The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-16 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. 15.—A cask of wine, marked "J.
Hoppc,, No. 55, L. P." has been picked up at sea, and
landed at Buenos Ayres. Two other casks have been
picked up; marks have not been ascertained. The Bro-
thers, from Limerick, at Waterford fir Liverpool, with
loss of sails and bulwarks.

CALAIS, OCT. I2.—The Alliance, of and bound ,to
Dunkirk, from Iceland, was on shore near Gravelines,
last evening.
GOTHENBURG, OCT. s.—The Minna, which was on
shore on the Kungabackafjirel, on the 26th August, was
got off on the 28th Sept., and has proceeded.
GLUCKSTADT, OCT. 10.—The Elise, from Newcastle
fir Messina, bas put in with loss of bowsprit. The Jo-
hannes has pit back with loss of rudder.
ST. JoIIN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, SEPT. 12,—The Con-
ception Bay packet Victoria from Core for Harbour
lxnee, nas oeen lost; par, ot tue
drifted on shore at Portugal Cove. Sept. 24. The Nancy,
from Qu-bec, has been towed in hero with loss of main-
mast. The William Wilberforce, from Bristol, for
Quebec, put in here to-day, leaky, has beea surveyed,
and ordered to discharge.
A schooner, on her broadside, a green.painted bottom,
green bulwarks, and yellow strike, supposed to be an
American, St. Peter's island, off Newfoundland, bore N.,
distant twenty miles; and passed a spar and a quantity
of deals 17th September, by the Alexander Edmond, ar-
rived in the River.
A barque, of about 300 tons, supposed to be British,
with only her foremast standing, paint-d ports, blue
stripe, no figure head, and apparently abandoned, was
passed Sept. 14, in lat. 45, long. 48, by the Excelsior. ar-
rived at New York.
The Douglas, Quebec to Liverpool, was abandoned on
the Grand Bank, about the Bth Sept., in lat. 45, long. 54;
crew saved, and arrived at Sydney, C. B. The barque
Douglas, water-logged and abandoned, was passed on
the 24th Sept., in lat. 46, long. 51.
The Venture, of and for Sunderland, from Quebec,
was abandoned prior to the 20th of September; ertfgr
saved, and carried into St. John's, Newfoundland.
GRAVESEND, OCT. 13.—Arrived the Margaret, from
Algoa Ba) ; Jessie Stevens, from Arica. 14th, Travan-
core, from Msdras; Helen Munro, from the Cape of
Good Hope; Prince Albert, from Hudson's Bay; Faith,
from Villaviciosa; Vent zuela steamer, from Havre; City
of Boulogne steamer, from Boulogne; Soho steamer,
from Antwerp; Fyenoord steamer, from Rotterdam;
Ro-con3mon steamer, from Ilarlingen; Princess Royal
steamer, from Harnburgh; Frau Geza, from Thisted;
Anna Louisa, from Randers; Jeanneve, from Hobooe;
Anna Dorothea, from Ottilie, Denmark; Martha May,
from Rostock; Sirius, from ditto; Pearl, from Dintzic;
Soh wan, from ditto; Mary Taylor, from RiWa; Sirene,
from ditto; Caroline, from St. Petersburgh; Frances
Nesham, from ditto; Sost,,re, from ditto; Vesper, from
ditto; Cromwell, from ditto; Brucer, from Gothenburg;
Embla, from Christiania; Fortuna, from Sunnesund;
CIO igrea, from Guernsey.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—The Brown (barque), Li-
verpool to Miramichi, B.h Sept. Mersey (ship) of
New Bedford, Bth Sept.. 38 N., 44 W. Mary Ann
Green, Now York to hull, 16th, 42 N., 53 W. York,
of Glasgow, 17th, 44 N., 55 W. Commodore, of Jersey,
Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, 21st Sept., 14 N., 28 W.
Collingwood, of Ayr, 20th Sept., standing westward, on
the Great Bank. Cosmo, Bristol to Now York, 20th,
47 N., 35 W. Bowditch (American ship), Boston to
Calcutta, 31 Aug., 27 S., 4E. Devonshire, Loudon to
Cape of Good Hope, 20th, 34 N., 23 W. Royalist, Bom-
bay to Clyde, 28th, 55 N., 28 W. Ocean, same day,
with loss of rudder. Helen, of London, Liverpool to
Quebec, Bth Sept., lat. 50, long. 27. Cecrops, of New-
castle, Liverpool to Montreal, 16th, lat. 47, long. 47.
Marehmont, Clyde to Quebec, 19:h. Cambria (a), Hali-
fax to Boston, 3d Oct., at 3.30 P.m., Liverpool light,
W.N.W. 10 miles. Debi (brig), 13th, off Bardsey. Isa-
bella Watson, Liverpool to Port Philip, 24th August,
2 N., 24 W. Graaf van Naesan, Ist Sept., Amsterdam

to Valparaiso, 17 N., 57 W. Befjel (Piessian barque),
Hamburgh to Buenos Ayres, 2d, 18 N., 27 W. J. C.
Schoiel, Batavia to I)ordt, 19th Aug., 6 S. 17 W. Eli-
nbeth Antonia, Amsterdam to Batavia, 23d Aug., long,
20 W.

SOCIETY FOR ESTABLISHING PUBLIC
BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,lfhoCommittee desire me to request your
obliging them by the insertion of the subjoined summary
of the working of the above institution for the six
months ending September last.—l have the honour to be,
Sir, your obedient servant,,
JOHN BELL, Sec.
George-street, Euston-square, Oct. 15.

Blthers—Males ... 55,779
Females ... ... 7,259

Total bathers ... ... 63,038
Washers; dryers, ironers, &c., 36,173, representing
144,692 individuals.
Apartments in the occupation of the very poor,
cleanted. lime-washed, ventilated, and otherwise puri-
fied, 1,811.

PREVENTION OF CRIME.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR, —I am much pleased to observe, that Mr.
Rigby Wason has taken up this most important sub-
ject,to which I fully drew the attention of Sir George
Grey, in June, 1847, as well as the employment of
our convicts in reclaiming the waste lands of Eng-
land, Ireland, and Scotland, which should be urged
upon the attention of the Government in every pos-
bible way.
I hope Mr. Wason will, in his next letter, draw the
line of distinction between banishment and transpor-
tation—the former, I consider, would be an act of
kindness to those who are driven into crime through
necessity, or bad or negligent parents. But the law
should be administered by a stipendiary magistrate,
and a third petty larceny should be conclusive, unless
the prisoner wished to be banished on the first or
second offence.—l am, Sir, &c.,
Liverpool, 14th Oct , 1850.

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