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Southland Times, Issue 552, 3 September 1866, Page 2

The English Eleven foe Australia. — The Nottingham Guardian of Saturday 21st April, had the following respecting the visit of an eleven from England : — " We have received a letter from <reorge Marshall by tbis mail, in wbich he states: — " In this speculation I am associated with three other residents of Melbourne, and the terms we offer are as follows, viz., £150 for each man, together with a first-class passage out and horn?, and all expenses here, besides a benefit match for the twelve, who will receive the whole of the net proceeds. T.ie arrangement will be conducted by H. H. Stephenson, to whose order £600 has beeu sent home by this mail, to pay each cricketer £50 before leaving Englar.d. The terms we oifer are, iv fact, those offered by Spiers .and Pond on the occassion of the first tfjam coming out here ; aad, although ti e last twelve got considerably more, we think that now the novelty has passed away, we should not be justified in offering a larger turn ; and afc the sametime we consider that many of your best cricketers would be glad to earn that sum, clear of expenses, during the winter months. There has been some talk of g3tting out un amateur eleven, but the terms they require are so excessive thafc I d> not think there is the slightest prospect of their coming." Life Parcelled Out. — Lord Coke wrote the following, which he religiously observed : " Six hours to sleep, To law V great study- six, . Four spend in prayer, . !■£»**> ifc M*B*e •ft*-'*