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and 18 ) , Lucas ( 48 ) , Blacker ( 46 and not out 64 ) . Macan ( 47 ) , and Patterson ( not out 21 , and not out 60 ) For the Gentlemen , Mr . I . D . Walker ( 29 and 26 ) , C . J , Thornton ( 41 and 64 ) , and A . F . Smith ( not out 48 and 23 ) , were the most effective batsmen . Scores : Gentlemen

262 and 198 , Cambridge 302 and 159 for three wickets . This gives an average of runs made off the bat of slightly over 26 per wicket . In a twelve a-side match between M . C . C . and Ground and Old Oxonians and Old Cantabs the latter were victorious by 10 wickets ; Messrs . Green ( 107 )

and Booth ( 60 ) , both Jate of Cambridge , being the chief operators with the willow , while for M . C . C , who made only 110 and 101 , Mr . Vernon distinguished himself with a score of 74 not out . Tho result of the great County match , Surrey v . Gloucestershire , is a victory for the former

by 26 runs . Surrey 161 aud 106 , Gloucestershire 99 and 142 . Jupp ( 13 and 40 ) , Mr . Game ( 25 and 23 ) , Mr . Strachan ( 34 and 7 ) , and Southerton ( not out 32 and 3 ) , played best for the former ; Messrs . W . G . Grace ( 9 and 18 ) , G . F . Grace ( 26 and 37 ) , Crook ( 14 and 14 ) , and Wyatt ( 10 and 37 ) , best for the latter .

A grand sham fight took place at Aldershot on Friday last , H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge , attended by a numerous staff , arriving on the ground a little after 10 in the morning . The troops formed two divisions , the northern and the southern , the former representing an invading force ,

and the latter acting on the defensive . The operations continued till the afternoon , when the invaders were driven back . The Commander-in-Chief expressed himself satisfied with the cavalry movements , after which the troops marched past , and returned to barracks about 2 p . m . After

lunch at the Royal Pavilion , with the Duke of Connaught , the Royal visitors returned to London . His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales presided on Saturday at the fifteenth anniversary banquet of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution , held at Willis ' s Rooms ,

St . James s . Two hundred and fifty gentlemen sat down , including such prominent supporters of agriculture as the Marquis of Huntley , the Earl of Hardwicke , Earl Spencer , Lord Walsingham , Mr . H . Gerald Sturfc , Colonel Loyd-Lindsay , Mr . Clare S . Read , Mr . Mechi . The toast of the evening ;

" success to tho Institution , " was proposed in very felicitous term by His Royal Highness , and most enthusiastically received , after which the secretary read out a list of subscriptions—including one from Her Majesty of £ 25 , and one of ono hundred guineas from the Prince—to the amount of

£ 8 , 000 . The health of the ladies was afterwards proposed , and associated with it was the name of Mr . Mechi . Soon after this the Prince retired , amid great cheers . The same evening the Duke of Connaught presided at the ceremony of opening somo new schools at Hoxton , in

connection with the Haberdashers' Company ; the Lord and Lady Mayoress , Mr . Alderman Cotton , Sir Charles Reed , Chairman of the London School Board , being also present . The Duke having made a tour of inspection round the building , which is intended to provide education for 600

children of the neighbourhood , and having expressed his approval of what he had seen , the simple ceremony of declaring the building open was then performed , after which the company adjourned to a pavilion erected for the occasion in the Girls' play ground . The usual toasts

having been drunk , the Duke left , amid the hearty cheers of the crowds assembled . A guard of honour of 100 men from tho Royal London Militia , under Captain Sewell , was in attendance , together with the bands of that regiment

-and the Honourable Artillery Company . H . R . H . the Duchess of Tcck was present at the annual examination of , and distribution of prizes among the pupils of the Alexandra Orphanage , taking great interest in the proceedings , and being cordially thanked for attending on the occasion .

