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London, England, 1854-05-06 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

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In the account of the funeral of the Marquis of Anglesey
last evening, it was stated that the cortege was under
the superintendence of a firm in Long Acre, whereas
should have been that the whole was under the entire
maumemot of Dims. Gala of Oxfordltroet.
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( From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)

MANCHESTER, May s.—The depressing causes which
operated upon our market have been felt throughout the
present week with rather increased force ; the money
market having become somewhat stringent, and a
further decline in the price of cotton being reported in
the American advices. Buyers have acted with extreme
caution, and the business of the week has been very in-
considerable. Under these circumstances, an unfavour-
able bias in the prices of yarns is slightly more marked
than it was a week ago ; 16's to 24's water twist being,
however, comparatively steady. In many instances
the makers of goods, also, are willing to accept prices
they would scarcely have taken last week ; the general
tendency is against manufacturers. In Liverpool, the
price of the middle grades of American cotton is
per lb lower than on this day week, but fair is reported
as unchanged.
NOTTINGHAM, May 4.--The condition of the staple
business of this town seems to be worse, rather than
otherwise, more particularly the lace trade, in which
many of the manufacturers say they have never pre-
viously experienced any time of such extreme depres-
sion. The hosiery, although not by any means so bad, is
not nearly in so healthy a condition as the season would
warrant us expecting. There is but little doing in yarn,
and the price is nominally the same, although purchasers
to any extent would doubtless have an advantage.
LEICESTER, May 4.—There has been no improvement
in the demand since Easter to induce manufacturers to
employ the machinery previously laying idle. The scar-
city of employment is therefore still severely felt by the
operatives. The American orders, usually largest at
this season, are given out as yet on the most contracted
scale, and the nome trade is universally languid.
Worstel spinners are firmer in their prices, owing to
the impression existing that wools have touched their
lowest point. The wool market is firm, and sorts can-
not be bought so well by 10s. per sack. Some idea of
the depressed state it has been in, may be formed by the
fact that the woolsorters both here an 1 elsewhere have
been out of work for upwards of twenty weeks, and they
still remain so without a prospect of regular work until
after shear-day.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LOll.l3S—( YESTERDAY.)
THE EVACUATION OF THE RUSSIAN FORTS
IN T EIE BLACK SEA.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE wished to know
from her Majesty's Government whether any informa-
tion had been received, or any further reports made re-
specting the operations of the Russian fleet on the east-
ern coast of the Black Sea, in addition to the papers
already on the table ; because he must say, with refer-
ence to the conversation which took place in that house
on a former evening, the report which had been de-
livered to their lordships the day before yesterday, so far
from contradicting the account of the affair published
upon official authority by the Russian Government, en-
tirely confirmed the material statements contained in the
Russian report. It would be in their lordships' recol-
lection that his noble and gallant friend opposite
(Lord Hardwicke) had referred on a former even-
ing to the operations which the Russian fleet were said
to have performed, and successfully carried out, on the
eastern shore of the Black Sea--viz., the destruction of
several forts which it was no longer thought desirable
to occupy, and the removal of the troops who were gar-
risoned there to a point where they would be more use-
ful in the war in which Russia was engaged. On that
occasion, although anxious to take no part in that con-
versation, yet, after the observations that then fell from
the noble earl the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
he could not refrain from saying that the version of the
transaction published by the Russian Government differed
very greatly from the noble earl's representation of what
occurred. The noble earl stated, first, that the Russian
operations were not of the character and importance that
had been assigned to them ; secondly, that the evacua-
tion of these forts by Russia was the best of proofs that
we were the masters of the Black Sea ; and, thirdly, that
the news of the declaration of war by her Majesty
against the Emperor of Russia not having arrived in
those waters, it would not have been consistent with the
instructions that had been given to the admirals com-
manding the allied fleets to have preventedthe operations
of the Russians. Now, this last assertion was one of very
great importance ; because, if it was necessary for the
allied squadrons to wait for the intelligence of the decla-
ration of war before interfering to prevent such an ope-
ration on the part of the Russian fleet, then he (Marquis
of Clanricarde) said that faith had been kept neither with
