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EPITOME Of NEWS. --+- A VALUABLE HORSE belonging to Mr. Wilson, of Maiton, by some means got loose from the stable and set off down the line towards York. He was caught by a porter, after, a three miles' gallop, and just when he was in front of a mail train. TENDERS WILL SHORTLY BE INVITED by the Russian Gave", nt for the construction of the proposed new can n-hu h is to connect St. Peters- burg with the sea. The contract will, however, be given to no one who has not before executed similar work. A STATE CONCERT has been held at Buck- ingham Palace which was very numerously attended by the nobility, the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince and Princess Christian, and the Duke and Duckess of Teck being the only members of the Royal family present. IT IS STATED that the Vendome Column ia Paris will be restored by the month of September, but that the French Government, fearing lest it should be accused of Bonapartism, will not at once replace the statue of the First Napoleon on the summit. AT THE STAFFORDSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS, William Arthur Goring (18), railway porter, for stealing, on the 4th March, at Stafford, six silver watches, the property of the London and North- Western Railway Company, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment. AT SOUTH SHIELDS POLICE-COURT, ROBERT DE^HOLM, a young man belonging to Edinburgh, manager with Mr. Learmont, bookseller and printer, South Shields, pleaded guilty to stea'ing money, books, and other Articles belonging to his employer, and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED by the employers connected with the Monmouthshire and South Wales Collieries Association to give notice for the termina- tion of all contracts on the 1st of August. This step has been taken in consequence of the depression in trade, and it is also stated that it is intended to en- force another reduction in wages. AN ISIPUDENT FRAUD ha3 just been practised on one of the Swiss banking-houses. A well-dressed man presented a letter of credit purporting to be by Baring Brothers at one of the Neiichatel banks, and succeeded in getting a cheque for < £ 500 on it. The cheque has been returned from London unpaid and described as ferged. AN INQUEST HAS BEEN HELD AT DARLASTON upon the body of Richard Dallow, aged 38, puddler, who was scalded and nearly blown to pieces by an explosion, caused by a waggon of red hot" tapping" falling into a tank of water in the Darlaston steel' works. A verdict of "Accidental death" was retained. AN ALARMING ACCIDENT HAS HAPPENED AT LARGS, near Aberdeen. An old gentleman named Stewart, while bathing, was seized with cramp and sank, but his struggles being observed, he was res- cued and taken on shore. A surgeon applied the usual restoratives with success, and after a short time he was removed to his residence. A MAN NAMED WLLLIAM SMITH, 61, who resides at York-road, Leeds, has been severely injured while at work at a timber-yard. Along with another man he was engaged in packing some timber, when a large piece fell and bruised his leg. He was conveyed to the infirmary, where it was ascertained that an artery in the leg had burst, and it was found necessary to amputate the limb. THE REVENUE RETURNS for the quarter, as well as for the year ending 30th June, have been issued., During, the past three months the national receipts have amounted to,! 417,672,521, a net decrease of .£8503 as compared with the corre- sponding period of last year. The income for the twelve months has been £ 77,327,064, a net increase of < £ 357,313. CONSERVATIVE SCHOOLING. — A public meeting was convened the other day at the Mansion House by the Lord Mayor, in aid of the Royal Normal College for the Education of the Blind. The assistance of the Premier should be solicited on be- half of this useful charity. He could instruct the teachers of the blind in the method of tuition by which he educated his party.Punch. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES have given a garden party at Chiswick, at which the Queen and the Princess Beatrice were present. Amongst the guests were the Duke of Connaught, Prince Leopold, Prince and Princess Christian, Prin- cess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess and the Duke of Teck, and a great number of distinguished persons. AT A STATE BANQUET in honour of the Grand Duke ConStantine Nicolaiewitch, in Vienna, the Emperor of Austria proposed a toast to his dear friend the Emperor of Russia, to the Russian Army, the Russian Navy and its High Admiral. The Grand Duke, in concluding his speech of thanks, prayed God to save and protect the Emperor Francis Joseph and his faithful army. THE EARL OF ROSEBERY has accepted the office of President of the Social Science