The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-19 00:00:00

AUGUST.

Brighton 3, 4 Oxford
Brighton Ohio .. ......... ...5 I Yuck
Li. es ti, 7 1'1) mouth Pi, li
Eg..aiiii
Si;:krtiorolisti 3U, 31
W oivethaff l'!""
Wiudsur 12, 13 i Weymouth 31, Sep 1
St. Athittni l7, 18 i Cautcrbury........3l, Sop. 1
Stockton

SEL"rEII DER.

Warwick... 7, 8 I Hampton 9l, 2
Curragn (Royal) 7,8, 9 j Western (Ayr)........22, 23
Abingdon 9, 10 1 liondon 23, 24
Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 j Monmouth... - 23, 24
Richmond 21, 22 I Newmarket .st Uct....28, &c.
Lichfield

OCTOBER.
Bedford 5, 6 Cheltenham l9. 2C
E I
dinburgh 6, 7, 8 Curragli l9, 2+., .1
Leicester i, 8 I West Drayton —.......24 22
Bromley 7 8 I Hereford 2l, 22
Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Monmouth 23, 24
Chelmsford l9 2u ; Newniark,..t U'ton —.23, &c.
Kelso 19 20 1
NOVEMBER.
Harrow 2,
11
I Egliuton Hunt 6, 7
Worcester B, 4 Liverpool ,t, 10, 11
St. Albans 5, 6 i Shrewsbury ..... l3, 16

STEE LEC H ASE FIXTURES.

JULY.

Kiugsbury

OCTOI3Ea,

Bromley

7 j IVebt Drayton .. 'l, 22,
NOVEMBER.

Worcester 2,3, 4 Shrewsbury 1),
Harrow 3 .Lomniugtor. liuut ....23 &t:
Lverpool 0, 10, 11, 12

CHINA A

.ND AUSTRALIAN

MAILS.

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(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
IDONG KONG, April 28.

A placard has been circulated in Cbina de-
nouncing foreign missionaries, and styling them
barbarian wolves.

It is rutnoured that a high Chinese official at
Pekin has slapped the French Ambassador on the
face, and that his Excellency has, in consequence,
lrtuled down his flag.
It is believed that the Pekin Government is in
great. fear of further encroachments byjßussia.
MELBOURNE, April 25.

The Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into
the charges of bribery and corruption against mem-
bers of the Legislative Assembly has resulted in the
expulsion of cue member, and further expulsions
are expected.
The shipments of gold since the departure of the
last mail are 7'2,875 oz. to England, and 40,125 oz.
to Galle.

City of Vienna takes 4,250 oz., the At,gle,sey
11,000 oz., and the White Rose 3,375.
Arrivals—lnvestigator, Geelong, and Kent.

NORTH NO'LFOLI: ELECTION PETITION (THIS DAY).
—Further evidence was given this morning as to treat-
ing in the Wells district.
PRESIDENT GRANT AND HIS RELATIVES.--One
of the Washington correspondents defends Gene.al Grant
from the charge of nepotism, and shows that be bas not kept
many more offices "in the family"
elati
I some of his pre-
decessori—The President has ~ppainted no rve of his
own to any otlicl whatsoever, unit ss it be Silus Hudson of
lowa, Minister to HoucluraQ, who may poi,sibly ha a ocusin
of the President. but nothiug Tearer. General Grant's
father, now postinaster a,t Covington, Ky., was appointed
to that position be Pris'dentJotaiou. Prefessor r,
now (Amin! at leipsic, nho married General Grant's
sister, was al po.nted to that pli.ce, J believe, by President
Lincoln. The Piesident has appointed two
viz brotMhers-in-
wof Mrs. Grant to positions under him, .: r James
la,T. Casey, to be collector c-f tho port of .New Orleans, and
Pr. Alexander Sharp, who was appointed postmaster at
Richmond by Mr. Johnson, to be ducted Stales marshal
fur the Distliet of Columbia. The latter office has
alwtw3 been regaided as part of the efficiat house-
hold of the Prebteent, and it has Leen the custom to
rppoiut mine ielaiive or intimate personal friend to
the position ; thus Mr. Lincoln apppointed his knitter
partner ar.cl warm personal friend, Mr. Lamon and Mr.
Johnson appointed his personal friend, Mr. Goading. Mr.
Lincoln also appointed Mr. Todd, his wife's brother, to be
Governor of Dakota, and those who have abused both the
Pretddent and his brother-n-law, . Gut. Dent, because of
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