... LATEST, 3 .E -LW -- i T --I& + - BYT 21RCnElc TL3G~h1aoj-. u .IioswnoIr,'esday.-The aoeount) s of the state of trade: tI in the provinebs show no variation from .the 'precedinig tot favourable reports. There appears to be a steady con- ts tinuance of activity in almost all branches of industry. al IRELAND.-(From the-.Dubib'l Evening Herald, August ni lSth.)-SnRious RIOrTs.- We have just been ...

... DONCASTER r.AG S-W=rN,%Dx-. Tue ST. Lzonr Srj~xas, of 25 soya, each, for three-year-olds;, colts, Set. 7ilt; fillies, Set. 2lb. The second to receive 100 save, out of the Stakes. St. Leger Course. 185 subs. Mr Nichol's Warlock, by Birdeatchser (Flatusan).. . 1 IMr rAnlson's Donnie Scotland (Wells) ..t Mr Monries 4rtillery (Blasham) . .. t rMt H. mu's itesertherpe (A. Day) .. t The following ...

... ASCOT HEATH R-ACES. I ,.1 TIhes Rae commenced on Thesday udrter0 , vourhlb] u ies. The announcementthtiwathe ?it5.f tion of' her IMajestY to honour the meeting withhe m was received with great delight by all classes.Th party made their appearance a few minutes after one ocloe1~ in nine carriages, preceded by the Earl of Granvie, )ESW of te Buk-hondsattejed y a large retinue. in the first ...

... LUJMPHANAN GAMES. Tenet), THns annual competition of athletic games came off on mai iheir Tuesday, Auguaut 6, on n field l'eloiging to Mr Berry, Lum- is pharoan Hotel. The judges-Messrs B. Dinnie, Aboyne ,, rived F. Adain, Muirtown; J. Emslie, Wester Craigievar; and me s the J. Norrie, Crosaroads-awarded as follows :-- ces I and Throwing Hammer (22 lIss.)-1 Win. Gilbert, Craigiovar, 01 ft. WI) ...

... - A PrOUrIIING MATCH was held on the Farm of Broombank, U Croniar, on Thursday the 21st ult. Althoughi thie ooroiing wvs jOvery lid, at good numbor of plougho came fors.Ird. Te Judges h rr, for ploniling seve MessrqMGUrigor, L riganmond, Corse; Ewen, 5 WVestown; Reid, Cr'oskios. For Horsos asd Haruesos- Messrs SI r, Reid, Sinithyhill; MICoobio, Daugh of Coldstono; and their dc- n e lsiolns ...

... FoOTBALL. .-: CLEFNSHIRE Y. GYM:_NAlS-TIC CLUB. 1-.i.' above I:.etchr took §c at the Cricket Ground ' -e'lavy aftern oll, and after a well-contested --*:d .in a vjctorv for the Gymnasts by a goal v i;; j i : . ro three tries. TheGymnasts wonthe c-nI le . ! to defend the sves: godl v;th the wind ; 'L ,;nad Tuonpeon kickedl off fcr the Aber- Ie bidl was wyell retutned. and for a tine l a t 0o ...

... ABERDEENSHIRE V. KING'S COLLEGE. The return noatch between these clubs came off on Saturday afternoon at tle cricket grornh!. The latter teon the toss, and chose to pllay with the wind in their favour. Dixson dribbled tdr bdll *,ff, and Garden fol- lowing well up, had it ill the College `15,'where mauls in abundance ocectrredl, the shire untitnately taLking the ball over the goal line, wl:en ...

... | jtU i of On Friday afternoon, it will be remembered, that the Cambridge crew went for a long row, and on their ree return journey met with such rough weather that they E deemed it Wise to leave their boat nt Barnes, and ran ry home across the common. On Saturday morning the E m; boat was taken back to Putney, but the crew, who A i had been expected to doimportant work, did not launch V i°. ...

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... THE aquatic Derby has'again been lost and won. The T weather was so far favourable, and the usual crowds of a( visitors were presient. H~alf-past two was the time of ex- gi pected high water at Putney, the starting-point, and thec w race was expected to begin about an hour in advance of fc high tide. A few minutes after one o'clock the Oxford hi crew paddled up to the starting-point. They had ...

... v Dit StAT RDAY MAY S, ABITWEEN, SATURDAY, MIAY 1S, 187S. NE Ruso-Rloinnaiiian InliUn(]Crstanldi lg ba; aeschd A climax, and tclegrais to haud represeat tllat the Russians are preparing to march against the s lionmtittian troops concentrated in Little Wallachia. Thle road leading from Kronstadt, via the Turz t larger Pass, to Piteschti is barred by the invaders, ir tilIo are further ...

... C R I X0K E T.. it ABEDEENSInrE (SCRATCH ELEVEIN) V. GBRAMMAR fin ot Sckoop -This.match was played on Saturday at the M cricketground, Holburn Street. The weather was ifle l1 ie, and the grourid in good condition. The school was no in match for their ollppnents, and when their last wicket ` fell they had only scored 40. The only doubles made fr to were contributed by Messrs IV. Mitchell (who ...