The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-10 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF TRAFFIC

The Tables, the result of which is here presented, are
founded upon Official Documents, obtained from the govern-
ment offices, and the local authorities, under the sanction of
a Royal Ordonnance, as before stated. They are compiled
upon the plan, and in the forrn. pursued by Mr. Robert Ste-
phenson, in the Traffic Tables, in his Report upon the Line
from Paris to the Belgian Frontier. They exhibit, in the
inner columns, the actual traffic only, computed at rates
much under the Tariff authorised to be charged. Several
items are here carried out in part only, although taken to
credit to the full amount (and justly so) by Mr. Robert Ste-
phenson.

Gross Total, Actual Traffic 8,510,916 francs.
Reduced Total, Part Taken .. 6,623,544 francs.
Deduct, say 50 per cent., working expenses from the re-
duced receipts, there will remain 3,311,772 francs, applicable
to a dividend on 18,000,000 of francs, or upwards of 18 per
cent. per annum, with the smaller amount of receipts, and
the larger estimate of capital.
Computed upon each of the other three bases of calcula-
tion, namely, the lesser receipts and the smaller capital—the
larger receipts and the larger capital, and the larger receipts
and the smaller capital, the dividend will be upwards of 204,
23, and 2611 per cent. per annum respectively.
Application for the remaining Shares to be made to Mr.
C. J. TowNLay ; to Mr. Bovvr, or any of the Liverpool
Sharehrokers, who are authorised to allot the Shares to ap-
proved parties, upon Payment of the Deposit jet° either of
the Banks as above. rhe zbt Aga's, etew ors &Molloy.

A LADY, who has resided some time on the Continent,
1.1 and knows the French Language, ita desirous of meeting
with a SITUATION as GOVERNESS, in a Family. She
is competent to teach Music and the usual branches of a
solid Education. References are kindly permitted to various
Families, in one of which she has resided eight years.
Address to A. 8., care of Mr. CARTER, Chemist, Bold-

NOW EXHIBITING,
(For the First Time in Liverpool.)
AT OLD POSTOFFICE PLACE,
"nUBUFES Two Grand Original PAINTINGS of ADAM
and EVE in PARADISE. I,C

These sublime Works of Art have keen exhibited to the
universal admiration of 947,000 Person..
Admission, Is. ; Sesson Tickets, (not transferable,) 2s.
Children and Schools Half-price.
Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night.

ROYAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, GREAT GEORGE-
STREET.

4TSS STOTT respeCtfully announces to her Friends and
the Public, that her FOURTH ANNUAL CON-
CERT of VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC will
take place at the above Rooms, on TUESDAY EVENING
next, Mardi 14, 1843.

VOCAL PERFORM ERS.—Miss Leach vqfrom Manchester.)
Mrs. Armstrong, Miss M. Swain, and Miss Stott; Mr. J.
Stott, Mr. Stott, Mr. Davies, Mr. Armstrong, and Mr. H.
V. Lewis, (of the Royal Academy of Music, London.)
INSTRUMENTAL PERFOR/..f ERS.—Mr. J. Z. Herrmann,
Mr. Eyton, Mr. C. Herrmann, and Mr. R. Davies.
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO PERFORMERS.--Miss Matthews,
(Grand Piano-forte,) Mr. P. Stubbs, (Clarionet.)
Conductor, Mr. George Holden, who will preside at the
Grand Piano-forte.
Tickets, for the Body of the Room, 55., and for the Gal-
lery, 3s. each, may be had at the Music Shops, and of Miss
STOTT, 41. Seymour-street.

Doors to be opened at Half.past Seven, and the Perform-
ance to commence at eight o'clock.—Books of the Words,
Sixpence each, may be had at the Door.

