The Express.
London, England, 1849-10-13 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE SUNDAY LABOUR.

MEETING AT EXETER.

A eery Dammam starting of magistrates, cathedral
diph.siis, clergymen, and merchants of this city, was kola
Godeth dl yeetinday (Friday) aiternoog, resventd by
the sayer, C. Arden, B q., upon • requisition to take into
eseldtmtion the istraded sew arreogisseata to be made la
tits management of the Lomita Pootrodloo.
The Haler baring bees celled to the chair,
Canoe BULL moo sad said that, although le took no part
ta originating tale ibegtins, yet ea his name wee attached to
ow "get-Mon, he tell bound to shad. He was sorry to
my oat chinerllor Merv, Cases Bartholomew, Casa-
ohm Harreagere. and other rsqlsisitlesista wars prevented,
boas rugeged elo.mbero. Ho. taenfore, appeared to rpsak
poor seauments as well as his own. He should net attempt
so detain me mewing by a Mum atlas apes the hsetitattas
titbit Samoan, beitstimild pa* totbe resnuatiga he had M pro-
pole : Twit tue nee big Imo observed lei -111 term and alarm
chs preh ere d new reguleuton is the Umeral Post-ofiloe, by
which • Mg-. alhJalal of Sunday labour will be squint' iu
that (suet Maras, as& is is arable to perceive any reason
why say ....ur.ot tall offered to the canal+, t Mon should
bo star • wi h the esmateseememeat*t so great an evil is
tondo., " u,. Ball proceeded to oaf, he was at a lies to
asters. d b .w • very gnat amount of labour spread over
the eonuire ass u. b. reudsred unnecessary by the more in-
mew co It t.. 50 sodittosal clerks, employed in London
florin the $ lobate. Asaminir that the amount of labour
was spitted 1.. t • cminiry, be, toe one, was obliged to say, at
say cat a•ii,d manumit the preseat regalatione in Lone
don, and r vase.: he Aid it to be a matter ul tW
atm atm, o oast tbs. Chneti "sentry should acknow-
ledge ii rout way •-•r mother, and should evince a desire to
maintain ...Dusty ea, •ne Sabbath. It might be said, •
that there was alveoli some work done upon the Sunday.
It was true cermie eurriga math brought letters and a bug,
transmittiug int. Digest* of imp rtauce to the government,
was sent out et se raving on a Sunday. It was right that
tiara should be no delay when that knowledge might be the
salons of pretesting peace and tranquillity, but it was vary
&germ%w i h regard to the cony. Meats of publ a batistes, and
ha held that 11 al.l•llCkalks were occupied ton the special per-
pose 01 pr wing the goveroinent with Lesnudiate
ikon. slit did out Stonily the iucteming the number atd
romeguently turingiog about dm desecration of the Lord's
Day. Be epproted tit relief being afforded to the country
alas, bat he did nut see why it stead be attended with the
contrary priut•ple of an ,awasioc of labour in Loofas. He
resemeeted with pleasure that • meeting in that place
(Baster) had ob.ained the favour of only one delivery us •
Sunday, sad he had beard • letter-carrier, who heel siace
gone t-• his account, express his extreme thauktulness f r the
opportmi tee be had derived sitlCo the alteration of being
enabled to wined thumb upon the Lord's Day. They hid
done that to Kanter. Why could it not be done so else-
where? 1. ...Ind be dme very well without tuvolving the
other prop. into -n, sod Is lett it to Mr. ROWIIIO,I Bill to
effect, to wo-e• inamstity hi paid great dolomites end most.
Cannon Bunt re.untest hiss:at amid seatral applause, a:ter
proposing th • isolating.
Ce..nt. T. L. a.IIWIS Breaded thi motion, which we.
pried go. anyway
i.e. Prehenoialy FORD was heartily glad is b-iag am-
bled to 1. es. h-lping band to protest against, and, it pa
gbh', to mend, toe progress of a measure whisk he thooeht
was traus..% with gnat evil to this Christian community, sod
be propewu the traitemissioa of • memorial to toe Lord. of
the Treasury, to t..• Jan that the a.ust,nams 'Lilo,
and I habitants of Brew) regaid with *or sus iipprehea-
Son the adoption of any public es .sutra sorter hems • ten-
dency, even in the rent •t• et de, re et, to in:ro g•- up is the
sacredness of the Sabbath, t.el p any .1.-a of her Ma-
='s alkbj. eta 01 the day u .. • a . log ordinary M.