Congress to be held at Glasgow from the 30th of September to the 7th October next. The appointments in the various departments are now complete. Lord Moncreiff will preside over that of Jurisprudence; Lord Napier and Ettrick, Education the Right Hon. Lyon Playfair, C.B., M.P., Health Sir George Campbell, Economy; and Mr. Frederic Hill will take the chair in the section devoted to the Repression of Crime. THE Record understands that some of the donors to the St. Paul's Restoration Fund are con- sidering- the propriety of applying to the Lord Chancellor for an injunction to restrain the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's from proceeding with their spoliation of the national cathedral. The AraMushop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, and the Bishop of London, are, the Record believes, trustees of the edifice, and it asks, might not the interposition of the prelates be sufficient without doubtful litigation ? SiR JOHN HAWKSHAW has received a com- mission from the Emperor of Brazil to proceed to his dominions for the purpose of surveying the extent; of coast (about 5000 miles) from Pernambuco to Campos, with the view of developing harbours and of mapping out such lines of railway as may be conducive to the extension of trade on the south- east coast of America. A part of Sir John's staff has already embarked, and he will leave this country early in August, and will not probably return to -CJH gland before the end of the year. A V"'HE ^-Cl?lchester Courier reports that at the P°llce-court, a rough-looking fellow, named .1' .1? nry Hill, has been charged with having violently assaulted a police-constable named Thorley. Y. It appears that the prisoner was fighting in the st-ee,, and on the constable interfering the prisoner turned upon him tW ilim down twice, and kicked him so severely that the poor fellow was not able to return to duty. The prisoner was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment m addition to being finpd 10s. and costs, or 14 days, for being drunk. A MAN NAMED W. DOCHERTY,donkey-engine- keeper on board a vessel in Glasgow harbour, has died almost suddenly. He went on board the vessel for the purpose of kindling the fire, and had not been long engaged at that duty when he began to vomit blood, and cried for help. His cries attracted the attention of a man who was sleeping below, and who, on getting up to see what was the matter, found the poor fellow vomiting large quantities of blood into a bucket. Docherty expired immediately afterwards. I BY THE BURNING of the Social Cotton Mills at-Woonsoclieb, Ehode Island, U.S., pro- perty valued at 800,000 dols. has been destroyed. IMMIGRATION is being liberally encouraged z, In by the South Australian Parliament, a vote of < £ 30,000 for assisted and < £ 5000 for free passages having been adopted. A MAN NAMED M'PARLAND, residing at Lislea, near Newry, having a dispute with his brother about land, deliberately shot him with a gun. The wounded man has died, and the fratricide is in custody. A BOAT CONTAINING THREE YOUNG MEN, named Fleetham, Davies, and Bentzen, has been capsized in the River Ouse, opposii e Goole Docks. Fleetham and Bentzen were drowned, but Davies managed to reach the shore. THE HITHERTO UNVISITED north eastern shores of New Guinea have been successfully ex- plored by H.M.S. Basilisk, and it is stated that the voyage has established the existence of a new and shorter route between Australia and China. MR. DISRAELI, Lord Derby, and several other members of the Government, has accepted invita- tions to the Lord Mayor's banquet to her Majesty's Ministers, which has been fixed to take place at the Mansion House on the 22nd inst. SIR MOSES MONTEFIORE, Bart., has been pre- sented, at his residence at Eamsgate, with the free- dom of the Fishmongers' Company, in acknowledg- ment of his philanthropic efforts on behalf of the oppressed in many foreign countries. M. FLAMENT, of the Brabant Agricultural Society, says that if unbeaten and crushed hemp is scattered in a granary in the month of March it will preserve the mills stored from weevils. M. FJament estimates the annual loss to Europe from this deleterious insect at more than .