The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-09 00:00:00

EVENING. SPORTING I

L')NDON GA

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, JUNE G.

Notice is hereby given that the State Apartments of
Windsor Castle will be closed on and after Friday next,
the 12th instant, until further orders.
FOREIGN OFFICE, JUNE B._ _

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles
Robinson as Consul at Qu.:bec for the United States of
America.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
Theodore G. Couudourioti as Consul at Malta for his
Majesty the King of the Hellenes.
WHITEHALL, JUNE 8.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Robt.
Home to the church and parish of Swinton, in the Pres-
byter of Chirnside, and county of Berwick, vacant by the
death of the Rev. James Logan.
DOWNING-STREET, JUNE 8.
The Queen has been pleased co appoint Edwin Donald
Baynes, Richard Weston Mara, LL.D., Thomas Wood-
cock, and Henry Berkeley, Esqrs., to be members of the
Executive Council of the Island of Antigua. Her Majesty
has also been pleased to appoint William Henry Hall,
Esq., to bo a member of the Legislative Council of the
Bahama Islands.

WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JUNE 9.
Royal Artillery—Second Captain Francis Henry William
Nisbett to be Captain ; Lieut. George Lloyd Engstrom
to be Second Captain, vico Nisbett.
Commissariat Department—William Servantes to be As-
sistant Commissary-General.
Military Store Department—Deputy-Assistant Superin-
tendent of Stores Robert Mead to be Assistant Superin-
tendent of Stores.

CE.—This Day.

ASCOT RACES—THIS DAY.
BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
TRIAL STAKES.
The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added ; two
year olds 6st 11b, three Bst 71b, four 9st 91b, five and
upwards lOst ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; the
winner to be sold for 600 sovs ; if for 200 allowed 51b,
unless exemption from being sold is claimed at the time
of entrance, and horses for which this claim is made 91b
extra. Now MilJ.
Irish Queen f 1
Vespasian
Emerald
Thirteen ran.
MAIDEN PLATE.
A Maiden Plate of 100 sovs, for two year olds ; colts
Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 71b. Half a mile.

Vestminster •1 1
Miss Nelly
Rajah . 3
Twenty-six ran.
GOLD VASE.
The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 20 sovs each ; three year olds 7st 71b, four
Bst I.olb, five, six, and aged 9st 31b ; mares and geldings
allowed 51b; those that have never won 100 sovs or re-
ceived 100 sovs for running second before the time of
starting to be allowed weight in the following propor-
tions: —three year olds 41b, four 71b, five 121 b, six and
aged 181 b (matches not to be reckoned as winnings) ;
the winner of the Derby, Oaks, or St. Leger in 1867 or
1868 101 b, the winner of the Ascot, Goodwood, or Don-
caster Cup, or of the Queen's Vase at Ascot in 1867 71b,
and of the Two Thousand Guineas, Newmarket, Port,
or Claret Stakes in 1867 or 1868 41b extra; two miles
7 subs.

Blinkhoolie 1
Julius
Miss Sarah c
Dalesman
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PRINCE OF WALES'S STAKES.
The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, with
1,000 added, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies
Bst 51b ; winners of a 500 sovs stake 31b, 1,000 51b, of
the Derby or Oaks at Epsom 91b extra; penalties not
accumulative ; maidens allowed 71b ; the second to re-
ceive 200 sovs, and the third 100 out of the stakes. New
Course. About lm sfur. 130 subs.
King Alfred
Restitution 2

:oslem
Eight ran.
QUEEN'S STAND PLATE.
The Queen's Stand Plate of 200 sovs, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 10 sovs each ; two year olds 6st 121 b, three
Bst 121 b, four 9st 51b, five and upwards 9st 81b ; mares
and geldings allowed 31b ; winners of a 500 sovs stakes
in 1867 or 1868 71b, 200 in plates or stakes in 1868 once
31b, twice 71b extra L(extreme penalty); maiden three
year olds allowed 71b, four and upwards 141 b; T.Y.C.
9 subs.

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Abstinence 2
Van Amburgh 3

Seven ran.
ELEVENTH ASCOT BIENNIAL STAKES.
The Eleventh Ascot Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each, with
100 added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bat
61b ; the second to receive 23 sovs out of the stakes.
T.Y.C. til subs.
Vertumna colt
Diomedia filly
Tenedos

Eleven ran.
ASCOT STAKES.
The Ascot Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, with 200 added.
Two miles and a half. 49 subs.

Maid of Masham in
Boric
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Lord Palmerston