The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-20 00:00:00

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MONEY MARKET and CITY-NEWS..
FROM THE MORNING PIPERS or THIS DAY.
TIMES.---As a -matter of some moment to the public,
'and to which attention cannot be too much called; may
meetioned, the appearance in the market here, not of
damaged tea, but. of a far worse article, a leaf altogether
spuribtia; and of .a description; that when examined by
itself•cannot fail to be detected, but Which might pro-
bably be soon passed off -by Mixing it with *genuine.
kinds, the use to which no, doubt. it • would be applied.
What makes, the matter worse is, that whereas one. chest
- in a-"-lireak" ought to be a sample of. the whole, the
.chests in which this. leaf is fifund contain it in various
.degrees _of, spuriousness. Thus, while the very best
specimens, had as they are, contain . something which
might be taken for tea, the others have nat. even a
remote
_resemblance to that necessary article, but are
made up of berries;• a coarse kind of leaf, and pieces
resembling chopped .tWigs. This stuff has been ha-
ported from -Singapore and Calcutta, And that by late
etrivals;- and' the offering of such anarticle at the public
sale-is considered alike disreputable both. to . the flier-
. ehantaand brokers; as it is-opening a door to ill sorts of
fraud and adulteration,. which. may now be More easily
-eft-Clod, if article is. to, maintain A place in the
market' It is'estithated that ten tons of this manufactured
comnioditY were in the sales'of today, and; although 'it
has more than one.been.the Subject public'comment
aed,publje anitnadversion,..it was allowMito kommand
-price; Which, though. truly afforded the. opportunity
1-mr the dealeisTgrent or Small, if theffeffio inclined; -to
;possess: some... of this-Criipant coneoctiOn, .for -use -se-
condly; to discretiqn. r:Jkla,agajnat such frauds as these
:that thciftihr,C-qiisfi:C-ti.ilae jA3lty....writned. and more
paraenlarly increase if, by b*.;ici-xi on
the subject, corset `''is -given to the first importatiOn.s.'
Perhaps -it may beiaid 'that the. 'merehants, who are, in
taCt, the'prineipars, while the brokers rot. but their sub-
ordinates, `haring reeeive4_ the teas- haye A right to
inake?the best market theyp. Can, as, in the late
ease of-the Astuagedleas .by the WeatininSter,• the Trea
sury authorities were not .at all inclined ;to stop the sale
•of them, 'arid that therefore they slmuld._ not be called. in
•question. AsSimiing this "it woUld be theught that an
due regard totheit own character and that of their con-
nexions, from whom they receive- the teas, would induce
them, When the-discovery -that' they had been impoSed
upon was made' to put a check to a sale in' every possible
way.. It may be ebserved .that Mr. Bland, .one-of the
tasters" in the trade, officially
.describes some: of these
teas as " filthy," and insOrne'eases." absolutelynoxious."
lIERALI).—The aecounta, of• the leipaic fair, to the
(late of the Qthinst., as given in the French papers re-
ceived to-day,' are not so favourable as might be wished,
although 'not qualified We worse than Mediocre. Some
articles of iiaxon< manufacture -are said to have found
a decent sale to buyers from the Levant. • British silks
and cottons had not been greatly in demand so far, but
no opinion could be formed as to the extent of business
which might be transacted, as many of -the Jew buyers
were holding off, and would not declare the extent of
their requirements until later on in the fair. The effect
of the late monetary and commercial disasters at Vienna
was manifest at the fair on every occasion ; the buyers
had scarcely any money, and credit was never so much
demanded.

SUN. The non-anival up to this evening of the Cale-
donia steamer still depresses business in the Colonial
as in the other departments of trade, and the Stock
Market feels the influence of the intense anxiety that
prevails more than ever. The disposition in fact is evi-
dently to sell Stock. For transfer Cons°lavere marked
871 to 81, and for Account, 88/1 to 87-i. The lowest
time bargains were towards the close of the market.
Exchequer Bills receded to 10s. and 12s. prem., and India
Bonds to par and is. discount. Bank Stock was reduced
1 per cent., viz. to 164, and 1621, and India Stock went
down to 242. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents.
were at 97i to 97i ; and the Three per Cent. Annuities
•at 8G to 861.
We are still without information on which we can
found a positive opinion as to the future course of events
in Spain. The Foreign Market is drooping. Spanish
Active Bonds were at a decline from 20 and 19a to
19- and 194. The accounts from Lisbon were not thought
favourably of, and the New Five per Cents. were heavy
at 294-, and the Three per Cents. at 17i. Colombian Old
Stock brought Is 4 ; Peruvian, 132 ; Buenos Ayres,' 191
to 191 ; and Chilian, 664- to 6641. Brazil Bonds fell again,
being at 49 to .50. Dutch Tvro-and-a-Half per Cents.
were dull at 504- to 51, and French Three per Cents at
79f. 25c.

