The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-29 00:00:00

[lt is totally impossible for any honest-intentioned
newspaper proprietor to reduce the price below the pre-
sent standard, whilst the stamp, paper, and other
thatinc
dental taxes taxes remain as they are. Nctwithstanding
our Liverpool contemporaries have fifty times the Ovech
r!
tising patronage accorded to their Irish brethren, Such
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4,-cl ~:
an income as . per sheet, to meet all exprmses,n r
i 5 .6
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" little too bad:' One of the Liverpool pape"
marking on the above paragraph, says :
V.ll
The paper which commenced the :three-1:
system, and whose competition with the establishe
journals is to bring down the wages of the woritinn. • .-'
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employed on the press in LiVerpool, is inconsistentli-
...:
enough, a professed advocate of the interests of the
working classes." n order.t°7
We aro sure that the public would not, i
obtain their newspaper a penny or two cheaper, de6i.re • --
to see the mechanic deprived of the hard -
of his labour. Some people, with more money &to vill,', ;•
were lately induced to start a " very cheap" newsrirt '``.
tetra' - ,
in Liverpool, but were forced to make a hasty
from the speculation, although they had the advactic:
not only of having to pay reduced wages to their IS" «•
teen, but of not paring them at all !I ! V.:
earned frtit.tts.

STATE OF TRADE.
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.lANcIFEsTER, TUESDAY, APRIL 27.---The a-,,,--e to :-
the money-market has almost entirely put a step of
business here. The only purchases made, either ~,1
goods or yarn, are in small quantities to make uptr,
sortments—generally at previous prices. It is tiliwele
stood that the execution of some rather considerstiiiij
orders from the United States is prevented by th,e. d' As
culty of negotiating the bills,
which they are founded. A , ...
ROCHDALE, MONDAY, APRIL 26.--We have be" --enst:
other dull market; but the few pieces that have piT 6
or using the credits
-
sold have fetched former prices. At the close et e,. ,--
week the Government orders arrived, which 'fa cf°,:10:;:-
prise about 9,000 pieces. These pieCes have beeti —,.0; '..1.-
equally divided amongst ten or twelve manufacturer ,s-,
A' •
In the wool market there is no change to report. ver
lIALIFAx, SATURDAY, APRIL 24.--Scarcely a bu_„lo..
has been seen in the hall to-day; and business has/ vibe
sequently, been excessively flat. The state efo i•
.;
money market, and the rise in price of provisions,'" A.,.
bine to throw a deeper gloom over all departmentai.,
trade; and the feeling amongst the manufacturers te""X
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was less hopeful than for some time past. In the Lilo ...
trade we have no alteration to notice, except. Per.--i;;.- '
an increase of caution on all sides. What is do sent
the blanket trade is sufficient to take off the Prere!
limited supply of brokes and noils, which are. therg:,.,o°lif
kept firm; but the wool trade generally is in a 10. Vi ,
•
condition. -.
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HUDDERSFIELD. TUESDAY, APRIL 27.--14° .I,:git : .1:-.: '
than three or four buyers of any importance "e`-botr-Ace,)
tended our market today, and they appear to vs.,* •
used extreme caution in all purchases. The rise inng for .
price of corn damps all speculation; and were it, not
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considerable orders being in hand for the America- 'a
.
continental markets, we fear we should be experiene
the distress of some of the cotton districts. .0 0.
LEEDS, TUESDAY, APRIL 27.—This tio'-, ,torti
presented a dull appearance, but as many rnalturazt; fice '
are employ ed to orders, principally on Areenc-epes•
counts, the supply of goods to our cloth halls 19 loir
sarily very limited, and the transactions Teri a.-
nificant. In prices there is no alteration what'e. . •
Manchester Guardian.

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..,',7 ACCIDENT RELIEF SOCIB-"1"Y et.
The annual festival in aid of the funds of this el? 01
•
lent institution was held last evening, at the Akll3l°
Aldersgate-street. „,e silt ;' •
Shortly after six o'clock about fifty gentle-t 006 i•
Clown to a most admirably-served entertainniene 1,00
.• •
which reflected the highest credit upon the PoPri•e• de
(Messrs. Staples), both for the excellence of the veil "
and the quality of the wines. ..si.er
The vocal entertainments were under the ea '':
Messrs. Smith, Shoubridge and Genge. d
J
The chair was filled ,by 'Luke James Hansar' sti*". ..."-;
. D' •-•
who was supported upon the right by the Re!' ine,E.
