The gallery of antique sculptures and other remains from Nineveh,
in the new part of the British Museum, was opened to the public yesterday. It lies imme- diately under the Syrian gallery. The Portland Vase has been restored, and is in its place. The Townley Gallery is almost finished, and in a few days the last part of the old building will be removed.
The amateur sculling match for the championship of the Thames was rowed yesterday, between Putney and Kew Bridge: the competitors were Mr. Playford, of the Thames Club, and Mr. Bone, a first-rate "small man" from the North. The race was interesting to the last stroke ; the rowers alternately taking the lead several times. Mr. Playford won by less than a boat's length, after efforts that nearly exhausted him; and it was thought that if Mr. Bone had commenced his last" spirt" a little earlier he would have won.
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