Doncaster won the Derby, Gang Forward being second, and Skirmisher third. The Oaks fell to Marie Stuart, Wild Myrtle and Angela respectively occupying the next po sitions. A Trades' Union meeting, at which thirty thousand persons were present, has been held in Hyde Park. A petition against the law for the punishment of workmen was adopted. The Tichborne trial is proceeding to the prejudice of the claimant. The Misses Loder, of Wapping, witnesses, assert that the prisoner is Arthur Orton. The Australian Customs Bill has passed the House of Lords. The Queen has presented Queensland with six red deer. The wool sales closed on the 31st. The com petition was animated, the foreign especially. Prices are firm as compared with average sales. Greasy is l£d above the March sales ; lambs, half-bred, twopence lower ; best washed scoured fleece is a shade better ; me dium and lower are unchanged. France and Germany were the principal foreign buyers. The total taken for export was 100,000 bales. Adelaide wheat, new arrival, is quoted at 63s per 496 lbs. The eldest son of the Princess Alice has been accidentally killed. The next wool sales commence on the 10th of July ; 100,000 bales have arrived. Prince Napoleon is authorised by Marshal M'Mahonto enter France. MarshalM'Mahon tells the army that he relies on their energy to maintain order and respect for the laws. He promises implicit obedience to the will of the Assembly. The new policy is Conserva tive, and favourable to free trade. M. Thiers joins the Left Centre. The Republic is to be re-proclaimed, and MarshalM'Mahon is to be made President for five years. The country is quiet. The Bonapartists sup port the new Government, and the Or leanists hold aloof from the Bonapartists and the Legitimitists. Germany demands an assurance that Marshal M'Mahon's Govern ment will faithfully observe the treaty before recognising his Government. General l'Admirault has been appointed Commandant at Versailles. The Bank of France advances the Govern ment 200,000,000 francs in gold to pay the indemnity- The Vendome Column is to be re-erected. In Spain, the abolition of Cuban slavery has been decreed, and a separation between Church and State is announced. A forced issue of 1500,000,000 reals in notes has been made on the Bank of Spain. The Russian army is encamped on the Khivan frontier. There has been a large fire in Boston. 