Sargrove, rector of St. Mary Somerset, -upper TO oft,
~..:'
street ; and upon the :eft by the Rev. Dr. Carpi& ' ..•
usual loyal toasts having been drunk, i' Stir
The CHAIRMAN gave the toast of the evening-- ripe • .
cess to the praiseworthy and philanthropic labourSe oejoi -
Accident Relief Society," which was of course re
with all the
honours. A there.;
The SECRETARY (Mr. R. Croxton) then rea--, t bad
port, from which it appeared that the soololao of
originated in the year 1838, amongst thef°r savori
Mr. T. Cox Savory, of Cornhill, w'r. making up •
himself subscribing 201., and his workmen to the
the sum of 641., for the purpose of affording relief he ren-
t
families of labouring men who might chance to be
oes
II
dered incapable of supporting their families anti •• '
currence of such accidents as falls from scaffolding. bie.
others, to which the labouring classes are hourly
halo ~_ •
From that time to the present the society bassi° b
but progressively increased in funds and power, althongo
it still falls so far short of the requirements aof
classes for which its foundation was effected, that of S':,,,
45,000 cases of accident that are estimated to occur
London annually, not one in thirty can receive 01' (11. •
the slightest assistance froimsnegoitu;sr ftLueusosdrs.dmii;
Amongst the subscriptions announced to have be
ell
rEeacreli%l.e,idtz:
jell-lie:1111th, eiolf.C;llovwi
Diovuer.sll6.7 --or(11 ,: "
Rarenswortalril,nluoall:2oA•ll.;isEs
Mrs. Duff,
reagh, annual, 5/ ; Sir Thomas' 13:ei g' Bart., sundry
_donations 1001., mutual donation, 5/.•" Charles Hoare,
.::,„
IF q., second donation, 10/ • H. M. j..loare, Pq''.l `-'l.l •• (
Lord Skeltnersdale, second• ' donation, 51; Ref- • ,_.i.
Fisk, donation, 501-; Luke James „Barnard, Egg , third.
aßrluordnestit Cutts, annuso- 2t1.: ~.
donation 201.; Lord Dudley Coutts S'tlnNa.rt;,Ldirnti2vitioanslsl
annually 21.25. The total amount was about 1530/. 'l_l7 •
subscriptions for the past month were about sde and
for the past year about 7001. • •
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IN
THE AMERICAN SQUADRON
THE GULF OF MEXICO•
acted list
We understand that the following is a correc . ...
of' the United States naval forces now concentratinrg i_7.
the Gulf of Mexico. They furnish a formidable 6,11?..f,a
[Lent on the seaside to cover the debarkation oft
ow•
troops and to assist in taking the Castle:-- Gang.
74
Line of battle ship Ohio, Captain Stringhant '' 44. , •
Frigate Potomac, Captain Aulick ......................
,4
Frigate Raritan, Captain Forest .......................... *2O
Sloop of war John Adams, Commander Dl
dens
••• op
Sloop of war St. Mary's, Commander Saunders .......
~,,
Sloop of war Albany, Captain Breese .....................
2xo"
Sloop of war Germantown, Commander Bu
.n•••••'
20
Sloop of war Saratoga, Commander Faragut .. .......
16
Sloop of war Decatur, Pinckney ••• ...... 10
Brig of war Porpoise, Lieutenant Hunt ......... ...... .. ,
Schooner of war, Bonito, Lieutenant Benham ....•• •• '.•
Schooner of war Reefer, Lieutenant Sterratt ........... si
Schooner of war Peterel, Lieutenants han' .•••• . •_ ..... 103
Steamer Mississippi, Commander Ams (rali"."") 9
Steamer Princeton, Commander Engle ................. 5
Steamer Spitfire, Commander Tatnall .................. 3‘
Steamer Vixen, Commander Sands ..................... 3
Steamer Maclean, Captain Howard ..................... 4
Steamer Union, Captain Rudd ................. ; ...... .' 6 ,
Steamer Hunter, Commandersahl ............... 1 ,
Steamer Scorpion, Bigtow, 64-pr ......... 1 ,
Steamer Scourge, Lieutenant Hunter ............... 6
Storeship Relief, Lieutenant
.Bulltla ................ •
Storeship Supply, Lieutenant'Colhoun .................. 1
Storeship Fredonia, Lieutenant Chauncey ..
•.. 1
Bomb ketch Stromboli, Commander Van Brunt, ......... 11
Bomb ketch /Etna, Commander Walker, 93-pr. ......
