... I LiME PARK ?? Ltur, 1 Persuasion, 2. TRADESMAN's PLATE.-Bohernianl, 1; Brilliant, 2. MANOR STAEE8.-Mountain Buck, 1; Devotee, 2. . .6 HELEN'S ?? .,&nn, 1 1'addy OlRourke, 2. GAZETTE NEaW.-Earl Grey is nominated a Knight of the Garter. 1 Postage on letters to Ept Is to be reduced on July lst. . Maulbtitan's New ork letter of May 29, says the news from Vicksburg of a bad oharacter was coming ...

... GRAND CRICKET MATCH* AT BATH EIGHITEEI14 OF LANSDOWN V. ALL ENGLAND ELEVEN. On Thursday a grand criaket match, between Eighteen of Laupdown and District and the Eleven of All England, was eommenced on the ground of the Lanedown Club, at Bath, and attracted a large number of spectators, owing to the Eleven including some mem bers of the English team recently returned from Australia. The umpires ...

... 8 PORTING .iNTELLI GEN.CE. PARlISRgACES. }i SUNDAT.-Tb' GISASD 'RI'X DE PARIS~ of 10,000f,,~aid a cup given by the Emperor. for 3-yr-ods of all countries. Atile and tree-qarter. NWeight: coltsB 110 h,, fillies 107ib. Mr. Savile's e; Thi Ranier (Goater).1 M. de Montgomery'sr~ I luqes(olje) 2 Lord Strathmore's o. SaceharoluCter (Alderoft) * . . . M. Gliby'sao. Dolnnybrcolt (S. Rogers) .. . 4 ...

... EFor the Briist ol Metrcury.] 0) ?? smllnner-tliat when shews be sheenOf, it And Ilitves be large kind long 'The are]her he i ilkelh In Lifair ltri~et, To hear thee wltl bird',song. WOd flallad. AraFTER the fine Season has set In archers may Vary their corn- paratively monotonouts perambulations of the target ounttd by praetising what our old Englisil yeomnen called s~loothig at i rovere, ...

... The long-rending fight between Sam Hurst, the Staley- bridge Infants and the renowned Tom Paddock, for £200 a side, nn't the Champion's belt, camd off on Tuesday. The affair deenis to have created a very large amount of interest; among the patrons of pugilisim, and this is, no doubt, attribut- able. to the fact of its being the first competition for the iarbrels which wore left without a ...

... THE CHESTER CUP.-WEDNESDAY. The THADSIsM;'S PLATE of 200 sov8, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 25 soys each, 15 ft. and 5 if declared, Two miles and a quarter. 151 subs, 77 of whom declared. 13. Mr. Hughes'sFlash-in-the-Pan, byPontifex-Gratis, aged, Git 41b ?? . ?? 1 15. Mr. John Osborne's Little Stag, 3 yrs, GOt (Carrll) 2 4. Marquis of Hastings's Tippler, 4 yrs, 7st 51b, (11. Grimsbaw) ...

... PLOUGHINq?f?A?CH AT D1JNIJRY. It will be remembered that at the dinner which followed tile A mi plouglaing match at gallon, Winfurd, a report of which ap- Cathede peared in our columns a few weeks ago, it was suggested that and pri an association should be formed in order to place that ann?tl aminati gathering on a firm and permanent footing. The suggestion met with a hearty reception, and a ...

... THTE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. On Saturdaymorning thegreat camp on Wimbledon Di It omnwa pnd and in the afternoon large numbers -orIflme iri had come from various parts of the Icing- be deinl arrived, and tunilc up the quarters assigned them. The nrrangeiiieflts for icist of the International Compo- the titions3 are nOW1 completed, and the English Twenty selected 5to shoot in thle ...

... THE WRECK OF THE RACEHORSE ADMIRALTY, PER. 2,-List of officers and men belonging to her Majesty's late sloop Racehorse, and who were drowned when that vessel was wrecked on the 4th of November, 1864, on the north-west coast of Shantung, China:- W. Farquhar, lieutenant-, A. G. C. Tait, ditto; Thomas Dobbin, master; J. B6. Fawcett, surgeon; G. M. Dooley, chief engineer; Richard Crabbe, paymaster ...

... it is wi~th p]leasu we rrecord the second year's match ian con- nexin wihti litt ,le giultural gathering, the iaug ratiofl of which we noticed lat year crmtemeigo dnes- daylat, wehaeeryeso to biee that this1 annual natherng ofth ?? of the throee ?? Felton, and lludghlllcarrie~d on as it is, by an actie, and ente~r- prising committeeorstencuso a fuuearicutura association of no smallI Importance ...

... BATEH AND SOMERSET COUN TY R-ACES. TUESDAY. The Lixes:Dowye TRrAL STA5CE.9 of 5 sovs each, with SO soya added. One mile. (4 Subs). Sir C. Legard's Vespasian, 15 yr-s, ltst ?? (Custance) 1 Mr. Hughes's Paris, aged, 8st ?? (Prior) 2 Air. Woolcott's Cork Jacket, 3 yrs, 6at 31b ?? 3 Betting-7 to 1 on Vespasian and 10 to 1 Cork Jacket. Vespasiau won in a canter by four lengths. The Second Year of ...

... THE PRIZE. REFLE SHOOTING-. AT .SNEYD .PARK. ! , I - T~ he competition, for the~regimental prizes of the Bristpl Volunteer ~Ridle Corps was resumed on Saturday at the *Sni~d-park~rifles.racee and the weather being highly~favoir'- able tbdre'w'ad jeoo'ddy muster, tbeugh tbe'number of entries, I Was not nealy sogreat as~tbecharact~er oft ?? led ` us to antiaipatie, Ih'~Iright' worshipful th~ ...