The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-24 00:00:00

FALSE WEIGHTS AND SCALES.

On Saturday the following ogees were prosecuted
at the Iheenseseas' Tavern Great Queen•ettuet. by Mr.
Reeve, the Inspector of Weights and Maumee, before
James Whisker, Esq., chairman of the Middlmm Special
Sessions, and several other justices:
James Joseph Twins, 161, Drory-lane, cheesemonger,
was charged with having in his possession two illegal
balances, me being half an ounce, and the other a quarter
of an once short. Mr. Whisk,. inquired the extent of
defendant's business. The inspector mid is wp an excel-
lest one. Defendant denied that it was so, Ins stock con-
aiming principally of " dummies." (A laugh.) Mr. Whis-
(arptieed)—" What, de you mean to say that there
are Malaise of &atoms Cheshire, Dutch, and other
cheeses, as well as butters t" Defendant replied, that, how.
ever strange it might seem, such really was the fact. Mr.
Whisk., said, it was a remakable secret, quite new to him,
and fined the defendant 20s.

Drury-lane buttorman, was
ordered to pay2l. 16s. for two deficient biases and sodas and
three light weights.
Thorn's Robinson, 166, Drury-lane, cook-shop keeper,
was adjudged to pay 11. fora false balance to the extent of
6 drachms.

William Kipling, cheesemonger, 178, Drury-latteijusl to
pay 20s. under precieely similar circumstances.
WWl= Johnson, baler, 63, Broad-street, for three light
weights, was bud 205., and Elsa Brownjohn, also a baker,
in Broad-wrest, wu sentenced to pay 20e. for a false balance.
William' Strohm, 19, Little Barl-etrest, baker, was. men-
trued to • lbw of 21. for two illegal weighing machines.
John Sutton, 3, Little St. Andrew street, cheesemonger,
was iummened for a like offence, and deed V.
John Isaac Israel, 13, Tower-street, St. butcher,
was adjudged to pay a fine of 20s. for four incorrect
weights.
William Williams, 10, Dudley-street, chandler, for an
unjust balance, bad to pay 16s.
John Mueday, 4, New Turnstile, chandler; was fined Ws.
for • light unstansped weight; and William Ileunden, •
pork-butcher, at 16, Frinces-etreet, Bt. Gibe's, was ordered
to pay U. 2s. Bd. for a deficient balsams and a abort weight.

TIM CALORIC SHIP ERICSSON.—The Nolo York
Herald says:-The Ericsson wee put under calorie early on
Tuesday mornin, and started from Williamsburg between
nine and ten o'clock. At 9k. 66m. she paned the flag staff
on Governor's Island, and at 10h. 30m. and 30 seconds she
was abreast Port Diamoed, thus making a distance of &even
and threw eighths miles in 34 minutes and 30 seconds. From
thence she proceeded down the bay, rounded to below Spit
Head buoy at Ilh. 91m., end there anchored In nesse
of a snow squall. fasesstamsed on Wedsesday. aid
off the Battery at abasittws o'clock in the equates. The
distanee between the seated points on Governor' bleed and
Fort Diamond, being accurately known by 4iangnlsEinto
be seven easel US ma, the used aMined was as stated
about 14 miles imbrue The sensesepsies of foil I.
ascer-
tainsd to be only si* Dogfish tow pee !6 boors, a saving,
as compared with sasemaships, of more the.llo per cent. sari
the ship draws 16 feet 10 inches on an ever keel, this per-
formance, at a first trial, has astonished all concerned in the
enterprise. The vessel mesrares MO fest in length of desk,
and 40 fest in breadth of beam; her depth of hold is 21
feet, and ber hurtles 9,200 tons. lake the Arabia, of the
Canard line, she has bat two masts, and like our
swiftest clippers, she is extremely sharp in her prow.
She has no figure-head. Hes stern present' the davits'
of two figures —allegorical +spree/stations of the United
Slates and Great Britain placing • wreath around the brow
of the inventor. As an engineering achievement, the
maehinsry of the Brinson is very far ahead of anything
afloat. The engineer who beholds four open cylinders, each
of 168 inches in diameter, with their pistons of upwards of
twenty-two thousand superficial inches area, moving up
and down in eight, through a spun of six feet, eat best
appreciate the greatness of that echievemest. To the
ordinary observer, the movement of the whole machine is
wonderful.
AIMICULASt CONFUSION MINE CHURCH OF ENO-
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LAND.--OZZAT PALOTISTAXTLiWrIXOI;—/LIWt
FAIDAT.—This afternoon • large and iniluential
meeting wee held in this at oa the eilijeet of eurieular
goofiest= in the church of -England. W. Porter, Esq.,
presided. There were present Sir J. B. Y. Buller, Bart.,
M.P. for the southern division of the county; L. V. Palk,
Req.; R. Durant, Req., and divers of the musty aristo-
army, ea well as a number of gentlemen from Plymouth,
Torquay, and other towns. &vend clergymen of the dio-
cese of Exeter were present, amongst whom was the Rev.
G. C. Gorham. Sir Ralph Lopes, kf.P., excused his ab-
genes on the mere of indisposition. Mr. Palk moved the
following resolutions " That whereas the practice of and-
ealar confession of a Romaniaing character, accompanied in
some instances by the imposition of penance, has of late
years been encouraged by Nome of the clergy, contrary to
the doctrines end usages of the united church of England
and Ireland, this meeting earnestly deplores such departure
from the simplicity of protestant worship, and deems it ex-
pedient that all such alleged practices should be duly
Inquired into by competent authori_ty." He alluded at
some length to the case of the Rev. Mr. Prynne Bided,' and to the conduct of the Bishop of Exeter is reference
thereto.—Mr. Vivian (a county magistrate) seconded the
motion, which was carried uneninieuely.—Mr. B. Fulford
(a county magistrate) then moved the adoption of a petition
to her Majesty.—Other gtntlemen thin addressed the meet-
kg, and it was unanimously resolved that the petition be
circulated throughout the county for signature, and be pre-
seated to the Queen through the Earl of Morley.