The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-14 00:00:00

tion of spectators about the middle of May. On
the Bth April the club celebrated its 27th anniver-
sary at the Everett House. It is officered by the
undermentioned gentlemen : President, R. Bage ;
Vice-President, A. H. Gibbs ; Treasurer, G. M.
Vanderlip ; Secretary, W. C. Mumford ; Ground
Committee—R. Waller, A. Cater, C. Vinten, H.
Torrence, and A. Kendell ; ?rofessionals—Norley
and S. Wright.
WASHINGTON CLUB, D.C.—The opening game of
the season took place on the President's grounds on
the 13th April. The club has now 36 members, and
is reported to be in a very prosperous condition
financially. The regular practice days are Tues-
days, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and the general
practice day is the last Saturday of each mouth.
The officers are—President, Thomas P. Stacey ;
Vice-President, K. C. Woodley ; Treasurer, J. C.
Jansen; Secretary, James Cross; Corresponding
Secretary, W. Huffman ; Ground Committee—
Albert Woodley, Thomas L. King, and Arthur
Warman.

PHILADELPHIA CRICKET CLUB.--This organisa-
tion opened play on the 20th April. It has one
hundred and sixty members, and is officered by Wil-
liam Rotch Wister, President; Albert A. Outer-:
bridge, Vice-President ; C. Stuart Patterson, Vice-
President ; and Horace Magee, Secretary. The
Ground Committee is composed of the above-
named gentlemen, together with Mr. Charles Bar-
clay, jun. The club was to practise every Monday,
Tuesday, and Thursday throughout the season,
and play every Saturday.
CHANGE OF NAME.—The name of the Roxbury
Club was changed to Metropolitan Cricket Club at
a meeting held on the 10th April for the purpose of
effecting a reorganisation. At the same time the
following members were elected officers :—President,
J. Coulson, jun. ; Vice-President, E. W. Beal ;
Secretary and Treasurer, T. L. Harlow ; Executive
Committee —F. C. Pratt; W. Barton, and G. Avery.
THE RACKET MATCHES—The play began at New
York between the champion racket players, Frede-
rick Foulkes and William Gray, on Monday after-
noon, April 15, at the racket-court on Thirteenth-
street. Five games out of seven were played, the
last of which was lost by Gray by reason of a mis-
hap to his racket, the catgut of which was broken
by the ball. In the next game he had an advantage
of one ace, when a postponement became necessary
because of the darkness which attended the storm.
Foulkes has now three games to Gray's two, and
the latter is six aces to five in the game in progress.
FOOT RACE FOR Two THOUSAND DOLLARS.—
A foot race between the famous sprint-runner,
John Thomas, of Newark, N.J., and an unknown
named Davis, for $l,OOO a-side, had been made, and
was to come off on Wednesday, the 24th of April, at
Finley's half-mile track, on the Bloomingdale-road.
The distance was 105 yards, and an exciting race
was expected.
We remark with pleasure that a stringent law
against prize fighting has passed the Pennsylvania
Legislature. It makes the penalty for engaging in
a prize fight, or taking part as second or bottle
holder, a fine of not more than $l,OOO, and solitary
imprisonment not exceeding two years. Every per-
son being present at such a fight, and encouraging
the same, or laying any bet or wager on the result
thereof, whether present or not, shall be considered
a participant therein, and may, at the discretion of
the court, be punished in like manner.
General U. S. Grant and his lady are in Phila-
delphia.
The Hon. E. B. Washburn has been ordered by
his physician to go to the Spas of Hamburgh (near Frank-
fort-on-the-Maine), and arrived there on Saturday. He ex-
pects to remain there two or three weeks.
General Wright, our Minister to Berlin, con-
tinues in a very critical state of health, and has been ad-
vised to go to Carlsbad as soon as the weather will permit.
Brigham Young, jun., son of the ex-Governor of
Utah, and husband of half a hundred wives, is stopping at
Paris for a few days.
Dr. Krapka, of St. Francisco, has received his
exequatur of United States Consul-General for Moldavia
and Wallachia.
William M. :Mayo has been appointed United
States Consul to Otranto.
Mr. D. G. Mason, sou of the celebrated musician,
Lowel Mason, of Boston, and one of the firm of Mason
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Mr. Chickering, of the United Piano Manufac-
tory establishment, is now in Paris, representing that
house with some of their celebrated pianos.
William B. Duncan, of the Banking House of
Danew, Sherman, and CO, of New York, is attending the
Exposition at Paris.
Edwin Stevens, of Habollen, one of the promi-
nent men of New Jersey, arrived with the Great Eastern.
J. R. M'Donald, of Hamburgh, the eminent and
leading American merchant of that city, is stopping at the
Hotel Mirabeau.
Mr. Jones, United States Marshal of the Northern
District of Illinois, and who accompanied the Hon. Mr.
Washburn from New York, is at the Holland Hotel. He
returns to New York by the Great Ea-stern.
Bishop Stevens, of Pennsylvania, now in Paris.,
Intends to return to the United States by the Great
Eastern.
Julius morius, of Buffalo, has been appointed
United States Consul to Coblentz.
Governor Orr, of South Carolina, estimates that
one hundred thousand people in that State have not tasted
meat for thirty days. The destitution is great, and several
cases of starvation aro reported.
Mrs. Stowe is delighted with the climate of
Florida, and has purchased a place on St. John's River.
where she intends to reside.
The title under which King George of Greece
travels incognito is that of the Marquis of Sparta.
It is said that the Emperor Alexander of Russia
will visit Paris at the end of May or the beginning of
June, and will probably meet there King William of

