The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-21 00:00:00

BURT ST. EDMUND'S AND TrIETrORD.

A meetitg has been held at Bury St. Edmund's
to induce subscriptions for the further amo int of
capital required (£67,000) for the c3nstruction of
this line. It has been on hand since 1863,
hitherto the amount of capital raised has been lesi
than £20,000. Several of the promoters of the
undertaking have now promised to increase their
holdings.

Commissioner Delano's Itepurt will contain the
following statistics of the Internal Revenue: -The num-
ber of seizures for violations of laws, for the fiscal year
ending Juno 30, 1869, WAS 1,744, and for the first quarter
of the fiscal year ending June, 1870, 1,021; the number of
cases compromised during the year ending Juno 30, 1869,
was 152 ; the amount received as tax thereon was
$156,004 86; assessed penalties fixed by law, $41,130 63 ;
amount received in lieu of fines, penalties, and forfti-
tures, $123,169 98; number of cases compromised during
the first quarter of the fiscal year ending June 30,
1870, 144 ; amount received as tax, $79,227 39 ; amount re-
ceived from assessed penalties fixed by law, SIO,GII 06 ;
in lieu of fines, penalties, and forfeitures, 833,817 08.
The number of suits brought in Federal Courts during
the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1869, was 4,578 ; of
these the number of proceedings in rem, was 844; num-
ber of indictments found, 2,552 ; number of other proceed-
ings in personam, 1,182 ; number of judgments recovered,
719 ; number of convictions on indictments, some inclu l-
ing more than one person, 1,020; number of acquittals,
207 ; whole number of suits decided in favour of the United
States, 2,166; whole number of suiis decided against the
United States, 432 ; number of suits settled or dismissed,
1,359; number of suits pending, July 1,1869, 4,007 ; amount
of judgments recovered in suits in personam, $994,531
48; amounts collected from such suits and paid into
court, 5114,791 01; proceeds of forfeitures paid into
court, $480,796 89 ; number of suits and proceedings Le-
gun in United States Court during the first quarter of
the fiscal year, ending Juno 80, 1870, as reported to
this office by United States District Attorneys, in rem,
275; in personam, 460 ; total, 736. Number of stamps re-
ceived from printers during the fiscal year ending June
30, 1869, 578,109,311, value $89,093,101 86; ditto during
first quarter fiscal year endiug June 80, 1870, 180,532,387,
value $49,223,728 38; Internal Revenue stamps issued
during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1869, 575,415,263,
value $78,090,293 11; ditto during first quarter fiscal year
ending June 30, 1870, 174,640,302, value $30,783,465 50 ;
value of tobacco stamps received during the first quarter
fiscal
year ending June 30, 1870, $15,730,289 74; ditto
issued during same time, $10,906,623 31 ; value of beer
stamps received during the first quarter of fiscal year
ending June 30, 1870, $2,820,042 25; value of beer stamps
issued during same time, $1,834,150. Number of abate-
ment claims acted on during the fiscal year ending June
30, 1869, 82,115 ; amount abated during that time,
$4,270,832 ; amount abated during the first quar-
ter of 1870, 1,077,216 97; number of refunding claims
disposed of duriug the fiscal year ending June 80
1869, 3,173 ; amount refunded same time, 8361,843 16;
rejected, $320,156 03. Number of refunding claims die-
posed of during the first quarter of the fiscal year,
ending June 30, 1870, 518; amount refunded during same
time, $53,597 09; amount rejected during same time,
$91,096 93. Value of stamps for distilled spirits on hand
and received during the first quarter of fiscal year ending
June 30, 1870, $17,232,925 ; value of ditto issued during
same period, $6,392,750; number of distilleries regis-
tered, 861. The number of officers connected with the
Internal Revenue Service who report to this bureau is•
about 6,000,