THE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS BILL

A bill was introduced into the House of Commons, the
other week, by Sir James Graham, for the Registration of
Voters, to define certain rights of voting, and to regulate
,tain proceedings in the election of Members of Parlia-
The principal alterations are as follows :

REPEALS.—Sec. 1 repeals all that part of the Reform Act
which relates to the registering of Electors, from the date to
be fixed by sec. 2 ; and sec. 56 abolishes the payment of one
shilling for claims in counties and registering in boroughs.
DUTIES OF CLERK OF THE PEACE.—SeC. 3 renders it im-
perative on the Clerk of the Peace of each county to have
forms of precepts, notices, and lists, printed and issued to
overseers on or before June 10, with copies of such part of
the register in force as relates to each parish or township.
DUTIES OF OVERSEERS AND TOWN CLERKS.—SeC. 4
requires Overseers, on or before June, to publish a notice in
writing, requiring all persons entitled to vote for knights of
the shire, not being on the register, or having changed their
qualifications or residence, to send in claims before July 20.
—5. Overseers to make out lists on or before the last day of
July, and publish the same on or before the Ist of August.
—B. Lists of objections to be published on or before the Ist
of Sep ember, arid copies to be kept for inspection during the
first 14 days of September, or delivered to any one requiring
them, on payment of Is. per copy.-10. Town-clerk to issue
precepts and forms to overseers of boroughs.-11. Overseers
to publish notices, on or before June 20, that no person will
be entitled to be registered as an occupier, unless he shall
pay, before July 20, all poors' rates and assessed taxes paya-
ble in the 12 months before the Gth of April preceding.-13.
14. Lists of occupiers and freemen to be published August 1,
and kept for inspection 14 days after.-18. Lists of Claims
and Objections to be published on the Ist of September, and
kept for inspection 14 days after.-24. Publication by Over-
seers to be made on the doore of churches and all other places
of worship, and by Town-clerk on Town-hall : if there be no
such buildings, in some other public place.-25. Notices, &c.,
to remain fixed two consecutive Sundays at least : if removed
or defaced to be restored.

OBJECTIONS.—Sec. 7 allows Notices of Objections to be
sent by post, free of postage; and sec. 17 requires Notices
of Objections to be given to the persons objected to, as well
as to the Overseers or Town-clerk.

REVISING BARRISTERS.—Secs. 29 and 30 limit Revising
Barristers to 3 for Middlesex, London, and Westminster, 10
for the Home Circuit, 14 Western Circuit, 12 Oxford Circuit,
n Midland Circuit, 8 Norfolk Circuit, 15 Northern Circuit, 6
North Wales, 6 South Wales, unless in case of illness or in-
ability to complete revision in due time.-31. Two Barristers
appointed for any county, city, or borough, may hold
separate courts at the same time and place, or at different
times and places.—By sec. 45 a barrister may order payment
of costs, not exceeding £2O, by persons making frivolous or
vexatious claims or objectiors.—And by sec. 46 barristers
may fine overseers frent .C 1 to for not making or deliver-
ing Lists. or other neglect of duly; not to affect liability of
overseers to action or other penalty under this act.

POLLING.—By sec 37 county voters residing out of the
polling district in vi hich their qualification lies, may claim to
vote in another district within the county.

COURT or APPEAL.—Secs. 58 and 59 require the Chief
Justices and Chief Baron jointly to appoint three barristers,
before the Ist of November next, to be the judges of the
Court of Appeal during good behaviour; and to fill up va-
cancies.—by secs. 62, 63, Judges of Appeal to be paid by
the day, so long as they shall be required to sit ; not to hold
office under the Crown, nor sit in Parliament—Sec. 43 allows
persons dissatisfied to appeal from Barristers' decision on
points of law to Rejstration Court of Appeals.—By section
65 appellants may be heard by Counsel.-67. Court of
Appeal to sit in London and Westminster, as soon as may
he after the first day of Michaelmas term.-69. No appeal
on questions of fact or evidence.—Right of voting not to be
aflected by pending appeal, nor poll by result of appeal.-
73. Court of appeal may give costs.

QUALIFICATION FOR VOTING.—Sec. 76 says, successive
occupations of £5O a year, and joint occupations are to give
votes for counties.-77. Mortgagees not to vote for counties
unless in possession or receipt of rents and profits ; and Trus-
tees riot to vote by reason of any trust estate; but the mort-
gagor and cestui que trust may vote.-78. Ten-pound occu-
piers in boroughs, called upon to pay, and having paid, all
poor rates, shall be entitled to be revistered, notwithstanding
any inaccurate description or misnomer in the rate.-79.
The distance of seven miles from the borough to be mea-
sured in a straight line—on the Ordnance map when com-
pleted.-82,84. The Register to be conclusive evidence of
the voter retaining his qualification, if he continues to reside
in the borough or within seven miles; and the only question
asked at the poll to be as to identity, having previously voted,
and having resided ever since the 31st of July previous, and
still residing, within the prescribed limits. A false answer
to he an indictable misdemeanour, and an oath may be ad-
ministered.