Prussia.
Mr. Jefferson Davis is reported to be writing his
autobiography, which is not to appear till after his death.
Admiral Farragut relieves Admiral Goldsborough
in the command of the Mediterranean squadron ; Rear-
Admiral Davis relieves Admiral Gordon in command of
the South Atlantic squadron, going out in the Guerriere,
and Admiral Lee or Commander Sands is likely to succeed.
Admiral Davis in the naval observatory at Washington.
The log cabin in which John Brown resided
while a citizen of Kansas is to be sent to the Paris Ex-
position.
We regret to announce the death of William
Bullock, of Pennsylvania, well known as the inventor of
the Bullock newspaper press, by which both sides of the
sheet aro simultaneously printed. His death was the result
of an accident. A few days ago while superintending the
adjustment of one of his new machines at the Ledger office,
Philadelphia, his foot was crushed by a belt. Amputation
became necessary, with fatal result.
Henry M. Phillips, of Springfield, has received
the commission of brevet captain of United States volun-
teers "for gallant and meritorious services during the war,"
the commission being issued upon the recotnutmdation of
Major-General Godfrey Weitzel of the regular army.
~Governor Bullock has appointed Everett Torrey
of Charlestown an inspoctor of the state prison for
three years in place of Rites Howe, whose term had
expired.
Mrs. Caroline Cermanati, of Portsm)uth, died
recently, and left the whole of her $300,030 property to her
brother, Lyman Pray, a Charlestown cooper.
In speaking of George Peabody,
the Springfield
Republican remarks : —" The beggars wore not at all rebuffed
by the generous banker's considerate treatment of their
4,000 letters, and have sent him 1,000 more."
John R. Livingston, a lecturer in B trntun's
museum at New York, was shot dead about one o'clock on
Thursday
morning, April 18, by Vincent Cady, in a saloon
in Jefferson-street. The murderer was at once arrested,
and claims that he fired the shot in self-defence.
Governor English has appointed R. W. Wright,
of New Haven, his private secretary.
Madame Ristori sails from New York for Havre
on the 18th instant. She is estimated to have cleared
c£30,000 by her American tour.
Thaddeus Stevens is still ill, though not no %v
confined to the house.
John H. Surratt has not yet been tried. His
counsel has moved that the Court fix a ?fity, but the Go-
vernment is not prepared to prosecute.
Several actions for damages. have been laid
against Major-General John E. Wool for false imprison-
ment during the war. Damages are claimed of 510,000.
It is probable that similar suits will be brought against
the Secretary for War, Mr. Stanton.
The Hon. W. W. Murphy, Consul-General at
Frankfort, left Paris to return to his post on Thursday
evening.
There is a very flattering notice in the Spectator
of Bacon's descriptive "Band-book of America." The
writer says :--"We have submitted this work to native
judgment, and have heard it praised for accuracy ; this
judgment we can fully endorse."
Mr, George Dawson, for thirty-six years con-