£8,000,000. M. FONTAENAS, who killed in a cluel at Brus- sels, the brother of a young lady with whom he had eloped, has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment and a fine of 2000f. for his offence. The seconds in this affair were also sentenced to fine and imprison- ment. A GREAT SALE of shorthorn cattle, the property of Mr. F. Leney, of Wateringbury, has taken place. Ltrga prices were given for the stock sold, the most remarkable transaction being the purchase, by Mr. Loder, of Whittlebury, of an eight months roan calf for £ 2000. LORD GARNARD, AS PRESIDENT of the Catho- lic Union of Ireland, has received a telegram from his Holiness the Pope, through Cardinal Antonelli, cordially thanking the union for the congratulation forwarded by it. He most affectionately bestows upon the union his pontificial blessing. IN THE IRISH LIBEL ACTION the Lord Chief Justice's summing up lasted till four o'clock in the afternoon, and the jury were locked up till half-past sev-en. They then returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages a farthing. His lordship certified for costs. MR. HANNAY, at the Worship-street Police- court, London, has discharged the lad Eatcliife who had caused the death of a servant girl by firing a pistol at her, as the ccroner's jury had returned a verdict of death by misadventure, but he said that if an adult had- fired the shot it might have been necessary to raise the question of negligence. MESSRS. GOODAIR'S MILL, known as the Brookfield Mill, at Preston, has been destroyed by fife. The flames were discovered in the lowest storey, which at the time was at full work. The hands had just time to make their escape unirjured when the fire became general, and in about an hour the roof fell in with a loud crash. Two hundred hinds have been thrown out of work. "UNDER THE WIIX of Mr. Thomas Banting, who is buried in Broadwater Cemetery, near Worth- ing, over < £ 60,000 ia left for distribution among various charities, and the residue of. the estate (£20,000) is left in trust for the establishment of a Thomas Banting Memorial Institution, to enable convalescents to enjoy the benefit of the climate and sea bathing at this seaside resort. AT THE ANNUAL SPEECH DAY at Harrow School, the. Archbishops of Canterbury and Dublin, several peers, and a large general company were present. After the delivery of the speeches the Duke of Abercorn laid the foundation stone of a new speech-room, which is to be erected at a cost of fully < £ 14,000. A luncheon and a garden party followed the ceremony. IN THE CARNEGIE SUIT, in which a sum of £ 10,000 is claimed by a divorced wife from her late husband on the ground of its having been her inde- pendent property, the Lords Justices have con- firmed the decision of Vice Chancellor Hall. This condemned Admiral Carnegie to restore the money with interest at 4 per cent., and to pay all the costs of the suit. A SAD OCCURRENCE has been witnessed at the West 'Bromwioh Cemetery. Mrs. Elizabeth Walker, of Sand well-road, West Bromwich, went to the cemetery of that place, accompanied by a married daughter, for the purpose of seeing the grave of her husband, who had died a month ago. She was taken very ill, and after remaining in a fainting con- dition for nearly half an hour, expired in the arms of her daughter. AS THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON has declared itself unable to carry out the wishes of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts with regard to Columbia Market, that lady has resumed posses- sion of it, in accordance with an offer ta that effect made by the corporation, and states that she will make another attempt to carry out her original intention, to establish a fish market for the accom- modation of the poor. THE MOST CONSPICUOUS "LION" at tho West End of London no longer occupies his com- manding position over the entrance to Northumber- land House. Toils were cast round him by several men apparently with as much caution and gravijy as if the well-known effigy of the kin^ of beasts was made of flesh and blood. Trafalgar- square, was occupied by a well-dressed crowd who watched with attention the "taking down" of his leonine highness. A WELL-DRESSED MAN, in alighting from the top of an omnious at Kmg's-cross, London, fell upon his head, and almost instantly expired. A surgeon was soon in attendance, but of course his services were of no avail. He pronounced life to be extinct. A policeman stood at the head of the corpse, which lay upon the pavement for a considerable time, sur- rounded by a large crowd of people, and the melan- choly occurrence created a great deal of excitement in the neighbourhood. JOHN SHAUGHNESSY, A NAVIGATOR employed on the Clifton Extension Railway, near Bristol, has attempted to murder his child Michael by hanging him. The father had been drinking with his wiie, and when he returned home he took the boy into the house, put a rope round his neck, and hanged him from the doorpost. An alarm was raised, and help arrived in time to prevent the child from being killed, although he was black in the face when he was taken down. A YOUNG LADY NAMED ANNIE .WATSON HAS met with an accident which terminated fatally. The young lady had gone out on horseback in company with her brother, and, when on the Manchester-road, near Hasseuden Station, her horse, a spirited animal, ad become frightened, and reared and plunged, iss Wats en ^was thrown, and fell heavily to the ground. It is understood that she had received severe internal injury, through the horse having kicked or trampled upon her, for she expired shortly afterwards. j PRINCE BISMARCK is expected at Berlin from Varzen, and. after three days' delay, will proceed to Kissingen to drink the waters. A SLIGHT MISTAKE.