The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-01-27 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING.

Wind W.N.W.—high Water 37 minutes put 2.
Arrived the gharnrock, from Belfast; City of Dublin,
from Dublin; Nile, fiom ditto; Ceres, front ditto ; Lion,
from ditto; Johannees, from Dundalk; Minerva, from
Wilmington; Ellen, from Dublin; Mars, from Halifax.
MONDAY EVEVING.
Ewen, from Prince Edward's Island ; Cyclops, from
St,- Petersburgb ; Mersey, from Dublin.
CORN MARKET, TUESDAY, JAN. 25.

The Corn Market today was flat; quotivions sonsequen•lv re-
duced 2d. on IVheat, and Id. on Oats ; other articles equally dull.
IVheat per Bushel 701b.—English . 9 3 a 10 4
Scotch 8 6 a 9 7
Irish C 6 a 10 2
Danttic 4 0 a 7 0
Pomeranian 4 8 a 7 0
Petersburgh and Riga 4 II a 7 0
Oats per Bushel of 4516.—Irish Potato - 3 4 a 3 7
EnglisLScotchdt Welch 3 6 a 4 3
Foreign, free. - 0 0 a 0 0
Common 3.d. a 3d. lower.
-50 a 6 6
- 32 0 a 35
- 26 0 a 33
51 0 a :3 0
- 60 0 a 52 0
- 24 0 a 26 0
-00 a 0 0
ona 0 0
47 0 a d II
42 0 a 45 II
00a 0 0
. 53 3 a 58 0
Cncertain.

Barley per folh.
Oatmeal per 2-101 S.—English
Irish
Flour per 2801b.—English
Irish

_
American per 1961 b.
Dantzic.
Foreign Free
Beans per Quartcr_English
Irian

Foreign
Pease per Quarter—English, While
Foreign

. •
IMPORTED PROW TILE Ilan TO riiL 24rm J•I:VARY,

INCLUSIVE.
- 3,919 ors. :lean■
. 8.304 Peas
1,366 Flour -
. 10 Oatmeal
E3,09T30--480 Barrels of Flour.

Wheat . .
Oats - - -

642 qrs.
. . 114
- - .417 sacks.
1,774 loads.

Barley . .
Rye . .

CUSTOM ROUSE.

We are extremely sorry to announce to our readers titat
the long room at the Custom-House gave *ay yesterday
morning, about nine o'clock, by which accident all busi-
ness was suspended during the day, but we are happy
to state that no lives were lost. The round table in
middle of the room entirely disappeared, which caused
a general consternation. '1 he rooms contiguous to the
one which gave way shook tremendously, so much so
that the persons who were in them imagined that the
whole building was cnming down. Fortunately the
brokers who attend in the long room had not arrived,
or they would inevitably have been precipitated with it,
as several of their desks fell with the floor. Immense
crowds immediately collected, and strong apprehensions
were entertained for the safety of the remainder of this
magnificent building. The greatest agitation and alarm
prevailed in the neighbourhood during the deg,. It
was reported that a man had lost his life, We we
have every reason to believe that is not the fact.l
Two persons are missing who were in the habit of being in
early attendance in the long room, but as they hail not
been seen yesterday morning, it is hoped they hail not ar-
rived. Mr. Wilkinson, a clerk in the Warrant-office, had
a narrow escape ; lie clung to his desk until he was extri-
cated from his perilous situation. Mr. Smirke, the archi-
tect, was in attendance immediately after the accident, and
as soon as the Commissioners arrived they constituted a
Board, at which that gentleman attended. The Secretary
to the Customs was present, and issued crders for the en-
trances to be closed, and adopted measures for the security
of the official documents in the house. Strong parties of
police were in attendance, to keep off the crowd and pro-
tect the property.
A Correspondent thus notices the accident:—" We re-
gret to learn that a part of the long room of the Custom-
house has given way, and we understand that the cause of
the accident has arisen from there not being sufficient cau-
tion used in framing the footing of toe piers which receive
the ground arches in the King's Warehous,. The injury
sustained is of so serious a nature, that the business has
been suspended in that part of the building, and we fear
it will take some time to repair the same, and the expense
will be very great. Ind, ed, the probability is, that the
part injured will be obliged to be taken down, and re-
built."

