The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-02 00:00:00

sEßLoths DISASTER AT THE
LIVERPOOL CORN-EXCIANGE.

LIVeltP OL, TUESDAY.—An accidf rat of a serious
natuvr, b:ah as re g inn.diste result. and the
p4n,c which it his created among the co rafootors fre-
o.w-ntiDg the market, occurred to day, soon after
twelve o'clock, in the Corn-Exchange, 13runswick-
stro-t.

The market is held ewry To, sdßy and Friday,
rather enure interest being exteted ova this occasion
from au announcement that the Protectionist candi-
dates, Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner, would make
their appearance in the Exchange. About twelve
o'clock, and when the room was nearly four ,fifths full,
they entered, accompanied by several of their princi-
pal supporters. Ten minutes afterwards the floor iu
the middle of the building suddenly gave way, the'
two centre arches " striking ;" and three-fifths of
the persons who were assembled were precipitated to
a depth of eight or nine feet. Providentially the
columns supporting the roof remained firm. It is
composed chi( fly of iron, and, had it fallen, it would
doubtless have caused the deaths of hundreds. Im-
mediately the crash vas heard, several practinal men,
knowing. the terrible results which might have been
occasioned by' a rush to escape from the buildiug,
called upon the cornfactors and others who had
not gone with the floor to " stand firm.,,
The foundation of the building consists
,of
two brick arches, running transversely in tne
centre, four others extending on each side from
them, in a rectengular direction. The hill is being
enlarged and beautified; and excavations for the fur-
ther foundation having just been
_.completed, the
N
centre arches were open in front. None of the per-
sons who fell with the floor were severely hurt. Mr.
Mackenzie, as it happend, was in a different part of
the room, and thus escaped a premature downfall ;
but his colleague, Mr. Turner, was among the unfor-
tunate vanishers, and considerable fears were expe-
rienced lest bis electioneering progress was cut short,
but he was quickly extricated without having sus-
tained much injury. The next fear was that some
workmen were under the arch when it fell ; and, on

inquiry, it was ascertained that about 12 o'clock three
men had gone under it for the purpose of having their
dinners. Every exertion was imm.ediately used to
clear away the rubbish, and in a short time the body
of a man named Edward Goulborne, aged 40, joiner,
was found face downwards, quite dead. The search
was renewed, and soon afterwards they came to the
body of a joiner named John Stevens, in the employ
of Mr. Mackerel), builder. He was also lying face
downwards, the body bent down to his knees, on
which were found the remains of his dinner. There
were no marks of injury about the body, and he had
evidently died from suffocation. Goulborne has left
a widow and two children. A woman, wife of one of
the men, is said to be missing. At the time of the
accident three men were under the arch; but one of
them, hearing an ominous crack, escaped before the
brickwork gave way.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The Corn Exchange has for some time past been
in the course of reconstruction and enlargement. It
was intended, we believe, to make the new market
about double the size of the old. Ia order not to in-
terrupt the business, the new half which fronts the old
ropery was first completed, and a few weeks ago the
old building was rized to the ground. Since that
time the new part of the building has been used for
the market, the access to it being across a temporary
wooden platform from Brunswick-street.' Below the
market there are two stories of cellars, so that the
market itself was built on a double tier of grebes.
This morning, about the time above stived, when
there is generally the most numerous attendance of
merchants and dealers, the Protectionist candidates,
Messrs. Mackenzie and Turner, with Mr. Bold
and others of their principle supporters, passed
along the platform to the market. They had
scarcely entered the hall when there was a rush
towards the centre of the building, and the arches
below gradually giving way, most of the gentlemen in
the centre of the room, with the market stands and
samples of corn, flour, &c., were precipitated below to
the first cellar. The crash was distinctly heard for
some distance, and the confusion and alarm which
it created in Brunswick-street, on 'Change,
and the immediate neighbourhood, can scarcely be
conceived. It was known that at that period of the
day the principal corn merchants and many of the
tradesmen in the town are generally in the market,
and it was rumoured that a great loss of life had oc-
curred. After the confusion and alarm had in some
degree subsided, many of the merchants were seen to
make the best of their way from Abe ruins; most of
them were covered from. head .to foot with a thick
coat of flour, and it was with difficulty that many
could be identified. Some had lost their hats, others
had their clothes torn, several were limping, having
received severe contusions in consequence of the stands
falling upon them, and all appeared more or less to
have suffered from their unexpected visit to the cellars
under the market. Mr. Picton, the architect, was on
the ground a few minutes after the accident took place.
We understand that yesterday morning the joiners
(no one expecting so sudden an influx of persons to the
corn market) slackened the wooden centres of. the
centre arch, in order to proceed with other portions
of the work, and the mortar of the arch not being
properly dry, the brick-work gave way. This will,
we believe, he found to be the cause of the accident
Messrs. Quick and Ride, the divisional superinten-
dents of police, were in attendance a few minutes after
the accident occurred, and under their directions and
those of Mr. Picton a body of labourers were em-
ployed to clear away the rubbish from under the
centre arch. The men who had been at work at the
building reported that two of their companions were
missing. It appeared that at twelve o'clock they were
in the top cellar, and retired underneath that part of
the building which gave way for the purpose of
eating their dinners, and there is no doubt that whilst
so engaged they lost their lives. About ten minutes
to one o'clock one of the men was taken out of the
ruins, and shortly after the other poor fellow was dug
out. Medical assistance was obtained, but life in both
cases was extinct, and the bodies were removed to the
dead-house at Prince's dock. At the time we write
the.men are still employed in removing the dibris,
with the view of ascertaining whether there are other
bodies under the ruins,
LATEST PARTICULARS.
It is now feared that there are two more workmen
buried beneath the brickwork, and that the wives of
two of the workmen who were present with their
husbands' dinners were also beneath the arches when
they fell in. Search is now being made for them
among the ruins.
Messrs. Turner and Mackeaele, on emerging, and
being at the time wholly unaware that any serious
consequences bad resulted, were among the first to
leave the building. The latter gentleman seemed
highly amused at the occurrence with its accompany-
ing incidents, and took the jokes of some of his fellow
sufferers in great good humour.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TA rTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY.
The settling on the Derby and Oaks was resumed
yesterday, and, as we had anticipated. turned out pretty
good. Time, however, was required in several in-
stances, and two or three parties, connected with bet-
ting houses, have altogether failed to meet their engage-
menti; there is strong reason to suspect that they are
hopeless cases.
The only bets that came to our knowledge, were 2 to
1 apt Frantic for the Manchester Union Cup-2 to 1
agst Voltigeur for the Emperor's Plate-6 to 1 each
agst Hyacinth and Backbiter, tor the Atcot Stakes—and
for the Derby 2,000 to 100 agst Cineas, and 4,000 to 100
agst Constantine.
BET PING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY.
MANCHESTER UNION CUP —3 to 1 agat Frantic (taken
freely), 8 to 1 agst ILehe,63 (,), 9 to 1 agst Italian (t),
10 to 1 agst Gladiole (t), 12 to 1 agst Candlewick (t),
12 to 1 agA Lough Bawn (t). Twenty expected- to run.
MANCHESTER TRADES CUP.-5 to 1 agst Cockcrow
(t), 7 to 1 agst Calculator (t), 8 to 1 agst Jessica (t),
5 to 1 oast Dawson's two (t).
ASCOT CUP.-3 to 1 sgst Voltigeur, 4to 1 agst Ted-
dington.

