The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-22 00:00:00

t'ons are male for &Tants of money, and a list of the
places to which relief has been sent out of the fund raised
I.y virtue of the " Queen's Letter." This is a motion
intimately connected with the frightful distress which
prevails, and it is, therefore, hardly necessary, to urge a
full attendance of Members, Tory, Whig, and Radical—
all, indeed, who aro desirous to. see the funds properly
distributed among the starving poor.
Mr. Barry Baldwin was last night in the Members'
waiting-room down stairs, when the division bell rang,
for the purpose of voting against Mr. Ward's motion on
the Ballot, but in consequence of his lameness from his
late serious accident, and the gallery being suddenly
cleared, he did not arrive until the door was locked,
and was therefore shut out from the division.
A FEW MELANCHOLY THOUGHTS ON THE INCOXE-
TAX.—That precious Tory impost, the Income-tax,
passed the House of Lords last night, and will receive
the Royal assent this day. The public, therefore, may
shortly expect to be in the full enjoyment of this inesti-
mable financial blessing ; for the machinery for working
it is all prepared, and in a few days the tax-gatherers will
be everywhere on the march, each as-busy as his respected
sire is said to be in a high wind. Such a cloud of locusts!
Not a decent house in the country will be safe from their
calamitous visitation. Take the wings of the morning, and
flee unto the uttermost parts of England, still you shall not
escape the tax-gatherer and his oppressive importunities.
Talk of light sovereigns ! Light as they may be now,
they will be much lighter by and bye, when our dear
delightful Tory Premier has " sweated" sevenpence out
of each one-of them. We can imagine the long faces
that will be universally prevalent, when Peel's Familiars
are put into the full possession of their inquisitorial
powers, and insist on every decayed gentleman and
tradesman acquainting them with the most secret history
of their delicate distresses for the last three years.
There must be no shirking—no evasion—no showing
to the door, or flooring with a cross•buttock—the
Familiar must be treated with forbearance, and
his questions answered to the minutest point. Not the
slightest allowance will be made for any expectoration of
bile, on the part of the sufferer, If —as is perfectly
natural, and indeed praiseworthy, under the circum-
stances—he consigns the " eyes " of his catechist to
perdition, he will be instantly visited with a penalty of
five pounds; if he evince a determination to be mute,
he will be fined fifty ; and if, in the warmth of the moment, he
proceed to violent extremities, he will most probably be
recommended by some polite Magistrate to try the air
of Brixton for a month ! "WANTS A SITUATION "
will shortly, we confidently predict, be the heading of
every third advertisement in the Times and other
Journals, fur one of the first results of the Income-
tax will be to throw servants out of employ by
thousands. In the butler's pantry there will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth ; and in the scullery, Dolly, the
cook-maid, will be seen giving her last brush to the cob-
webs, and her last kick to the cat, previous to her final
exit from that kitchen, where she held divided authority.
with the cook for years. And yet Sir Robert Peel tells
us that his tax will not affect the poorer classes ! We
tell him, in reply, that it will be found, in the long run,
to be the greatest curse that has been inflicted on them
for years !

