VICTORIA.

Press, Volume IV, Issue 475, 7 May 1864, Page 3

VICTORIA.

The concluding match between the All-England Eleven and Twenty-two of Victoria was commenced on the 2lst on the Melbourne ground. The Victorians in their first innings made 150, showing a marked improvement in their play since the first match ; the Eleven had made 74 *with fire wickets down. We copy the score from tlu? Argus of the 23rd, our latest date from Melbourne •—

VICTORIAN* TWESTT-TWO. First Innings. Wardill, E. W.'c Anderson b Jackson... 5 O'Brien c Carpenter b Jackson ... 4 Jncomb b Jackson ... ... ... 3 Brvsyit b Tarrant ... ... ... 15 Greaves S Tinley b Tarrant 18 Glen b Tinley ... 0 Makii*son bTarrant ... ... ... 12 Swcenev c Carpenter b Tarrant ... 14 Tait c Lockyer b Caffyn 14 Huddleston'e 1 b w b Caflyn 0 Hewitt run out 5 Conway b Jackson ... 2 Marshall b Jackson ... 2 Stewart b Tarrant 10 Hopkinson b Jackson ... ... ... 0 V. Cameron b Jackson ... ... 0 Mortimer b Jackson ... ... ... 6 Wills, c. Anderson, b. Jackson ... 10 Cosstick, c. Grace, b Jackson... ... 4 Phillips, (Bal.) b. Tinlev 2 Phillips, (E.M.) not out 10 A'Beckctt, run out ... 5 Byes, 2; leg-byes, 5 ; widcs, 2. ... 9 Total 150 Avaltsis.—Jackson bowled 148 balls, 1 wide, ID maidens, 10 wickets ; Haywnrd bowled 95 balls, 12 maidens; Tarrant bowled 220 balls. 1 wide, 33 maidens, 5 wickets; Tinley howled 110 balls, 10 maidens, 2 wickets; Caffyn bowled 60 balls, 11 maidens, 2 wickets. -XL-ENGLAND ELEVEN. •Grace, b. Cosstick 4 Tarrant, c. Glen, b. Stewart 3 Caflyn, c. Marshall, b. Wills 16 Hay ward, c. Sweeney, h. Cosstick ... 3 Carpenter, c. Glen, b. Bryant 27 Parr, not out 7 Anderson, not out 6 Wides 8 Total 74 The Argus says:—We are happy to say that the Melbourne Club liavo at length come to terms with Caffyu, who will, therefore, remain amongst ns for some time His teaching ought to be invaluable to the playing members of the club. Grace at Single Wicket.—Mr. Grace, the premier amateur bnt of Englund, gave an example of his wonderful skill at Maryborough, on Saturday. After the conclusion of tho eleven a side game, it waa arranged that Mr. Grace should play a single wicket match against the best of the local cricketers. It was imagined by many that the local six would be found a match for Grace, but the result, of the game, so far as it went, proved that he was far more than equal to any bowling that could be brought against him. Grace went first to tho wickets, and soon commenced scoring rapidly. The bowling waa changed until neartv the whole six had attempted to bowl him. but he still continued to hit the ball all over the field. •- low and fast bowling were alike to him, and the bowlers were relieved one after the other, but Grace still had his wickets upright. The score increased at an Astonishing rate, and when 100 runs had heen obtained, play was stopped for a few minutes, and Grace took a short rest and some refreshment. When he again went to the wickets he hit as fresh and hard as before ; and when the time arrived for drawing the stumns, his score stood at 135 and not out —a state of things rarely if ever previously arrived at. Some of the bowling he had to contend against was good, but when he was fairly in he appeared to hit balls however well pitched. In making the 126 runs, Mr. Grace ran nearly three nnd a hidf miles, a pedestrian feat of no small msgnitote when the party performing had no rest, and was using violent exertions in hitting aa well aa running. When play was stopped, it appeared p-obaWe that if daylight had permitted he would havi» kept his wickets up as long as he pleased.— Talbot Leader. April 19. The Salmon OvA.—-The success of the salmon ova importation experiment is not yet. fully established. Wb«*n the 181 boxes arrived in Melbourne by the Norfolk one box was opened by Mr. Rams* bottom, who declared that a portion of the ova waa still alive. The box was instantly closed, and eventually 170 boxes were forwarded per Victoria steamer to Tasmania, Eleven boxes were left in Melbourne, in tho core of the Acclimatisation Society. Five of them were opened, and out of the ova they contained two-thirds are pronounced dead. The Argus of the 23rd says:—We announced yesterday that, because of the large balance of dead salmon ova found in five out of the eleven boxes left in Victoria, there was large room for fear as to the ultimate success of the experiment of their introduction to these colonies—the rivers of Tasmania especially. Since then the remainder have been opened, and certainly the result has been more cheering ; nevertheless, by far the largest half of the ova are dead, and, in fact, it is doubted if there remain a thousand healthy ova out of the whole lot. This, though it forces us to the lowest ebb of anticipation, yet leaves room for great hopes. It must be remembered that 170 boxes were sent on to Tasmania, nnd, even allowing the average of live ova to be far less than is found here, still enough will remain to breed amply sufficient for the nurnoses of acclimatisation. The thousand live ova in Victoria would in fact be enough, and wo may reasonably expect that number to bo multipled many times over in the boxes carried away by the Victoria steamer. We shall await further advices from Tasmania with much anxiety Finance.—The Melbourne Herald of the 11th inst. says: —The financial position of the country, although not alarming, demands careful attention. A deficiency of more than a hundred and fifty thousand . pounds is shown by Mr. Verdon's balance sheet. This falling off is almost entirely attributable to the - diminution in the Land Revenue. A cursory glance at the Treasurer's figures will show that there is every reason to believe that the annual sum derivable from this source has been permanently diminished by recent legislation. The amount received from this source during the past quarter was one hundred and twenty-three thousand pounds less than was estimated, and ton thousand pound less than was received during the corresponding period of 1868, while the amount received during the year ending on31st of last March was four hundred and fifty thousand pounds less than during the preceding twelve mont-if. The present quarter will, in all probability. sho*v a stilt further decrease, as the rents of runs are pnid during the fir*t two months of the year, while the quantity of land sold during the present unsettled stitc of the law seems likely to" griw small by degrees and beautifully less. It is aa well that Parliament should clearly realise the im«portance of the present crisis. The time has arrived when Victoria, following the example of New South Wales and Tasmania, must cease to rely to so large an extent as hitherto upon her land revenue. For the future, settlement must precede sale, and land must not be sacrificed to fill an empty treasury. If his course of policy be not cheerfully adopted by the Government, it will be forced upon them from without. Either our expenditure must b«i permanently reduced from three millions to two millions and a-half. or the revenue must be supplemented by additional taxation. Dog Snow.—The same paper contains a long account of the recent doe show at Melbourne, from - which we extract the following :—The dog show is over, and the various animals—pointers, eettlers, terriers, and all the different species of the canine race, that for two memorable days have been subjected to the prying curiosity of us bipeds—are now released from their purgatory. Yesterday was the grand day, so far as attendance was concerned. No less than 5,000 people visited the Exhibition yesterday, and upwards of 2,000 the first day. The interest evinced in the personal appearance of the various animals was intense. Sapient were tbe remarks made by the individuals who affected a knowledge of the "points " of the animals ; profound the dialogues carried on as to this pointer's age and that **«tter a sex ; obstinate too the arguments with respect totb» I breeding of one animal and the pedigree of another. | In short, yesterday, to make a stupid joke, Melbourne went to the "dogs," and had a surfeit of matter* canine. If the more prominent animals excited ad-

