The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-15 00:00:00

HAY.

SMITHFIELD.—Moadow hay, £3 Os to £4 Os ; clover,
£4 Os to £slss Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load.
Trade quiet.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to .£4 4s Od; clover,
£4 Os to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load.
A moderato demand.

WHITECTIAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 Os ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 15s Oct; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load.
Trade slow.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Weeks

Miles Opened. Receipts.

Railways. -, -- —,
1866. 1865. 1866 1865
£ Z
Belfast and N. Counties 931 991 2,237 2.0 4
Belfast and County Down 49 49 675 V 4
Blyth and Tyne 36 `6 1,995 2,112
Brecon and Merthyr .....
Bristol and Exeter l3ll 124 6,046 6,0.3
Caledonian, Scottish Central 562 562 31.217 32,55
Cambrian
,

Coclsermouth K & Peurlth .. 311 3t
Cork and Bandon 2O 20

336 '291
431 408

Cork, Blackrock, Passage... 6i 64 ll7 117
Cork and Limerick Direct .. 25 25. 221 261

Cornwall6si 65i 1,408 1.398
Deeside „ 17. 17. 281. 309
. _

Do Extension
Dublin & Belfast Junction.... 63 63 1,163 1.341
Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 1,759 1.704
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wexld lO5 106 2,445 2.194
Forth and Qlyde Junction - - -
Furness, &c B5 85 4,399 3,989
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 422 101 39,646 38,553
Great North of Scotland 242 24 i 3,005 2,607
Ut. Northn. & Westn.
4t.Southn. & WestaLa(lrelrind.) llB9l 5874 8,e82 8,4
05
Great Western 13115 12804 67,533 67.910
Highland ... 246 246 3,212 3,114
Hoylake . 55 - -- - -
Irish North-Western 145 145 2,054 1,638
Isle of Wight ....... 12 8 157 93
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 43,720 • 39,600
Limerick and Ennis.. 241 241 20J 191
Limerick and Foynes 265 261 , 12 86
Llanelly 464 461 555 621
Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Lund. Brighton, &B. Coast 3145 2931 17,827 1E1,429
London, Chatham, & Dover; ( 1355 134 1 7,838 7.380
all Metropolitan Extension 1 12f 12 j 1,762 1.850
Do. Kent coast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Londonderry and Coleraine 365 365 333 306
Ilan.,Sheilicid.& Lincoinsh
Manch. S.J un.& Altrincham 95 95 1,241 1,5.6
Maryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,6.9 1,162
Metropolitan
Midland (incl. N.-Western) 697 6775 48,564 4 ,879
Midland Gt. Westn. of hind 2601 2605 5,206 4,392
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2.740 2,64
North British, Edin., Pertn
and Dundee
.._ ___

N-Eastern and Stock. As Darl. 12201 12 71 70.153 67,722
North London ll 11 4,600 4.30,E

North Staffordshire
258 258 8,100 8.470
Pembroke and Tenby • 271 111 212; 1,1
Ethymney 221 191 1,011 1,067
Scottish North-Eastern ll3 138 --
Somerset and Dorset 66 66 1,001 1,0 8

South Devon ...... 110} 98 3,5t8 3,501
South-Eastern 330 315 19,53) 19 485
Taff Vale 63 63 5,5 5 5,230
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd.
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 235 279
Waterford and Limerick 77 77 1,751 1,5.3
West Cork l7j
Wrexham, Mold, &c l4 14 216 255
W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt lO 10 719 670
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

Austrian 822 822 52,960 50,294
Bahia and San Francisco
Belgian Eastern J unction 264 264 3 7 395
Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 306 7,162 8.351
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 7,3'9 8,476
Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 6,224 6.1 3
Eastern o 1 France
Eastern Bengal
East Indian
Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 1377 28,817 31.316
Great Centrai of Belgium 285 255 6,170 6,629
Great Indian Peninsula 784 590 14,756 18,57 t
Great Luxembourg 134 134 6,235 6.,,91
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345 315 12,081 15,507
Madras 645 611 7,863 8,904

