CRICKET.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 69, 20 March 1873, Page 2

CRICKET.

Tbe return match was played yesterday at Wakefield between the Nelson Union and Wakefield Clubs. The first innings of the opposing sides lasted till nearly half-past four, and' seemed to promise a closely-con tested match, the scores being Nelson 69, Wakefield 76, The Nelson team then went in for the second time, but in one short hour all was over, the men from the City beiog disposed . of for the very minute score of 19, thus leaving Wakefield only 13 to get. This was speedily done, and the victors in the previous match had to acknowledge themselves beaten with nine of jtheir opponents' wickets to go down.

No tidings have been received as to the whereabouts of Chamberlain and Levy. From what we have been able to learn there is little doubt but that the runaways remained for many hours in the vicinity of -the spot whence they escaped, hiding themselves so well that their pursuers passed them by, looking for traces where none had been made because the escaped prisoners had not gone away at all. Three hours after the escape, or about six o'clock in the evening, Mrs Lark, (near whose house it occurred), saw two men, supposed by the description to be the very two, crossing the road. At 8 o'clock the same evening a dog raised an alarm in the same locality, and pursuit was started by Warder Reedy and Constable Quirk. Both thought they distinctly heard the rustle of men hurrying away in the busb, but could not get to them in tbe dark. Other indications of the men having remained a long while in the same place are abundant, but what became of them subsequently is yet undiscovered. — From Inspector Hickson we learn that £100 has been offered for the discovery of the escaped prisoners, who are thus described : — "- George Henry Chamberlain, aged 44 years, sft sio high, medium build, dark For remainder of news, see fourth page.

complexion, dark brown hair, turning grey, hazel eyes, sharp small features, heavy-looking countenance, lower jaw large teeth much discolored from use of .tobacco, hair on face very thick and stroDg, iron-grey color j speaks in a sharp tone ; marks of flogging on back. Native of Norfolk, England ; an "old hand ;" wore straw bat twill shirt, and mole trousers, with gaol brands on tbem. Sentenced in 1872 to ten years penal servitude for burglary. Issac Levy, native of Portugal, aged 41 years, sft 4in high, medium build, dark complexion, grey eyes, deep set ; Jewish nose, a little inclined to the right ; very bald on top of head, hair over ears very long, and worn down back of neck j two large scars on top of head, scars on eyebrows, slightly pock-marked, nearly all the teeth out, EL. and mermaid on right arm. Wore stra*vv hat, twill shirt, and mole trousers with gaol brands on them. Sentenced in 1871 to eight years penal servitude." — G. R. Argus.

New Zealand. — The Sydney Morning Herald says: — "New Zealand has a fine resource in its pastures. Considering the area of land available, it probably produces as much wool per acre as any of the colonies. Its export for 1871 was 30.000,000 lbs. of an estimated value of £1,600,000. The New Zealand export of wool is very nearly the same as the seaward export from New South Wales, but then we have, in addition, to take into account the overland export via Victoria and South Australia. According to our own statistics, while our seaward export was 38,000,000 lbs., our overland export was 27,000,000 lbs. We produce altogether, therefore, about 6s,OoO,OOolbs. from about 16,000,000 sheep, or an average, roughly, of about 41b from every sheep. The New Zealanders get their wool off 9,700,000 sheep, which gives much the same average weight of fleece. From what is generally known about the runs in the two colonies, it is quite safe to say that, oh tbe average, it takes more land to produce a pound of wool in New South Wales than it does in New Zealand."

Whiting- on the subject of telegraphic communication, the South Australian Register observes : — " The telegrams to and from England and other distant places appear to be largely on the increase, for after the restoration of the overland line on Saturday last £1000 worth of messages were despatched duriDg the day following. It has been ascertained that the cable from Singapore to Madras is capable of doing five times the amount of work it does at present without necessitating the construction of another line. From Madras to Bombay telegrams can easily, be transmitted by the land wires. From Bombay to Great Britain there are two lines — the British-India' and the Indo-European; so that with tbe present facilities the different submarine and land lines can bear something like au increase of four or five times the amount of business now done. In proof of the wonderfully successful way in which our overland telegraph is working, it may be stated that all along the great interval stretching from the Charlotte Waters to Port Darwin not a single interruption in the communication has taken place since the line was opened ie August last."