PISNALTY.—Sec. 90 orders the infliction of a penalty of
£lOO, or such less sum as a jury shall think just for wilful
contravention of the Act by any officer.-91. Election Com-
mittees may decide as to the right of any person on the re-
gister, or expunged or omitted therefrom, to vote, under cer-
tain limitations.-93. No misnomer or inaccurate descrip-
tion in any notice, list, or register, shall abridge the opera-
tion of the Act, provided that the denomination or descrip-
tion shall be such as to be commonly understood.

RIGHT OF OYSTER. FISHING IN THE FIRTH.--The Judges
of the First Division, yesterday, unanimously affirmed the
Interlocutor of the Lord Ordinary, in favour of the exclusive
right of the Duke of Buccleuch to the fishings from Cramond
to Newhaven, by the coast line in length, and in breadth
from a line passing from the Mickery Stone to Newhaven,
or due east. The town of Edinburgh has hitherto exercised
the right of fishing in this part of the Firth, but it would
now appear in &met contravention of the Duke of Due-
cleuch's right, as granted to him by royal charter.—Edin-
buryla paper.

SYCEE SILVER.—A parliamentary paper, delivered on
Tuesday morning, shows that the quantity of silver imported
from China in her Majesty's ship Conway, in January, 1842,
amounted to 2,001,200 dollars, weighing 143,6391 b. 2oz.
sdwt. gross, the standard weight of which was 148,5261 b.
4 z. 2dwt. This, sold from the Mint, realized £440,729 10s.
641., at the respective prices of 594 d., 59111., and 591 id. per
ounce. There was ro charge for melting the silver, Mr.
Mathison, the Mint refiner, under the sanction of the Trea-
sury, having undertaken to defray all expenses, in considera-
tion of being allowed 31 grains of gold (less 10 per cent.) on
every pound weight gross of silver. The gross weight of gold
extracted therefrom was 2,5300 z. ldwt. 17gr. • allowance to
Mr. Mathison, after deducting 10 per cent., '9400z. 13d wt.
9gr., leaving 1,589 ,z. Bdwt. Bgr. gross, which produced in
standard weight 1,7290 z. 7dwt. 21gr. The expense of trans-
porting the treasure from Portsmouth to the Mint was £2OO
15s. Bd. Gratuities to Mint officers, clerks, porters, &c.,
for extra exertions, £466 15s. Bd. The amount which the
gold prodnced, at £3 17s. 9d. per oz., was £6,723 Os. 4d.
By sending the silver to the Mint, instead of selling it in the
market, at the estimated price of 591 d. per ounce, the Mint
obtained a profit of £654 12s. 9d.

STOCKINGS MADE IN HALF-AN-HOUR!—We lately allu-
ded to the manufactory of a new patent knitting machine,
established in the vicinity of Newabbey village : and we are
happy to say, that the first machine constructed there is now
all but finished, and is already in working order. The merit
of inventing the machine belongs to Mr. Thorburn, stock-
ing manufacturer, in this town ; and although the model was
completed full seven years ago, the delays incident to all
such inventions, and especially those caused by our compli-
cated patent laws, have hitherto prevented a proper consum-
mation. The machine is compressed into a very small com-
pass, and possesses nothing in common with the stocking
frame now in use, with the single exception of the needles.
When the thread has been looped on by the workman, over a
certain number of needles according to the breadth of the
article to be made, the mechanism set a-going, and, driven
by water-power, moves backwards and fkiorwerds, adding a
row at each movement to the rapidly forming web, the work-
men having nothing to do but see that all is going on rig• ht,
without the necessity, as in the common frame, of labouring
with his hands or feet. In the formation of stockings, for
into
play the greater or less number of needles brought
play at the will of the workman, varies the breadth of the
web to suit the tapering necessary to fit the varying thi▪
ck-
ness of the leg and foot; while in the formation of the heel,
which, as all housewives know to their cost, requires an extra
fortification against the friction of the shoe, three threads
are brought at once into play, by a novel and beautiful adap-
tation of the machinery, and a treble row of loops formed
in that tender pert by one and the same movement. The
stockings which we saw, on Saturday last, made in this man-
ner, are of a beautiful fabric, the regularity of the looping
far surpassing that of the ordinary manufacture. The whole
process, from the top of the leg to the tip of the toe, can be
completed in the short space of half-an-hour, when the
stocking is ready to be atiched and then worn ; and it is,
moreover, anticipated, that experience will enable a single
workman to superintend the movements of two machines at
one and the same time. Even without this, however, the
saving of labour is very great ; as by the present method a
stocking cannot be made in less than an hour and ten mi-
nutes, while, as before observed, the new machine obviates
the necessity of any bodily trzerdort.--Thassfrftfes Courier

