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' " T iVwfl oim owir?ooRaESPvrvT.i
r October 4.
'» 5ft;stonisas tbongb'/we- were never to have
(long with.wm1' leather- .Heavy showers, rind
hhi vrinflt wfifli ihtewe. cold have lately been
ihe order of things, and night it .poured
' in tdrtocts/iteving nothing risible bijt pinto and
mad: this mminc. and-ibont as much to remind.
' one 'of-cspringtim osrthere-was in the den-d .of
winter.: 1 ;htord Gaptein /ones of the De.wn,
1 gvc oir Saturday that be had been -sailing on this '
coartf irovei1twpr.tr yon"; and he. did not ;
. .recollect a winter during that period that could
compare, in an nverato "way. with the present «
for vio'encp, duration and general discomfort. . .
It wrii'lrot a pleasant-day on Saturday last,
Daring the afternoon it blewand rained heavily,
ret the local fctfibsllers mustered in force, and
.played a mateH of. 15 a aide on the
'cnricet - -around; ...A._?reat improvement was
noticeable in tbe play of the Portland men
who «?enj-tobavc profited by thejessoti t mcht
the Co'ffl-tune Ijtely. Tl.ey
vLidji.'-meetvhe.liamatonibaia; AsdJt
/ - - — L w++hqttte
god 5 aertbt s«uiapftttfituiwn. — , ? . ,
match fixed for Saturday last" should havfe
fallen through- As the weaSher tutted oat,' it is
just as well as it is, but the Hamiltoniansnever-
-thele'owe us'some ; reparation-. which they con .
best settle bw.fixmgithe.maich. for an early daie;
. Some excellent -cdiirsih took place at Soitth
Portland! in:Mr».FoHenty EtPjiddojsk. onSattir
day afternoon: The rabhife were atrong wnd
ple«tif3 laRtbHogs in udiiHrablefiriin:> Rot
Shortlv; .1 pneepme; ese.sjiorte-yrill yield to
cricket if we a ».»mva hay sfimmbr we&jher at
all, r.„ , 7 , ..
Talktogont cricket, it js f«U known that f
tbe local oh$ .has-bqto taking a downward
oonree toV: jtoelast'.toto! b'r thre years, and has
about as much vitaHtjf jniow' asi A IoS- ' I bay®.
Hesitation ' in attributing a good . deal /of'.
this decadence ; w; tA®. idistsnt pon won ot
the ground,;., -though... . , is. . _ certain ttot
crickejaqgV-. suthuaastn ' -w»» onto strong
enough to "render this drawback of little oonBe-
quence. Itls s fact, io5; that "the hesirphtrera —
fliTxtnginc op Uo?in£ tSffctii iRoprtiMrt.- end to
hem so long n walk, eepeoially after a match or
ipiaotise, iSlafioTi. jiii eOortheinp maxifio
,-form a new- club, and. obtain a piece of ground
'In some more central locality, and a maetiffi ,
wto-fitod a-«m.<31uKHottilator»reelc3to»e-
purpose: be A fair Btart «to. made, ; aa3 TO"<Joat
theecdud imeetmg, o l>c held ueit WiMaday;
"will have practical apd encouraging resnltB. It
ia a pity fiht: curator of our gardens. oouldJ not. - , .
manage to - get1, the :Huid-atreet .reserve epm . .
-bontii grasa this season. "When tbe oval therp-ia . ,
fib for plav the site will be.. .all ttot oan-bq- -
dhnred, and its ,qeii)»J portion will lead, no.
fib 13 bi, to.an 3ji crease of spectators, nn element
which isjiiehWhlj'jCODaiflciious byita'ateento ;/
whene\-er- :i laaich is played on the . Is orth
Bluff. . -. . i :
i For sbjqie.time now. oyer year I fobto; tto ;
Heywoodi '.Ondah, >"d snrtounding dlatncta
"tore been, without aCharcb.bf Engbuid miii«a . ' '
tor. and ffieir;:torvtes baVe1>een flgitotldnthh ' ;
ilolunteere'ibr eU« ihere.ha.ye been ' nonei t glL'
At-laatrJldwever, the TSUihoj) of Baliarat 'hsa
Mtiimfieq 3Ir. iSi'GilmerJ'-srho.itakes .up ilria
libode Ire fft'.ViBct;' aUdtooaiiueucea tna-fiutoCB . .
this'wtok.' 'MxeQilmer bis dffimateii: i-heliete;
JavSJf htoderffn tbetifocea6.'<if:J6KioTne,aBd (:
i bif A' flVm hiid: eicperieotod wtgier.-
T rae;(CqwratWn'tmfte'tiren»arto";eomaletion
rapidly. and wiilbe . 'in. j5oddSmefpi;' the .fiiist 1
batch of vja'toa should tlie weather, and the
Opposing nauswjntooperato toq atrongly agamat
to- To thotoeWju ukphdays alio limited the
EzliMtmi. iiaturallr.prpte he.kttractuitk
hut there ia always tne hope left tnat a very
little of that will go.a long, way in. the height of
snnmar,iitad,;tiiai.J5oitUiid breezes aJid , puis
taltwatorlndll ttratoaipum)ir.of.etrangcrs who
have not .
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