§ DR. BREWERasked the Postmaster General, If it has been brought to his knowledge that, during the hours of divine service on Sunday the 12th of May, the men employed in putting down the new Telegraph along the old turnpike road from London to the Essex coast were found by the inhabitants to be busily employed in carrying forward their work in the streets of Colchester, attracting a crowd of inquirers, and causing what was deemed a needless desecration of that day?
§ MR. MONSELLreplied that the men were not engaged putting down the new telegraph; but the fact was, that it was necessary on all days and at all times to subject the telegraph lines to certain tests, and the men were engaged in testing the telegraph lines on the day referred to. That work was generally done in the post office; but the post office arrangements at Colchester did not allow of the operations being carried on indoors.