There was not much doing in Shares, and where sales
were pressed prices were in favour of the buyers.
Brighton have been done to-day at 12 to 134 discount.
Birmingham were 67, and Great Western 9 premium.
London and Westminster Bank Shares were 1 premium.
The only alteration in the Foreign Exchanges was
rather less firmness on llamburgh. The rate for three
months' Bills were 25f. 721 e. to 75e. on Paris, 13 101
to 11 on Hamburgh, 149:1 to aon Frankfort, 12 5 on
Amsterdam, 12 31 to 4 on Antwerp, and 9 55 to 56 on
Trieste. The exports of silver to the Continent con-
tinue vory heavy.
The following are the official return of the Exports of
Bullion from the port of London for the week ending
Thursday last :
Silver Coin to the Mauritius 15,340 oz.
Hamburgh 58,000
Rotterdam .
Calais 200,000
Silver Bars to Hamburgh 32,000
Rotterdam 20,000

ETON COLLEGE, OCT. 18.—The Duke of
Buckingham has just made a present of a splendid bust
of the late Lord Grenville, executed by Nollekins, to
Eton College. Lord Canning has also presented the
College with a bust of his father, which is likewise to be
placed in the upper school ; and Lord Guildford has
made a present of a bust of his uncle—the Minister,
Lord North. Almost aline Prime Ministers of the last
century were Eton men. Sir Robert Walpole and Lord
Bolingbroke commenced their animosities, as boys toge-
ther, at Eton, where, it is recorded, they had " more
than one good stand-up fight." Lord Chatham, Lord
North, and Charles James Fox were all distinguished as
scholars at this ancient seat of learning. Bishop Pearson
and the poet Waller, Fielding, the poet Gray, the scholar
Porson, and Bishop Sherlock, were also Eton men. At
a later period Eton can boast of having produced the
Duke of Wellington, Mr. Canning, Lord Wellesley,
Lord Grenville, Lord Grey, and Mr. Hallam.
THE HIGH TlDE.—During the extraordinary
high tide which was experienced on Monday afternoon,
much alarm was felt by the emigrants, in the Emigration
Depot, Grove-street, Deptford, three hundred of whom
are now waiting for shipment to New Zealand) for the
safety of their property. Owing, however, to the admir-
able exertions of Mr. E. 11. Mears, the proprietor, and
his assistants, it appears that the water was prevented
from making its way either into the house or the bkiild-
ings appropriated for the baggage, although the Dock-
yard in front was completely flooded and damaged to a
considerable extent, as well as the adjoining hottSe.

PERILOUS BALLOON DESCENT.

Mr. Gypson the aeronaut, made his 45th ascent from
Spalding, in Lincolnshire, on Thursday last, the 14th.
Throughout the day a wind blew in strong breezes
from the S.W. by S., which caused great difficulty
during the inflation, by constantly throwing a back
pressure on the gas conveyed by pipes from the gasholder.
At about half-past four in the afternoon, all the gas that
,could be obtained.having been conveyed into the balloon,
preparations were made for the ascent, when it was found
the ,ascending -power was so deficient, that all the
aeronaut could carry with him, to assist in his ;
descent, was fifteen pounds of sand, and a small
rope. The ascent • immediately took place, the
balloon being drifted rapidly over the town,
towards llolbeach, when, as Mr. Gypson states, . from
a sudden and extraordinary expansion of the gas, he
was quickly borne throngh some immense masses Of
clouds that floated a short distance from Spalding. In
consequence of being so near the ocean it was necessary
for Mr. Gypson to part company with the clouds as
quickly as possible, to accomplish which the large valve
was thrown open to its utmost extent,. and the-balloon
ivis seen repassing the clouds over Holbeach marshes,
a spot very favourable for effecting a safe descent; and
where Mr. Gypson first reached the earth, with a very
slight concussion; but an individual who was within a
few feet of the balloon, on seeing the unexpected .visitor,
started off; panic struck, and- no entreaties of the aero-
naut could in'dtice him to return or render any assist-
ance. In one minute a mile existed between the vninger
and the spot he first landed upon;- during -which short
time, according to the statement of .several gentlemen
who followed the balloon on horseback, Mr. Gypson must
have had five or six violent concussions, for the ground
breeze blew with such velocity that the balloon, car,
and aeronaut, altogetheiabove four hundred weight, hav-
ing now a very small quantity of gas to give- it any
buoyancy, was borne onwards to the ocean, defying some
of the best horsemen in this part of the country to iip •
proach it, some of whose cattle were dead beat in their
meritorious attempts to render Mr. Gypson assistance.
Balloon, car, and occupant bounded over the marshes
till it approached an inlet from the sea, into which it
plunged, and Mr. Gypson was dragged through, immersed
in water, for 30 or 40 yards, when, fortunately, at the fur-
ther extremity, a sloping green mound presented itself,
on which remained the remnant of a willow, and this
proved the anchor of the aeronaut, who clung to it till
some persons came to his assistance, and relieved him
from his perilous situation. Mr. Gypson experienced
the greatest humanity from a gentleman of the name of
Golding, who supplied him with an entire change
of clothing, he not having a dry thread to boast of ;
brandy was not wanting to complete the remedy for cold,
Mr. Gypson having. already taken in a- considerable
quantity of salt with the water in which be was im-
mersed. We are sorry to hear that Mr. G. sustained a
serious injury on the wrist of the right hand from bind-
ing the valve-line round it, to give him command over
the valve, which was however rendered useless by the,
violence of the wind, which forced a great quantity of silk,
forming the upper hemisphere of the balloon, into the
valve, and all escape of gas was thereby rendered impos
bible. , The balloon sustained but compParatively small
injury, but Mr. Gypson, in addition to the injury 0n the
wrist, likewise met with a serious hurt on the eight leg.
He was, hoWever, conveyed by his friends back to Spald
ing the same night, and is expected to reek. ir SRent
from a neighbouring town in a week-or ten days.