-The papers say that Mr. Plimsoll's bill is lost. On the contrary, the members who voted against are lost.—Hornet. MICHAEL M'GRJJOATT, an Irishman, recently residing in Hawick, has been sentenced at Jedburgh to sixty days' imprisonment, the last thirty with hard labour, for deserting his family, cansis Ging of seven children. THE EMPEROR WILLIAM OF GERMANY has paid a visit to the Empress of Russia at Jugenheim, and took leave of her Majesty; he proceeded to Neuwied and was present at the christening of the child of the Prince and Princess of Wied. A POOR LUNATIC named Margaret Cruick- shanks committed suicide the other morning in a police cell at Edinburgh, by hanging herself, hho had been arrested on the charge of attempting to commit suicide. ALL THE CANDOUR OF YOUTH.-Aunt Bella (who has just read out aloud "The Burial of Sir John Moore") Now, then, which of the verses do you like best ?" Jack (with alacrity) OII know —' Fetu and short were the Prayers we said.—Punch. AT DEWSBURY, ARTHUR START, a postman, has been charged with stealing 206 letters, also several cheques and post-office orders, the whole of the letters being found in a box in his lodgings. The prisoner was remanded. UPWARDS OF 50 LARGE BOTTLE-NOSE WHALES are reported to have been driven on shore very near Kilmore, on the Wexford coast. They oon tain a great quantity of blubber, and will prove valuable to their captors. AT THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, Edinburgh, Martin Gilboy has been found guilty of the murder of William Armstrong, on the 25th of April, and sentenced to be execui ed on the 21st July. The jury recommended the prisoner to mercy. AMAN NAMED THOMAS BINGE got his leg fast in a steam thrashing machine, on the farm of Mr. Jennings, of Burythorpe, and had it almost pulled off. Amputation was necessary, and he was taken to the York Hospital. PROGRESS OF EDUCATION.-Schoolma'am: "And where was Moses during this period P" Clever Boy "0, I know! with his son, at Minories and Aldgate, New Oxford-street and Tottenham-court- road. Pa buys all our clothes there !Hornet. MARSHAL CONCHA'S BODY is being forwarded to Madrid, where great preparations are being made for its public interment. The Spanish Government has decided to defray all the expenses of the funeral and of the erection of a monument to the marshal's memory. THE CONDITION OF THE RIVER LIFFEY, in Dublin, is so abominable that Chief Justice White- side has declared his determination not to sit again in the Court of Queen's Bench, after the present business is concluded, till something is done for its purification. NOTWITHSTANDING THE LATE HEAVY RAINS, the amount registered at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, since the beginning of the year is still four inches and a half below the average measured in the first six months of the year during a period of I considerably more than half a century. A PROFESSIONAL VIEW OF THINGS.-Not many hours ago, an eminent novelist was observed contemplating the outside of his house with earnest attention. He was thinking, so he told an anxious inquirer, that every storey had its "tale of bricks.— Punch. A LAD NAMED .GEORGE GORDON, an ap- prentice to a slater, of Glasgow, met with a bad accident while cleaning windows. He was standing on a pair of steps, when the connecting rope broke and threw him backward some nine feet, fracturing his right arm below the elbow and dislo- cating his wrist. THE DEAD BODY OF A BOY named Shipton has been found in a ditch at Burton-on-Trent. His nock had been penetrated with some sharp instru- ment, and there is other evidence to show that foul play had been used. The boy's father, who had habitually ill-treated him, is suspected, but no arrest has yet taken place. THE PRINCESS D'OUBRIL, wife of the Russian Ambassador to Germany, accidentally fell into the Jungfern Lake, near the garden of the new Palace, at^ Potsdam. The Princess wag rescued; but', although animation was immediately afterwards restored, she died from the effects of the shock which her system had received. THE Augsburg Gazette publishes a communi- cation from St. Petersburg, based on what is de- scribed as authentic intelligence brought by caravans, stating that Yakoob Bey is arming against Russia. The writer considers a collision °bettveen Russia and China as possible, and concludes that in any case important events may be expected in Eastern Asia. GREAT EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE to subdue