... i THE ASCOT CUPS. The following was the advice given by H. ?? in the columsn of the Arercuey for the three great races at Royal Ascot:- For the Royal Hunt Cup he wrote on Tuesday eVening- No less than 37 animals faced the flag for this event last year, when the four-year-old Canary, with 6 et., was the selected of the talent, and landed the stake without difficulty. On the present occasion ...

... I LIVERPOOL. SATURDAY EVENING. That the past Shrewebury Meeting has been the most successful provincial one of the season is beyond all doubt, and great diplomatist as Mr. Frail has been acknowledged to be for many years past he has on the present occasion eclipsed him. self. The details of the supplementary day (Friday) were worked out with a coolness and calculation worthy of Joey Hume ...

... . I LONOtDERRY, tunSDiY. The screow-steamsbip Norwegian, from Portland on the 27th ultiUo, arrived in Lough Foyle at 8 30 am. On December 28, she passed a screw steamer supposed to be the Bohemian, and the ship Angleses, both bound W. On December 31 she passed a steamer bound W. TIMES' TELEGRAM. NxW YORE, Dio. 26. President Lincoln has not signed the bilt for the admission of Western VigWini ...

... bour LIVERPOOL. p23 Mo-cnAY EVENING. 1Rj- F or the T1wo Thousand Guinean I shall still stand mny. ~BLUE MANTLE; able, and if anything beats it, in my opinion it will bo F 1 Saccharomneter. 22For the One Thousand Guineas may selection is - ~~~AMELIA. For the Free Handica, hould b e the one selected by the stable, I can seec nothing era in the race to heat him. iu- LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET. ...

... f I I .. .. TROTTING, MR. SPENoCl's PONY AGAINST TDmz. -Thie match, which was to have come off yesterday afternoon,.was unavoidably postponed owing to the pony coming out of hus box lame yesterday morning. The moment his owner discovered it he came over to Liverpool and made the fact public, in order as far as possible to avoid disappointment on tle 18t of HpriI I. H. CARDIFF RACES. WEDNESDAY ...

... I _ SRN SPORTTNTG. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MIEETING.-'ioNDkY H{andiir rap PLatt.-Miss Emmna) 1; Revolver, 2. Fuor ran. Svseepstakes.-&antbd, 1;* Etna, 2. Three ran. Mlaiden Platc.-Garotter, 1 ;- Ernlbrche, 2, F le ran. Free Handicavp Sweepetakes.-Clarior, w.o; !Plate of 50 sovs.-Bedford, 1; Parm filly, 2; Peru, 3. Five ran. Sweepitakes.-Practitioner, 1; Clicquot the Jester, 2. Tvo ran. Handicap ...

... I ,LIVERPOOL. WVEDNESDAT EVm4ININ. The unfortunate clashing of the Upton and Hereford meetings to-morrow cannot fail 'to be seriously detrimental to the interests of both. a The Herefordshire Stakes looks like producing a race between TBE MONK and Toulras, when I should much prefer the former. In the - Nursery Stakes, CUTAwAY shall be my selection, Wildman has a good outside chance. - In the ...

... LIVERPOOL. SATURDAY EVENING. Until the acceptances for the Chester Cup and the Grand National Steeple Chase (which take place on Tuesday and Thursday next respectively) are declared, backers seem exceedingly shy, and anxiously await the all-important announcement. It is somewhat singular that for the Chester Cup the only three horses that are supported represent the three great Newmarket ...

... LIVERPOOL WEDNESDAY EVENeO. As I have not yet received nearly a moiety of the arrivals at Derby for to-morrow, I cannot anite see my way clear to make selections. Mary Ann has again ventured into the Midland Coun- ties, but I am very sceptical as to her having over- gotten the dressmi she received last week at Lincoln. XanthuB is too uncertain to trust, and I shall stake my chance on HEADS OR ...

... I The volunteer prize contest was renewed yes- terday morning at Shotwick, under very unfavour- able circumstances. The weather-which had throughout the previous day been gloomy-held out little encouragement to hope for an improve- ment. As a consequence, the visitors were not so numerous as on the preceding day, yet great interest was manifested by those present, as some of the most valuable ...

... EXTRAORDINARY SIPORTING [te ACTION. er ?? Ad WJInaTAKERI V. LOGAN.-This case was tried in ?? the County Court, Ambleeide, Woetmnoreland, on h0 Thursday iast, Both pslaintiff and defendant are 53 residents in the immediate neighbourhood of Win. I dermere, and twelve months since some amateur li- races were got up amongst the gentlemen and far. he mers resident in the neighbourhood, one of the ...

... THE EVE OF THE DERBY. CLe u'L Lnwooi,, TUESDAY EVENING. lia We are now on the eve of the 84th Derby, a .drace which has from its being first established, in h- 1780, steadily gone on increasing in public favour. Amongst the arrivals which 1 have omitted to _ notice is Golden Pledge, a ch. o. by Daniel GgO'Rourke - Stolen Moments - in A-John ,t Osborne's stable. The horse has repeatedly been ...