OVERFLOW OF THE THAMES.

LATEST PARTICULARS LAST NIGHT.
Those living in the neighbourhood of Bankside ap-
pear to be the greatest sufferers. The waters entered
the factory of Mr. A. Pellatt, and rose to a height of two
feet upon the ground-floor, overwhelming that part in
which, the old furnace for melting glass was placed,
and rising to within a short distance of the mouth of the
new one. had the flooding continued much longer, or
had it entered the furnace, the loss .of property and life
would have been terrific, for an explosion would have in-
evitably taken place. With the exception of the alarm
occasioned by this danger, Mr. Pellatt does not consider
his loss will be very great. It is impossible to form an
opinion, as the lower warehouses are still inundated, but
which was being got rid of by an engine similar to the
small ones formerly used by parishes in cases of fire.
Messrs. Doherty and Co., furriers, adjoining. Mr. Pel-
latt's,-have suffered much more severely than their neigh=.
hours, having between. 2,0001 and 3,000/. of 'furs and
skins damaged ; and, had it not been for the exertions
used, the damage would have been much greater. Upon
finding that the rider was forcing its way in, they
began to remove the most valuable furs froth the under
• •
rooms.
Mr. •Dowes, baker, of ,Great Guildford-street, had his
ovenlfilled with water, just after he had put in a batch of
bread, besides h large quantity Of flour 'damaged. A
similar occurrence happened to. Mr. Havrgood, baker, of
Park-street, who, with .his neighbour, has sustained
considerable damage.
Along the whole line of Bankside the landlords of the
Compasses, Rose and Crown, the George, Welsh
Trooper, as well as every • other inhabitant, have been
severe sufferers. In some of the public-houses the in-
mates were obliged to stand upon the bar.
Below bridge the greatest damage has been sus-
tained by Messrs. Brown and Young, whose granaries
-are loaded with bonded corn, of which about 2,500-
quarters got wetted, and which will deteriorate it in
value about 20s. per quarter. The loss or damage done
at the various granaries of Mr. Dtidin, Shad Thames, is
equally as great. Our informant heard that the loss
amongst the bonded holders of foreign corn exceeded
20,0001, the truth of which it was impossible to ascertain.
The tide of yesterday morning, although exceedingly
high, was fortunately unattended with any disastrous
consequences, and during the day several of the barges
which had been sunk by the violence of the gale of Sun-
day night, were raised.
The vitriol and naphtha manufactory belonging to
Messsrs. Mills, situate in Battersea-fields, has suffered to
the amount of nearly 2,000/. There has lately been
erected on the premises a building called the retort-
house. The process of manufacture was in full opera-
tion in this building. when the ,water made its *ay over
the embankment, and rushing into the building, reached
the retorts, and they instantly exploded, creating great
alarm, and impregnating the air with a suffocating vit
pour, which produced a difficulty of respiration so great
that the people who were on the premises were obliged
to get as far away as the. water would allow them. A
building near the same spot, in which were tNO boilers
used in the manufacture of naphtha, is a wreck, so far as
relates to the wood-work arid the implements used. The
water made a breach over the footpath opposite the
works, and not only put out the fires, brit actually raised
the boilers from their beds. The quantity of. vitriol lost
•is very great,-and immense quantities of wood floated
away with the ebb of tide.
The furnaces in the factory of Mr. Spiller, engineer,
of Battersea, were extinguished by the rise of the water,
and it will take some time before they can again be got
into use..

At Nine Elms . the greatest sufferer is Mr. Frances,
Roman cement manufacturer, into whose premises the
flood entered, and the loss sustained by its mixing with
the materials for the making of cement is, we understand,
upwards of 1,0001. The damage- done to the goods in
the warehouses of the Southampton Railway Company at
the terminus here is not so great as was expected.
At Fulham, a long wall, bounding the market-garden
grOunds of Mr. Matycar, on the side of the 'Thames, has
been razed to the ground by the force of the water, and
the wholelands inundated, to the great destruction of
property. Between that and the Hammersmith suspen-
sion-bridge, the wall boundinc, the grounds atirlied to
thexesidence of Mr. Nichols, the Parliamentary piinter,
of King-street,: Westminster, has been razed ;for a dis-
tance of full 300 feet.

EXTRAORDINARY TIDES IN THE