The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-26 00:00:00

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
a ut Dining-room, consisting oi a new and e.ezant assort-
ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, obelisks, Ink-
stands. ,eaut Hui inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian,
A lababt ,r, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o.
Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine.
ralogist to her tlajesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London.
Kr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS.
IN ER ALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition
of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they wilt greatly facilitate
tee Interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY,
and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE-
R kLOl.4lr is Oven by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.S., at 149. Strand.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week.

Iflles Opened. Renelpte.

Railways. '- ____....-_____ .e. .-__,-_-_,
1865. 1864. 1865 1864
£ Z
Belfast and N, Counties 991 991 ;2,2.5 2.018
Belfast and County Down 49 49 921 783
Blyth and Tyne 2B 28 2,404 2,396
Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 8,074 7,552
Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB 408 28.177 27,541
Cambrian
Cock ermouth K & Penrlth .. 311 - 517 -
Cockermouth and Workin .. 9 9 350 312
Cork and Bandon 2O 20 374 357
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l f 1 220 153
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 651 651 1,891 2.027
Deeside l7 17 577 532
Dublin & Relf ast Junction
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 2,320 2.284
Dublin and Meath
Dub. &Wicklow and NVextd lO6 911 3,986 3,151
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, Zto 5O 5) 3,611 3.414
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.lJnion
Great Northern 404 365 33,534 33,411
Great North of Scotland 99 99 8,191 3,263
Lit. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 441 465
'3t.Southn. & Wes tn.(lrind.) 3871 3811 9.471 8.356
Great Western l2BO 1236 76,090 76.413
Hull & Hornsea
Highland
Irish North-Western 145 145 1,956 1,6 ,8
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 16,926 46.81 8
Limerick and Ennis... 241 241 1.: 205
Limerick and Foynes 261 261 111 114
Llanelly 461 461 701 730
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall 5l 5 2,190 2,140
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 272 2671 25,694 23.876
London, Chatham, & Dover ; f 134 127 1 14,328 13,u 6
all Metropolitan Extension I 12 111 j 2,7 0 2,501
Do. Kent t. oast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Aan.,Sheibehcl. & Lincolnsh
Manch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9l 91 1,623 1.487
28 28 1,615 1.649
31 81 Z 666 2,708
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6721 611 51,234 40,574
taannd Carlisle
Metropolitan
liGt.Westn. of 'rind- 2601 2601 5, ;02 4,732
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,909 2,.03
North British, Edin., Perth
and Dundee ....
N-Eastern and Stock. & DarL 1194) 11601 75.235 72.737
North London 9 9 3,596 3,337
North Staffordshire 258 258 8,233 8.011
Pembroke and Tenby lll 111 179 112
Ithymne
Scottish North-Eastern l3B 1:,8 6,990 6,685
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,134 988
South Devon 9s 791 4.911 4,707
South-Eastern lOB 305 28,957 28,397
Taf Vale 6l 61 5,703 6,527
Ulster
1 2,660 2.331
Vale of Clwyd • lO 10 309 289
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 5 3 442
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,870 1,536
W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 654 693
Whitehaven Junction l3 13 974 1,159
Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 879 987
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Austrian B2B 828 33,361 35,053
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern Junction ...• 261 261 335 319
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 1851 5,975 3,669
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 7,334 4,4 6
Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1681 7,568 7,321
Eastern of France 1176 1428 74,560 67,333
Eastern Bengal
East Indian - _ .
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1335 26 110 20,557
Great Central of Belgium 295 295 7,018 5,999
Great Indian Peninsula 590 6531 15,743 6,7,"6
Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,713 4.726
Great Southeen of India
Great Western of Canada 345 315 12,500 9,806
Madras
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 6B) 650 19,724 18 638
Northern of Canada .• Ol 91 1,786 1,380
Northern of France 728 728 61,722 59.414
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
____ ____ .__ _..

Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn 1967 178 f 138,911 135,5'6
Paris and Orleans 1616 161* 70,845 61,444
Recife and San Francisco. &c. 774 771 861 621
Scinde.
Do. Punjab, &c 253 32 888 353
South Austrian, &c .... 2236 1527 77.9.11 5,,658
Southern of France 623 770 32,146 31,258
Victoria
Welland
West & N-Wn. of France

THE Loss OF THE GENERAL SCREW STEAMER
DERWENT.—Yesterday an inquiry, directed by the
Board of Trado, was resumed and concluded at Greenwich
before Mr. Trail, the magistrate, and Captains Harris and
Baker, nautical assessors, respecting the loss of the Der-
went iron screw steamship, on a small island between Bene-
yenta and South Ricas, Hebrides. The court found that
the chief officer was to blame for continuing to run the
steamer at her usual speed in thick weather, in not having
a proper look-out, and in omitting to call the captain, and,
suspended Jab certificate fvr Woo mvuthg,