The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-18 00:00:00

2/LINSFER OF THE TELEGRAPHS.

When the Electric Telegraphs Bill which was
passed last session comes into operation, and the
telegraph wires in the United Kingdom are acquired
by the Government, the system by which telegra-
phic news has hitherto been supplied, and is at pre-
sent supplied, to the press, to newsrooms, to clubs,
and other places, will of necessity come to an end.
The Post-office will transmit news, but manifestly
could not properly collect news. The function of
supplying news will therefore iu the future devolve
on the press itself—a much more natural and de-
sirable arrangement, and one from which both the
public and the press will derive very important
advantages.
In timely preparation for the change, the pro-
prietors of the Irish, the Scatch, and the English
provincial newspapers have formed an association
for the purpose of collecting and supplying every
kind of intelligence that comes under the head of
" news," and have made arrangements with the
Post-office for the telegraphic transmission. A com-
pany has been formed on the limited liability prin-
ciple, already supported by a great majority of the
proprietors of the principal daily and weekly
journals, and the articles of the " Press Associa-
tion" have been drawn out, and, after very careful
consideration at successive conferences of members
of the press, have now been made ready for re-
gistration. The " Press Association" will not be
carried on with a view to profits. The mutual
principle has been adopted. Neither interest nor
dividend will be received by the shareholders, and
the object of the association will be to furnish the
fullest extent of news of the best possible quality at
the lowest possible cost. Newspapers, clubs, hotels,
and private persons requiring news of any special
class—commercial, sporting, or otherwise—will be
supplied at fixed rates, duly proportionate to the
cost. In fact the Press Association: proposes to un-
dertake the news supply of the United Kingdom at
large both for the press and the public, and will have
an organisation so extensive and complete as to
enable it satisfactorily to meet every requirement.
It is confidently expected that the resources
which the Press Association will have at
command, through its special connections, will
enable it to effect a very marked improvement in
the news system of the country. Instead of being,
limited to the great centres of population, the ex-
tended ramifications of the Government system of
wires will enable the company to furnish news to
any town or to any newspaper where the latest in-
telligence is required.
A most influential meeting of newspaper pro-
prietors has just been held in Manchester—the
largest and most important representation of the
press that has ever assembled in that city—and has
concluded the preliminary arrangements. Tempo-
rary offices have been opened at 112, Strand, Lon-
don, and a board of management has been ap-
pointed, consisting of the following gentlemen :
Mr. J. E. Taylor, Manchester Guardian; Dr.
Cameron, N.B. Daily Mail, Glasgow; Mr. W.
Saunders, " Central Press," London ; Sir John
Gray, M.P., Freeman's Journal, Dublin ; Mr. Jaf-
fray, Daily Post, Birmingham ; Mr. Frederick Clif-
ford, Sheffield Telegraph; Mr. F. D. Finlay,
Northern Whig, Belfast ; Mr. George Harper, Hud-
dersfield Chronicle ; Mr. Joseph Glover, Leamington
Courier; Mr. C. W. Naylor, Cambridge Chronicle.
Before the telegraph lines pass into the hands of
,he Postmaster-General, all the preparations of the
' Press Association" will have been completed, and

the Association will be ready to commence opera-
tions at a day's notice. It is confidently anticipated
that great advantages will result from the new or-
ganisation—that the public will be supplied with
better arranged and earlier news, and that the
Press will have, as it ought to have, proper con-
trol over its sources of information, and will be
relieved from connection with a system conducted
for profit, and of the efficiency of which a great
deal of complaint has been made, not without
some show of reason. The association is open to
the proprietors of every newspaper in the king-
dom requiring to be supplied with news. The
secretaries of news-rooms, chambers of commerce,
clubs, &c., will be furnished with all needful infor-
mation on application at the temporary offices of
the association.

A STR.iNGE BEDROOM VISITOR.—An amusing
occurrence took place in Bridlesmith-gate, Not-

tingham, on Wednesday morning. Three bullocks were
being driven along the street to market when one of them
entered into the shop of Mr Watts, stayinaker, walked up
the stairs into a bedroom, and actually jumped with its
fore feet on to the bed. The beast, on regaining tho floor,
sent its horns through a looking glass, and then smashed
all the crockery in the room. A neighbour, hearing of
the occurrence, proceeded upstairs for the purpose of
clearing the room of the unexpected visitor, but he was
quickly pitched to the bottom of the stairs, fortunately
without sustaining any injury. The driver and two po-
licemen next went up, and suceeded in getting the animal
down stairs and into the street without further damage
being done.