Speaking of the neglect displayed in Victorian schools of teaching the pupils manners — perhaps one of the most useful branches of education — a Melbourne contemporary makes the following sensible remarks, which apply with equal force to this and other colonies. It says: — We are told that in the old alfresco academies or hedge sch6ols of Ireland, the masters were in the habit of charging " twopence extra for manners, " and though we should not at all desire to see our State schools too closely modelled upon these primitive collegiate institutions, we should not be sorry to see our public instructors pay a little more attention to social ethics than they do at present. Of course, we do not mean that the subject should be included amongst the extras for which they are permitted to demand additional payment; but we think that, with very little trouble, teachers might divest their pupils of at least some of the rudeness that often procures them so much unenviable notoriety. We-are quite prepared to admit that under any circumstances " boys will be boys," and we do not forget that boys were also boys in the good old times gone by. But there is a very great difference between the average England boy of a quater of a century ago and the Melbourne boy of the present time. The former was no cherub, and never pretended to be. He occasionally shied stones at barn-door fowls, and, in proper season, snow-balled all who passed by, without the least fear, favor, or affection. Bat with all these eccentricities he was not found to be nearly so great a nuisance as the Melbourne boy 'of to-dayj nor was he nearly so unloy|>B]bJi^' r either. For. much of this jthe^ftreDts' are, "beyonfl all doubt, responsifele^Bß^ they V^have^ior^ipie ..greater;* jm^^tterly^^ the youthful mmds of their .offspring that

sense of veneration in the absence of wbich it is so difficult to avoid giving general and continuous offence. We would not have them, by constantly preaching goody-goody, convert them into snivelling hypocrites or sanctimonious cads, but we would gladly see tbem turn over quite a new leaf, and promptly suppress every tendency towards juvenile rudeness, or " bounce." The fact is, parents are far too familiar with their children now-a days, and it is painfully evident that in many cases this familiarity has bred contempt. Long ago little boys did not dare tb dissent from anything uttered by their fathers or mothers; at present they flatly contradict them in the choicest slang, and are praised for their smartness instead of being boxed for their impertinence. Now that all classes of children will mix more freely than ever in our State schools, it may be weli to consider whether tbey should all grow up as the rudest of them are at present, or whether they should not be all made to imbibe a little decency and order with their three R's.

The wealthiest farmer in the world is the Khedive of Egypt, -who cultivates nearly a million acres, is said to have 4000 steam-ploughs, and whose yearly income amounts to 5Q,000,000d01.

The leading journal of Mauritius thus refers to the departure of tbe Governor, Sir A. H. Gordon : — The entire community wish his Excellency a safe voyage and employment elsewhere. His Excellency has succeeded in rendering himelf so unpopular — bas shown himself so antipathetic to the inhabitants, and has in consequence drawn upon himself so much aversion — tbat the universal feeling of the colonists at his departure is unfeigned "delight. It is fervently to be hoped that his adieu to Mauritius may be final, for his own sake, for the sake of the Secretary of State who, knowing his idiosyncracies, appointed him, and for the sake of tbe colonists, above all, who are exasperated beyond measure against him."

It reads like a romance, yet it is a fact that a handsome Russian Princess, aged 34, the married daughter of Geneial Stratonevoskoff, who. was wounded at InkermaD, has been expelled from her country, and had her estates confisicated, because she had become a convert to the " freelove " doctrines professed and practised by the Oneida community, United States. This Princess, not, satisfied with accepting the '• free love principles herself, had circulated a lithographed letter amongst 600 girls belonging to the highest Russian families denouncing marriage, commending "free love" and offering to assist with money any girl who wished to leave her country and proceed with herself and become a member of the Oneida community. The police obtained a copy of this circular and laid it before tbe Emperor, who, believing the circulation of such doctrines amongst a lot of simple girls was calculated to result in much evil, gave orders that the Princess's property should be confiscated, and that she should be escorted beyond the Russian boundry, and should not be released from custody until placed on board a vessel bound for America. Theße orders were strictly carried out by the police, and the fair Princess was shipped from Bremen.

Not a bad story is told at the expense of a most distinguished and estimable citizen. It seems that a dinner party was in progress during a brilliant" display of Northern Lights, and this gentleman stepping out to cool his burning brow, was startled by the display. He stood perfectly amazed; then turning to the window, he saw within the wife of his bosom sitting with the ladies waiting for tbeir liege lords to end their claret and cigars. Pushing aside tbe lace curtains, he beckoned Mrs Agnes to come out. She complied, when he said to her, solemnly, " Wagnes, der see anything extronory now ? " Yes, Dolly, I see you have been drinking too much wine." "No, nor that, Wagnes; I mean extronory phornomonums in atmosphere." " Why, where, Dolly ? " "Up yonder, Wagnes." "Why, dear me, yes; I do, indeed— the most beautiful 'aurora I ever saw." " Wagnes, are things a-shootin ? " " Yes, dear." " An' aflashin', Wagnes ? " "Yes, Dolly." "An' a sorter spreadin' and dancin', eh, Wagnes ? " " All that, my dear." " Ho, ho ! " laughed the husband, much relieved, "do you know, Wagnes — I mean Hagnes — when'r I come out an' saw the celestial phornomonums a-glowing* up'r yonder ? bless me effer I didn't think I was drunk I "

