The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-01 00:00:00

known to a circle of readers so large a to have
startled those who thought by a eombinatio, to put
us down;—who dared to say to the public, You
shall not have this paper—nor any paper for le.P‘
than five-pence ! A journal that expresses the public
Will is a great power ; but a combination of news-
papers is as a rope of sand against a combination of
the Public. That Public has given an answer to our
appeal which we at least cannot mistake—nor will
our rivals long. The Doily News is, now, one of the
" great facts" of the age—an experiment no longer,
but taking its high place among the things that are.
Many are coming—and will come—in, to share the
triumph of the principle for which we first fought
single-banded :—and all are welcome. Woe be to
those who come latest—since they must come at last !

IRELAND.

increased by 121. 10s., one of the creditors hastne obtained
judgment sine* the form''r petition, the casts 'of e!,11.
41. 10e., were added; and another creditor, who had ad-
vanced the petitionerfit., to enable him to apply to the court,
and who had received a pledge of the furniture, was also added.
Mr. Dodge, in opposition,. submitted that there were two objets-
Minks, and called on the court to dismiss the petition. First, the
plea,* to Mr. Woolf as security for the money advanced
for the expenses of the petition; secondly, a sale of part of
the peti!ioner's furniture in August for 10s., and pay-
ment thereout to various persons named in the bahnee
sheet, and he read the clause of the petition and the affidavit
annexed, and inferred to the statute. The words of the pe-
tition are, "That your petitioner has not parted with or
changed any of his property (except for the necessary sup-
port of himself and his family, and the necessary expenses,
not exceeding 81., of this his petition, or in the ordinary
course of trade), at any time within three months of the
date of filing of this his petition, or at any time with a view
to this petition. -The commissioner said there was another
objection, that the petitioner had put his own valuation on
the furniture, and assigned it when he ought to have come to
the court. —Mr. Greets said it had alwa, a been the practice,
and there was no other way of doing it than that adopted in
this case. The act of parliament gave him the excepted
articles, subject to the direction of the commissioner tor a
valuation, if he should think fit, and until the petition was
file.l it could not be known whether such further valuation
would be required. And, with respect to the other objec-
tions, he required the whole of the opposing creditor's case
to be gone into before he answered the frivoous objections
now made ; observing that tho unfortunate petitioner had
been, since the 15th of October, endeavouring to get a hear-
ing, and that he had been met with nothing but petty objec-
tions. But the commissioner decided otherwise. Mr.
Green then 'mid there was nothing in either of the ob-
jections. The petitioner had a right to pledge the
property given up to the creditors; a fortiori, his ex-
cepted articles, to enable him to petition. How other-
wise was he to get before the court? Why, the very
language of the petition before cited showed that, and
his (rind Mr. Dodge knew it was so. That the sale of
the furniture was ellowable, if made for the support of his
family, and his friend was premature in his objection until
he had made out that it was not made for that purpose,
which he might endeavour to do by examining the petition.
It would be quite absurd to hold that a man was not at
liberty within the three months to pay ordinary debts for
bread, meat, &c. That such was not the meaning of the
words " parted with at changed." Besides, the property
was all in court, and might be given up.—Mr. Dodge shortly
replied.—The Commissioner said a few words in confirma-
tion of ?dr. Dodge's views and his own as to the excepted
articles, and dismissed the petition.—Mr. Green then asked
the Commissioner and Registrar to take a note of the reasons
alleged for dismissing the petition, as he said he should
apply elsewhere.—The Commissioner rare souse directions
about the future practice of the brokers with respect to the
valuation of the excepted articles ; and Mr. Green then rose
and said—Since your Honour has sat in that chair, there
have been so many petitions dismisaed, and there is so much
difficulty in conducting petitioners' cases, thatl have almost
come to the determination not to take any more of their
money to practise in this court.—Commissioner Call the
next case.