the serious underground fire at the Kilburn Colliery, Belper, for which purpose relays of men are work- ing night and day. It is mentioned as an incident in connection with the fire, that when 40 horses, which had been underground for nearly 20 years,' were brought out, they appeared almost blind and bewildered, but speedily appreciated the change. THE FORMALITIES in connection with the resignation of the Right Rev. Dr. Connop Thirwall as Bishop of St. David's, have been completed, and the see is now vacant. The Bishopric is returned as being worth £ 4500 a year, one-third of which Bishop Thirwall will retain during his lifetime. It contains 2,272,790 acres, with a population of 450,000, with 411 benefices. AT THE HULL POLICE-COURT Andrew Robin- son and William Wright were charged with con- cealing on board the steamer Tiger, from Hamburg, 201b. of cut tobacco, 61b. of cavendish, and 31b. of cigars, of the total value of £ 9 Is. They were fined .6100 each. Henry Dope, chief steward, and William Griepenberg, cook of the steamer Mowe, from Bre- men, were fined £ 3 16s. and £ 2 5s. respectively for a similar offence. AN APPRENTICE at Grahamston Foundry, Barrtiead, near Aberdeen, played a trick upon a brother apprentice, by fllling his pipe with gun- powder, too near the brim, with a surface of tobacco laid over it to conceal it whereby the boy had one side of his face burned, and, it is feared, will lose ne sight of one of his eyes. The trick-player, after seeing what he had done, made off, and is sup- posed to have left the town. RFT KORD MAYOR and Lady Mayoress of on wTdnT! glVl a ban(luefc at the Mansion House ISS' the 15th of July, to the brethren of Me^ro^olifn?^180 ,CorP°ratlon> tte members of the BoaH1 IS °f Works> London School other*'eue^q S 68 Conservancy Board, and on tlie following Wed^X^^rM' A ^rniLE TW° c°NSTAELES wcro clearing the Aulton links at Aberdeen, prior to the commence- ment of rifle shooting, aroe was 8tartled from ita hiding place, and went bounding in the direction of the river Don the constables following in hot pur- suit. The noble animal, however, took the water in gallant style, and as the tide was at high flow, it quickly left its pursuers on the bank lamenting. Some coast-guardsmen on the other side were hailed, and from a boat they succeeded in lassoing the roe ere it reached the, opposite shore. IT IS REPORTED THAT VISCOUNT AMBERLEY has lost his only daughter, a child six years of age. She died of diptheiia, the same malady to which Lady Amberley succumbed a few days ago. THE DISAPPEARANCE IS ANNOUNCED OF A CASHIER to a large ironworks at Burnley, and it is believed that his accounts are considerably involved. J -^T ,™E C°UNTY FINANCIAL SESSIONS at ^Nottingham, the chief constable reported that he was twenty-tix men short, and could not obtain them on the present wages. The Court consented to make an advance of threepence per day. THE Athenceum hears that the Secretary of State for India in Ccuncil has at last granted the money required for building a now museum and library upon the vacant ground opposite the India Office. The sum is said to be somewhere about < £ 75,000. A REFORM CLUB has been decided upon for Ipswich. The capital will be raised by 5000 shares of £1 each, of which, however, it is proposed to issue only 3000 at present. Suitable premises have been secured, and the prospectus will be out in the course of the week. BY THE MAIL STEAMER just arrived news is brought that the Parliament at the Cape opened on the 27th May, that the governor announced that the colonial revenue had increased by more than -2300,000 within the last three years, and that the Government proposes to construct 800 miles of rail- way, at a cost of four or five millions sterling. His MAJESTY THE KING OF HOLLAND arrived at Ostend with the intention of remaining for a portion of the bathing season. The royal visit is not in any way connected with the annual religious ceremony known as the "Benediction of the Sea," which has already taken place. The town is en fete, and crowded with visitors, who are for- tunate in the weather, which is bright and beautiful. HENRY JOHNSTONE, the driver of a heavily- laden waggon which passed over a boy and killed him, has appeared at Worship-street Police-court, London. The evidence showed that the deceased was running behind another vehicle, and that on being threatened with the whip by the driver he ran in front of Johnstone's van, which was going at a slight trot. Johnstone was remanded on his own recognisances until after the inquest. THE Daily Telegraph says a scene has occurred in the Commons Committee on Merchant Shipping (Measurement of Tonnage) Bill. While Mr. Burns, of the Cunard Steamship Company, was under examination, he was so dealt with by the chairman that he became very indignant, remonstrated, and