Bomb ketch Vesuvius, CommanderMagruder,9s-Pr
M ' i '•
Bomb ketch Hecht, Lieutenant Fairfax, .....
93- r ... "'
Bombuerlo
ketch,rw Electra,
pLtaiienur
°res ..
Lieutenant ...
.................
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Cu . j
655
Total number of guns ....................... li .......0
The whole number of guns, according to the ra
(
the ships enumerated, is 353—which- is less, h°llefo;
than the actual number. This enumeration does i
include several small vessels captured from, the ene
and taken into service by Commodore Connor. Thed c
brigs Washington (one gun), Lieutenant Cotninafe,e
S. P. Lee, also destined for the Gulf of 31eP-c°:),
will sail in a few days • and the Perry (10 gob
Lieutenant Commander Barron, will sail as soon oi
crew can be obtained for her. The steamer AlleEiter'
(10 guns), Lieutenant W. W. Hunter, is completiu..B4o*
equipment at Memphis, and will soon be read,' It', de'
14 of the vessels named have been purchased IlL"--j'er4
partment since the commencement of the war.----4.- ' •
Tribune.
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Two strangers, a male and female, suPP, ei. Wel
their dress to be of a respectable station of sioele••;;008•-
found dead near Colmar three days ago. There W 05,,, 0101", *
pistol near their bodi,s, and it was evident that tP,,,_ and
who was about 30 years old, had first shot the fettle''''
then_ reloaded the pistol to destroy himeelf. ...-••
On
nDsRaEt
uArDdyayti L a ACCIDENTm IdN
Williams,.l!a Biti if 0 9,:lif I;sldr.S'Cirelyssilti ' ..,'-''
carrier's cart along Farrinflone-street,wassnt!lienbile sitlrd:l-' 1
forward upon the road, a
the wheel had passed' overn beforeotli Lhise I;eorss.e ege`ogopscaos LA
iangly taken to St. Bartholomew's, viler! ha 110° re
very dangerous condition. 1
On the 9th i ---_— cep the
nst. at Prafitti-RsTtrHe'let., Lambeth' fleren
wife of Mr. John Bowney, of a son. lady of 0010 /1.
On the 22d inst., at Hamburgh, the
Corlett, Esq., of a daughter. '
iiVr -
On the 22d inst., at Canterbury, the 12dia°fd s iugl i Captaintr .
mer. her Majesty's 14th Liht Dragoons' e•••'-'1- los
Esq., of Ashton Keynes, and
On the 22d just., at Chatham, the wife Griffin 114th o'" 1
or tin itabirei
Captain 62d (W 1
liegiment, of a son. Wilts,
On the 25th inst., at St. Margaret's Vies chaster, .`
• rage, R°G • ?
the wife of the Rey. James Wh •
•te, of a sou . Deslef' .•
i
of On ndatohgeh2t6etrh. inst., at Upper dapton, Mrs. F
• btolit
toifvfl3r/g
On the 26th ins,., ' in Susses-square, NWT-
Mrs
.Thomas Selby, of a son.
1
i in ;•
DIZD. Cow-veSs" f
In forty-seven hours after the rupture of a isie o
a fit of coughing, at Chester House, East SN:„fivltt
Wight, Charlotte, the beloved wife of William laugh the •
of Trinity-square, Newington, and younge.st dauenteli
rederick
late W. Meggy, Esq., of Chelmsford, aged 35* d 85' •
On the 22d inst., in Alifirnan-street, Mr. Tull, age
_..si $1!
On the 23d inst. at Hawkshead, Betts, Alon "sioitca
Davidge Gould, G.C.8.,' Vice-Admiral of the
•••
Kingdom, aged 90. Sarah
t°.
On the 24th inst., at Eversley,
shall, relict of the late Rev. C. R. Marshall, aged „wool
On the 25th inst., at Leamington, Lieutenant-
Hants, Mrs. S ,
• 1160033
Pocklington, aged 72.
rove, Essex,
On the 26th inst., at Stratford-f;
fl;
Curtis, Esq., aged 77. the Wire °
On the 26th inst., at Upper Tooting, Sarah,
03
Lucas, Esq., aged 82.
On the 26th inst., at Croydon, Henry Reads VA" 564
a I o'll%
London: Printed and Published by MIIILISO
and Yotrj-e tror.-4
Strand, Printer, at The Bun Office, N 0.112, SU 4 T-funpw ..j Pl'.
of the Savoy, in the County of Micbilleeel • .
29, 1847,