The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-21 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

Smmt-FTELD.-ISleadow hay, £2 lOs to £5 5s Od ; &over
do., £3 10s to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
A fair demand.

CUMBERLAND.—MeaIow hay, £2 10s to :t5 ss; clover
do., £3 lOs to £6 Os; and straw, £1 Ss to £1 14s per load.
Trade steady.

WHITECRAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £5 5s ; clove!,
do., £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw. Cl 8. to £1 14s oor load.
Both hay and straw moved off steadily at our quotations.

2111-8 _DAY'S SKIPPING.

LONDON, Sept. 21.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with
slight showers.
BELFAST, Sept. 19.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—lsland
Queen, from New York ; Cora, from the Clyde for St. Jago
do Cuba, was to be docked on the 20th.
SUNDERLAND, Sept. 20.—Wind S.—Sailed—Shannon,
for Madras.
LONDONDERRY, Sept. 19.—Wind S.E,—Sailed—Mis-
chief, for New York.
CtRDIFP, Sept. 19.—Wind W.—Sailed—Angest Voer-
lance, for Bilboa; Casimina, for Vera Cruz.
PLYMOUTH, Sept. 20. —Wind N.W.—Arrived—Mererde,
from New York.
CLYDE, Sept. 19.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Orichella,
from Huelva. Sailed—Anomia, for New York; Tribune,
for Callao.
WARRENPOINT, Sept. 19.—Wind S.—Arrived—Pyra-
mid, from Portland, U.S.
OFF PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 20.—Arrived—Lord Raglan,
from London for Melbourne.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Sept. 20—Jacoba Johanna, from Surinam ;
Charlotte, from Soderham ; Anna Kirshine, from Thisted ;
Juno, from Gottenburg.
Arrived, Sept. 21—Agnethe, from Kongelf; Jane
M'Donald, from Konigsberg; Mars Clardy, from St. Malo ;
Larsens Plads, from Copenhagen ; Alliance, from the
Mauritius.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.
Passed, Sept. 20—Portia, barque, from Alexandria, for
London ; Columbine. barque, from New York, for London.
Anchored—Dartmouth, from London, for Calcutta, with
captsans damaged ; 10, from London,'for St. Thomas.
Passed—Citizen, for Bordeaux; Thomasin, for Havre;
Scilla, for Genoa; City of Calcutta, for Glasgow ; En-
chantress, for Montreal—all from London.

Although the general rate of discount at Parrs is
below that of the Bank of France, the demand on the whole
is active, and the lowest terms are 4} to I per cent. At Brus-
sels the rate is 4 per cent., and at Leghorn it is s}. At the
other Continental cities the terms correspond more nearly to
our own, the charge at Hamburg being 21, at Frankfort 2
to 3, and at Amsterdam 3 per cent.

It is believed that some floating amounts of Eng-
lish capital are now finding their way to Paris for discount
purposes at the higher rates prevalent there.

" The downward movement in the price of silk,"
says a letter from Valence (Drome), " has ceased both in
the French and Italian markets. All our advices agree
in stating that prices remain firm, notwithstanding the
little business doing. We are now, however, approaching
a date when the silk trade will be sure to recover its former
activity. We mean the Ist October, when the commercial
treaty between England and France comes into operation.
Prohibitive duties will then be completely suppressed, and
a competition will not fail to ensue between the manu-
facturers of the two countries to the great advantage of
consumers. If English manufacturers have the advantage
in certain branches, the French are superior to them in
many others. Our silks and articles of taste indisputably
surpass those of our neighbours; and many of our tissues
have already obtained a degree of favour in England which
augurs well for our trade. As already remarked, prices are
firmer in our silk-markets of the Drome and the Ardeche.
Though the fair at Aubenas on the 14th inst. was not very
good, there were evident symptoms of returning confidence.
The silk sold amounted to I,2ookilogrammes, and the figure
would have been much higher if the supply had been
greater."

An unusual ease was yesterday submitted to the
Civil Tribunal of the Seine—to decide the ownership of a
learned parrot. A. M. Glaty, who had been travelling for
years in China and Siam, returned some time since with an
extensive collection of eastern curiosities, not the least
valuable of which was a learned.parrot, speaking in several
languages with great fluency. M. Glaty, soon after his
arrival in Paris, fell dangerously i.l at an hotel, and his
sister, Mme. Ducimetiere, immediately caused him to be
removed with all his effects, parrot included, to her house,
where he remained six months, until his health was per-
fectly re-established. All the expenses of this long
treatment were paid by M. Glaty. On removing
to other lodgings, M Glaty left the parrot with his sister,
but six months after, the lady having called upon the
brother to settle certain money matters relating to the
estate of a deceased relative, he demanded the return of his
parrot. Mme. Ducimetiere refused, declaring that he had
made her a present of it long before, M. tilaty affirmed
that he had never intended any such thing, that he had
paid in cash all the expense she had incurred on his ac-
count, and that it was absurd to suppose that he should
give away the most valuable article of his whole collection,
worth from 5,000 fr. to G,ooofr. He had merely left the
bird at his sister's till he was settled. The Court, after
hearing counsel for the two parties, decided that the parrot
had been given to Madame Ducimetiere, and accordingly
'rejected the claim for its restoration.