The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-19 00:00:00

the port are placed at the disposal of these three ships,
which are in great haste.—Commerce.
BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, Nov. 16.

First Highest Lowest Lest
Price Price. Price.. Prier.
Freud 5 per ..... . 116 35 ... 116 35 ... 116 25 ... 110 30
4 per Cents lOl ... 101 ... 101 ... 101
3 per Cents...
Bank of France .....« 1370 ....:3375 ...3370 —3375
White nank.l.oot. Sares 1040 ...IC4O ...1037 50 ...1037 50
5,000 f. Shares 5080 ...5080 —.5080 ...5080
Selean flank,lB4l ..... '767 50 ... 767 50 ... '767 50 ... 767 50
Belgian 5 per Cents.
5 per Cents., 1840 102% ... 102% ... 102% ... 102%
ipanish Active ......... 1'214 22 21% 2%
Passive 4% ... ... ...
Neapolitan lO6 55 ..1.56 55 10, 55 ... IC6 55
Roman, ex. 41v 102% 1(3% ... 102% ... 10354
RAILWAY SHARES.
_ _ _ _ _

St. Germain' 745 I ... 70

... 74 : 50 ... 742 50

Vets/idles. 2t,0 sm. 200 ..• 200 •.• 200
it.'13•••••• ......... ••• 320 320 ... 317 50 ... 317 50
Orleans'
• • 48/ 50 ... 482 50 ... 462 50 ... 48 50

9:raeburt to Bale,shares red. 23125 .. 231 25 ... 230 ... 230

DISTRESS IN LONDON,
AND MORE PARTICULARLY Ilv
SPITALFIE LDS.

The distress which has recently afflicted several
parts of the metropolis, and more especially the
large and populous district of Spitalfields, is, we
are concerned to learn, on the increase ; so much
so, indeed, as to call generally for public sym-
pathy and relief.

Deeply alive to the suffering of their fellow-
men, we understand that several Members in the
City, who so generously assisted the poor and
expatriated Poles, have now turned their atten-
tion to the necessities of their own countrymen,
whose distress was not so apparent before.
The City of London has long been famed
for its liberality—but far more for its bene-
volence and charity—the hand-maids of virtue.
Acting on this noble impulse, what can
be more honourable to the Citizens of London
than to take advantage of the present ornamental
and attractive state of Guildhall, by giving a
grand Metropolitan Ball in aid of the poor—the
destitute—and it may be, the dying of starvation
and want ? Sure we are that the Loan MAYOR,
whose meritorious career has taught him to feel
" for others' woe" (and relieve it too), will be
happy, if appealed to by his fellow-citizens, to
give his high sanction and countenance to so
praiseworthy a manifestation of public feeling.
The Court of Aldermen, too, will lend their power-
ful aid; and no one who knows the public spirit
and kindness of the Sheriffs can doubt for a moment
their cordial co-operation in so good a work.
Alderman MAGNAY is esteemed by the poor in
his own Ward; and we know that the liberality
of Mr. Sheriff ROGERS is only surpassed by his
modesty in bestowing it.

Nor will the bankers and merchants of London
be appealed to in vain when the minister of
charity supplicates for their bounty. Of all
nations in the world it is alone the boast of
Englishmen that they never ask for the charity
of strangers ; on the contrary, their generosity
is ever ready to afford relief; their spontaneous
liberality asks not his kindred or his nation, be he
foreigner or otherwise—" He is a fellow-man, and
his distress is a passport to our benevolence !" It
has been so hitherto—and will always be so while
Englishmen delight in freedom and virtue. Our
SAVIOUR said, "Teed the poor;" and now the hand
of kindness, which has been outstretched to thp
stranger, is asked to come nearer " home !" The
poor are famishing in the streets, or pining in
their cheerless habitations ;—the superfluity of
some, and the bounty of others, would relieve
thousands whose very extremity of sufferance
prevents their manly pride from asking for that
assistance which their gratitude would weep in
accepting 1 And these are the hearts whom
Englishmen should relieve ! As the race is not
to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, so is
not our condition to-day an assurance for that of
to-morrow.

" The mercy we to others show.
That, mercy show to
should be the leading motive of the Christian.
And where has that Divine principle been more
generally acted on than in this great metropolis,
where people of all opinions are even proud to
sink worldly differences, and shake hands on
the altar of benevolence ? This is the true exem-
plification of charity ; and it is in this Christian
spirit we hope to witness it manifested for the re-
lief of those whom pinching hunger and the
darkening inclemency of the season doom to
misery and death.

It were useless here to suggest any course of
proceeding—a good cause needs no prompter
but the heart. Great as is the distress in several
parts of the metropolis, it is not beyond the
power of mitigation, perhaps of relief, for
" where there's a will there's a way," and the
united energy of a few has often saved many.
On this principle we think that stirring Commit-
tees in certain districts would, by their combined
activity, do wonders, by stimulating their fellow-
men to go and do likewise. No man is too low
to do good ; and no man, however exalted,
should be above following a good example. The
Press of London, always alive to the wants
of the poor, will, we are confident, step forward
with its powerful advocacy in the cause of suffer-
ing humanity. The lady of rank or wealth
cannot sit comfortable in her silken attire, and
reflect that the hand which fashioned her gor-
geous dress is pining in want, with a famishing
family around crying for bread. No, no !—the
very impulse of our nature prompts to
kindness, and deeds of mercy !—the heart
that feels opens the hand to relieve, and the con-
sciousness of good acts returns in after days, when
our own privations may be soothed by the re-
flection that, when opportunity offered, we were
not unmindful of those of others.

What we have humbly but sincerely
submitted to the good feeling of the
metropolis, is equally applicable to other
places throughout the country, where large
communities are suffering. Lamentation is
of no avail without endeavour ; people must
work as well as pray; and the benefit eventu-
ally will be in proportion to the energy of the
one, and the sincerity of the other.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
The only Derby bets laid yesterday were 12 to 1 agst
M. G. Clark's lot ; 100 to 1 agst colt out of Hatfield's
dam ; and 500 even between Nessus and Ballinkeel.