The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-10 00:00:00

... £2,006 12 2

•••
MOLD.

1• -33 18 2
▪ 1 19 2
... 70 11 10

... £lO6 9 2

... £ll3 8 10
14 0 7

Total ... ... ... £127 9 5
LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—Amount of romans
for the week ending April 6:—
Passengers
Goods

-.4696 9 1
21 10 0

Total ... ... ... £917 19 1
Corresponding week last year ... 802 1 4

DRURY-LANR THEATER.—BENEFIT OF ME- BEN.
'ans. —Mr. Benton, whose assiduous attention to the duties
of the fre:-list office has won for him the approbation of all
who have known him there, takes his benefit to-morrow
night, when, no doubt, the attendance of his friends
will prove that they duly appreciate the civility and atten-
tion which they have always experienced at his hands.
VACANCY AT THE NATIONAL GALLER•r. Th,
situation of housekeeper topwltaihlnlissg. institution has become
vacant, by the sudden decease of Mrs.
rich ray rooks,bw hi
while
the
sagacity me
plans.--Eliza Cook's Journal.
late
occupant.
PROVIDENT SOCIETY.-0/1
and
oi ni:fdtr4Urilsttu7sa
randes lEa
Rye
vicnoisochmse ,
their
friends
sa3-
of nightthis
institution
s taiirtnouwt
itdebenedw
amseehtei
11l of the members and
at Exeter Hall, Lord
j chair.
After a few observations
rlrZeomberhtisGLrnorsdvsehniopr
on the objects
e of
perseverance, although
the meeting, the secre-
tary read the report, whichshtt stated that the society was
formed by Mr. Sculley, by
se
to
to had
nineonllyiunbde hundred
establishedpeun ds. wt
There were
the funds amounted
and gentlemen contributors to thee
funds,
uwnedr
se, severallo
well
as noblemen
0 mui!
bus proprietors, and it had so far increased in public estima-
tion that Prince Albert, through his secretary, Colonel
Phipps, and only last Monday week, forwarded to Mr.
Sculley a cheque on Messrs, Coutts for 251., in aid of
the society. At the conclusion of the report,
his
Lordship
said he had on being requested to preside considered the
matter, and from inquiries made had come to the deter-
mination to consent, believing that no other class of
men had been so much maligned, were CO hardly
worked, and were better worthy of support. There were
his budget, stated
no less than 3,000 omnibuses running, employing about
11,000 men, and Sir Charles Wood, who no di uht would be
a subscriber to the funds of the society, ill
that there was paid to the revenue as hackney carriage duty
for the number of omnibuses he had named, no less a cum
than 400,000/. Besides this, wages were shod paid, vehicles
the pUblic for omnibus travelling,
approved of the society, which he
and horses bought and fed, groomed, and together with
numberless incidental expenses, which no less a sum than
2,000,0001. a year, paid by
could meet. He highly
addressed the meeting, and
should henceforward himself support, and endeavour to make
his friends do likewise. Mr. Owepl Mr. Joseph Payne, and
nd
several other gentlemen having
i,getr o in furtherance of the
urged the notice of the society upon the public, the Rev. Pr.
Ainslie moved the adoption of
l the
report, which was carried
unanimously, and
objects in view of the T b;I.. opolitanutiona Omnibus Servants Be-
nefit Society" were passeu Thanks were voted to the Noble
Are Aror.orGY. WHICH
rated. edged the compliment, the
meeting separated'
Chairman, who having aCknowl
WAS SADLY NEEDED. The
every one knows, a long way frorn
3 good Ministry ; but still it is the best of its kind, for
it must be confessed that, as far •
as it has gone—and we have
it will
pbreeiosogu,t, good
n 1
Os t_u a?li d .
boos vet go further—it hasproved '
Out Ministry."—Punch.
itself in every re-
spect,BREITERSI VICTU & I'ro
printed by order of the 11AoLuLsEetSi e.—
f Commons,
59,676.urnappaearrsettubrant
in England the number of brewers is 2,261, and of victuallers
35,808 persons are licensed to sell beer to be drunk
on the premises, and 3,350 are licensed to sell beer not to bo
drunk on the premises. 25,851 victuallers brew their own
beer ; 12,497, who brew their own beer, are licensed to sell it
if drunk on the premises ; and 951 persons are allowed toof
sell beer not to be drunk on the premises. The amount
malt consumed by each class is, in bushels, as follows :
Brewers, 17; victuallers, 7,154,519 ; persons licensed
to sell beer Ito ,
ha6B3 drunk on the premises, '2,884,249 ; and
341,878. In Scotland there are 151 brewers, and 14,971
persons licensed to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises,
victuallers 178 of whom brew their own beer. The brewers
There are 95 brewers in Ireland, who
118,024 bushels.
consume 831,981' bushels of malt, and the victuallers con-
sumevictuallers.
consume 1,164,702 bushels of malt, and there are 13,793
DILEMMA.—An editor in the
AN
fEDITORIALichig
in
western part o is in a fix. He dunned a subscriber
whic.bhe refused to pay, and threat-
for e
ah itsos ufibosicrti
the
lion,
Courier. °Ator if be stopped the paper... Nag p,,k
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