THE REFORM CLUB.—An excellent lithographed en-
graving of the kitchen department of the Reform Club
has just been published by Mr. Alexia Sayer, the dis-
tinguished artiste who presides over that most important
division of the establishment. Mr. Sayer has the merit
of having designed the plan of a kitchen, admitted
by all the Noblemen and Gentlemen who have
visited it—and the list includes more Peers than
voted last night against the third reading of the Income-
tax Bill—to be one of the best contrived in the king-
dom, not excepting the kitchen ilepartment of Windsor
Castle. We have heard much lately of desertions
from the Tory camp, and we have not the least doubt that
they are owing to the admirable cjndiments of which Mr.
Soyer is so inimitable a purveyor. Mrs. Soyer has ac-
quired a European reputation in a far higher branch of
art. Few visitors of the Royal Academy and the
British Institution, are unacquainted with her very
clever pictures. Though an Englishwoman, she is
better known as an artist in Paris than in London.
The trial of the recent coinages in the Pix of the Mint
took place this day in the Exchequer. The Lord Chan-
cellor, Lord Monteagle, the Duke of Buccleuch, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and other Privy Councillors
were present. The Jury were composed exclusively
of goldsmiths, who were sworn to assay the different spe-
cimens of coinage delivered to their charge in order
to ascertain if they were of the requisite stand-
ard, according to the proposition specified in the Acts
regulating the currency. The Lord Chancellor delivered
the charge to the Jury, who afterwards retired to com-
mence their duties, by melting the different coins, and
then testing them, to ascertain if the proportions of gold
and silver were correct.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The firmness of the Market is still maintained, and
Consols at one period were worth 91a, but some sales made on
private account lowered the prices to the same rate as at the
commencement of business. Consols are now 91/ for the
opening, ex div. • Three per Cents. Reduced, 91i 91h; Three-
and-a-Half per oents., 99 100 ; Ditto, Reduced, 100 h Mt;
Bank Stock, 1661 167%; India Bends, 23 24; exchequer
Bills, Old, 45 47; New, 40 42 premium.
The prices of Foreign Securities are steady and unvaried from
yeserday. The transactions have been confined to Dutch Two-
and a-Half per Cents., 521 ; Belgian, 1021 ; and Chiltan, 87.
Mexican is quoted 36k 36i.
Brighton Railroad Shares continue 'to improve, the price
now being 36, and the loan notes a premium. The other
business has been, London and Birmingham, 176; York and
North Midland Quarters, 321 ; Croydon, 13 ; and Chelten-
ham and GI eat Western, 27i.
The quotations of the Bonds arid Portuguese Five per Cents.,
374 ; and Spanish Three per Cents., 23i:23i.
Although the intelligence from Spain should have improved
the quotations of the Bonds, were there any intrinsic value in
them, the c-ntrary has been the result. • Yesterday it was
announced that some revolutionary movements had been sue•
cessfully put down, and tl'at the difficulties lately consequent
upon the formation of a Ministry had been overcome. To-
day the dividend due on the 30th instant is advertised
to be paid at the promised period. Yet such is the distaste now
evinced towards these documents, that circumstances which in
ordinary times vvott4i have caused a considerable rise, at pre-
sent have a contrary effect. It is clearly seen that
the credit of Spain is not to be supported by a
driblet of 20,0001., when the amount which ought to be
paid is 2,000,0001. annually to the foreign creditor. The very
means by which this paltry sum has been procured are con-
sidered to be in themselves sufficient to destroy any good effect
the distribution might have. It is thought that it is not by bor-
ro a leg at the last moment the amount necessary to pay a demand
of interest, such being added to the principal, that national or
individual credit can be sustained. And that,:too, at a time
when the whole of the old debt is virtually repudiated, no pro-
vi• ion made for, or the slightest notice taken of the Four per
Cent. Stock or Treasury Bonds ; but every preference, if pre-
ference it can be called, is given to the debt last contracted,
and which is to be thrown overboard at the earliest convenient
moment.

There are numerous ship letters to-day, but none of more re•
cent date than accounts previously received.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RA►LWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Chelterilian and Great Western. 80
Edinburgh and GlaQgew 5O

