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

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Matadow hay, £2los to £5 5s Od ; elovilr
do., £3 108 to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per lead.
A fair demand.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £5 ss; clover
do., £3 lOs to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
Trade steady.

WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £5 5s ; clover,
do., £3 108 to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 14s per load.
Both hay and straw moved off steadily at our quotations.

21118 DAY'S SI:LIPPING.

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
de 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.

CARDIFF, Sept. 19.—Wind W.—Sailed—Angest Voer-
lanee, 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.—Artved—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, fr,:m Thisted ;
Juno, from Gottenburg.
Arrived, Sept. 21—Agnethe, from Kongelf; Jane
M'Donald, from Konigsberg; Mary Lardy, 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.
Anahored—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 Paris is
below that of the Bank of France, the demand on the whole
is active, and the lowest terms are 41 to 1 per cent. At Brus-
sels the rate is 4 per cent., and at Leghorn it is 51. 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 rauch higher if the supply had been
greater,"