, Imo tv i. t. nom Mae ..p. v ...awl' of attsnoluog
pablie worship. That Ito) go co.. tb. honour and
regard paid to the Sabbath soy tf...50410.10% lbw lw d, and
isperisuy in the wietropolie, u a •it ,teat di.thigunhusi
illatelall 0 1111 r are mai r h,o.r co", o er, and that it is
trough% with ilol.llllllbtte.l to•ii n. tits communi.s at
large, es ,on ul 10,3•11... u.. 1.11/601 blessing. Test,
entertaining thus. opinions-, • net eon ti.c but deuviyiv,ftt,
the reams ...ire, wi.s.tii Ice e •lcula it to aff.ct the casemate'
of its 8, • as-y is t• • r polo , and, may tw, to pre-
pare too was r earthen Sao ra ...IAII.IIIII Post-tiface dyers-
mat. sot ye. vest each spew evils, toey commie* it to
be • dal, a.. 0 n story owe to hit one smiths add the
*navy at mega to .iv. this intl• rapt talon of that alma
Inoue Ind ei oot.oue 111414.1140019 to the change awl
kantbly to pray your lutdaai. ,o stiod the or-.sr, by log
which the ininos of a v. ry large portion of the com-
munity w II ies relieved tram the tears which they now
estertain.
Capt. BINGHAM, R.N., e. minded the adoption of the
memorial.
The memorial was on'out. d uaaniatoutly.
J. C. SESCOMBE, B-q., proposed that the mayor be
requested to eign the manurial on behalf of the meeting. It
was the cause of Mundial y and of humanity to prevent
say farther denteration of the Sabbath than was absolutely •
awe airy.
W. D. MOORE, Big , proceeded to second Mr. Ser.
cambers motion, and to observe that the rtquieition was
dried by 98 names, of which 71 were not poly laymen,
bat directly interested in the queetion, being a trade. Toe
sips are D thu mayor w.nald be the airmen:re ut the city of
Raster.
The reeolution was then carried without a dissentieot.
Urn the moti.rn of tee Rev. W. JACKSON, a vote of
Snots was riven to the mayor, who acknowledged the com-
plimeat, nod Ike emoting unewilved.

BEAUrea' HoenTAL 80CleTT.—The Genii quar-
terly e art of the shove ineosporated charity wee be:ci
saterdsy, at the (Mee, 74, King William street, John
yaboaelere, Baq., in the chair. The secretary having
teed the minutes of the previous mart, whisk were duly
swelirmed, the quarterly amounts were laid before the own.
By Owe it sppered that the receipts for the last quarter
amounted to 2,7661. 7. 3d., including • heneret of 6001.
from the late B K Hunt, Seq. ; and the expenditure to
1,1111131 2. 111., leaving a baleoce ie hand of 7831. 4s. 44
The only lain in the expenditure requiting sone wee the
large amount set down fur funerals, nearly 1001.,the increase
hang nes i mod by t's recent preveleeee of cholera. During
the quart. r just expired upwards of 230 mem were received
ea hoard the botspital skip, of which number about one half
lensisand family, the prod mortality ban accounted or
by the feet that menus ce vessels seldom sent their men until
they were almost an a dying state. At present patients ere
neen. d on b ard the DiVleihiTA the DeWitt tight having
town tokenlate deck at Woolwich, by order of the Lords, f
the Adeeirdty, toe aspens. The seamen were passed, end
Ike can. having no alter busin.es beton it, adj tuned.