plainant, who was the person that prevented it being granted,
ought to give him, or he had better look out. One one
occasion, when he called, I observed he was very much ex-
cited'''

The following information of John Walsh, colourman, 8,
Bernard's-inn, was next read:—
" I know John Dillon, 137, Strand, and saw him one day
last week iri a coffee-house iu Westminster, when lie cc,
menced a conversation with me respecting 111'N---'

_........ ...
also referred to the case of Bellingham, t;:ho eh
• -

ten. He

ceval, and said there was a wide difference between his case
and that of M`Naughten, as Bellingham had received a bond
fide injury, by which he was driven mad, whereas the other
had received none at all. He contended that Bellingham was
perfectly justified in shooting Mr. Spencer Perceval. He
continued this conversation with two strangers present, and
told them he had a claim upon the Government, and unless
it was given to him he would have a pop at some of their
and if he did shoot any one it should be Goulburn.
currence took place late in the evening, and he appeared to
be quite sober, and determined to put his threat into execu-
tion, saying, When I am tried I'll not plead insanity, but
injustice.' One of the st rangers observed, Why not petition
the House of Commons upon the subject, and wait for a reply
to your petition after it will be laid on the table.' He replied,
' Before I can receive any answer to any petition that I may
make, I'll have taken Mr. Goulburn's life and a swing for
it.' "

This oc-

The warrant was ordered to issue immediately, and the ap-
plicant, with the other gentlemen, left the court.
The following is the substance of the letters referred to :
" February 22. _

" Sir,—l have received a Treasury letter of il;lsCaylBdate,
written in the same style as the former ones—that is, showing
a determination to overrule all law and justice.
" If you are under an impression that you can baffle me
over on a board whose members have heretofore informed ma
that my case rests solely in your hands, you are mistaken.
" I beg to refer you to my letters addressed to W. H. Ste-
phenson, Esq., dated the 21st and 22d instant.
" Sir, there is no man on earth abhors the act of an assassin
more than I do, but your injustice is sufficient to drive me to
such an unjustifiable action. I would prefer the most igno-
minious death by the open hand of an enemy than I can live
drawing on a miserable existence, in debt, out of employ-
ment, and brooding over a case that law and justice have long
since commanded should have been finally and favourably
adjusted in my behalf. The late King,who knew my charac-
ter, did caution his Ministers not to trifle with me, but insti-
tuted an inquiry into my case, which has taken place.
" You admit the correctness of the report under that
agreement, and why not do me justice on the faith of your
own admission?
" 1 am, Sir, your most obedient, very humble
DILLON. servant,
" JOHN
" To the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer."
" 28th of February, 1843.

