The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-15 00:00:00

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• CHEAP OMNIBUS CONVEYANCE. .4 g
On Monday evening a public meeting was held av,
the Duke of Wellington, Brighton-street
square, St. Pancras, for the purpose of forming a
Cheap Omnibus Conveyance Association, under tbetTacrwtsm:
direction of Mr. Crawford, the originator of the cheap
omnibuses between Paddington and Hungerford.
Mr. O'BRIEN. having been called to the chair, ex-
plained to the meeting the object for which they had
been called together. He stated that it was proposed
to form an association for the purpose of conveying
passengers by omnibus on certain lines of road at
further reduced fares. The Chairman then read to
the meeting the different routes which had been de-
termined on by the committee, as also the respective
fares for each route, which were as follows :
To and from the Great Western Railway, Pad-
dington, to the Great Northern Railway,
King's-cross
To and from the Yorkshire S:ingo, New-road 2d.
To and from Paddington, by Oxford-street, to the
Bank
To and from Tottenham-court-road
To and from King's-cross to the Beak, and to
the Brighton Railway ,
To and from the York and Albany to the Ele-
phant and Castle
To and from Waterloo• bridge.. '2d.
To and from Mornington-crescent, Hampstead-
road, to Charingeeross
To and from Bernsbury-pat k to the 8ank........ 4d.
To and from the Angel, Islington .. . . 2d.
To and from the Flora Gardens, Bayswater, to
the Regent's circus or Tottenham-court-road 2d.
He then said that this would evidently be a great
boon, and would, there was no doubt, be extensively
patronised by the public, as no one would pay four-
pence for that which they could obtain for twopence ;
at the same time it would be shown that the reduced
fares would return a handsome profit to the proprie-
tors. If it were taken into consideration that so long
ago as 1846 the public-spirited gentleman who was at
present engaged in forming this association (he alluded
to Mr. Crawford) started a number of omnibuses to
ply between Hungerford and Paddington, at the re-
duced fares of twopence, when every article of con-
sumption was at least one-third, and in some instances
one-half, dearer than at present ; and if they also
considered, that owing to the repeal of the corn-laws
there was not the slightest chance that corn
would ever be subjected to the same fluctua-
tions in prices as it had formerly been; but that
in all human probability every article of consumption
would be still further reduced in price—if, with all
these facts before the meeting, it were possible to run
an omnibns at a twopenny fare in 1846, how much
more must it be so in 1851, when the expenses must
necessarily be so much less, in consequence of the
reduced price of corn, hay, straw, and beans, as well
as every other article of consnmption ? He also took
occasion to advert to the number of omnibuses that
had been called into existence during the Exhibition,
and to the fact that now it was over this property
must necessarily be sold at a great sacrifice, and a
number of hands thrown out of employment, unless
some means were devised to call them again into re-
quisition. The establishment of the present associa-
tion would present the means of doing so, and upon a
basis, he had no doubt, which would be satisfactory to
all parties, and thus be the means of making that pro-
perty available which must otherwise be sacrificed.
The Chairman also pointed out to the meeting that the
only way in which a reduction in the fares could be suc-
cessfully accomplished was by means of an association,
so as to be enabled to compete with existing interests.
One or two individuals could do but little against
a great monopoly ; but several might—and the
present, when so many omnibuses were likely to be
unemployed, was the very time when such an associa-
tion should be formed. Of the patronage of the
public there could be no doubt. That it would re-
munerate the proprietors would be shown to the meete
ing ' • the only thing wanting, therefore, was the spirit
and determination of a number of individuals asso-
ciated together for the purpose of carrying it out, and
which association, if once formed, he had no doubt
would be brought to a successful termination, and a
handsome profit be the reward of their efforts.
Mr. CRAWFORD then addressed the meeting, show•
ing the practicability of the scheme, and proving from
acknowledged data that considerable profits could be
derived from cheap fares. He explained to the meet-
ing the necessary expenses upon each omnibus, and
proved satisfactorily that, even under the most un-
favourable circumstances, considerable profits must
accrue.

Several omnibus proprietors having fully concurred
in all that had been stated, both by the Chairman and
Mr. Crawford, expressed their willingness to put on
omnibuses immediately the association should be
formed. A vote of thanks having been passed to the
Chairman, an adjournment took place till Monday
evening next, at seven o'clock, when the rules of the
association will be submitted to the meeting for iU
approval.

