A London despatch announces the death of James Younger.

The anniversary exercises of the Yale Theological Seminary took place yesterday.

The body of ex-Governor Israel Washburn was finally interred at Bangor, Maine, yesterday.

The rumors as to the immediate arrest of Sheridan on extradition proceedings at the instance of the British government seem to have no foundation.

Perrin H. Sumner, a lawyer, is under arrest in New York on a charge of swindling Mr. D. M. Davidson out of $15,000 in a bogus mining speculation.

In the London chess tournament yesterday Zukertort and English played a drawn game. Bird, Tochigarin and Blackburn defeated Seleman, Skipworth and Mason respectively.

Arrangements have been completed for the opening of the Brooklyn bridge on the 24th inst. Mayor Low of that city yesterday issued a proclamation declaring the day of opening a holiday.

Base-ball games yesterday: At Cleveland - Clevelands, 11; Bostons, 1. At Chicago - Chicagos, 15; New Yorks, 2. At Buffalo - Providence, 13; Buffalos, 9. At Detroit - Detroits, 12; Philadelphia, 6. At St. Louis - Cincinnatis, 6; St. Louis, 3.

The following of the class of '83, Yale College, are to prepare commencement orations: Beede, Bosworth, Bowers, Carmalt, Cornish, Esselestyn, Grabb, Halsey, Husted, Johnson, McLaughlin, Price, Sherman, Taft, Thatcher and Vernon. This does not include the valedictorian, salutatorian and another yet to be announced.

THE WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18, 1883, 1 A. M. For New England, fair weather, slightly warmer, followed by local rains, winds mostly southerly, lower pressure.