" Sir,—l have already expressed my regret at a note I
wrote to you on the 22d, under a feeling which I cannot de-
scribe. I trust, for justice sake, you will order to be laid
before you my letters written under my cool dictation, ad-
dressed to the Lords of the Treasury, which I handed to Mr.
Leake, who read it in my presence on the 25th instant ; also
my letter of the 27th inst., addressed to Sir George Clark,
which I placed in the hands of his private secretary, who
read it also in my presence. If these letters are not attended
to, I assure you, without the crime of an assassin, I prefer
to be placed in the same situation as that villain Wlslaughten,
than draw on the miserable existence I am now suffering—
out of employment, in debt to those friends who had confi-
dence in my honour, with an estate which had been over 200
years, in my family, now enjoyed by Lord Templemore and
Mr. Maunsel, of Galway. Every article I have is in pledge.
The late King, who knew my character, and my late friends,
Sir Herbert Taylor and Sir Robert Spencer, requested of
Lord Althorp not to trifle with me, but to give me a fair
trial, which has taken place by his lordships own suggestion
as to my judge. It is that trial by your own admission I

stand—all I ask is for justice.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your most obedient, very bumble servant,
" JOHN DILLON'.
" To the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer '

" March 4, 1843

" Sir,--Under the following statement I appeal to your
power :—You will please to remember that you were the
Chancellor of the Exchequer when I renewed my claim for
the capture of the Peru, after the final condemnation of that
al-
leged gaela.Tiohset m
repyly was, that a charge of cowardice was al-
accusation, and praapypeedalfor I was answered in
lanreionagoonirsytr.ated against such an
reply by the then Secretary to the Treasury, by their lord-
ships' directions, that, if I could remove the charge of
cowardice, the claim should be allowed. Your successor,
Lo rd Althorp, reiterated the same charge as the only objec-
tion, and for the moment sheltered himself under the usual
official cloak of injustice—that my case had been closed by
his predecessor under the charge of cowardice, and that it
was laid down by the Treasury not to re-open a case which
had been closed by their predecessors. Having no alterna-
tive, I had a petition presented to the House of Commons,
on which a notice of motion was given on the 24th of May,
1833, and abandoned, under a special agreement on the part
of
histhe Copriono,
wionto submit the case to Sir Edward Codrington,
for
whether I was censurable for my conduct as
an officer, and that the negative would be an immediate order
for the payment of my claim. Tlie agreement was carried,
and the report was made, that I was highly justified in my
conduct in not having boarded the Peru, and that I had done
my duty. I am satisfied that my claim would have been
paid, but for the prejudice
o and unfounded observaticonasrogfeth re-
e of
then Mr. Spring Rice ; yu, after- years,
turned to the
cowardice which was brought against me having been most
satisfactorily refuted, and still withhold my claim.
" I appeal to you, is not such isnji andust sendiecein m
suffiycopierbneastleitnot
darlrnivoesat
man in my situation to take a pitothrough
you ? lam afraid, by your keeping me
starving situation, you will drive me to such
ban asecrtvioann.t,
" am, Sir, your most obedient very
" JOHN DILLON.

" To the Right Hon. ecc.-
It was stated in the court, that the accused was in the pas_
sages in the House of Commons, on Monday
evening, making
anxious inquiries after the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Wednesday
been the the day
Immediately after Mr. Goa!barn had laid his information,
and the warrant had been issued for Dillon's apprehension,
the police, under the direction of Mr. Inspector Haynes,
of
before
the A division, were put into the most active requisition, in
evening,order to
the discover
inspector
earnedd i rtihtahte
hceo uhrasde
previously, arrested for debt, and lodged in WhitecrOss-street
prison. As he is of course, under these circumstances, vir-
tually in the custody of the sheriff, a writ of habeas corpus
must be obtained for the P
Mr. Hall, the chief magistrate of Bow-street, to answer the
urpose of bringing him up
charge contained in the information of the right honourable
gentleman. A detainer has been lodged against him. In
yesterday's Times appears a letter from Dillon, in which he
expresses his " regret that he should have allowed his temper
to have overreached his cooler judgment, and for which he
begs most fully and amply to apologise."
It appears that he formerly commanded the preventive
Coast Guard station at Millcove, in the county of Cork.
When out with his boat on duty on this station he pursued
an American smuggler (the brig Peru, of New -York), and
prevented her from effecting an intended landing in the har-
bour
of Glendon. The sea was at that time running high, and
Dillon, fearful lest his boat should be swamped, desisted from
the pursuit, as the brig rounded the Old Head of Kinsale,
under an idea that she must have put off to
snc
with the satisfactory reflection that he had foiled her ea,
a
The Peru, however, put into the harbour of Kinsale,project.
she was boarded by Mr. Masters, the Custom where
condemned as a • s-surveyor of
the port, seized, and lawful prize. Mast
received upwards of £ll,OOO as his share, Dillon only £so.ers
The latter, feeling that he was most unjustly treated by this
ill-proportioned distribution of the prize-money, has succes-
sively,ent
but unsuccessfully, petitioned the differ Chancellors
of the Exchequer from Mr. Rice to Mr. Go lb •
ap-
pears that some suspicion of coward' • • ice, arising from the fact
in . It u n
that he did not pursue the smuggler further and
himself, has hitherto stood in the way of his claims. seize her
This
suspicion—together with disappointment, and hope deferred
---has at last driven him to an act of mischievous
complicated with the most deplorable wickedness,
infatuation.

