Local Intelligence.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 535, 19 December 1857, Page 4

Local Intelligence.

The Anniversary Holiday on Wednesday passed over-very pleasantly. The day was fine and'warm until the evening, when it broke with a thunder shower, followed by torrents of rain.

All the out-of-door entertainments were howe concluded by the time the rain commenced a i those. only felt .. much of its, iinconvSce wh were preparing to start to a ball or other Jl ing enjoyment. ' ': '. ' ";-• ? ve.»Tliere was little: noticetakenof the day ' iEyttelton beyond the cldsihg of places of bii<? ness, a course which was adopted throuMionf the settlement. The principal attraction of t\ day was at Riccarton, .where rural sports catn! off amid a large concourse of spectators -w!: have, not; been able to obtain the particulars of' this fete, but we hope to be able to; give' a full' account of it ,in our next.- ; ; , f' The cricket match' at the ■' other side" of Christchurclr drew a good1 share of visitors? The fineness of the weather, and the novelty of the occasion, rendered the, day's amusement peculiarly pleasant. The match was played on a'large meadow which forms part of Mr. \V & Brittan's farm, close to the Avon and' to' the border of the town. The .ground was' rather rough, as every ground must be which has not been properly laid down for the purpose • and the players were somewhat out of practice'; but we must say that the play was of so good a sort throughout as to show plainly that the elements of good cricketing still remain atnoiW us, and need only opportunity for development We cannot dwell upon the merits of the indi-' vidual players ; we can only'mention that several votaries of the science made their first ap. pearance as such in Canterbury on this occasion, and proved themselves valuable acquisitions. , / The game was made a match between the married and single players ; but the former had to choose some on their side who were not Benedicks, to make the numbers equal. For the sake of including all who were present, thirteen were placed on each side. The married men. won the *oss and sent in the .single men to the wickets. We subjoin the score. ; SINGLE.; —FIRST INNINGS..A. Blakiston, b Ward '.... o J_ Dawe, c Hodgson b Croft ... 15 ' H. Green, b Ward .- 0 F. E. Stewart, c Croft b Ward... 0 • CC. Bowen, b Croft 11 L. Walker, b Hodgson o J. Fuller, b Hodgson... „.. o S. Field, b Croft 1 C. Hodge, c Adams b Croft 0 J. Browning, b Hodgson ......... o H. Younger, b Hodgson 0 H. Wilson, cJ. Marshall b Croft 2 J. Blanchard, not out 0 Byes, 8; wides, 12; no ball.l 21 T0ta1......... 50-SECOND-INNINGS. A. Blakiston, b Croft ..;.....:;.,! H. Green, b Croft 3 F. E. Stewart, c Lawrence b Croft 23 C. C. Bowen, leg before wicket... l 1.. Walker, run out 3 ' J. Fuller, not out 2 J. Browning, c Marshall, b Bargrove '. p H. Younger,b Bargrove i........ 2 H. Wilson, b Croft 0 J. Blanchard, c Hodgson b Croft I Byes, 3; wides, 11; leg bye, 1; no balls, 3 18 Total 54 MARRIED.—SIIIST. INNINGS; C. J. Hodgson, b Blakiston 2 C. Ollivier, run out .' o T. Bruce, run out 2 J. Marshall, b Blakiston 6 S. Bargrove, b Blakiston 1 R. Marshall, c Walker b Blakiston ... .1 T. Adams, b Blakiston 4 C. Ward, bßowen....'. 5 A. C. Croft, run out 3 W. G. Brittan, not 0ut...;..................14 J. Longden, b Bowen. -. 7 W. C. Lawrence, c Green b Blakiston 0 T. S. Duncan, b Bowen 0 Byes, 2; wides, 4 6 T0ta1.... 51 Owing to the change of weather and thelateness of the hour, the married side did not go to the wicket "a second time. The match' \va& accordingly decided by the result of the Ist innings in favor of the Benedicks. A return,match was arranged on the ground to take place, the day after the races. , _■ „,; '_.. Luncheon took place in the middle of the Innings of the marrried side, when' fhV>health. of the President of the Club, Mr/ W. & Brittan, was drunk, and responded to by him in a short speech; looking forward to.a resuscitation of the Cricket Club and; to a possible challenge of the other provinces of K"ew Zealand.: : ..ri l ■ The amusements] of the day wereijponcluded by a public ball at the Town; Hallitin .Christehurch.,, The persons present numbered abpup 150. The room was,beautifully decprated[but was somewhat incommodious from the want ot additions 'which'will shortly be made to it; arid; the weather and' sbnie 'deficiency in' the arrangements contributed to'spoil the pleasure. Nevertheless:all; went off well.; jiv'-'"" ;:

The secor.d representation of ' Othello' at the Theatre on Thursday evening drew but a small house. It was, however, as well played as before. 'Bombastes Eurioso* was the afterpiece, and kept the audience in roars. Mrs. Folej 8 favourite song oFthe 'Dashing White Sergeant, introduced therein, was capitally .sung andencored. The ' Hunchback' is promised for rJew Year's Day. Captain Parsons, late Harbour Master of this Port,, has resigned his appointment on a pension, subject to the approval,of,.the;Provinpial-Coun-cil, and'is succeeded-;by Captain Sproule, if 0™ 'the brig Prinm Donna, and formerly ot the barque-Fatiiria; The appointment took place

s on Thursday. .' The; patr.onage, jthough., normally in the hands of, the Government of New geaiand, has been.by arrarigement transferred i o the Provincial'■Gdver'nmWnt J u'pon Vhom'the expense of the department falls. ' ; .', .' . On Thursday evening the beautiful phehoenO n the Aurora was visible /in the rsouthern g w. It was first seen about .10 o'clock and continued for some time visible' in the form'of jays of light radiating-from a .point on the horizon, arid. apparently moving its position Wduallyfrom the west to the east' of south. When firsi observed it was of a reddish colour, afterwards changing to white. ; . : ; Two runaways, from Nelson,, who, had been committed for trial to the: gaol of that province and escaped south' wards,. were brought up for examination at the "Police' Court in'this town on Monday,last. ■/ .They ■had been cleverly apprehended at'Mr. Mason's station, Waitphi, by Mr- Rfevell the-subiihspector'ofpo|ic|i'' at Kaiapoi/ and -Woxight 'down!; by him- ssingle handed. Their names are Britton-.'(with several aliases) and Cumberland.;,, and tliere is said* to be a third, not yet captured. There .wasjnd doubt about 'their identity and they were ac« . <jordingly forwarded to Nelson by the tJira:.