The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-06 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

SMITIiFIELD.--Meadow hay, £2 10a to £4 Os ; clover,
£3 10s to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 43 to £1 8s per load,
Trade dull, at the late decline.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 10s to £4 Os; clover,
£3 10s to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 8s per lead
Both hay and straw moved off slowly, on former terms.

WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2los to £4 Os; clove),
£3 153 to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 Ss per load.
Supplies moderate; trade dull.

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The market remains very inactive and prices are
unaltered.
SUGAR.—A moderato amount of business has been done
in British Plantation, and prices generally have been well
maintained ; and in the Refined Market the dealings have
been more active, previous rates having been supported.
COFFEE.—There has been a steady inquiry for Plantation
Ceylon, and other qualities have met a fair demand at fully
former prices.
RlcE.—The market has been rather quiet, and values
have shown a steady downward movement.
FRUIT.—The common and medium qualities of currants
have been in fair demand, and Valencia raisins have been
dealt in to some extent at former prices.
SALTEETRE.—Moderate inquiries have been experienced
for the better qualities at about previous quotations.
TALLOW.—The market is dull, and prices have slightly
declined. P.Y. candle is quoted 565., and January to
March delivery, 565. per cwt.

Mrs. Cooper and Miss Cooper, of Markree Castle,
county Sligo, have left Farrance's Hotel for Leamington.
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.—The captain of
the ship John Wood, which arrived at Liverpool yester-
day from. Singapore, observed on the 18th of August last,
while in lat. 25 21 S, long. 57 22 E, an eclipse of the moon.
The observation was taken at eight p.m.
NATIONAL DEFENCE COMMISSION.—The National
Defence Commissioners, Major-Gen. Sir H. Jones, Gen.
Cameron, Sir F. Abbott, Col. Lefroy, Major Jervois, Mr.
Ferguson, Capt. Key, and Lieut. Jones, arrived at the Im-
perial Hotel, Cork, on Thursday evening, from Dublin,
which they left at 1 o'clock that day, for the purpose of in-
specting the harbour and its approaches.
THE FOUR LIVERPOOL MERCHANTS.—The Liver-
pool correspondent 'of the Manchester Guardian writes :
" Nothing definite transpired on Saturday relating to the
correspondence between four gentlemen in Liverpool and
the Emperor of tno French. It is stated, however, that the
letter in question was written by the four gentlemen while
enjoying the pleasures of a full board' one evening, about
a fortnight since. Nothing serious was dreamt of—the
letter was posted, but a reply was never anticipated. So
little was the affair thought of that a copy of the letter to
the Emperor was not even kept, and the whole matter was.
looked upon as a good joke. Judge of the consternation of
these four gentlemen when, on Friday, they received a let •
ter in reply to theirs, written by an official personage, but
which not one of the four could read, as it was written in
the French language. The conduct of the writers of the
letter to the Emperor was met with a hearty denunciation
by nearly all the local papers."
M. LAMARTINE'S DEBTS. -- The Journal de
Saone-at-Loire of Maeen, of the 30th, says :—" M. do La-
martine left yesterday for Paris. No purchaser having
come forward for his estates, and the national subscription
having only produced about 160,000 f., to pay more than
2,500,000 f. of debts, M. de Lamartine was obliged to ask
for time. He called all his creditors (more than 400) toge-
ther at the Chateau of Montceau, and proposed to give to
them his estates, the value of which exceeded his liabilities.
He also stated that, notwithstanding the insufficiency of
the national subscription, he had paid to his creditors, in
18 months, out of the produce of his literary labours, a sum,
of 1,200,000 f., and engaged to pay, in January and Feb-
ruary next, a further sum of 300,000 f ; so that his debts
would be reduced to 1,000,000 f. He therefore solicited the
indulgence of dividing his payments into three or four in-
stalments, hoping, he said, by labour and economy, to pay
every one in full. However inconvenient it might be for
several among the creditors to have their debts settled in
these small payments, yet not one of them opposed the pro-
position."

DELIBERATE ATTEMPT AT SUlClDE.—Yesterday
morning, between six and seven, considerable sensation was
created in Caroline-street, Princes-road, Lambeth, in con-
sequence of a dreadful attempt at suicide made by Mr.
Qeorge Garcy, aged 56 years, who resided at No. 5 in that
street. It appears that the unfortunate man got up shortly
after six o'clock, and went downstairs into his garden,
when he deliberately drew a razor across his throat, inflict-
ing a most frightful gash, by which he nearly severed the
windpipe and carotid artery. He then walked into the bask
kitchen and sat down in a chair. On his son coming down
stairs he was horrified at discovering his father in a pool of
blood. He was instantly conveyed to St. Thomas's Hos-
pital, where Mr. Thos. Nloreton, the house surgeon, ren-
dered every assistance, but no hopes are entertained of his
recovery. No cause is assigned for the suicidal act.