Tavern
and had some gin and beer. They left about half
past six o'clock by the front door, and walked slowly
to the Plough and Harrow, Battersea-fields, a dis-
tance of half a mile. 'They left there at half-past
seven o'clock, and also the prisoner and his wife, at
the corner of Slea ford-street. The prisoner and his
wife were going down the street to their home.
Inspector Abrook said he could produce the land-
lord of the Plough and Harrow to prove that the
parties entered the house in a drunken state at the
time he was drawing the eight o'clock beer.
Mr. Dayman said he should remand the prisoner
for another week, as his own statement showed
that he was concerned in some way with the affray.
He consented to accept the same amount of bail—
namely, two sureties of £2O each, or one in DD.
The prisoner, who nad not been able to procure
bail, was again locked up.