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

SHIP NEWS.

PETERHEAD, OCT. 7.—The schooner David, of Perth,
from Thurso for North Sunderland, was stranded this,
morning about two miles N.W. of Rattray Head; crew

saved.
PARIS, OCT. 9.—The Deux, Scents, of Marseilles, from
Goree for Bordeaux, which put into Guadaloupe,
July 27, has been condemned and sold. The Sala-
mandre, of Havre, had been engaged at St. Domingo to
bring home the cargo of an English vessel which had
been wrecked. The Margaretha, from Carolina for
Grangemouth, has been stranded near the former port;
cargo much damaged, and will probably be sold by
auction. _ _ .

PWLLHELI, OCT. 7.-A small vessel, coal laden, has
come on shore at Prth Nigel; crew saved.
The Maria Theresa, from Marvim for Antwerp, is re-
ported to have grounded on the bar in coming out.
GRAVESEND, OCT. 9.-Wind W., light, cloudy.-
Arrd. The Mary Bannetyne, Chancellor, and Proto-
welia, from Bombay; the Minerva, from the Black ,Sea;
the Edward Pope and City of Rotterdam, from Dun.
kirk; the Helen Stewart, from Hong-j&ong; the Alert,
from Dieppe; the Director, from Jersey; the Albion,
from Boulogne; the Achilles, from Sydney; the Emily,
from Cape Coast Castle; the David Luckie, from Deme-
rara; the Demerara, Laurel, and Familien, from Quebec;
the Betavier, from Rotterdam; the Sir E. Banks from
Ostend; the Orient, from Riga; the Margaret Weer,
from Batavia; the Prince of Wales, from Hudson's Bay;
the Ostrich, from Madras; the Harriet Scott, from
Virginia; the Androklos, from Valparaiso; the Vrow
Rolina, from Venice; the Haber, from Marseilles; the
Dorothy Ann, from Dantzic; the John Romilly, from
Newfoundland; the Nadira, from Caen. Sld. The Afri-
canus and Rose for Gambia; the Eta, for Valencia; the
Seine, for Boulogne; the Apollo and Rainbow for Rot-
terdam; the Triton, for o,tend ; the Primrose, for
Guernsey; the Aurora, for Norkobing; the Swift, for
Lisbon; the Stratton, for Jersey; the Sirius, for
Strelaund ; the Diana and Roscommon, for Harlingen;
the Majestic for the Clyde; the Lioune, for Graveliues;
the Sir E. Parry, for the South Seas; the Ranger, for
Amsterdam; the Princess Royal, for Hamburgh; the
Columbine, for Antwerp; the Duke of Wellington, for
Port Adelaide.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.-The Waterville, of Lon-
don, Sept. 1, in let. 14 N., long. 28 W. of Paris. The
Commodore, from San Francisco for Sydney, Aug. 2, in
lat. 34 N., long. 125 W. The Halcyon, from San Fran-
cisco for Launceston, July 28, in lat. 24 N., long 135
W. The barque Sarah, with passengerg, for San Fran
cisco, July 26, in lat. 22 N., long. 124 W. of Paris.
The barque Jan Daniel, Aug. 14, in lat. 1 S., long.
20 W. The barque Jane, Sept. 6, in lat. 30 N., long.
38 W. The Augustus Jesse, Aug. 30, in lat. 47 N.,
long. 9 W. The Ava, from Southampton for Quebec,
Sept. 17, in lat. 45, long. 50. The Pomona, of Allao,
from Leith for Miramichi, Sept. 40, off Escuminac Point.
The Envelope, of Liverpool, for Halifax, with loss of
topmasts and jibboom, Sept. 20, in let. 47 N., long. 30
W. The Goede Verwachting, Aug. 24, on the Line, in
lat. 25 W. The brig Britannia, of Dundee, Aug. 30, in
lat. 11 N., long. 23 W. The Alceste, from Bonny f. r
London, Sept. 6, in lat. 24 N., long. 25 W. The John
Garrow, Sept. 20, in lat. 36 N., long. 27 W. The
barque Wolf's Cove, Sept. 16, in lat. 46. The Adler,
of Bremen, bound fur New York. Sept. 17. The Co-
lumbia, from Cardiff for Callen, Aug. 28, in lat. 3, long.
19. The Pyramid, from the Mauritius for London, Aug.
22, in lat. 6 S., long. 16 W. The Princess Louisa, of
liernburgh, steering S.W., Aug. 26, in lat. 1 N., long.
21 W. The Augusta, from Callao for Loudon, Sept.
16, in lat. 32 N., long. 38 W. The Gemini, Oct. 6, at
six 2. M., off the Skerries. The C. T. Sutton, Sept. 26,
in lat,. 49, long. 27. The Guy Mennering, of New
York, Oct. 3, in lat. 40, long. 12. The barque Ori-
ental, of Stockton, from Sydney, New South Wales,
for London, Sept. 11, in lat. 12 N., long. 24 W. The
Russian ship Rapide, from Singapore for Hamburgh,
Sept. 21, in let. 28 N.. long. 34 W. The Jane A. Mil-
vain, of Jersey, from Port Adelaide for Swansea, Sept.
22, in lat. 29 N., long. 34 W. The Syrian, from Calcutta
'or London, Oct. 3, on the edge of soundings.