Teas neat= Tll.7.olwl9l.—Tae cost of a tat-
ri/hoe in England is 1601. per min. is Amnia under
pee mile, sad fa Pieria wader 201. per sail*. The
tsierepli in Prussia moist' of one wire, ntendlaw over
1,402 mile., is under argued, pottered with gutty
sad affordieg many edentates over the present lira
Zeeland. The institutes% used in Prussia is by M roe, end
It is capable of omissions 1 000 words in an hour. In
America there see npwsros of 10 000 males of tel. graph line,
sod ell worked in • cheep manner. In Entitled there are
may 2,000 males of telegraph lice in op. ration, sad the eat
of traamami..a is as yet much hisher then in Mbar
this country the wires an expend to the at-
Mesphetre. Bo long se this valuable mode of omemeake-
dm is shove pound, so long must there be an amount
of usernautty about it. If tli• wine were pl teed wider
it would he mask more dallied, to deem y these. In
Owed
weds Weary 11101111•1411 in Prussia. tLe testy
Mike of telegraph slave greed were cut easy twee II
different time., wl.ls AGM 11•41. yet...lend escaped untouched.
Ms Bait India Company intend to aroot the underground
!digraph for the 10,000 mile• of line they ere preparing to
lay down is that swastry. The .implicity sad tzwdstion
With which tibiae/4hp is America an meet:meted is
sensishing. Locu.t or 'theme a pl. s, twenty test long,
are cut iu the woods by the (hearty. Warn along the line,
and placed by them at thief sword madame; belles are dug
three feet six inches deep; the poke are set with glass
isidators (instead of earthenware. as ten), are attached to
the poles within three inches of the toe. the Win extended
and in • few days, at • comparatively trifiing expense, whole
lines are homed. The repiersof the posts end wins are en-
trusted to the Unman living at intervals of five miles along
the lines, who are famished with a few tools to effect re-
join, v • hammer, a small bane anvil, a punch, • pair of
payers, and a screw, by which the ends of the wire* are
drawn t salter, a few small rings and small lineb pins ;
with the cold chisel, hake are punchtd is the ends of the
wire, both mu is pawed through the ring, and the Leah
piss put in, which completes the job, the termer having for
his reward the privilege of asthma; his enesesuniestioss by
the telegraph free. The bates lar• invariably carried
along the sides of the moil :nada throughout the
essatry, and it is astosishing the little rawest of
repairs annually necessary either to the wires or posts.
There is no instance of midi:iota or wilful injury
being done to either throughout the country. This is ac-
counted for in two ways—fint, the anxiety on the pert of ell
dosses to promote and encourage every useful improvement
sad invention throughout the whole extent of the lard ; and
next, free the fact that each termer along the whole lie
who has supplied either material, or labiar for Its erection
becomes wry willingly a shereho!der to the extent at least
of the amount of the labour and materials he has furnished.
Sane the residents sloop the line have an interest in its
misty, and in promoting its success. To realise the
regularity, the perfection, and at the seas time the aim- I
plieity of the immense ham of telegraph is America, they
must be wen and examined to be thoroughly understood.
In the east, when materials are high end labour net
cheep, they are constructed at • net of one hooked
aad eighty dollars, or thiny. five peands sterling per mile ;
is the west, where =titian are cheep and labour high, the
cost of construction is about 301. etiling, or 160 dollars per
mile. The hue now meeting sad In contemplation,_ fl3lll
St. Look, on the Missouri River, to California, on the Paella
Ocean, extending more then 2,600 miles• is estimated to coot
net more than 150 dollars, or 301. sterling per mile. Within
the last year hors's newly invaned morbid' is almost ex-
clusively us. d, by WHIN Of which the communications are
printed on • narrow sup of paver sad *welled from a cilia-
der like a continuous pines of ribbon, the enatents of which,
as it comes off the cylinder, is reentered is a hoot belaying
to the office, end the actual printed slip itself pat into am
envelops sod sat off directed to the party foe wham it wen
istended. —Edosbwres Review
ACCIDEI42 TO A POST-07710E RlDllll.—Yeeterdei
aa alarming aseklest occurred, between the boars of 4 sad
tgetlagosasomai with the G. nerd Post-ollee. As be we
elate Cheapside on hi-rsehaek with some letters,
the bane stschltd, and the led wes pitched over the hag's
head on his bark. A cab drive pest at the time, the driver
of which had not time to pull up, and the wheels passed
over the youth's body. He was immediately conveyed to
the hospital, with little hope of mavery.