The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-21 00:00:00

Paid.

STATE OF TRADE,

ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, APRIL, 18.—Sales
during the present week have been steady, but not exten-
sive, and prices are firm at last week's rates.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MARCH 18.—There has
been a better inquiry for most descriptions of short wool, at
very firm if not improved rates. Long wool is unaltered in
value, and a steady business doing in hogs, whilst wethers
continue neglected.
LEEDs.---There has been an improvement in the markets
both on Saturday and Tuesday at both our Cloth Halls; the
demand has been brisk for goods of all descriptions calculated
for the summer trade; low-priced Tweeds for shipping have
also gone off more freely than has been the case for several
weeks past; there has been no alteration in prices, and the
stocks of fine and middle cloths and fine Tweeds is lower
than usual at this season. Many of the larger buyers have
been in the town this week who have purchased freely ; the
shipping trade is also improving. On the whole business is
quite as good as usual in the warehouses at this period of
the year.
BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There is nothing dif-
ferent either as regards the demand or prices of wool since
our last. There is no marked improvement in the yarn
branch, which for some time past has been very depressed.
We cannot learn that there is any decided improvement in
the demand for pieces to-day ; yet the recent accounts
brought from America being more favourable, an active
business is likely to follow.
MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have had a
heavy and rather declining market for all descriptions of
cloth this week, accompanied by a strong inclination to sell
even below the general rates asking, but no progress can be
made. It begins to be surmised that the great increase in
the production and the certainty that it will also continue
to increase for a long time to come, is the real cause of the
recent decline. Our dyers were never so slack, at least for
a long time past; always a sign of bad home trade. Yarns
are still slightly drooping, though a good quantity is now
shipping.—Leeds Mercury.

EXECUTION of JAMES CRO WLEY.
WARWICK, FRIDAY.-At least five thousand pertona
of the lowest of the low were mustered on this occasion
to witness the dying moments of the unhappy culprit.
Early in the morning the idle and dissipated of the lo-
cality assembled without the prison doors. What is de-
nominated the " funeral sermon," was preached by the
chaplain on Sunday; therefore, this morning prayers
only were read in the sacred edifice.
The prisoner maintained the utmost firmness through-
out the service, which never abandoned him to the
end. To view the sad procession, had not his arms
been pinioned, a casual spectator could have scarcely
guessed the criminal. While the latter process was being
undergone, he said in a firm voice to the officials around.
him, " I did not go down there with any intention of
shooting that man, so help me God." About eleven
o'clock, attended by the gaoler and others, he mounted
the scaffold, and immediately placed himself underneath
the fatal beam. Perceptibly, not a muscle moved, and
though he was expected to have addressed the popu-
lace, the only words he uttered were to his executioner
(a man from Nuneaton), to whom he said upon his ad-
j usting the rope, " It's too forward—it's too tight—it's
too much under the chin." Upon the fatal bolt being
withdrawn, the body of the young man appeared for a
moment in a stationary position, thus yielding for awhile,
to his friends who were present, the pleasing hope that he
had died without a struggle.
As is usual in such cases (to their shame be it spoken)
a number of females were present, and scarcely had the
soul of the deceased taken its farewell flight from its
earthly tabernacle, than the scaffold was crowded by
members of the " gentler sex" afflicted with wens in the
neck, with white swellings in the knees, &c., upon
whose affections the cold clammy hand of the sufferer
was passed to and fro, for the benefit of his executioner.
It is rumoured in Warwick that the young lady to whom
Crowley was attached has given her word that many
matters pertaining to his family shall be made public, in
order that at least he may ensure the sympathy of
his former acquaintances and the world in general.
That unhappy dissensions have long existed amongst
them cannot be doubted, and lamentable, indeed, is it
that they should have brought the deceased to so sad and
so untimely an end. The prevailing opinion is that had
the plea of insanity been gone into, a verdict of man-
slaughter would have been returned. The memorial
was signed by the parties upon the coroner's inquest,
and nine out of the twelve jurymen upon his trial—the
three being Mr. Jones, of Bennett's Hill (foreman), and
two others, who were out of town.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS.

The next mail for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon,
India, and China, via Marseilles, will he be dispatched
from London on the evening of the 24th instant.
The next mail for Lisbon, Madeira, Spain, and Gib
raltar, from Southampton, will be dispatched from
London on the 27th instant.

The next mail for Sydtley, New South Wales, a
be dispatched from London on the 30th instant.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
LIGHTHOUSES ON THE ISLAND OF
GOTHLAND.

" Admiralty, 17th April, 1845

"Sir—With reference to my letter to you of 26th Feb.,
announcing that His Majesty the King of Sweden had
ordered two lighthouses to be constructed on the island
of Gothland, in the Baltic, and that the light on the
southern point would be exhibited next spring, I am
commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty to acquaint you, for the information of the
Committee for Managing the Affairs of Lloyds that
by that expression you are to understand the spring of
the y,,ar 1846.
" And further, that the building of the lighthouse on
the northern point will not be commenced till the
southern light has been completed.—l am, Sir, your
most obedient servant,

(Signed)
" W. Dobson, Esq., Lloyds."

" W. HAMILTON,

LLOYD'S COLLECTION OF CHARTS.

The N, therlands Government has pri.s.mted to the
establishment of Lloyds copies of the maps and charts
published in that country by official authority.

STOURBRIDGE.—THE GLASS TRADE.—On Sunday
last the various glass houses of this and every other
neighbourhood were relieved from the presence of the
officers of the excise, and as each house required the ser-
vices of three officers, a considerable niub;?r of their
worships will, as in the judgment of Mike in the old
song, be wanting a job. No doubt many of them will
rejoice at being relieved from a duty which required
their presence at all hours of the night in places nut cele-
brated for their cleanliness. Already the country teems
with reports of numerous embryo establishments which
are to be called into active operation forthwith, for the
manufacture of glass ; and as a consequence, lead, and
the other ingre.iients required in the manufacture, are
rising in price, but more especially the important article
of fuel, on which the advance, cowequent on the demand
for the iron trade, is so great as to increase the cost at
the various glass % arks more than double. The great
increase in the price of coals is felt as a serious evil by
all the manufacturers of this district, and more especially
at this particular juncture by those engaged in the glass
trade. The price of best coals at the pit is now 12s. 6d.
and 13s. per ton.— Worce4tershire Chronicle.

NEVER DESPAIR.—It i 3 told that a maiden lady
of fourscore on being asked at what age a woman ceases to think
of marriage, candidly told the interrogator that he must apply to
an older woman than herself. The age at which an old man's
vanity in affairs resarding the sex comes extinct is equally dubious.