Ditto New ... ... 3 ...... 3a...... to
Great Western
• Ditto New
London an, Brighton ...... .. 50 351 to 36
London and Birmingham 90 176 ...... to
Lond,n and Croydon ( Trunk)... 134 l 3
Paris and Rouen ...... . 16
Sttinh Eastern and Dever. .. 50 ....••
Ditto Scrip
York and N;,,th Midland
Dittc, Shares
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
British North American ... 40
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 21, was very dull,
and only a limited amount of business was transacted. Prices,
however, were steady ; about 2,000 bales sold, of which 200
Americans were for exports.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, JUNE 21, was exceedingly
flat, and the sales were—Eastern'Counties New, 6 1-3; Deben-
tures, 10 1-3 ; Edinburgh and Giasgow, 47i • Ditto, New, 31,4;
Great Western, 61_; Fifths, 9a ; }drighton, 35.
MANCHESTER. STOCK EXCHGA NE, JUNE 21.—We have
a quiet market to-day, and prices remain without material al-
teration. Our quotations are—Manchester and Birmingham,
2.4 ; Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, 53 ; South Western,
664 to 611 ; Bank of Manchester, 31.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stuck ln7 India Stock —pm
3 per Cent. Red. ...... 911 Ditto Bonds
3 per Cent. Cons Ditto Old Annuities
3i per Cent. Red ...100a Ditto New Annuities...
New 3i per Cent......... Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 42 pm
New 5 ver Cen',
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small
Jan. 1860 ......... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct
Oct. 1859
Jan. 1860 — i Consols for Opg. 91a
. FOREIGN FUNDS.

Austr i an, 5 per cent.... ;Portuguese, 5 per cent. 37i
Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto —
Brazilian Bonds... Prussian, 5 per cent —
Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. !Russian, 5 per cent —
Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic . ....
Colombian, 6 per cent... !Spanish, 5 per cent...... 21i
Ditto, 1824 — !Ditto, Deferred.... . 10
Danish, 3 per cent — !French, 5 per cent. —f. —e.
Gieek, 1825, 5 per cent — !Exchange --f —e.
Mexican, 5 per cent 36i French, 3 per cent. —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent.
Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. 17i Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ...
• SHARED.
Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .., . —
Ditto Debentures .. .... .... ........... ... 10/ 9s 2d
Great Western Railway (65 paid)
Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
LOndon and Croydon -Railway (Trunk) ! 124
Midland Counties Railway ( 100 paid)
Bciuth Eastorn and Dover (50 Paid) ! 25
Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid)

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
LONOoN, JaNe 22.—Wind this day at Noon, W.
DEAL, JUNE 21.—Wind S.W., moderate—Sld. Elizabeth.
B.A a RAI-WES—Eddystone, Nassau.
OFF PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 21.—Waverly, Morgan, Singa-
pore, left Jan. 23, Cape March 29; John Sure, Brodie, Ma-
dras, left Feb. 17, Cape April 12, and St. Helena, April 27.
Co W ES. —Rapid, Grenada.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 2l.—Wind S.W.— Arrd. Blenheim,
London, for Nov Zealand.
FALMOUTH, JUNE 20.—Wind, S.S.W. to W.S.W., fresh
breezes.—Skl. Braganza, steamer, Gibraltar. Arrd. off,
Havre et Guadeloupe, Pa:quier, Havannah ; David Thorns;
Fama, Buchanan, Porte Adelaide, left 6th Feb ' • Ellen, Robeit
M'Caehern, T! inidad ; Francis Lawson, Love, River Gambia;
Numa. Tuiloch, Sierra Leone, left 20th April, and sailed for
Chatham.
OFF CORE, JUNE 19.—Syrians, Law, Monte Video.
JERSEY, JUNE 19.-'--Arrd. Lord Anson, Queriol, Havanna.b.
SWANSEA, JUNE 2O.—Arrd. Alderman Thompson, Cuba.
SniELns, JUNE 20.—Arrd. Pomona, Robson, Sierra
Leone. Sld. Margaret, Clamp, St. Thomas ; Oak, Boston.
ABERDEEN, JUNE 17.—Sid. Mayflower, Valparaiso.
HULL, JUNE 21.—Wind S.W., lii.,,ht.—Arrd. Wetectaa,
MiLevantLiverpool, towed in here lc ith loss of foremast, fge,,
WNW b Fisberrovt.