... wre |TEaE L1SAcuE CHAlo10sBP- . or SATURDAY's matches have produced no change n Ba the relative positions o! Sheffield TJnited and Aston w Villa, for both teams 'wore playing at home, and m2 were enabled to obtain the maximum number of Th points; the United inflicting a very decisive defeat mi upon Everton by 5 goals to nil, whilst the ViUairn proved victorious over Sunderland by 4 goals to 2. ...

... ASSOCIATION RULES. THE LEAGUE.- DIVISION I. Aston Villa (2) 4 Sunderland (0) 2 Preston North End (1) 3 Nottingham Forest (0) 0 Burnley 3 Glossop 1 Liverpool (1) 0 Stoke (0) 0 Newcastle United (3) 4 West Brom. Albion (0) 2 Sheffield United (1) 5 Everton (1) 0 Manchester City 1 Blackburn Rovers 1 Notts County (2) 0 Derby County (2) ...

... : hPROBIES 273. By a. 4. EC.da I BLkcK (m. Ii~~~ru Wuisi (9). - H:: -= Whlite to play and mate ill two. alsoe 1.;ndley. Ftoecr: K3(Ps. ?? -So~lve,l enb ;1° ?? tUeWvne{Deel2x, Lysavys, XV. t cu. Ktt~arc-r) 1 Y.t Ln Cslcbm I' . ?? (ch elcenhunz), W'aterlo S. ]1. AF. (lEdrltns+o~nzr l-8tn lateillot Pn,:,oene 270*lain dobt s o h soundness of thin peu we .extots 1oluti5on:lastne-st: as A40ttorin ...

... YESTERDAYS FOOTBALL I ASSOCIATION RULES. THE LEAGUF.-DtflSoS L. r.AsTO% VrAa.-Played at Gigg Lane. The menshd met nine times prrol, the Vill%, scoring 13p :-t ury's 5. throught the miedium of 19 goals ;;A ury the Villa have twice beaten ?? _,:,sseason Bury won by 2 goals to!1 at .lstcn. go-~xv1rv again had the aervices of MoLucierie at .e`t- altet aI fortnight's absence, tho-ugh Wood was ?? - ...

... H NORTH£E STAFORlDSE[IRE H3OUND)S. The dense fog which. prevailed throughout the whole of yesterday interfered ver c onsiderably with the spoer with these hounds. In spite of the inclement r-, a imnavoarable wreather. however, an unusually large field turned out at Belton. some two miles from Matt-,t Drayr;Nton, and included, in addition to the master(the DuLke of Sutheriand), the Duchess of ...

... SPORTING NEWS : I I &AGG NE S.: ALlthlough wreather and warhave helped to spoii cross-country sport, the new year started ivoll at C Manchester to-day, considering all things. When [I the early ones tarned out it did, not 1ook too pronis- ing, though later the frost disappeared; but when I the company mastered> at New Barns fog was the detriment, alloirng but little of the contess to beI seen. ...

... . . ; : I I. z - . . NKORTH- WARWiRSiRE 1 HEOU S. . The heavy and conti6nus rain pf the preceding night rmade the country ride very heavy yesterday when this t pack mn'et at Captan Beatty'sr The Moat.n I Rugbv. It is needless to say that refreshments were at 2 the disposal of all such as cared to partake of them, and t to this cause, as well as odt of Courtesy to the liter arrivals by rail, it ...

... . [BaYE. LwaSCE LBvr ] - EE single competition which the first round of the Clubs Championslhip of Scotland ?? has been held, and, based as it was on conditions which i obtain in the InternationalTeam's Cotests, is'ih iln interest for our Midland organisations.' The eorn- peticors wore the bolders-viz., the Atbeneun G.0. and the Grove Institute G.C. The `items were : Horizontal bar (swinging ...

... ?? ?? PACING NOTES.- Sport open'ed briskly-at New Barns yesedayi bt toiwards-the end of the caxd the interest w*sgallowed to flag considerably, and the fields were of very paltry dimensions. Big. ausbie did nothing to justify his ?? in the Paddock: Hndlicap Steeplechase, and jumping badly all. tbe. way he -finished a bad third to Arnold and Grannale. . Lotus Lily looked 4very big in condition, ...

... WO CKEY YoES TMi most important -match &f ?? t Clmpioa. ship Taramenvt e-$ce to~dfat; Lleninngtoa, when thbe irepresentatitre elevens of warwicks] ?? ; Staffordsbire willbe 4posead to each other, No more opportune day could have: been fixed for this enighge.- meat, which has really resolvod -itsef ibntoa timatmch :for the Mfid Land Counties Ttekr.Association teamnjor 't& vthe players who wll ...

... SPO1t ; TSh! * : ; edecti tbo-*at te T ip N io . pne asporty hs tbeyttaridzhiinf: obviou fzd:~ . .ti -i wen th baite6d~it aie: ppitor s;vcefdlts:or 6 aretterclas enens, aod'i wato tsuryfait t ?? find th pzncee..in~ dixi Ga6iky ra'aft ein paii liele in th ere6 . They~ trace ofi couse. cis W etly l ip dvnc oftionat the postponed ?? est moh but that, IsPRA ?? ?? uh.i The beat Ars~~pflt.tanud& iz ...

... 0 i 0 FI OO . I . .AioN yesteeday, had a, verynnev'i~ The agrnd Ws& 'a perfeot quagmire, bei iex t ian ud and water, sare in the cornes and he p, fell from stars to finish: of the contest. Befoer, it proceeded many minties the majority of the p ,4 were wet thiobu i and their clothes bespatte ,v¢ ad.- and gaverod GE- thcm :had already had to s4 clear their eyes of Inud, which spiaht&ed abt j ...