The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-01 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

TEA.—There has been a good demand for shipping
qualities, chiefly Tor the new season's crop, and prices rule
firm.

SUGAR.-The market has continued very quiet, and
very little has been disposed of except in the private
market, which barely maintained former rates. In the re-
fined market common lumps are quoted 44 per cwt.
COFFEE.—A good demand has been experienced for
colonial descriptions, and plantation Ceylon has brought
fully late values.

Rice.—The demand has slightly improved, but the high
rates required by holders has, in some measure, checked
business.

FRUIT.—At private sale there was a fair competition for
raisins and currants, but figs were dull and a shade cheaper.
TALLOW.—The market is moderately aotive, and prices
remained steady. P.Y.O. on the spot is quoted 495, and
January to March delivery 49s 3d per cent.

THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ANNA MURAT
with the young Duke de Mouchy has been postponed in
consequence of an injury received by him when riding;
it has been so often spoken of in the papers that it is now
in some sort a public affair. Besides the fortune bestowed
upon the lady by the Emperor, her cousin, which is said
to be considerable, His Majesty has presented her, as a
marriage present, a pearl and diamond necklace of the
value of 200,000f.—X8,000.—and the Empress a wedding
dress, the cost of which is 80,000f.—.£3,200. Moreover
the Palace of Fontainebleau will be placed at the disposal
of the young couple. In spite of the alliance which the
Duke thus contracts with a lady so near the Throne, the
Duke's family, it is said, are anything but pleased, for they
affect to look upon it as a mesalliance !

A DERELICT VESSEL.—On Wednesday a steam-
boat belonging to North Shields put out to sea, with
the object of seeking for vessels making for the Tyne, to
tow them in. While east of the Cason about 25 miles, the
steersman descried a vessel to the east of them, apparently
in distress, and labouring heavily. The boat immediately
altered her course, and bore down upon the vessel, for the
purpose of rendering the crew assistance. On approaching
her they found that she was lying upon her beam ends,
and drifting strongly with the sea. They went alongside
and hailed her, but no answer was given to their cry, and
not a soul could be seen on deck. The captain of the
steamer then made the Olive Branch secure to the vessel,
and went on board, but no one could be found. He after-
wards took her in tow, and reached the harbour between
7 Rl.n t, the Znyu.y, of Colby..
There is a deal of water in the hold. She is not an old
vessel, and will prove a rich prize to the steam-boat owner
and the crew.

OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER.—The Commis
nary of Police in one of the communes close to Paris
was summoned on Monday to take note of the self-murder,
by means of strangulation, of a person the initial of whose
name only is given, and who was 77 years old. Among
his papers was found a document headed, " The Mysteries
of my Life," with an introduction to this effect:—" I be-
long to a very good family. I was well brought up.
Chi
Fatally
erltke-nmowerrneowwwthhaatt, ohne
ctehne
Fatally for myself, I adopted as my device the Italian
cmoanxt ri ma
r'y,
do to-day. For my part, I believed that before doing
anything it was necessary to deliberate long and ma-
turely ; and the consequence was that all I took
part in turned out unsuccessful. By this mania of post-
ponement and this dilatoriness of execution I injured
my fortune, I forfeited an important situation, and I
missed ten marriages. 1 have broken with all my friends,
because I never could return a visit in proper time ; pay
back an act of politeness, nor keep an appointment; and I
was always an hour too late. I had excellent servants, but
I never was well served, because I never was ready to be
served. I thought myself extremely prudent, and I always
found myself in a false or a difficult position. After long
and profound reflection, I am now convinced that my con- '
stant habit of putting off everything was but a pretext;
that my real character was one of selfishness and sloth ;
and that I sought to hide, or to cover, that double vice
with a fictitious virtue. I was deterred by the fear of
fatigue, by my disgust to bodily and mental exertion, by
the indulgence of continuous and lethargic repose. such
is the true cause of the vexations which I have constantly
experienced. I believe the judgment I now pass upon
myself to be correct. At my age lam on the brink of the
grave. The thought of self-murder is come upon me, and
as for once in my life I mean to take au energetic resolu-
tion, and not to postpone it, I hang myself." The heir of
this person is his nephew, to whom the " Memoirs" of the
uncle will probably be useful.
Messrs. J. H. Schroder & Co. have announced
the dividends due the 15th December on the bonds
of the Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad and
Matanzas and Sabanilla Railroad Companies.