The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-14 00:00:00

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The residue of the funds that were collected
about four years since, for affording nightly shel-
ter to the numerous outcasts that are seen wander-
ing about the Metropolis in a state of wretch-
edness, we are happy to state, have, since
the present inclement season, been again ap-
propriated to the benevolent.' purposes for
which they were intended. The Commit-
tee of Management • were deprived of the ex-
tensive recepticle in Honduras-street, Old-street,
occupied as the Refuge last winter, in con-
sequence of the proprietor having disposed of the
premises to his better advantage ; and they htive
therefore been on the constant look-out for a suit-
able building forsheltering these wretched indivi-
duals during the present winter. Their exertions
have at length proved successful, as they have en-
gaged at a vast expellee the spacious warehouses of
Mr. Holt,in Grub-street, Crippkgate, for the pur-
pose. These premises are situated at the end of
Grub-street, in Fore-street, and were formerly
occupied as warehouses for Manchester goods
that arrived by the different waggons. They are
extremely spacious, and well calculated for •the
purpose they are intended for. Since they have
been in the possession of the committee (which i.
formed by the same benevolent gentlemen who
acted four years aao, when the •Refuge was .in
London-wall), a number of carpenters and other
workmen have been, and are still, employed in
making the Refuge wore comfortable for
the wretched inmates, to whom it will.doubtless
afford consolation to know, that if the present
cold weather continues, the receptacle will ,be
opened for them to sleep in on Friday or -Sa-
turday next. The premises (Pickard's brewery)
in Wapping, which were opened last winter,
will be also open this, for the admission of sailors
and other houseless individuals about, the east
end of the Metropolis. We are informed that
another receptacle is about to be opened in the
neighbourhood of St. Giles's.

CORN-EXCHANGE, Jaw. 14.
We had 1600 quarters of Wheat, 4500 of Barley, 4700 of
English, with 660 quarters of Irish Oats, and 3200 sacks of
Flour, and still our market aPpems M a stagnant state, as
factors are demanding higher prices, on account of the tun.
mencement of the frost, which are not submitted to by the
purchasers; but we may quote the prices of every article- no.
minally as on Monday.

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E LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extract? from the Morning Poper3, jun. 14.

[MOIUMIG lIONICLE.I
The King of Spain has issued an edict, re-
vtal;ing .things 'in his Kingdom of the Indies
e:ta.rtly its the situation in which they were
previous to ]B'2o ; prefaced by a summary of
the beneffts which the world and the Christian
Religion have derived from the efforts of the
Allies in his favour; Of course, all traces of
what-hag been done, in the interim will \anish
chenever this fiat makes its appearance in
the Now Wtirld. The Etailte of Monday
contains this very important document. The
sleurnal des DRazts has been at pains to extract
a long article from the Oracle de Bruxelles, con-
mining a highly coloured description of the lion-
Ashing state of France. One paragraph of this
Article has reference to the Marine, rather an in-
teresting subject at this moment
The Marine, though the state of peace of Europe, and
he spirit which animates all its Cabinets, announces, that its
services will not be necessary for a long time, receives every
lieSh additions. Undoubtedly, France ought not to in-
spire her.neighbours with fears, but she ought not to Lel any
Oil their account. From the happy situation in which Provi-
dence has plaCed her, it belongs to her, both as a Continental
Tower and as a Maritime Power, to hold the balance even
:among the States of Europe."
The French Government manifests an anxiety
to be able, as a maritime power, to hold the
balance even among the states of Europe ; that is
to say, to have a navy. equal to that of England,
for there is no.other maritime power of any mo-
ment at present. We can have nothing to say to
this. If the French can keep up as large a naval
force as ourselies„and have the wish to do so, of
course they will increase their marine. We cannot
prevent them any more than we can prevent the
Americans from building ships of war.

[MORNING POST.]
We received lust night, by express, Paris
Papers to the 19. th inst., and the Etoile of Mon-
day. They have brought two Ordinances or
Decrees of a very different nature,: the one
issued by _the French Monarch, and the other by
the King of Spain. It will be recollected that the
Archbishop of Toulouse, in his eagerness to serve
the party to which he belongs, lately published
a pastoral letter, in which he made religion sub-
servient to politics, and degraded it into an
engine to influence the elections. The Liberal
Papers immediately complained of this undue
interference on the part of the Clergy, and
the manifestation of public opinion was so strong
against it, that the subject was laid before the
Council of State, who thought it prudent in the
present juncture to adapt the same view of the
question as the people. It made a report to this
effect, and the result has been a Royal Ordi-
fiance, suppiessing. the Pastoral 'Letter, as " con-.
taining propositions contrary to public law, to the
laws of the kingdom, and to the prerogative and
indepen.dence oi the Crown." That this measure
will give great offence to the Ultras, and will
confirm them in the opinion that the assertions of
the Conititutionnel respecting the motives which
have, occasioned the dissolution of the Chamber
were not quite unfounded, no doubt can be en-
tertained. 1 t will, however, be generally grate-
ful to the nation as a mark of right feeling on the
part of the Government, and will probably gain
it more votes than the whole body of the Ultras
could procure.