General News.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3679, 9 October 1880, Page 2

General News.

In the match between the Australian Eleven and eleven professional player* of England at the Crystal Palaoe Cricket Ground on the 27th the were the scores of the English team :■—Barlow, 6; 8;. Jupp ?1 :0 ; ; Pillingi 3; Morley, 3; Barnes, 39; Lockwood, 3: Bates, 6; Selby, 2; Shaw, 17; Mjcroft, 0; sundries, 3: total, 90. The colonial team then followed. .Firftt innings:: Jarvis, 11; Alexander, 6;; Murdoch, 26: MacDonnelU not out, 16; Blaokbam, 25; Palmer, 12; Spofforth, 26; were the principal contributors. The; Players followed and were as unfortunate as in their first innings, for they only, made 82 runs. The principal scores were: Look* wood. 12; Bates; 13; Jupp, 20; Morley, 9. Palmer and Boyle boirled well. . The colonial team then went to the wickets to get the 40 runs required to win, and when play closed for the day they had lost three wickets for 10 runs. On resuming next day the Australians had thirty run* to/get and seven wickets to fall; but the bowt mg of Mycroft and Morley proved, very destructive, and in a short time five" more wickets, were disposed of, MaeDonaett being the only batsman, who made doqble figures. Groube and Boyle then got together, and scored the additional rani required; the Australians thus winning the match by two wickets:—Alexander, 0; Bonnor, 2; Jarvis, 4; Moule, 7; Murdoch, 4; Spofiorth.Q; Blaekham,2; MacDonnell, 11; Groube (not out), 2; Boyle (not out); 4; extras, 41 total; 40. .

A Paris newspaper gives an instanoe of. the great saeoeu of an American mamma. Her elder daughter had sailed from Weir York with some friends for a tour of Europe, and, after doing the Continent, had returned to the Prenoh. capital for . several months of rest and pleasuring. Attractive and clever, she nad/SMny suitors, some more, some leu desirable.. Bhe could not marry them all, so she adroitly reduced the number to two— the beet of the lot; of course, .Then she wrote the fact to her mamma, adding that they were both, so handsome, agreeable, well connected and rich that she could not decide, between them, and closed with the question: "What shall Ido P " Ten days later she received a cablegram from mamma: "I sail to* morrow. Hold both till I come." , The next transatlantic steamer carried Mrs —with her younger daughter turned 18» and just out of school. On arriving ah* immediately took the helm of affairs and steered so deftly through the dangerous waters that in a few weeks she had reached port with all colors flying. To drop metaphor, she attended the wedding of her two daughters at the American chapel the > same morning. After due examination she, had decided that neither of the nice fellows should go out of the family. ' . : ■.' A recent poet says:-—" As she sighed, he sighed." If they were sitting side by side, it might have been a great sighed, worse."

"Goodness!" said a Parisian, what the bill for the expenses of his wife'i funeral—a little bill of 6000 francs—was handed to him " I had almost rather that she had not died!"

Loving.— At three years of age we low our mothers; at six, our fathers; at 10, holidays; at 16, dress; at 30, onr sweet* hearts; at 25, our wires; at 40, our fhildren; at 60, ourselves,