(The following appeared in our " Extra " published yesterday morning ) Spectator Office, March 22, 12 noon. The I.C.R.M. Co.'s steamer Lord Ashley, Captain Randal], from Otago and Lyttelton, with the English January Mails, arrived in port this* morning at 10 o'clock. She left Dunedin on the 19th at 1.30 p.m., arrived at Lyttelton on the 20th at 11.80 a.m., (22 hours); left on the 21st at 1 p.m., arrived alongside the wharf here at 10 a.m., (21 hours). She \ will leave here to-morrow for Napier and Auck land. The following are her passengers for Wel lington i — Messrs. W. Mantell, Todd, Captain Kirwan, Mrs. Keene, Misses Jones (2), and 13 in the 2nd cabin. 13 in the chief and 68 in the second cabin for Napier and Auckland. The hon. Crosbie Ward is a passenger to I Auckland by the Ashley. The AUmmbra arrived at Otago on the 18th inst. at 9 a.m., with the mails, which were transhipped from the Bombay at Melbourne on the afternoon of thfe 12th. We take the fol lowing telegraphic summary from the Otago Daily Times Extra :—

tovvtm baci. THE LADIES' PURSE of £20, added to a sweep stage's of 3 sots, each, p.p., open to all horses, < gtnfletfen ridera. Weight!— B yi«. old, 9st, 4 yr*. 10«t., 5 yrs. Hit, 0 jw. and aged list. 71bs. Htats, H milei. Mr. A. Camerons b. %. Volunteer, aged, llst.7lbs. 1 1 Mr. N. Valentine's g. m. Deceitful, 5 jrs., list. 2 2 Mr. W.R. Welch's Trooper, Byrs., list. 61bs. 3 3 Mr. W. Bowler's c. g. Oldwi, 4 yrs.. lOit 0 JJr. F. Chfcpsaan'a c. g. Charley O'Malley, 6yri., list 71b 3 Volunteer started off with the lead in both heats, and' came in an easy winner on both occasions.
