The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-14

have been brought before the Chambers and are at
present being discussed. They will all be adopted,
to them and great restrictions Of the right Of public
meetings and the liberty Of the press. will then be
the publication these laws the state of siege in this
capital will be raised. The Brandenburg ministry,
which daily becoming more unpopular, will then be
obliged to resign.
The Electric Telegraph In England.
ITO the Editor of the London Times
SR,-Iu your paper Of the l4th inst | find an ex-
tract from the Builder in which accusation is made
against this company calculated to do very great in
jury to the undertaking.
The Electric Telegraph Company have established
system OF no ordinary complication and extent Their
wires stretch from Glasgow the north to Dorchester
on the SOUTH from the east coast at Yarmouth to the
west at Liverpool They have brought upwards of $50
towns into instant communication with each other
They have central Office in Lothbury, London, and
five branch receiving houses In various parts of the
metropolis and from the main station at Lothbury,
their wires Carried ut great cost in iron pipes under
the street dverge to town OF Importance in the
country.
In the metropolis, alone they have upwards Of sixty
country stations they have independently Of messen
gers not less than two, and In many many
ten signal clerks, all of them skilled in manipulating
and interpreting the telegraph.
The wires which they have set up for the of the
public alone upwards of $500 miles in length and
extend over distance of O60 miles. and, exclusive
OF those running under ground and through tunnels
varying FROM sixteen feet to thirty feet in height and
Of an average square Of eight inches with expen-
sive apparatus of nsuators and wnders attached to
each.
AS the most tring arrangement of the wires or ap-
paratus will stop the communication 1t obvious that
the utmost and wachfulness is requisite to pre-
vent and detect accidents; and when arrangement
does 1t requires the incest combinations
tain the exact point of the mschance and great in
genuity and outlay to repair it without delay and in
such wise to maintain the free passage of the cleo
trio current during the operation.
Accordingly, the whole distance is divided into dis
tricts each district having superintendent and under
him several inspectors and staff of workmen, bat
terymen, and mechanics, more or less numerous &C.
cording to the extent over which he presides
II these things be considered in conjunction with
the central staff Of engineers and secretaries in London
the continual replacement renewal of instruments
consequent upon improvements in their mechanism,
their deterioration from and accident
glect the immense quantity Of stores ways hand
meet the great of stationery
fuel Lights &c. the rents taxes and other details too
numerous to mention here--I submit that marimum
fairly be considered exOrbitant demand for the
accommodation afforded to the public in keeping open
the expensive establishment to which have adverted
The telegraphic system is designed for important
urgent messages and could violate the secrecy which
one despatch in hundred has been forwarded which
has not been worth many times the amount paid for 1t
by the sender.
commercial house at Liverpool will scarcely grudge
Ss Cd. for a communication by which necessary pay
ment may be made, an important order given or pro-
table operation facilitated in London and the message
from Glasgow which traverses distance Of $40 miles
in an instant to summon son from the metropolis to
the bedside Of dying parent 10 scarcely to be judged
overpaid ut charge OF 49, considerably less than I'd
per mile
long and expensive journey is prevented, a ne
cessary one hastened-a bill accepted or protested-a
remittance made-a purchase effected countermand-
ed-an important witness is summoned-the arrival or
loss Of ship Is announced-an insurance Is effected
advice ia asked orders givenin fact, endless
riety of important announcements, questions and
plies pass daily through numerous receiving houses,
and can honestly have for the most part effect
ed, and have been acknowledged to have effected,
economy and convenience far beyond the Id per mile
Of our tariff.
An express message sent by porters by cab, from
the city to the end Of the town, say from this
Office to the House of Commons a distance of four
miles, will cost 2s 3D. and If the message be
sent from Manchester to Liverpool. distance of 80
miles, for the sum- and in shorter tme 1t
not surely be deemed extravagant demand.
am. sir &C, J. LEWIS RICARDO,
Chairman Of the Electric Telegraph Co.
Lothbury, April g.