The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-26 00:00:00

STATISTICS OF BREWING.

A Parliamentary return, ordered to be printed on the
motion of Sir W. Molesworth, contains the following
statistics with regard to the brewers', &c. &c., consump-
tion of malt in the United Kingdom :—ln England the
total number of brewers last year was 2,438 ; being
2,365 in the country, and 73 in London. The total
number of victuallers was 60,565 ; being 56,197 in the
country, 4,368 in London, Of 39,378 persons licensed
to sell beer to be drunk on the premises, there were
37,028 in the country, and 2,350 in London • and of
3,348 persons licensed to sell beer not to be drunk on the
premises, 3,287 reside in the country, and 61 only
in London. 26,386 victuallers brew their own beer,
butiof -these only four reside in the metropolis. 13,756
per Sons licensed in the country to sell beer to be drunk
on the premises brew their own beer, and 57 in Lon-
don,; but of those not licensed to sell beer to be drunk on
the premises, 1,011 in the country brew their own, and 3
only in London. The total number of bushels f malt
consumed in the year ending October 10, 1852, by the
brewers, was 19,294,330, of which 12,949,869 bushels
were used in the country, and 6,344,461 bushels in Lon-
don: The victuallers consumed also 7,572,288 bushels,
being 7,569,714 bushels in the country, and 2,574 in
London. Persons licensed to sell beer (to be drunk on
the premises) consumed 3,378,165 bushels, being 3,232,204
bushels in the country, and 145,961 bushels in London ;
not to be drunk on the premises, 391,457 bushels, being
390,631 bushels in the country, and 826 bushels in
London. In Scotland there were during the same
period 142 brewers and 14,684 victuallers ; of the latter,
only 178 brewed their own beer. The quantity of malt
consumed by the brewers during the above year
in Scotland was 979,384 bushels ; by the victuallers,
147,840 bushels. In Ireland there were 98 brew-
ers, and 14,714 victuallers ; and the quantity of
malt consumed by the former was 1,266,344. It does
not appear from the returns that any victuallers brew
their own beer in Ireland, or that there are licences
granted for the sale of beer alone either in that country,
or in Scotland. The total number of brewers conse-
quently in the United Kingdom is 2,678 ; of victuallers,
89,963 ; of persons licensed to sell beer, to be drunk on
the premises, 39,378 ; not to be drunk on the premises,
3,348 ; 26,564 victuallers, also 13,813 persons licensed
to dell beer (to be drunk on the premises), and 1,014
(not to be drunk on the premises) brew their own beer.
The total quantity of malt consumed in the United
Kingdom by brewers was 21,540,058 bushels ; by vic-
tuallers, 7,720,128 bushels ; and by persons licensed to
sell beer (to be drunk on the premises), 3,378,165 bushels ;
not:to be drunk on the premises, 391,457 bushels.

