The Sun.
London, England, 1821-01-25 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

PeNtAxce, 3AN. e2.—Several casts of French btanay and
wine have been picked OP between this and Scilly, suppOsea-
to belong to a French Chasse Maree that was blown off the
coast and foundered. •
Dam., JAN. /4.—Sailed fot the Rivet the Barrington,
Hislop, Eton' Denierara. •
LMOUTH, JAN. el.—Sailed the HaVrlii Mult,.for London:.
DARTmouvi, JAN• 'M.—Sailed the Lady Ridley, Weir, foe
New South Wales ; and the Mary transport for Malta.
HARM CH, JAN. 34.--Arrived thi'Lord Nelson packet, With
a wail from Holland.

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NATIONAL SOCIETY.—Yesterday. the General
Committee of • the. National Society for the
cation of the Poor in the Principles of ,the I4sta-
Wished Church held their Meeting in St-Martin's
Vestry•room. Present—
The Archbishop of Canterbury Sit. James Langbant, Bart.
The Bishop of Bangor _ I Archdeacon Putt •
The Bishop of Salisbury Archdeacon CanthrijO
Hon.'Alr. Justice Park I,And others of the Commitee:
Some fresh •.Schools were united to the. Society,
and grants of money, from 501. to 1001. each,
were made towards the erecting of. cl,lool!.roorns,

liOusxLEo Pooft'..--2rhe following is a correct
statement of the number of houseless i.ndieidual3 who have re-
eejyed nightly shelter in the LOndon Workhouse since the emu-
meneement of that laudable Institution ; and also the plan-
thy of rations or allowances of bread and gruel.delivered to
each individual up to Tuesday night lait inclusive. The num-
ber of applicants admitted the first. week lidionlited' to 5381
the quantity of rations of bread and gruel delivered out td
them amounted to 1204. In the .eeond week, the numbers
admitted •were 1596; rations delivered, 3399. In the third or
last week the nttsuhers admitted increased to I 647;'rations de-
, livered, 3462. The ;lumber already admitted this.week up to
Tuesday night amounted to 793; rations delivered up to thd
same time were 1666, making the total number Of 'persons ad-
mitted 4584. Number of rations of.bread and gi tel delivered
to them, 9721.- .Number of quarlern loaves consumed since
the opening of the Institution,' 1214. The *number of per-
sons who nightly make application for admiSsion having.be.
come so numerous that ,it occurred 'to the.Comnritte that
many who declared themselves bonsefess are in fact net-so,
and merely applied for shelter ftir• the sake' uf the provender
allowed by the lustit ut ion, they hare in consequence, in or-
der, if possible, to ascertain the fact, suspended the rail. u
of gruel for the present. .and if their imagination 3115111h1 lug
found incorrect, thegrnel will, of courses be delivered to
them as usual.

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On "Monday Prince, tEbrovn paid a long visit
to the Duchess of.CLAnEmcA. In the evening his
Royal Highness left town for Claremont. •
Prince LEQypi,D called upon. the QuEr... at
Brandenburgh House on Tuesday, alone, and re.,
mained with her MAJEsTY for two hours. -
A battle is shortly to tale place between Ret,
ford, and Staffordshire man of the name of /Pcf,sofe, for
fiftrguineas a side, in a twenty-four feet ring, and to Ice a fair
stand up fight; between Grantham. and Dontester.
• About .three. months ago., a, tolerably well
.dressed man., apprently, flbout, foity years 'of age, weariog•
green spectacles and carrying a wallet on histacii, attiactut
cOnsidetable -.notice by crying matches' in the city of Lin-
coln. His powerful and melodious tone of voice, and the
manner in which. be. offered his Wares for sale, As hen Cutts
basted with the taut of the Vaktiatit pedlars who practfce this
Node of procuring a livelihood, clearly bespolie him Supe-
rior to the station he bad assumed. It appeared afterwards!,
that he was a Flow-street Otticer,in pursuit of a man, whool
he ultimately 'Wad at Griinsby • by attaining o.is noget the-
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