Gen. Lord Rokeby is dead in London.

Daly won the first prize in the cushion carrom tournament yesterday in New York.

The race for the Oaks stakes was won by Bonny Jean, with Malibran second, Ettarre third.

It is stated that there will not be another call for bonds during the remainder of the present fiscal year.

In the London chess tournament Friday, Mason and English played a drawn game, and Winawer defeated Noa.

Eight persons were killed and seven injured by the explosion of the steamer Pilot near Lakeville, Cal., yesterday morning.

Mr. Walter Evans, the new commissioner of internal revenue, is expected to assume the duties of that office on Thursday next.

The race for the Epsom gold cup of five hundred sovereigns in plate or specie for three-year-olds and upwards was won by Lefevre's horse Tristran, Hamilton's colt City Arab second, Ellesmere's horse Wallenstein third.

Base-ball games yesterday: At Detroit - Detroits, 8; Bostons, 3. At Providence - Providence, 9; Chicagos, 6. At Buffalo - Buffalos, 4; Philadelphias, 0. At Cleveland - Clevelands, 4; New Yorks, 3.

THE WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26, 1883, 1 A. M. For New England, fair weather, warmer, winds mostly southerly, lower pressure.