WY RACS.--MONDAY.
Sweepstakes of 3 sov E . e sachE, and 20 added, for three yrs
old and upwards; winner to be sold for 601., &C.
Heats, one mile and a half. (7 Subs.)
Mr. Cameron's Handsome Doe, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b 3 1 1
Mr. Land's Thrush, 3 yrs, 7st 416 1 2 dr
Mr. James's Maltuesbury, aged 9st 31b 2 3 dr
A good race.
The Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, and 15 added, f
three yrs old and upwards, winner to be sold for 50or
1.,
&c., one mile and a half (8 Subs ), were won in two
boats by Mr. Land's Thrush, 7st 21b, beating Mr.
Smith's Union Jack, 7st 10Ib, and 5 others, cleverly.
The Hurdle Stakes of 2 boys. each, and 15 added, one
mile and a half (6 Subs.), were won cleverly in two
heals by Mr. Land's Prospect, llst, beating Mr. Verrall's
li• itis
' I Consul, 1 Ist 101 b, Mr. White% Prophete, lOst 716
and Mr. Jamey's Malmesbury, list 71b. ,

RmelitGroApTorliAt
metropolitan
cAolints.
ROYAL
Deane, the honodraray
communication through her Excel-
mittee, has receive
Coss YACHT
secretaryCoLfrtnh e
him to affix her name, with a sub-
F. Goold, authorising
list of subscribers for a ladies' cup,
to the
lency the Countess of Eglinton's private secretary, the Rev.
sub-
scription of 51.,
The Lady Mayoress and se-
the Royal Cork Yacht Clu
forwarded subscriptions. It is
veral other ladies have
to be rowed for by gentlemenb at the forthcoming regatta of
un-
derstood that a couple of crews from Oxford intend to con-
test for this prize.
Yesterday morning,
at an early hour, the mortal
remains of the much lamented and learned gentleman, John
Chetwynd Talbot, Esq., QC., were removed from his late
town residence, No. 10, Great Geor*e-street, Westminster,
Fuston-
square, thence by
to tho London and Birmingham
Railway station, ,
special train to Stafford,
for the purpose
the
new church, lately erectednear the family seat
of interment in a vault expressly
for their reception, in ,
Talbot, Ingestre, Staffordshire, in accordance with the with
of the deceased. The coffin was covered with rich silk black
Genoa velvet, black nail, with hra,s plate, bearing the fol-
-I,,vvi. g inscription :—" llonourablc John Chetwynd Talbot,Esq., Q C , born 31st 31ay, 18u6, died 26th blab 1852, aged
46 yeara." of Earl