wAHWICHEMRIE.
AN IMTROTFAIENT OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAM has
been made and patented by Mr. Weldon, of Rugby, and has
been purchased by the gleetric Telegraph Company (the
present proprietors of Cooke and Wheatstone's patents). The
improvement consists mainly in the substitution of a slip of
metallic leaf, with a magnet placed near it, for the whole
coil of wire and magnetic needles. The advantage, gained
by this change are thus described. First in cheipnes.s—a
couple of coils and needles, as at present used, cost 201. ; the
corieaponding apparatus on the new plan not more than
2ai., a difference of 1000 per cent. Secondly, in delicacy—
with the new apparatus, a battery of a single cell will work
through 100 miles of wire. This gives it many collateral
advantages. It mtv he employed Nall great ausaetage in
derived circuits. Dividing the current into two or more
parts, the same news may bo transmitted direct from Liver-
pool to London, while, at the same time, the same fluid is
travelling through two derived circuits, and conveying the
same iuformation through Bristol on the one side and Cam-
bridge and York on the other. Thirdly. Ore-ter rapidity
of motion. Gold leaf being almost without weight, and eon-
sequently without momentum, immediately altar the signal
it made, the leaf drops down without any o.cillation or
swinging, which always takes place in the needles. Fourthly.
Be a slight change in the construction of the keys or handles
which serve as commutators, double, or treble the number of
signals may be made with each slip of gold leaf, to what can
be made with needles. With a tie( dle, in consequence of its
oacillation, only one power of electricity eau be employ, d;
with the gold leaf two or three different powers may be em-
, ploved, deflecting the gold leaf to a less or greater extent,
and multiplying, in a corresponding ratio, the number of
signals given. Fifthly. Portability. One of the gold leaf
apparatuses may be carried about in the pocket, and applied
to use Me any temporary purpose, at any point of
the country, in a minute or two. Siethly. lit conse-
quence of the cheap and simple nature of the apparatus, a
large reserve may be always kept ready for use at each sta-
tion, so that if one apparatus he damaged by lightning, or
other cause, another may be substituted in a few seconds.
Seventhly. The slightness of resistance to the electric cur-
rent. The resistance of each coil at present is equivalent to
about six miles of wire, whereas that of a slip of gold leaf
is not equal to more than a few hundred yards. This will
enable the same battery, at each staslon, to communicate
with many more stations at the same time than can be pos-
sibly done at present. Having these advantages, it must
soon entirely supersede the old nceiPe telegraph. Now that
the form of telegraph is reduced to such simplicity, it will
probably be used for communication, eot only to great
distances, but between the different parts of the same public
buildings.
RlltUll'sllllt E..
THE LATE FATAL Ex ehovilos.—A meeting of the inha-
bitants of Oldbury was held on Friday last, to take into con-
sideration the beet means of affording immediate relief to
the willows and orphans (between 60 and 60 in number)
of those who lost their lives by the late explosion at Mr. O.
Parker's pit. The meeting at its rising was adjourned till
the Bth Di ember, to be held at the Tidbot Hotel, Oldbury,
at 12 o'clock. A committee was formed fur the purpose of
taking the necessary steps to render that meeting worthy of
the charitable object iu view, and commensurate with the
exigencies cf the ease. The subscriptions received at the
meeting amounted to upwards of 1001.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
A 111r.slitet Society has been commenced at Cam-
bridge in the hope of reducing the number of vagrants who
infest that town. It is proposed to open in the town a
Receiving-house, of which a certain number of subscribers
will undertake to act in rotation as visitors ; a constable and
his wife will have charge of the premises, and receive men-
dicants who present tickets after 12 o'clock in the day ; those
who wish to go onwards the same day, will remise rest and
refreshment; others, who cannot go on, may stay till the
evening, when the visitor will examine and register all the
cases, and have power to order a night's lodging and food.
A day constable will conduct the travellers out of the town
in the morning, search the common lodging houses, and visit
any spots where he is informed that professed beggars resort.
It may be added, that a similar society exists at Oxford,
where, with a total expenditure of 1951., the number re-
lieved during the year 1845 was 3,918, of whom 3,48.5 were
lodged for the night. A special relief fund will also be
opened, affording a means of charity to cases of more than
ordinary need ; by which the visitors will be enabled to give,
in cases of sickness and destitution, more suitable food and
comforts, shoes and clothing ; to detain applicants while in.
query is made for their friends, to pay their fare home ; and
to adopt similar modes of relief to which the regular funds of
the society could not be applied.
BRISTOL.—ARCHITECTURB.—At the Bristol Athemenm,
Mr. Sealy delivered an address upon the Gothic architec-
ture of the magnificent church of St. Mary, Itedeliff, in that
city. The lecturer was of opinion that a Norman church
formerly stood upon the site of the present building, and
said it was unquestionable that there was a chapel dedicated
to St. Sprite (St. Esprit, or the Holy Ghost) else to the
spot in the reign of Henry 111. The earliest records in re-
lation to any church of St. Mary, Itedeliff, were dated 1246
to 1287, and consisted of indulgences granted by certain
bishops upon condition of visiting the church,
contributing towards the repair of the same, and
praying for tho souls of those interred therein.
Judging from the architecture, the lecturer was of opinion
that the present building was begun about the early part
of the 13th century, and occupied a period of about 30 years
or upwards in its completion. The north porch tin a room
over which Chatterton pretended to find the Rowleian
manuaeripts) was unique as a specimen of beautiful archi-
tecture; there was nothing in this country that resembled
it, but at the Monastery of Batalha, in Portugal, there was
one somewhat similar. The lecturer said the whole church
was in a dilapidated state, and was fast crumbling to pieces;
and, unless funds for its complete restoration could be ob-
tained, the most magnificent parish church in the empire
would fall into ruins.
BRISTOL Base PORT ASSOCIATIOX.—A general public
meeting of the council and members of this association, as
held yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of receiving a w
re-
port from the provisional committee, and of adopting plans
for the future conduct of the business of the association. The
Guildhall was crowded in every port, and the chair was
taken by W. Miles, Esq., M.P. for East Somerset, who, in
opening the business, expressed the warm interest which he
felt in the welfare of the city of Bristol, and his sympathy
with the present movement for the emancipation of the port
' from the pressure of her ex.cssive port charges.—James
Brest, Esq., the honorary secretary. of the association, read a
report from the provisional committee, which expressed the
cordiality with which the efforts of that body had been aided
by the citizens, and especially by the several trade-opsratives
associations, which had spontaneously come forward to assist
the movement, and had proffered their aid, as well pecuniary
as mber • 6e. The meeting wasaddressed by several merchants
and bankers of the city, and various resolutions for the future
governance of the association, and of thanks to the past com-
mittee and officers were adopted. Wm. Miles, Esq., MP.,
was elected treasurer ; Robert Bright, Eisq. president ; and
Daniel Cave, Esq., G. 11. Ames, Esq., P. 'F. Aiken, Esq.,
and Edward Thomas, Esq., vice_ residents.—Thanks were
voted to the mayor for the use of the hall, and to the chair-
; man; and the meeting broke up
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