miration upon the first day's exhibition, how much " greater was the interest ov-.neecl upon the second. 'Shut renmrfcable dog ' Tartar' —he ci" the tsvt — looki-ii more dissipated and d.- : -::'.ic;ic.i than ever, and appeared rs thoiijrh )\c i:a-.l pa-*ed the night m smoking pipes nr. 1 drinking surreptitiou? nobblovs of gin and wine. JJ« .eye.» tvero red antl inflamed and his voice husky, but still he was the focus of a general fueling of wonder and nndmiration. Then again " Toby" looked if possible more desperately wicked than ever. .An ctil purpose larked in. his eve, and his tail rigid with suppressed hate was full of an eloquent expression, and altogether we are afrjid this dog of evil passions and corrupt disposi-1 tion has-secretly determined to have a fearful revenge for the indignities that have been cast upon him recently. The Maltese pus; appeared to be in a comatose state —utterly indiilerent to his present and future fate. We are afraid that lie has resorted to opium to drown his sensitive feelings. The terriers, generally, were in a state of exhaustion, brought on, doubtless, by their recent excesses. The pointers looked languid and done up, and the kangaroo dogs lay at full length in a state of utter prostration. It was evident that a crisis had come, and one day more of this exhibition and a civil war would have broken out amongst our canine population. A great number of ladies visited the show yesterday, and during the day the apartment in which the "pets" were assembled was crowded by fair enthusiasts. Extraordinary were the endearing epithets which were lavished in tantalising profusion upon these enviable creatures. Caresses from pretty little gloved hands, and tender glances from the most wonderfully beautiful eyes were the lot of the " Blenheims," the toy terriers and the {)oodles. Happy beasts! Their " captivity, at east, was one of roses, nnd reclining upon soft cushions in voluptuous ease, these little Sybarites passed some forty-eight hours of more than ranine bliss. Then the clogs of the "fancy" held their lcrce also, and fresh crowds of '' horsey " looking men, with a straw between their teeth and an atmosphere of gin about their persons, were to be seen in knots, discussing the merit of the eccentric looking animals that alone were deemed by them worthy of notice. Sublime was their ecorn of " .'pnniels and sieh like," and wonderful the interest they felt in their depraved looking dogs, of which "Tartar" is the most utterly lost. The judges yesterday awarded honorable mention to Mr. Cameron's Lola Montes, a spaniel of the springer and cocker kind ; honorable mention to Mr. Edward Wilson's Charley; nnd very justly io Mr. Henry Htirst's group of Kangaroo dogs — Bruce, Ccesar, and jN'oble; honorable mention was also accorded to Mr. Snmner'a Blanco, a greyhound. The judges also commended the whole class of poodles; and also awarded honorable mention to Mr. Thoma* Smith's Tiger, a dog of the turnspit kind, and the only one of the species we believe in the colony. 37r. dough , * splendid Irish wolfhound, Jasper, excited much admmiticn. lie is n nificent fellow. Altogether the dog show has bee , " a triumph, and the success of this one will be an incentive, wo trust, to those who have had the management of the affair, to arrange for a future and permanent series of snch exhibitions. They cannot, fail to be of great service, as the inducement they offer to breeders to improve the -quality of these animals, ■which are at once co necessary in the pursuit of our businesses and pleasures.