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

HAY.

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

WHITECILAPEL.—NIeadow hay, £3 Os to £4 Os ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load.
Trade slow.

Railway Traffic Returns for the. Week.

Miles Opened. Receipts.
Railways. ~.----,---,,...--__.A._
1866. 1865. 13e6 1865
. £ L
Belfast and N, Counties 991 991 2,237 2.0 4
Belfast and County Down 49 19 675 5'4
Blyth and Tyne . 36 :.6 1,995 2,1 L 2
Brecon and Merthyr
Bristol and Exeter l3ll 1211 6,046 6,0.3
Caledonian, Scottish Central 502 560 30 217 32,850
Cambrian
Cootermouth K & Penrlth .. 311 311 336 991
Cork and Bandon 2O tO 431 408
Cork, Blankrock, & Passage 6l 61 117 1.7
Cork and Limerick !Area
Cornwall .. 651 655 1,4u8 1.308
Deeside l7 17 281 309
Do Extension _ !11 151 113 80

Dublin & Belfast J unction 63 63 1,563 1.341
Dublin, and Drogheda 75 75 1,759 1.704
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 106 2,445 2.191
Forth and Clyde Junction
Furness, &c B5 85 4,399 3 9.,.,9
Glasgow & South-Western
Gt. Easteru,Nrik.,&E.Union
Great Northern 422 101 39.646 35,55 i
Great North of Scotland 212 21t 3,093 z,eo/
44 L N ortlin. & IVestn. (Irel.) Bll 71, 691 48'J
'lt.Southn. & Westn.(lrind.) 4191 387 t 8/82 8, OS
Great Western l3lll 12801 67,515 57,910
_ ..

Highland
lioylake - - -
Irish North-Western 145 145 2,054 1,668
Isle of Wight
Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 403 43.7,0 39,6b0
Limerick and Ennis..... 241 241 20) 191
Limerick and Foynes 26i 261 ' 12 86
Llanelly,
_ . _

Llynvi Valley
London & North-Western
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &8. Coast 314) 201 17,8k7 10,429
London, Chatham, & Dover; f 134 134 7,838 7,380
t alt 3letropolitan Extension l2l 12 j 1,702 L 650
Do. Kent toast
Lon., Tilbury, & Southend
Londonderry and Coleraine 361 3,3} 333 306
Lineolnsh
Ranch. S.J un.& Altrineham 9} 1,241 1.5 6
Ilaryport and Carlisle 2B 28 1,6 9 1,562
tietropolitan

Midland (incl. N.-Western).. 697' 6/
Midland Gt. Westn. of hind... 2601 2601
ilonmouthah. Rath& Canal.. 44 44
North British, Edin., I'ertn
and Dundee
N-Eastern and Stock. dz. DarL 12201 12 71
North London ll 11
North Staffordshire 258 258
Pembroke and Tenby 271 111
a:►ymney 221 191
Scottish North-Eastern ll5 1:18

43,561 4 ,579
5,206 4,302
' 2,740 k. 6,4
:4,303 23,7 5
70,153 62,742
4,8u0 3 31,
V.,00 8 470
212; 1,1
1,011 /,007

Somerset and Dorset 66
South Devon
South-Eastern 330
rail' Vale 63
Ulster
Vale of Clwyd
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l
Waterford and Limerick 77
West Cork._ . 17f
Cork__ 17f .

1004 1,0 8
3,5€8 3,591
19,530 19 48'i
5,S 5 5,230
2.9.0 2.07
115 13i
235 279
1,751 1,5.3

Wrexham, Mold, 4160 ... . 14
W'hareo,Uleator,&Egrmnt.. 10
rOREIGN AND COLONIAL.

216 255
719 670

Austrian --
822 822 52,960 50,294
Bahia and San Francisco 761 761 625 842
Belgian Eastern J unction 261 261 317 395
Bombay, Daroda, & Cen. India 306 306 7,162 8,351
Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 189 7,3 9 8,476
Dutch Rhenish lOBl 1081 5,222 6.1 3
Eastern of France 1635 1551 74,660 72.929
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 7Bl 690 14,756 18,572
Great Luxembourg 134 134 5,233 6.191
Great Southern of India
Great Western of Canada 345 315 12,081 15,507
Madras
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant B3B 778 2,525 17,0,3
Northern of Canada - -
Northern of France 764 724 67,485 64,242
Norwegian Trunk - -
Ottoman
Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 2151 2006 106,62, 146,258
Paris and Orleans lB2l 18.8 83,359 78,836
Recife and San Francisco. &c. 771 771 950 963
Scinde - lO9 105 2,375 2,03 i
Do. Punjab, &c 253 253 983 969
South Austrian, dtc ......
Do, Piedmont lines 649 649 - -
Southern of France 960 823 32,786 29,123
Victoria
Welland 25 25 803 :1,696
West & N-Wn. of France

ROBERT COOMBES'S MONUMENT.--On Thursday
the monument to this well-known oarsman, who
was champion of the Thames from 1846 to 1852, was for-
mally uncovered in Brompton Cemetery. It is made of
Portland stone, and is 9ft. high, 6ft. 6in. long, and 3ft 6in.
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—

" Fare thq 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 tho Thames : first, Robert Coombes, in his
rowing costume, holdingabroken scull ; second, Tom Cole,
of Chelsea, wearing Doggett's Coat and Badge, with the
peculiar pineapple button; third, James Messenger, of
Kingston, with the 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 ati 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 Snow 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

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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
liiell 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.implemont, 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 TIIE COUNTESS
OP SCHOMBURG.—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 iu Upper Italy before
reaching Naples. She sot out ono morning with some friends
for a walk in the mountains, and when aboftt halfway she
was beset by such sorrowful presentimenti that she took
out her diamond earrings, which she always wore, and gave
them to one 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 milli.