The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-26 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL N ENS.

NEW YORK, MARCTii:fiTna;cei; were mostly quiet,
and presented little change since yesterday's report. The
uncertainty about freights tended to check operations. The
large number of vessels which arrived a few day since,
which, it was believed at first, would have reduced the rates
of freights, it seems, from the fact of many of them being
engaged previous to arriral, the expected decline was not
realised. Within a day or two, easterly winds have
again prevailed, and a number of vessels being due, it
was supposed many were off the coast, ready to enter
the harbour on a change of wind to the south. In this
state of uncertainty, the rates to Liverpool, though nomi-
nally the same. were rather heavy. Small sales of Genesee
flour were made at 7 dollars; Southern was quiet at, 6 dol-
lars 50c. to 6 dollars 75c. A sale of red wheat was made at
1 dollar 50c..-Corn was less firm, and sales were freely made
at 90c. to 95c. for Southern white, and at 95c. for Southern
yellow. Prime Northern yellow sold from 95c. 98c. to 99c
Provisions were quiet at yesterday's rates, with some sales of
lard, and clear middles of pork. Groceries were steady,
with a fair amount of sales, if we except coffee, which conti-
nued dull.

FATAL OCCURRENCE AT THE CAMDEN STATION
OF THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—A
fatal accident took place on Tuesday afternoon, at the Cam-
den-station of the London and North-Western Railway, on
the premises in the occupation of Messrs. Pickford, the rail-
way carriers. It appears that for some months past, a num-
ber of workmen in the employ of Messrs. Piper and Co.,
builders, of Bishopsgate, have been engaged in erecting
additional warehouses for Messrs. Pickford, the basement of
which is supported by arches, forming a capacious stabling,
On Tuesday afternoon the men, chiefly carpenters, were em-
ployed in finishing the stables, when suddenly four of the
arches gave way with a frightful crash, burying the poor
fellows who were at work in the ruins. As soon as the con-
sternation had subsided, a number of men set to work to re-
move the rubbish. Four of the unfortunate men were
so deeply buried, that a considerable time elapsed before they
could be extricated, and they were got out frightfully
fated and and apparently lifeless; but they were at once con
veyed to University College Hospital. Every one of the
poor fellows was in a state of insensibility on their
arrival, and one of them died in an hour after
admission. The following statement of the house surgeon,
as to the injuries sustained by the men, will show the fright-
ful nature of the accident. t dward Whitman (since dead),
a carpenter, aged 35, residing at 41, Middlesex-street,
Somers-town, was found, on admission, to have sustained a
scalp wound and fracture of the skull, crushing in the whole
of the right side of the forehead from the temple to the nose,
several ribs crushed in upon the lungs, a compound fracture
of both bones of the right leg, a dislocation of the left ancle,
and other injuries. William Edwards, carpenter, aged 30,
residing at 32, Warren-street, Camden-town, comminated
fracture of the left thigh, and compound dislocation of the
left ancle joint, fracture of the tibia, severe bruises about
the forehead and face, a wound on the head, with consider-
able extravasation of blood under the scalp. George Murfin,
aged 20, carpenter, residing at 3, Prospect-place, Islington,
dislocation of the ancle joint, severe wound in the back of
the head, very severe contusions of the left arm, and other
injuries. Jeremiah Mayhoe, aged 21, labourer, of 6, Hill-
' street, Finsbury, severe injury to the lower part of the spine.
Another man, named William Sanders, was also severely in-
jured. On instituting inquiries into the cause of the accident,
it is accounted for by the breaking of a tension rod, conse-
quent, it is supposed, on the insecurity of the brickwork, oc-
casioned by its being built during the late frost. On inquiry
at the hospital yesterday it was ascertained that the other
sufferers are still in a dangerous condition.