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

SHIP NE WS.

LIVERPOOL, OCT. I5.—A cask of wine, marked "J.
Hopps, No. 55, L. P." has been picked up at sea, and
landed at Buenos Ayres. Two other casks hove been
picked up; marks have not been ascertained. The Bro-
thers, from Limerick, at Waterford fur Liverpool, with
loss of sails and bulwarks.

CALAIS, OCT. 12.—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 Kungsbaeliafjirel, on the 26th August, was
got off on the 28th Sept., and has proceeded.

GLI7CKSTADT, OCT: 10.—The Elise, from Newcastle
for Messina, has put in with loss of bowsprit. The Jo-
hannes has put back with loss of rudder.
ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND. SEPT. 12.—The Con-
ception Bay packet Victoria, from Cove, for Harbour
Grace, has been lost; part of the ship and cargo having
drifted on shore at Portugal Cove. Sept. 24. The Nancy,
from Quebec, has been towed in here with loss of main-
mast. The William Wilberforce, from Bristol, for
Quebec, put in here to-day, leaky, has been surveyed,
and ordered to discharge.
A schooner, on her broadside, a green painted bottom,
green bulwarks, and yellow strake, 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, painted 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; crew
saved, and carried into St. John's, Newfoundland.
GRAVESEND, OCT. 13.—Arrived the Margaret, from
Algoa Bay; Jessie Stevens, from Arica. 14th, Travan-
core. from Alsdras; Helen Munro, from the Capa of
Good Hope; Prince Albert, from Hudson's Bay; Faith,
from Villaviciosa; Venezuela steamer, from Havre; City
of Boulogne steamer, from Boulogne; Soho steamer,
from Antwerp; Fyenoord steamer, from Rotterdam;
Roscommon steamer, from Harlingen; Princess Royal
steamer, from Hamburgh; Frau Geza, from Thisted;
Anna Louisa, from Randers; Jeannette, from Hobeoe;
Anna Dorothea, from Ottilie, Denmark; Martha May,
from Rostock; Sirius, from ditto; Pearl, from Dantzic;
Schwan, from ditto; Mary Taylor, from Riga; Sirene,
from ditto; Caroline, from St. Petersburgh; Frances
Nesbam, from ditto; Sostere, from ditto; Vesper, from
ditto; Cromwell. from ditto; Brucer, from Gothenburg;
Einbla, from Christiania; Fortuna, from Sunnesund;
Clesarea, from Guernsey.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Brown (barque), Li-
verpool to Miramichi, Bth Sept. Mersey (ship), of
New BPdford, Bth Sept.. 38 N., 44 W. Mary Ann
Green, New 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 New York, 20th,
47 N., 35 W. Bowditch (American ship), Boston to
Calcutta, 3d Aug., 27 S., 4E. Devonshire, London 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., let. 50, long. 27. Cecropl, of New-
castle, Liverpool to Montreal, 16th, lat. 47, long. 47.
Marchmont, Clyde to Quebec, 19th. Cambria (s), Hali-
fax to Boston, 3d Oct., at 3.30 P.M., Liverpool light,
W.N.W. 10 miles. • Dehi (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 (Prussian barque)
Hamburgh to Buenos Ayros, 2d, 18 N., 27 W. J. C.
Schoiel, Batavia to I)ordt, 19th Aug., 6 S., 17 W. Eli-
zabeth Antonia, Amsterdam to Batavia, 23d Aug., long.
20 W.

SOCIETY FOR ESTABLISHING PUBLIC
BATHS AND NVASHHOUSES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—The Committee 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.

Bathers—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,
eleamed, lime-washed, ventilated, and otherwise puri-
fied, 1,811.

PREVENTION OF CRIME.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
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, Leland, and Scotland, which should be urged
upon the attention of the Government in every pos-
sible 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, scc.,
Liverpool, 14th Oct:, 1850.

ZENO.