this country nor with our allies. For it was distinctly
stated by members of the Government in both houses of
Parliament, after the massacre at Sinope had excited
such universal indignation, that orders had been given to
the admirals commanding the fleets in the Black Sea to
prevent the possibility of any such disaster occurring to
Turkish ships again, and to confine the Russian fleet in
the port of Sebastopol, and not allow them to undertake
any operation whatever. The phrase used by the First
Lord of the Admiralty in the other house was that no
Russian ship of war should be permitted to navigate the
Black Sea. And more particularly with respect to this
very class of operations, the noble earl in that house, ad-
verting to his (the Marquis of Clanricarde's) observations
on the 14th of Feb., distinctly stated that if we were not
to interfere in the manner in which the Government pro-
posed to do, we might have passively to witness the spec-
tacle of the Russian fleet moving its forces from one part
of the Russian dominions to another. A. menace to the
same effect was also held out to the Russian Admiral,
and, indeed, of this very menace the Emperor himself com-
plained. Now, we had the Russian report of these
operations to which he (the Marquis of Clanricarde) had
referred, very correct rumours concerning which were
reported in this country ; but it was astonishing how
very late correct information on the subject was re-
ceived by her Majesty's Government. First of all, the
Russian Government published, by authority, an ac-
count of these transactions, and that account was now
entirely corroborated in all essential particulars by the
report which Captain Jones sent to Admiral Dundas.
The official statement of the Russian Government was,
that under the present circumstances these forts on the
eastern coast of the Black Sea were no longer desirable
to be held or occupied by Russian troops ; and as to the
argument of the noble earl (Lord Clarendon), that the
destruction of these forts proved our mastery of the
Black Sea, why the fact was that these forts were never
erected for maritime purposes, or at least were never
intended to sustain an attack from a hostile fleet. It
was naturally most important to Russia to withdraw the
troops from these forts and to concentrate them where
they would be effective against the Turkish forces and
against our own. They performed this service success-
fully, according, both to their own account and to that
of our officer. It was true that our officer said there
were but four transports, while the Russian account men-
tioned five ; but this discrepancy was accounted for by
the circumstance mentioned in the latter accounts,
that one of the transports was unable to perform her
service. There seemed no reason to doubt the accu-
racy of the Russian statement, that the number of
men removed was 5,000 ; but suppose one-half were
deducted, the remainder, 2,500 men, was a most im-
portant accession to the Russian forces, and their re-
moval was a great operation. Why, 2,800 men held the
island of Minorca against 10,000 for three months. The
instructions to the captain of the Sampson was that he
was to reconnoitre, and he was cautioned that he was
not to approach a vessel superior in force to his own.
The noble lord (Lord Clarendon) said that these vessels
were but post-office packets, and were too insignificant
to be interfered with. If an officer was not to interfere
with post-office packets or insignificant vessels, and was
at the same time forbidden by the admiral to approach a
vessel superior to his own, he (Lord Clanricarde) did not
see what he was to do. He was, however, informed
that these vessels were not so insignificant, and the offi-
cer said that they " ranged under the batteries and
cleared for action." He said that the vessels did not
take these vessels because they were in port, and he
afterwards spoke of their being in an anchorage. They
were in no port. If the promise given to Parliament
was to be avoided by saying that when a vessel could
run in shore it was to be safe, and that was to be called
a port, this would be paltering and trifling with the sense
of those to whom it was addressed. He believed that
these vessels were of the same class as the Stromboli.
The operation which they performed was a most import-
ant one, and he could not believe that if the admiral had
had positive orders to employ the whole of his force
to attack any Russian fleet that was found out of port,
he would have remained at anchorage in Beicos Bay, and
have sent only two frigates, with orders not to attack a
superior force, to the other end of the Black Sea,
where the operations were being carried on. From what
they had heard to-day, it appeared that Fro
what
after-
wards ready enough to make a move that should be of
effect. He could not but blame the Government that
they should have used a menace to the Emperor of
Russia which they were not fully and in every respect
prepared to carry out in a manner becoming the dignity,
influence, and character of this country. We prevented
the Tarkish fleet from attacking the Russians, and
while we professed to keep the IrAter in port, an opera-
tion was performed before our fleet of which we seemed
iie had thought Meg`
to have taken no notice. This was calculated to pro-
duoe a very bad impression in the countries adjacent to
the scene of these operations,