at length left the room, stating that he had never been treated in such a manner by any committee before whom he had been a witness. AT THE SHEFFIELD TOWN HALL, Thomas Sellows has been charged with assaulting his wife. A year ago she was a widow with a. well-furnished house and shop, when she married the prisoner, who had subjected her to the most brutal treatment. Recently he went home, kicked her, and beat her with a saucepan, and threw nearly all the furniture in the street. He was committed for three months, and ordered to find sureties for his future good behaviour. THE EARL OF CARNARVON has received a deputation from the Fiji Committee and the Abo- rigines' Protection Society, who laid before the Minister a memorial in favour of the annexation of the Fiji Islands to the British dominions. The noble earl acknowledged the importance of the subject, but said that peculiar and exceptional difficulties attended it. The Government had received com- munications respecting the matter, and they were now giving it the most careful consideration. THE NEWLY-BUILT IRON STEAMSHIP PUNO, of Liverpool, belonging to the Pacific Steam Navi- gation Company, whilst on her outward voyage to Valparaiso, ran ashore on Flores Island, and could not be got off. Intelligence of the mishap was con- veyed to Monte Video, and her Majesty's ship Ready, which was lying +here, at once proceeded to Flores Island. Upon arriving there she rendered temporary assistance, and on the following day suc- ceeded in getting her off. TURKEY AND PERSIA are in diplomatic difficulties. The reported cause of quarrel is two- fold. A band of Persian pilgrims attacked, under some provocation or other, a frontier garrison of Turks, while again a nomad tribe, consisting of about 2000 families, who are subjects of the Sultan, have crossed into the Shah's territories, and the Shah refuses to give them up. The Sultan threatens to use force in the event of continued non-com- pliance. A MURDER, apparently agrarian, is reported from Dunkerrine, a village on the borders of King's County and Tipperary. It appears that a man named Thomas Scapleton, acting as herdsman to Mr. Griffith on the farm of Castletown, was first shot, and his head was then crushed in. Two men, named Denis and Petelegan, were arrested on sus- picion and have been committed for trial. A man named Egan had been evicted from the farm for non-payment of rent. EDWARD RITCHIE, a private in the Antrim Rifles, has been charged with seditious conduct while on his way under arrest to the police-office at Ennis- killen, for being drunk and disorderly. The magis- trate said that any man who would curse his Sover- eign was unworthy to serve in her Majesty's army. The prisoner was ordered to find bail for his good behaviour for twelve months or to be imprisoned for three, and the case is to be reported to the mili- tary authorities. A MAN, NAMED CHARLES HENRY TOWNS, has been apprehended at North Shields on a charge of obtaining money by false pretences. The prisoner had visited West Wylam, and obtained two sovereigns from a lady, stating that he was agent for the Canadian Emigration Society. The prisoner has previously been convicted on a similar charge. From numoers of letters in possession of the prisoner, it appears lie has been paying his addresses to a young lady residing in Warwick-street, Hulme, Manchester. THE Wesbplialian Mercury states that various German ladies who signed the address recently sent to the Bishop of Munster are about to be tried for high treason. Among the number are many women of the best families in the Rhine Provinces, wives of high judicial functionaries, of sub-prefects, judges, &c. AT THE QUARTER SESSIONS at Dorchester John Adams and Henry Phillips, of Hants, were charged with stealing two coats at Sherborne. Phillips, who is a costermonger, and had threatened to kill the governor of the gaol, addressed extraordinary language to the chairman of the court. He asked him why he did not take his white hat off while try- ing prisoners made hideous noises, spat on the table and ordered the barrister engaged in the case to re- move his wig. He was sentenced to six months' hard labour, being twice the punishment imposed upon Adams. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE CRICKET MATCH, at Lords Cricket Ground, London, has re- sulted in an easy victory for the dark blues, who won by an innings and 92 runs. The ground was heavy from the recent rains, and this was much against Cambridge, as it took all the sting out of their fast bowling The fielding of Oxford was also remarkably smart, and it was difficult to get the balls away. The victory of Oxford this year places the two ani^Mities on a par, each having scored 19 games; so that the match of next year may be ex- pected to be very keenly contested.