The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-10 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Manchi,ster Guardian of this day.)
There is not, much change in the market as compared
'with last week ; but, upon the whole, prices are firmer,
and the appearance of business is somewhat more favour-
alb'. Yarns suitable fir Germany and Russia are in
good demand, and some descriptions, particularly in
water-twist, arc exceedingly • scarce, and advancing in
pricie. Goods, with the exception of 40-inch shirtings,
arc also in fair demand, and prices are very firm.
ItocueaLE FLANNEL MARKET, .MONDAY, JULY B.
demand for flannels, especially of the lower sorts,
has been good. On the whole, it has been quite an
avefage day for business. The wool market has been
rather flit; the prices being too high to.remunerate the
manufacturer.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

STATE OF THE NAVY.
Sir C. NAPIER rose to put a question to the Gallant
Officer opposite (Sir G. Cockburn), and he wa • extremely
sorry that the First Lord of the Treasury was not in his
place while he did so. During the tenure of offs .e by the
late Government, the ships of the navy were inefficiently
manned, and they were frequently complained of
by the present Government as well as by himself
awl brother officers. The present Board of Admi-
ralty, however, on coming into office, very pro-
rerly improved the state of the navy with respect
to the manning of the ships, excepting with re-
, spnt to the guard ships which at present had only third-
rate crews. The question he had to ask was, whether it
was true that the Albion had sailed with a reduced
crew, and that the Caledonia and St. Vincent had .
em-
barked 150 supernumerary marines instead of the same
number of seamen. The Albion was an 84 gun ship,
and he understood that shehad sailed with 750 men, the
full complement being 850 men.
Sir G. COCKBURN, who spoke in so low a tone of
voice as to be scarcely audible, was understool to say
that the Albion had sailed with her full complement of
men, which was 750. Three-decked vessels of the second
class had 850 men, but the third class only carried 750
men, and that was: the full complement for the Albion.
With regard to the other question the Hon. and Gallant
Officer was right. The complement for the guard-ships
was 620 men each, but an occasion had arisen in which
it was desirable that one of these ships should go out
as quickly as possible, and it was arranged that she
should take 750 seamen, and also 120 marines.
The vessel alluded to was quite suited for the great ob-
ject for which she was sent out. She was quite equal
to take her own part either with friend or foe. He was
delighted to be able to state to the House and the
country, that his orders for this vessel to sail arrived at
Plymouth between one and two o'clock in the day, and
the ship was on her course at an early hour the next
morning.—(Cheers.)
Sir C. NAPIER—Then, am I to understand that, in
future, our ships are not to be manned by seamen, but
by marines ?
Sir G. COCKBURN—Certainly not ; but, in a case
of emergency like this, where the supposition might
arise in some people's minds that the lives of British
subjects in Morocco might be in danger, he (Sir G.
Cockburn) was glad to be able to do that in a moment
which, if done otherwise, might have caused great delay
in the sailing of the ship.—(Efear, hoar.)
THE STATE TRIALS.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said he had a question to put
in reference to the proceedings which had recently taken
place in the House of Lords. The arguments upon the
writ of error having closed, it was said that the Judges
had left, or were about immediately to leave town. The
question he had to put was, whether the Government
had made any arrangement, in order that judgment
might be given in-this case during the present session ?
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said he really could
not see what Government had to do at all with making
any arrangement upon the subject.—(Hear, hear.)
There had been an argument of six days addressed to
the House of Lords on the writs of error; and on which
argument, by the way, the counsel for the plaintiffs in
error occupied no less than five days, and counsel
for the Crown only one.—(Hear.) As to the impression
made upon the minds of the judges who were to decide
upon the case, he (the Solicitor-General) could of course
say nothing ; and he kuew just about as much as to the
time when the final decision of that high tribunal would
be delivered.