The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-14 00:00:00

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

The South Es{, from New York to Belfast, Sept. 16,
lat. 44 N., long. 47 W.
The Audubon, from New York to Australia, Aug. 14,
lat. 16 N., long. 36 W.
Tho Arabia (s), from Liverpool to New York, Oct. 4.
The Swanbey (barque), from London to Adelaide, South
Australia, Sept. 26, lat. 38 N., long. 15 W.
The Australia (ship), with emigrants, Sept. 11, lat. 13
N., long. 26 W.
The Emma Lincoln, bound W., 30th, lat. 47 N., long .
3 W.
The Elizabeth (ship), of Belfast, from Troon to Aden,
Aug. 10, lat. 21 S., long. 34 W.

LARGE WARMOUSES.—There is now in the course of
erection, in Mount-street, Peter-street, a warehouse
which, we are informed, will considerably exceed in size
any similar building now existing in this city or it
neighbourhood, if not in England. The building will
cover the whole of the plot of land behind the Museum
of the Natural History Society, bounded by Mount-
street, Winch:nil-street, and Museum-street, and upon
which, for many years, it has been customary to fix the
tents or temporary erections used for circus perform-
ances, when such exhibitions have been opened here.
The building will consist of six storeys, including the
basement, and will be at least 70ft. high to the cornice ;
towards Mount-street it will have a frontage of 162 feet,
but the slope of Windmill-street is such as to reduce the
length of the frontage in Museum-street to 120 feet.
The breadth will be 106 ft. This enormous pile is being
built for Messrs. John Pender and Co., merchants, of
Dale-street ; the architect is Mr. James Donnison, and
the contractors, Messrs. Hay, Nish, and M'Kean. As
far as the erection has yet proceeded, the outer walls
consist of substantial brickwork, faced by massive stone-
work, with rustic dressings ; and we understand that,
throughout, every recent improvement is to be intro-
duced. We have heard that a new warehouse for
Messrs. S. and J. Watts and Co., of Fountain-street, is
shortly to be commenced in Portland-street ; and that
it will be still larger than the one for Messrs. J. Pender
and Co.

STATISTICS Os' WRECKS.—The following is the awful
summary of 1850 :—The wrecks of British and foreign
vessels on the coasts and in the seas of the United King-
dom were 681. Of these, 277 were total wrecks ; sunk
by leaks or collisions, 84 ; stranded and damaged so as
to require to discharge cargo, 304 ; abandoned, 16 ;
total wrecks, &c., 681 ; total ves lost, 784. In the
year 1851 the wrecks on our coast were 701. Of these,
353 were total wrecks, or sunk, or abandoned, and 348
stranded and damaged so as to require to discharge
cargo. The number of lives lost (so far as could be as-
certained) was 750. The most disastrous portion was
the month of September ; and in the heavy storm of the
25th and 26th of that month, 117 vessels were stranded,
while during the whole month the number amounted to
153, or more than five a day ; thus affording additional
proof of the necessity of snaking the utmost efforts to
avert so much calamity. But the past year, 1852, has
far exceeded in respect to shipwrecks the two former
periods in amount and fatality, no less than 1,100 ves-
sels having been wrecked on the shores of the British
isles, and the number of lives lost (as far as could be
ascertained) being about 900. The greatest havoc
took place about the latter end of last October and
beginning
of November. In this interval no less than
600 ships sought refuge in the Humber. Many more,
however, could reach no shelter ; and thus, in the course
of a few days, the unprecedented number of 300 vessels
were lost or damaged, with the fearful loss of 217 lives.
The greater part of this terrible work of destruction
took place on the cast coast of England off Flamborough
Read.