(allozitea ACCOt'NT.)
On the flooring giving way, the consternation became
general, and each person seized his books and securiti
and conveyed them to the lobbies adjoining. The Secre-
tary to the Customs was present, anti promptly issued or-
ders for all the different entrances to be closed, and adopted
arrangements for the security of all the official documents.
A large party of the police soon attended, and kept the
accumulating crowd from interfering with the property.
Between three and four hundred tons of stones, bricks, and
rubbish, fell upon the top of the King's warehouse, which
instantly gave way, and the whole went through to the
foundation of the building. In the King's warehouse and
the cellaring, from 40 to .50 clerks and labourers were em-
ployed, and so sudden and unexpected was the fall of the
flooring, fee. that they had scarcely time to escape ; but
the only injury sustained was by one of the labourers, who
received a severe blow from a brick on the head ; the force
and weight of the rubbish were so great, that two of the
principal pillars in the cast cellar were completely forced
away from their position.
Only one of the round desks in the centre of the long
room, where the Custom Agents transact their business,
fell in with the ruins.

The Commissioners instantly issued an order for the sus-
pension of all business for the present, and the confusion
and disappointment evinced by the merchants, on hearing
of the accident, were beyond description.
The outer walls of the building appear to be very firm,
but the foundation having given way some time since, pre-
parations had been made for securing it. An immense
quantity of timber has been lately brought to the Custom-
house Wharf, for that purpose, and in a few clays the
alterations were to have commenced. It is a fortunate cir-
cumstance that the accident occurred so early in the morn-
ing ; for, had it happened in the middle of the day, when
the long room is frequently crowded with men of business,
the loss of lives would, no doubt, have been very great.
At the time of the accident there were a number of
workmen employed in the King's warehouse, just below
that part of the long room, making repairs which were
some time ago found necessary, and, by the fortunate
warning of a cracking above their heads, they had hut just
time to escape, when the ponderous roof fell in, and left a
chasm of about one-third of the long room. The arches
luckily gave way in the centre, and left the sides firm, over
which the clerks' desks were placed, so as to leave them
untouched, but within two feet of the precipice. As soon
as the Commissioners arrived, they constituted a Board, at
which Mr. Swirl:E., the architect, attended, when the ne-
cessary orders fur the security of the other parts of the
building were given, and nearly one hundred men were in-
stantly set to work in shoring up the remaining arches.
The pier in the cellars, underneath the King's ware-
house, it is said, has sunk nearly three feet. The King's
watehouse contained no goods of value, they having been
removed when the repairs were first thought necessary ;
for the same reason the cellars (the receptacle for the wet
goods) were also empty. The following node., was posted
upon the doors :
" At the Board. Jan. 26, BM.
" In consequence of a part of the floor, at the cast End of the
long room, having given way this morning, the Board direct the
Bench Officers to make such arrangements for the conduct of the
business, asunder the circumstances they may deem expedient, re-
lying upon their z?al and intelligence fur taking such measures as
shall occasion no further stoppage of the business than may be in-
dispensably necessary; and until further orders, the Board directs
the long room to be closed, giving access only to such officers and
clerks as may be desirous of removing their books and papers.
(Signed) " W. B."
On Monday a remarkably fine ship, the Cesar, was
launched from Messrs. Evans 's yard, Rotherhithe. She
went off in fine style into the water, in the presence of a
numerous assemblage of ladies anti gentlemen. Upon
inspecting her, we were much pleased with the manner in
which she has been fitted up for passengers. IVe under-
stand she is inten'ed as a free trader to Madras and Bengal.
There are 99 prisoners in York Castle, for trial at the
nest Assizes, 13 of whom are charged with murder, and
ten with highway robbery.