THIS contest, which takes place on the 9th March next, will be attended with additional interest because W. M. Green and John Bennett have accepted Messrs. Burroughes and Watts' offer of a silver challenge cup to be played for in this and in all future matches for the championship. The conditions are as follows:-"The competitors must be Scotchmen, or must have lived in Scotland for the six months immediately preceding the match. Each player must stake £50 with the editor of one of the leading papers either in Scotland or England, depositing at the time of the challenge the sum of £10 to bind the match, which is to be played on a new full-sized ordinary table manufactured by Messrs. Burroughes and Watts. The game is to be 1,000 up at billiards, and to be played in public, either in Edinburgh or Glasgow, in accordance with their printed rules in use at the date of the match. The players are to appoint beforehand a referee, whose decision is to be binding both on the players and the stakeholder. A period of not less than three or more than six calendar months must elapse between the challenge and the match. The cup is to be held by the stakeholder until it becomes the absolute property of the player who shall have become entitled to it by holding it, in accordance with the above conditions, for three consecutive years. To commemorate each contest the donors of the cup will present a medal with clasps to the winner.