j A Sailob thus describes his experience on horseback: — Therefore, arising betimes, I hired a very fine horse, and, manning him bravely, laid his head east; and Fby~ south, as-iiear as' might be, 'according to' our binnacle. But though the wind was abaft the beam, and tide and all in its fav.or,;tan&^ what k di^heH"^ run out his spanker-driver, and up J withhis traffrail, as if I was wearing him in a

thundering heavy sea., I resolved to get the upper hand of his uncalled-for mutiny; and the more so because all our crew were gazing,, and at the fair I had laid down tbe law very strictly concerning horses. I slipped my feet out of the chains, for fear of any sudden capsize, and then I rapped him over the catheads, where his anchor ought to hang. He, however, instead of doing at all what I expected, up with his bowsprit and down with his quarter, as if struck by a whale under his forefoot. This was far from true seamanship, aud proved him to be so unbuilt for sailing, that I was content to disembark over his stern, and with slight concussions. "Never say die! "has always been my motto, and always will be. Nailing my colors to the mast, I embarked on another horse of less than half the tonnage of that one who would not answer helm. And this craft being J broken-backed, with a vstrange sound at her port-holes, could not under press of sail, bowl along more than four knots an hour. And we adjusted matters between us so, that when she was tired I also was sore, and therefore disembarked and towed her until we were both fit for sea again. Therefore it must have been good meridian when I met Parson Chowne near his house.

Advantages of Crying.—A French phjsician has published a long dissertation on the advantages of groaning and crying in general, aod especially during operations. He contends that groaning and crying are two grand operations, by which nature allays anguish; tbat those patients who give way to their natural feelings more speedily recover from accident and operations than those who suppose it unworthy of a man to betray such symptoms of cowardice as either to moan or cry. He tells of a man who reduced his pulse from pne hundred and twenty-six to sixty in the course of two hours, by giving full vent to his emotions. If people are at all unhappy about anything let them go into their rooms and comfort themselves with a loud boohoo., and they will feel a hundred per cent, better afterwards. In accordance with the above, the crying of children should not be too greatly discouraged. If it is systematically repressed the results may be St. Vitus's dance, epileptic fits, or some other disease of the nervous system -. What is natural is nearly always useful, and nothing is more natural than the crying of children, when anything occurs to give them mental or physical pain. Probably most persons have experienced tbe effects of tears in relieving great sorrow. It is even curious how the feelings are allayed by the free indulgence in groans and signs. Then let parents and friends show more indulgence to noisy bursts of grief, on the part of children as well as other persons, and regard the eyes and the mouth as safety valves through which nature discharges her surplus steam.

The following are the scores :*— Nelson. Ist innings, 2nd innings. . Tennent, b Knapp 5 b Kilgour ... 0 Hallidayi b Knapp ....;..... 0 b Kilgour ... 2 Jennings, b Sellon *......». 13 c Price 0 C. Cross, c Fowler 27 b Sellon 4 Speed.c Knapp....... 0 runout 1 H. Cross, b Sellon 9 b Kilgour ... . 0 Atkinson, run out , 5 not out ...... 2 Barnicoat, b SellonJ , 0 c Smith ...... 3 Bunny, ran put.. 1 c Arn01d...... 0 Fej»ron,"l. b. w;: 1 1, b. wv. <3 Campbell, not 0ut............ 2 b Kilgour ... 0 .;■••' ,;sßyes '.;... „5' . • - .-.'■'; 5-- ! 'XeybyeSi......i.... 1 . 0 ! Wide 5. .................... 0 '_■:";, :2 \-.' :; >:L;f, : ajotaiB > ,;...;;..»i.^::69 1 '. ._ . „.,; •-. \j&,Grand total, 88. :' V 1"" "..■■■• '„ ;,:,,'., '■-'

' .Wakepield. ' Ist inDinga. 2nd innings. H Knapp, b iff. Ornss 3 K. Knapp, bE Cr055...... 8 not out 6 W. Fowler, b Atkinson ... 0 C. Knapp, c Speed 5 J. Arnold, run out 15 Sellon, b Jennings I S. Fowler, bC. Cross 0 b Cross " 0 Kilgour, b H. Cross 2 Smith, c C. Cross: 14 Price, c Halliday 4 Ricketts, not out 0. not out 6 Bjes 19 1 Leg byes . 2 0 Wides 3 0 Totals 76 13 Grand total, 89.