__•••• ~.. ~,_. ~,...
111adrid, Saragossa &Alicant.. 868 778 2 '&25 17.6 '3
Northern of Canada ... .. 94 94
Northern of France 764 724 67,485 64,212
Norwegian Trunk
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons, & Alediterrn 2151 2006 116,627 146;z58
Paris and Orleans . 1621 18 8 83,359 78,836
Recife and San Francisco, &c 775 775 95g 930
Sande.... IC9 105 2,375 2,03)
Do. Punjab, &c 253 2i3 983 9,19
South Austrian, &c .. 1798 1691 82,126 62,656
Do, Piedmont lines 6lO 619
Southern of France 9lO 823 31,786 24,123
Victoria
Welland
West & N-IVn. of France

ROBEIa COOMBESS MONUMENT.-0,1 Thursday
the monument to this well-known oarsman, who
was champion of the Thames from 1816 to 1852, was for-
mally uncovered in Brompton Cemetery. It is made of
Portland stone, and is 9ft. high, 61t. 6in. long, and 3ft Gin.
wide. On the top slab is the representation of a wherry
bottom upwards, over which is thrown a coat and badge,
and by the side are broken sculls. On the edge of the
ledge are Dibdin's lines—

" Faro the well, my trim-built wherry,
Oars, and coat, and badge, farewell."
-

This slab is supported by four figures cut out of the solid
stonework, one at each corner. The figures represent four
champions of the Thames : first, Robert Coombes, in his
rowing costume, holdinga broken scull; second, Tom Cole,
of Chelsea, wearing Doggett's Coat and Badge, with the
peculiar pineapple button; third, James Messenger, of
Kingston, with tho coat and badge of the Thames National
Regatta ; fourth, Henry Kelley, of Putney, a n athlete in
rowing costume. Each figure stands on an octagon dwarf
pedestal. There is an appropriate inscription. An address
was delivered to those who took part in the ceremony by
the Rev. W. G. Martin, chaplain to the Licensed Victual-
lers' School.

AN INTERNATIONAL SHOW OF STOCK. —A great
international show of live stock, agricultural implements,
and general farming operations, will be held at Paris from
April to November during next year, in connection with
the Universal Exhibition, and under the auspices of the
Imperial Commission. As neither the exhibition building
nor the park and grounds, large as they are, afford suffi-
cient opportunities to allow of a creditable display, or for
the experiments as to the actual working merits of imple-
ments, the island of Billancourt, on the Seine, within a
very short distance of the great exhibition, has been
chosen by the Imperial Commission as the scene of opera-
tions. An extent of 54 acres of soil affords an admirable
fiell for carrying on all that is requisite on a small scale.
The programme laid down is of an extensive and interest-
ing character, embracing a wide range of competitive and
experimental display. Here improved farming and horti-
culture are to be shown in all their varied spheres of opera-
tions during the season. Not only may the best descrip-
tions of live stock and poultry be exhibited, but every kind
of implement, working machine, and tool will be seen at
work, from the plough and the spade to the reaper, mower,
and thrashing and winnowing machine. Not only will
the ordinary operations of husbandry be shown, whether
in grass, root-crops, or cereals, but special and extraordi-
nary cultures and manufactures will also be exhibited, such
as beet-root sugar manufacture, wine-making, oil-crushing,
starch manufacture, distillation from grain or other sub-
stances ; the work of the dairy, apiculture, silkworm rear-
ing, and other industries, will have special attention ;
whilst irrigation and fertilisers will command a large share
of notice.

MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF THE COUNTESS
or SCHOMIII7RG.—ItaIian tourists communicate the most
melancholy conjectures respecting the as yet inexplicable
disappearance of the Countess of Schomburg. Two months
back she left Enghien, where she had passed the summer,
and went to make various excursions in Upper Italy before
reaching Naples. She set out one morning with some friends
for a walk in the mountains, and when about halfway she
was beset by such sorrowful presentiments that she took
out her diamond earrings, which she always wore, and gave
them to ono of her companions to take care of, saying she
was afraid of encountering robbers. A few steps further
on she separated a little from the party, and from that
moment it was found impossible to discover the smallest
trace of what had become of her. The belief is that she
must have fallen over a precipice ; but hitherto the most
minute search has been made without result.