A BATTLE WITH A GRIZZLY.—The following exciting
bear story is told by a correspondent of the Sacramento
Union, writing from Diamond Springs :—" I saw yester-
terday, about 15 miles from this point, on the road from
here to Carson's-valley, a man who had been most hor-
ribly mutilated by a grizzly bear. On Wednesday
morning last, a man living near Sly-park-creek, on the
emigrant road, while hunting, discovered a she bear
with two cubs about the size of a common dog, coming
up a ravine, within gun-shot of where he was standing
in the road. As the bear had not discovered him,
lie determined to give her a shot. The ball struck her
on the back of the shoulder, but too low to prove fatal.
She immediately raised herself upon her hind legs, turning
herself from side to side to discover her assailant. He
had commenced reloading, but before he got his powder
doWn the bear discovered him. He took to a tree, and
barely escaped, 'as the bear was so near that he kicked
her head with his feet before he got out of reach. She
was enraged, and kept him in the tree for over two
hoUrs. While there he shouted for help, and succeeded
in attracting the attention of some men in the employ of
Bradley, Berden, and Co., who went to his relief ; but
when they reached the tree the bear had been gone
abOut ten minutes. They tracked her into a thick 'chap-
paral' covering about three acres, and there left her.
After dinner they mustered double-barrelled guns
and rifles to the number of fourteen shots, and
started for the chapparal.' Upon reaching it,
the' men very imprudently scattered, some venturing
in to see if they could start her, while others climbed
trees to be in a' place of safety and to get a view
of the ground. Among those who took a tree was Char-
les .H. Packard, who had gone a short distance into
the' bush, and, as he had no gun, placed himself in a
sappling, about six inches through. The tree forked
about six feet from the ground, and Parkord went up
and of the branches, a distance of about 12 feet from the
ground, and in reply to one of his companions, said he
considered himself safe. At this moment he cried out,
Here's the bear within a rod of me ! ' but hardly got
the words out of his mouth before she made towards
him furiously, jumped at and caught the tree a few feet
below him, and with her tremendous weight split it at
the. fork, carrying man and tree both with her to
the ground. He fell upon his back, and the bear
seized him by the left side of the head and face,
tore his left ear completely from his head, laying bare
his skull. She then seized him by the ether side of the
face, cutting a deep gash in the upper lip, and tearing
the flesh from the right corner of the mouth to near the
large artery in the neck, then by the fore-arm, laying
bare the tendons, breaking some of them, and biting
his right hand through and through. She then left
the upper part of the body, and made an effort 'seem-
ingly to tear open his bowels, as she left some fifteen
severe wounds on his body, but none of them so
deep as to enter the cavity, and finished her horrible
work by taking out about two pounds of flesh from
his right 'thigh. By this time Packard was so nearly
exhausted that be lay as if dead, and the bear left him.
Some of the company were within twenty steps of the
wounded man, but were unable to render him any as-
sistance. They saw the bear break down the tree, heard
his cries for help, but after he struck the ground they
could see neither bear nor man, so thick was the chap-
paral' around them. Mr. Packard was carried to the
house, and, notwithstanding he is so terribly mutilated,
is in a fair way to recover. The bear is said to be one
of the largest kind, and in consequence of being wounded
had become furious. She has not been captured."
Louis BONAPARTE AND QUEEN HORTENSE.—A work
called the "Album de la Reine Hortense" has just been
published. It contains some of the unpublished musical
compositions and private letters of her Majesty. Amongst
the latter is the following addressed to her son, now the
Emperor, shortly before her death :—" I send you this
letter with my blessing. We shall meet again, shall we
not, in a better world ? In quitting this world, I only
regret you and your tender affection, in which alone I
have found some charm. It will be a consolation for
you, my dear son, to say how by your attention you
have rendered your mother as happy as she could be.
You will think of all my tenderness, and you will have
courage. It is quite sure that we shall meet again.
Believe in that sweet idea ; it is too consolatory not to
be true."

THE BONAPARTE AND WYSE FAMILIES.-With re-
ference to certain paragraphs which have been going the
round of the public journals fer some time back, we
have authority for stating the following to be a true
version of the relationship existing between some of the
parties alluded to. The Right Hon. T. Wyse, her
Majesty's Minister at Athens, was legally separated from
his wife, the Princess Letitia. Bonaparte, in the year
1828. Madame La Comtesse de Solms was born in

1831, three years after the separation. Mr. Wyse has
issue by his marriage two children only, sons—Alfred
Napoleon, born at Rome 1821, and William Charles,
born at Waterford in 1826.—Dublin Express.
PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL STOCK.-At a sale of farming
stock, on Wednesday last, on the premises of Mr. W.
Hodgkinson, at Barnby-moor (the celebrated coachin
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stage on the old north road), a few miles from East Ea-

ford, the beasts and sheep—offered for sale realised ex-
traordinary prices. Fat ewes fetched 60s. to 81s. per
head ; ewes and lambs, 60s. per couple ; hogs, 40s. to
. each.
505 Fat bullocks realised from 171. 10s. to 221.

15s. each, making an average of fully 7s. 6d. per stone.
The best agricultural horses sold for 40 guineas each.
At the annual fair at Retford, on the following day,
dealers were stationed at the various entrances to the
town to intercept the stock brought for sale, and every-
thing realised uncommonly high prices.
Nzw OPERA.—A new opera, by Pacini, has been
brought out at the Scala, in Milan, called II Cid. It
was a complete fiasco, no attempt having been made to
perform it a second time.