THE MEETING. ON. THE. SOMERS.-The court of inquiry
court finds that a meeting did exist on board,
has given an opinion in this case, and. the substance is as
:—The court
Cromwell, and Small were ringleaders in
aifton:dlaontldsaht'ave acqu►tted. Commander M'Kenzie, being satisfied
been kind to his crew, and attentive to their
d their comforts ; that he was studious to promote
their knowledge of their profession, and that no punishments
wthaanttsheanbad
were inflicted greater than were rendered necessary by the
discordant nature of the crew, and the proper discipline of a
man-of-war.

CONSPIRACY AND ROBBERY.
—The
history of alleged breach—
robbery, on the part of
ofa mastervof
Toahf e
trust,
vessel, following
conspiracy,i
sg imv given
nst
nx
attrnhade-
Native, of Limerick, Jelin 7(inesday
of Mr. Francis Spaight, took in early last
London, a valuable cargo of teas, Limerick Chronicle—t schooner
sTboevember,
t
asWhite, sugars,master, o
baancdcot,h the
npdrsoppiecretsy,
consigned to traders in this city. The vessel sailed for he d
r
destination, but Thtving encountered bad weather, was oblige
to put into Ramsgete where she underwent extensive re-
pairs to the amount V.£450. The master set sail again after
Christmas, but was t tposed to a return of adverse gales, and
compelled to put inv.. St. Helens, where it is alleged a most
nefarious plot was frai led to plunder the cargo and scuttle
the vessel, for which p irpose the Native was moored to the
Motherbank, near Ryde, Isle of Wight. Captain White, it
is said, privately covenanted with certain persons for the sale
of near sixty chests of tea, and engaged with shore boatmen
to remove them out of the vessel for the sum of £lOO, and
which were accordingly landed by night, the:master, in the
interim, taking the crew to Portsmouth, as if on
le duty, so
the
as
not to observe the opening of the hatches,
butleaving
mate, Joseph Youngbusband, on board.
it appears that the
mate was paid £5O for his share of the plun for de
hr, the captain
telling him he had only £5O remaining imself. .
Spaight, the owner of the vessel, has recovered out of the
proceeds of this nefarious traffic a receipt for bills on the
Hampshire Bank to the amount of £247, and a receipt for
.£76 from the captain to the buyers of the tea. The vesttl
next sailed for Lymington, on her passage to Limerick (but
mate, and crew
which port it was intended she should never reach, as the
deficiency would be found), and in the creek of the former
place was secretly bored, five auger holes being made in her
dnfothrnelamtiaotne on
Na-
bottom. which were plugged up immediately after. The Na-
tive finally put to sea next morning, when the plugs were
drawn, the boats hoisted out, the master,
deserting the vessel, which sank in a few minutes after, and
they landed at Poole, in Dorsetshire, the villanous scheme
having been so far successful. In about a week after their
arrest
tSopfa itghhet
captain
oeda
oi
oath
hivavLiicnh Limerick,
t o
h e
the lost vessel, who are now in the city gaol, and
cations have been addressed to the Board of communi-
cations of Portsmouth and Cowes, with copies Customs, the
on the tea packages surreptitiously disposed of the marks
of to •
an inquiry after the missing property, , Institute
donee of the other guilty minim sl2d to Procure evi-

red up.
Dows-

Id up out of their dark and narrow