The New York herald., 1868-05-04

Y, MAY 4, l8&.-TRIPLE
millions upon millions of trsdesmens circulars pat
In BeIgum and Switzerland this system rs compare
sentrey fallacious to base any calculations on the
proportions OF letters passing through the posts OF
from the English post all the circulars, samples and
patterns that are circulated through H. TINS could
would be found to bear much larger proportion to
the number OF letters than either In Belgium or swift
zerand." 1t is then, doubtful as a matter OF fact
whether ''under the combined influence OF greater
facilities and lower tariff the development OF tele
| graphic correspondence has been proportionateiy
| United Kingdom.n
| In the present situation Of American telegraphy
II Is quite interesting to people to quote the FOL
lowing interesting Sketch by Mr.. scudamore OF the
means for telegraphic intercourse at the disposal OF
BGans as aea cs IN dond0r ae o
| the apparatus for the transmission OF kilograms
there certain offices which are not so provided,
| but at which the public may deposit and pay for
| their messages. These offices are called o6lces OF
deposit. Every Post Once which is not Geographic
Office is an office OF deposit, and like ofiices have
been opened at q large number OF railway stations.
Ordinary messages, which are said TO form ninety
three per cent of the whole number Of messages are
those which do not involve any complicated opera
tiOns, such repetition TO insure accuracy payment
for reply, the following the addresses from place 70
DRESS and so forth. Ordinary kilograms moreover,
must be paid for in stamps, or which comes to the
| five pence then, an ordinary message OF twenty
words ipay be sent from any part to any other
take or send it to the nearest teiegraphc
| oflce, Or If that be too distant from
from which it win be despatched free Of charge to
the nearest teegraphc Onlce, being despatched at
once II the telegraphc ofice and the deposit onlce
not 40 situated being despatched by tile first out
going cart or carrier Even In these latter cases,
should the sender desire immediate despatch from
the deposit O1ice to the nearest teegraphc office,
the deposit office will find the means of despatch II
| the sender will defray the expense On the arrival
OF the message the terminal telegraphic oice it is
at once delivered free of charge the addressee re-
sides within the limits OF the terminal Office but II
he does not reside 1t is sent to him free OF charge
by post. Even in these latter cases, however, the
sender, by paying the expense Of Q special mes;
Senger, may have 1t delivered. The locality served
free OF charge by telegraph Office is defined as COM
prisng the whole OF the town village in which the
| places within q circle OF two klometres-I e.. q
mile and quarter-from the Geographic onice
mission by post takes place. e., q transmission by
post fOm the sender to the teegraphic o1ce OF de-
10 The e RCs from No s
| Is made to the charge Of half franc For the
traordnary telegrams the Old tariff OF 10d for twen
ty words, with an addition OF 3D. for every addition
OF ten words part OF ten words has been retained.
The sender Of such telegram has the right pay
for twenty words-to require record OF its receipt
When he does this the receiving office transmits to
him by telegraph an exact copy of his message, to-
gether with note Of the hour at which his message
was delivered, and Of the name Of the person to
whom it was delivered. The sender Of an extra
ordinary telegram may require 1t to be redected by
telegraph In the event Of the addressee having gone
from the delivery OF the receiving Office to the de-
livery OF some other teegraphc office, and he may
have copies thereof delivered to any number OF per-
sons residing within the delivery Of the receiving
The swiss system is much the same but there is
one important addition, namely-that i'll switzerland
sast @es,ss ds e p1s ss Sey 9 @ sy o M me a ss
The London Times, In summing up the arguments
on both sides, the repre-
sentatons OF the company 1t Will we think be gene.
rally felt that teegraphic system ouht not to be
less extended than that OF such countries as Belgium
and Switzerland, and that we need also more uni
form and more moderate tarif Whether, however,
these improvements will best be obtained by placing
an absolute monopoly OF telegraphs in the hands
of the government should be carefully considered.
The companies complain that up to the present mo-
ment the legislature has always placed obstacles In
the way OF their amalgamation. Might not this policy
be reversed and might 1t not then be possible to deal
with telegraphic companies as with gas and water
companies, anOrding them privileges on the condition
or their afording the public certain stipulated and
constant advantagesf .
Tom Snyers' wiII-Dcmestic Relations aud the
Family OF the Pugiiist.
In the Rolls Court London, April 20, the following
very curious case was heard relative to the family
affairs of the late Tom Sayers:-It was called as
Sayers Stent, suit instituted to ascertain the
force to be given to ndenturo executed IN favor
OF Tom Sayers in June, 1861 and will executed by
him IN March, 1863, to carry out some provisions Of
the same 1t appeared that after the fight between
Heenan and Sayers a sum OF about $4,000 was sub
scribed for the benefit OF the latter, aud
settled to sayers for life, then to his children,
and, falling children as lie Sayers) should by deed
appointed the fund TO the benefit OF two illegitmate
children named Sarah and Thomas, the will stating
that he 'ef no legitimate issue. Three children
however, claiming to be the legitimate Issue OF Tom
Sayers by Sarah, his wIie, aud named respectively
James Aldridse sayers, Alfred Aidridge sayers and
Fhntdn Et1 Aoy pl.rasr
the proceedings and prove their right to the
fund.- to the exclusion OF the two illegimate chill
dren named by Tom Sayers in his will. The claim
OF the Aldrdge Sayers ives resisted On the ground
that they were not Tom Sayers children at ALL either
| named Aldrdge with whom Mrs. Tom sayers was
alleged TO have been unduy familiar after her sepa
ration from Tom sayers. This, OF course raised the
| tion between Sayers and his wife during the time
within which the parentage Of these children could
was directed to be- tried BY oral evidence be- be.
| fore the Master Of the Rolls, as to whether
children Of Thomas sayers, in the decree in in
this case mentioned living at the date OF the nden-
such child or children, II any, was or were respec-
lively born, and whether any or which OF them has
or have ISL since CO. died and when it should be men.
sayers In his will were children born to him by the
mother Of the Aldridge sayers claimants before he
ants, therefore, both legitimate and ilegtimate,
being children OF one mother. The evidence adj
uuCeu Wncn was prnclpally lnat Oh women, was
| too low and nasty to set forth in detail.
His lordship after having listened with every at
! tentIo to the evidence adduced before him. held
that It Insufficient to satisfy the court that the
separation between Tom Sayers and Sarah his wife
had been 80 complete as to preclude his being held
the father OF the three Aldrldge SayersJames, Al
fred and Charles and that these three children must
be held entitled TO take the fuud in question under
the trust and provisions OF the deed OF june 1861
favor OF the children Of Tom Sayers
IRELAND.