THE LATE STORM.
We have received the following from a correspond•
ent at Dover, in addition to the details published in
The. Sun of yesterday : -
The gale on Sunday evening has done much damage
to the works in progress for the Harbour of Refuge
here ; and although the masonry is not injured on the
new pier, nevertheless the piles are so broken, and the
framework used for the diving bells and placing the
blocks of stone and concrete are so broken and disar-
ranged, that it will cause great delay in the comple-
tion of the western pier, and the loss will be very great
to the contractors—not less than 10,0001.
The beach on the eastern side of the old pier was
literally covered with the fragments of piles and
'timber, and nobody could pass the wreck without
contemplating on the awful power of the winds and
waves, in a storm like that of Sunday. It was a les-
son to those who are responsible for the strength of
'this harbour ; and it was a warning to the projectors
''of the electric telegraph to study their work well be-
fore they place the wires for conducting the electri-
city into the sea.
The sea seems to have torn asunder the large tim-
bers firmly bolted together, as if they were a baby's toy,
and judging from the Cob at Lyme Regis it is pretty,
clear that if the masonry had been completed a
greater distance out in deeper water than it was, that
it would have given way and made a break through
the '4O-feet in width structure.
The pier, as far as it has gone, has had a very good
.effect on the harbour, as it keeps the entrance free
of shingle, and it calms the heavy sea that would
otherwise make it difficult for a vessel to enter in such
a gale.
On the other band, it seems to have a bad effect
upon the eastern side of the old pier, as the sea rolls
in heavier and the water has become more shallow,
so much so that the pilot boats cannot anchor close in
as formerly.
Much as this grand project of a harbour of refuge
at Dover is to be admired, it is still very doubt:
how far the plan is good. The anchorage is not good;
it is a flat rocky ground ; the new work may cause
the whole to fill up. Would it not have been a better
plan to have selected a place where there was deep
water close to, and have excavated a harbour out of 50
acres of the solid earth by means of locomotive en-
, gines and machinery.

THE STORM IN IRELAND.
DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—The reports
from the western and northern shores are to the effect
that during the great storm of Sunday night con-
siderable damage was done to the shipping, particu-
larly the small craft. Here on this coast the shipping
escaped well. The following particulara are supplied
by Xhe journals received this morning :
KINGSTOWN, OCT. B.—The weather since Sunday
morning has been very tempestuous. The gale was
at its height from Sunday to yesterday morning, and
it blew a perfect hurricane early on Monday. The
mail packet St. Columba had a very severe passage of
'Ti hours. The Eblana had also a very rough passage.
The Anglia, due last night, did not reach Kingstown
till past three o'clock this morning. The Iron Duke
could not leave Liverpool at the usual time last night,
as she had to wait some hours for water over the
bar, but she reached Kingstown soon after ten o'clock
this morning—thus making an excellent passage.
The Minerva did not leave Liverpool, as usual, in
opposition to the City of Dublin Company.
On last Wednesday the Cork Company's screw-
ship Albatross, loaded with cattle, got on the banks in
the river, and, owing to some disarrangement of her
engines, remained for some time there, till relieved
from her unpleasant situation by the next tide. She
returned to the North Wall in tow of the Lion
steamer, and landed the cattle to ascertain the cause
of the accident. Steam was again raised, and the
cattle reloaded, but unfortunately the damage was not
repaired, as the vessel could not proceed to sea. The
cattle were again discharged, and some forwarded to
Liverpool on Friday by the Ocean steam-vessel.
On Saturday evening the Albatross was able to sail
for Liverpool. On her passage • she fell in with the