MISERIES OF AN AMERICAN EDITOR.
Under this head, the editor of the Boston Post thus
hits off some of the evils he is compelled to put up with
in his sanctum. Lest some of our readers may be driven
to look into Webster to ascertain the signification of the
word terebration, we can inform them that it means the
" act of boring." The editor of the Post hits some of the
bores who pester him in the wise following:—
An Act from an Unpublished Drama.
DRAMATIS PERt.ONX—An Editor and two Bores.
SCENE—Editor's Sanctum.
[Enter two Bores.]
First Bore—Good morning, Mr. Editor—fine day !
Editor (looking hard at his work, and scribbling
furiously)—Yes, Sir, fine weather, for people who have
leisure to enjoy it—but it's nothing to me, sir.
Second Bore—Why, your's is the prettiest business in
the world—l should like to be an editor myself.
Editor—lt has its vexations, however.
First Bore—Ah! indeed! What are they?
Editor—Why, perhaps the worst is boles—people who
worry an editor because they can't think of anything
else to do.
Second Bore—ls it possible.
Editor—Worse than that, it's a fact.
First Bore—Well that is comical.
Editor—Yes—to you, perhaps—l mean to the bores—
bet its confounded tragical to everybody else.
Second Bore (trying to change the subject, and return-
ing to the weather again)—Vegetation has taken a rapid
start.
Editor—Yes, sir—there's a lesson for some people in
that.

First Bore—And the trees are beginning to leave.
Editor—So they are—the trees are very reasonable in
that respect—they do leave some time other. Allow me,
gentlemen, to recommend their example to you as
worthy of imitation. [Exeunt Bores in amazement.
Editor bolts the door and falls into reverie, from which
he is presently aroused by the devil's call for "copy."]

THE Ho? DIITY.—A meeting was held at Hurst
Green on Thursday, for the purpose of considering the pro-
priety of memorialising the Government to postpone the
moiety of the hop duty, due in November next, for twelve
months. The memorial was agreed to. In the course of
the proceedings, M:. Fuller, one of the Members for Sussex,
said " he would do all that lay in his power to assist in
getting the postponement. He exceedingly regretted that
more of the county Members were not with them. On a
previous occasion they had only one of the county Members
with them—Mr. Dodd, of Maidstone.
.He well know that
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were
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duty to their poorer neighbours to memorialise the Lords of
the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to do
something for them ; but that memorial, to be effective, must
be unanimous. As for Protection, as he told them 80Dae
two or three years ago, they must think nothing about get-
ting that back again. That, he believed, was inevitably lost
to them, and they must, therefore, set about exerting them-
selves in another direction—namely, in getting a reduction
of taxation."

DETERMINED SUICIDE OF A SOLICITOR.—CORSi•
derable excitement prevailed on Sunday morning, in the re-
tired village of Tickhill, Yorkshire, in consequence of the de-
termined suicide of Richard Ellison, Esq., solicitor, and chief
resident of the place. It appears 'that, during the previous
week, the unfortunate gentleman had been, from some un-
explained cause, labouring under much depression of mind,
which at length assumed such an alarming appearance, that
it was deemed necessary to place a strict watch on his move-
ments, as it was apprehended that he would make an attempt
on his life. On Sunday morning he arose in apparently
better spirits, and walked in the garden, accompanied as
usual by his attendants. After taking exercise for some time,
he contrived to elude v atchers' vigilance, and returned
to the house unnoticed and alone. His absence was detected
almost immediately, and an alarm was raised, which led to
the discovery of his body, on the dining-room floor, quite
dead. The unfortunate gentleman appears to have gone di-
rect to his room, and there cut his t t. .TllO3 gash inflicted
was of a most frightful description, eding from ear to ear
—indeed, the head was almost separated from the body, being
event, as the
only slightly attached on the right sidnet.owAargdloom has been
cast over the neighbourhood by this u
deceased (who was the eldest son of John Ellison, Esq.,
e stewardof
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poor.
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had a quiet week, but prices are unchanged. Middling
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view have begun what is termed a "sectional strike;" and
the workers have already been withdrawn from one mill in
the city and another in the country. Meanwhile the mas-
ters have held a meeting, and resolved that if the operatives
in these two mills do not return to their work they will close
all the other mills in the district on Monday, and make the
strike general. Thus the matter rests in the meantime.
Pig Iron—Our pig iron market during the last few days has
continued without alteration ; quiet, but firm, and with a
Moderate amount of business doing. To-day prices are nomi-
nally 395. 6d. for No. 1, and 395. 3d. MN warrants; No. 1,
GMB, 395. 3d. to 395. 6d., and No. 3, 395., cash, sellers;
buyers at 6d. to 9d. per ton less.
VARIETY or SHAKSPERE.—I must repeat to you
an opinion I have long held, that no man had ever more than
one conception. Milton emptied his mind in the first part
of " Paradise Lost ;" all the rest is a transcript of self. The
"Odyssey" is a repetition of the " Iliad." When you have seen
one (:laude, you have seen all. I can think of no exception
but Shakspere ; he is always varied, never nlaagiered....
Archdeacon Fisher.