The annual dinner of the Newspaper Press Fund will be held this day , under the presidency of the Very Rev . the Dean of Westminster . It is expected the gathering will be a very distinguished one , and several eminent artistes will take part in the concert , which will be held under the direction of Sir Julius Benedict . Wo wish the fund all

success . We imagine Wells-street , South Hackney , must be an unpleasaut locality to live in . A certain William Henson

carries on there the business of a tripe boiler and fat inciter The South Hackneians , if partial to tripe and fat as articles of food , have evidently a strong , aud not unnatural objection to the stench arising from their preparation . Accordingly ,

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District , called for the purpose of inspecting the tripeseller ' s premises , and found them too filthy even for his accustomed stomacb , so he beat a retreat . Hence tbe summons heard on Tuesday , before Mr . Hannay , at the Worship-street Police Court . The case was proved , and

worse still , that a cowshed with some 20 or 30 cows , a pigstye with 40 pigs , and a stable in which were kept about 60 horses , were in the neighbourhood of the offensive premises . Mr . Hannay said the defendant was liable to a penalty of £ 200 , but ho only inflicted a fine of £ 3 , with 12 s 6 d costs ,

a rather inadequate punishment , we think , for poisoning the air of a large and populous district . Cannot some means be devised for compelling those who follow this and similar noxious trades to remove to uninhabited districts , where they will have at all events only themselves to injure in the matter of health .

In the musical world there has been nothing special to record . Tho performances at the two opera houses have been of the usual character . Semiramide was performed at Her Majesty ' s on Saturday , and , as usual , Mdlle . Titiens created a furore by her magnificent impersonation of the

Assyrian Queen , while equally to be admired was Madame Trebelli-Bettini as Arsacc . The opera was repeated on Thursday . The intermediate evenings here been devoted to Faust on Monday , and La Sonnambula on Friday . This evening will be produced Lohengrin , with Madame Christine

Nilsson as Elsa di Brabante . At the Royal Italian , there havo been played Lohengrin , La Traviata , Le Nozze di Figaro , La Figlia del Reggimento , and II Flanto Magico . The New Philarmonic gave its fourth concert on Saturday , and the same evening Mr . Arthur Sullivan ' s " Musical

Folly , " entitled The Zoo , proved a decided success at the St . James ' s Theatre . Signor Salvini ' s impersonations of Hamlet and Othello alternate at Drury Lane , and there is a morning performance every Monday afternoon , Hamlet beins fixed for Mondav next .

Mrs . Giacometti Prodgers—the lady Avho so manfully and so often engages in disputes Avith the London cabmen —has just appeared in a new character . On Thursday , the publisher of the Daily Telegraph was summoned to answer a charge of assault brought against him by this lady .

She appears to have entered his office , on the 26 th nit ., for the purpose of buying a copy of our contemporary . She was served with one , and at first refused to pay so much as the penny demanded for it . She at length put down half-a-sovcreign , but the clerk would give her no change .

She was then passing out with the paper , as well as the money , when the defendant stepped up and objeoted . In doing so he seems to have placed his hand on her shoulder , and also to have trodden on her dress , which was a very long one . He offered to apologise for the accident , but

failed to recognise that he had committed any assault . Mrs . Prodgers thought otherwise , and hence the summons , which the worthy Alderman Besley dismissed . Moral for Mrs . Prodgers—condescend to pay for a penny newspaper when you buy . one ; " put silver in thy purse " if it is

unladylike to carry copper , and don't wear too long a train ; for the publisher of the Dally Telegraph—don ' t be too impressive in your remonstrances when ladies object to pay , at all events leave no impression on the backs of their dresses .

We were premature in our announcement last week of the death of the eminent French Academician and Statesman , M . C . do Remusat , but , unhappily , by a few days only , for the event has since happened , and France has lost the services of one of her ablest and most patriotic public men .

It was M . de Remusat who presided at the Foreign Office when his friend , M . Thiers , was at the head of tho Republic , aud his labours to get rid of the occupying army were at length successful , and the Germans retired over the frontier sooner than had been stipulated . From India , we hear

there has been a terrible conflagration at Peshawur , nearly one half of tho city having been destroyed , in spite of the efforts of the European soldiery to stay the flames . Measles also has been raging horribly in our newly acquired dependency , the Fiji Islands . Germany is

still talking about the conduct of our Government ; the Sultan of Zanzibar has reached our shores on a visit , to learn what we are like . The Spanish Government is going , it is said , to commence a new attempt to overwhelm the

Carlists , but the latter , we imagine , will take a good deal of overwhelming , while our friend the Pope—who does us so much more good by abusing us , thau he would do if he left us alone—he , we suppose is hardly in the condition described in the song . We hope at least that "he leads a