... SP 0 la T I G . Thle Locale Hlarrtiers will meet this week nt twelve o'clock each (lay, at Ballybrataogh1, on Monday, and iolloeycarragh, oln0 Tuesday. NU\w Puic:MlOM Xo:ix EttsroiNT.-Tho United Se'- vice Gazette aniiounccs that Iord Panomurs has ob- tained the salnctiolt of the Ceown to a measure of vital in poletaltce to the success of ?? in thle army. A wariant toill bI itsuedl imniodi ...

... TIIE ULSTER STEEPLE-CHASE. YESTERDAY, the celcbrated Ulster Steeple-chase Races came ofr at Armagh. The day being most favourable for such sports, there was a vcry large and respectable attendance. The stewards of the course ?? Lurgan, Lieut.-Colonel Caultfeild, Maxwell C. Close, Esq., ?? Lieut-Col. Stronge, J. W M'IGeou-h B]ond, Esq., and Captain Caullcild. Captaiu WV. A. Ilutchinson acted as ...

... iPoytfilig. INCIDENTS OF AscoT MEETiNG.-MIr. Howard ex- perionced'a verification of the old adage about the long lane which has no turning, and he has at last got out of what at one time appeared to him to be a reiglar cal de sIeC. Thrice were his colours succcss-- lid at Ascot, and the sweetener which he has received may induce him to abandon his determina- tion of retiring from the turf. ...

... CURRAGH OCTOBER MEETING-FRIDAY. Tire curtain has dropped on the short grass for the year 18.58-this, the finishing day of the October meeting, being the last scen of the drania. Tho wonther was un- propitious, and the attendance, as might be expected, scanty. Paget Stakes (renewed), 10 sovs, p p, 50 sove added. Marquis of ?? llibernia (Keegan) ?? Mr. IHarrison's Kars (Murphy) ?? ?? ?? 2 Mr. ...

... THE MAZE RACES -OCTOBER MEETING. YESTERDAY, the first day's racing in connoxion with the October meeting cnme ofrton the Maze Course. The day was exceedingly favourable, and the nr- rangements all that could be wished for. The at- tendance, however, waS unusually small, and the sports of the day but middling. FIRST RACE. QuieEN's PLATE Of 100 guineas (formerly rim for at Londonderry). Weight ...

... ,ipirting. MANCHESTER RA CES-THIURSSOAY, Si'-r. 22. 'T'11E WiprTIt Cnu.-Surveyor, L. Six ran. CIi ivrIaFiEL) litANDICAeP.-lairelil, 1. Seven ricol. WVii.iox lHANi)ICAP.=-AliliC S1t.e1r1tland, 1. Six ran. LEICESTER RACES.-TinuRsnmy, Sarai-. 22. TII Coc'r.Oiv STAI; :S-C by D)rayton, 1; Birthday, 2. IANDICAIAP SwVIces'rtIcuS.-'l'oniboy, i; ;I Jaidstone 2. Five ran. QUitEEN'S P T..i.r.-Hunsgefo0d, ...

... . HUNTING APpoiNTNsrNT.-Old Rock and Chi- chester Harriers meet on Tuesday, 2t1h, ,at.Parkgate, at 11.30 sharp. The Lecale ffarriers meet on Monday, 25th, at Drumnaroad; and on Thursday, 28th, at MageraLlone. Ann[AGil: STMrIrLF-CUIAsL RACEs.-feights for the Ulster Grand National SteeTpc-Chase Handicap, at Arniagh-,Acc. of MHarts, 1lst 711); llingscourt. list; Joc Maley, Ist, 71b; Red Ving, ...

... NEWMARI(ET OCTOK3ER MEETING. W EDNE1DAY. TinE St. Leger Stakes of 25 sovs each, for three- year-nlds. Captain White's Ulysses, by Annandale ?? 1 Mlr. Barne's colt, by Pyrrbius the First ?? ?? 2 Bettillg-5 to 2 on Ulysses, who made all.the run- ning, and non by 13) lengths. Handluicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10ft, for two- year-olds. Duke of Bedford's Spbict, by Orlando.1 Mr. F. Fisher's ...

... EPSOM RACES.-THE O;,S. Dui, great race for the OAkS comeis off to-day (Fri- dlay). The followi ag, ale thle particildars_ TuT, OAIns STAKics of 50 soVS'. eaIch, h. ft., foy 3-Vv-Olt fillics, Sst. 711h. each. 'The last mile andl a-b al 1 to be 1110 OHI the New course. The owner of thle se.Colid filue to receive 100 sovs. out of thle staikc,,- which airc to he mnade at 'Messrs. Weathierhy's ...

... 11 I livorfiliff. A S C O T R A C E S.-WEDNESDAY. TIIE Heath presel ted that dreary appearance charac- tcristic of anl raec-couises oil a wet day. The few spectators Nrhio lined the course o0posite the Grand Stand k kicked their lecels about the sodden grass with a kind of listless inldifforetice to thieproceedings, anl ?? tliealselves to the lleav showvers that tell at cpnick initervals with ...

... . BR 11 ?? RAC, S. WEDNOSDAY : ' -; 'Brighton Stakes. - ?? Reehlab, . Ten ran. Nursery Stakes. Ilorace, Dedl.t Cecilic5 . Dead heat. Eight rin. Bristol Plate. . Queen Charlotte . ' ; *. ?? T. P. Cooke ; . 2 Espera ?? Four ran. T11 PMLI'eTIA-Tli6Louth Rifles are. aboilt to leave Yarmouith for Deptford, and about lQO of the regi- ment have already; takien their departure' ?? place, The City. of ...

... ZpOrting. FERMANAG1H STEEPLE CHASES. TarE above meeting came off on Wednesday, beside Lisnaskea, and was most numerously and fashionably attended. Stowavlds-Thomas Coote, George D. Mansfield, and Wm. Corry, Esqrs. FIRST RACE. For the Formanagh Hunt Plate SNveepstakes, of one sovereign each, p.p., with £20 added, one mile and a- half heats, for horses that have beers hunted this season in ...