The Express.
London, England, 1867-07-31 00:00:00

CRICKET.-{THIS DAY.)

GENTLiNEN r. PLATSES (01P THE SOUTH).
The weather this morning was just such as cricketers
delight in, and at 20 minutes past 12 play was recom-
menced in this match at the OvaL Last night, when the
stumps were drawn, the gentlemen had rubbed off 158 of
the 170 standing against them for the loss of six
wickets, Mr. I. I.). Walker being (not out) 21,
and Mr. Bonitbee (not out) 13. Theme gentlemen
again tenanted the wickets, and Sontherton delivered the
first over to Mr. Bonitbee, who cut the last ball well for
two.l James Lillywhite trundled from the Pavilion wicket,
bowled a couple of maidens, and, off his twelfth ball, Mr.
Walker got a single. In the next over Mr. Walker drove
him splendidly to long-off for five, and this cleared off the
runs. When five more runs were made Willsher went on
at Southerton's end. The first ball of his second over was
close to Mr. Boultbee's wicket, and the next carried away
his leg stump for 23, making the seventh wicket for 178.
At a quarter to 1 the score was as under :
PLAYIKR.4.—Ftrat Indust.
J app. e Dawson, b G. H. Jupp
Humphrey, c Noble, b G. H. Jupp
Pam, b Grace
Grtilth, e Lucas, b Pelham
Pooley, c Lucas, b Pelham
Stephenson. run out
Hearne, at Round, b. L D. Whet ll
Mortlock, b Lipscomb 42
c Pelham, b I. D. Waller
Southerlon, c and b Pelham ll
Wlllsher, not out
ht.,LbLw4 7

Total an
GEIVTLIVEN.—Irtrat Innings. &coed halo..
C. Dam, EAq., c Payne b Bouthertou 11 c Poole, b South-

anon 4B
G. H. Amp, F.p., It w b Griffith .... 49 lb wb Souther-

.... ..
Hon. F. G. Pelham, b Sontherton.... 11 c Pa tonn 0
ye b Illly-
white 4
E. 11. Grace, Esq., b Boutherton .... 6 c Humphrey b IQ-
I. D. Walker, Eaq., e Pooley b South
erton 1 not out 33
J. Round, Fag., b Llllyerbite
A. 8. Griffiths, Esq., 4 Poole, b
Boutberton
C. Noble, EN., at Pool.y b /Math 0
L. Dolma, Isq., oMortlock b Gelol2ll 7 not oat
8 Boultbee, Esq., not out
J. Lipscomb, Hag.. et Pooley b Griffith 7
lb 6 b 4,1.. b 2 6

Total

A correspondent, writing from Vichy, says :
" The King of Sweden, Charles XV., lives here in the
strictest incognito, under the name of Count de Beckas-
hog ; he resides in the Emperor's villa, the interior of
which M. Leisure, the architect, has arranged to suit his
Majesty's coavenienoe. He has in ►ttendance his private
physician, M. Lundberg, and Doctors Alquif and Wille-
min, First and Second Inspectors of the Baths. The King
is fond of the theatre, and goes there every evening.
With that exception his life is singularly retired. He is
said to be well versed in music, himself writing words to
the melodies which he composes."

FAMINE IN ALGERIA. —Lamentable accounts are
received from Algeria. The whole African colony is said
to be menaced with famine. Several years of bad crops
and two invasions of locusts have brought the settlers and
the natives to the brink of ruin. There is a deficiency
of corn in French Africa, and in some places there does not
remain any Armin in stock. The natives are gradually
bringing their flocks—their only fortune—to the towns
on the coast, to exchange them for some sacks
of wheat or barley, for not only are the inhabitants with-
out food, but there is also a want of fodder for the cattle,
and the leanness of the sheep offered for sale by the
Bedouins in the markets of Plulippeville, Bons, and Oran
shows sufficiently the difficulty of providing for their
sustenance. The governor-general has requested M.
Levert, prefect of the Bouches-du Rhone, to give notice
of this state of things to the Chamber of Commerce of
Marseilles, with the hope that the high price given for
corn in Africa may induce the dealers of that port to send
over some cargoes of grain.—Galigenni.
WIVE Bonouare—There is a period, an antique
period, at which old port acquires what is known in the
trade as the " pig-dung stink," which is prized by old
gentlemen who keep old cellars far above the most fragrant
bouquet any pure wine ever possessed. We may here
remark, by the way, that bouquet, whenever it is met with
in young wine, is an adventitious addition. There are
certain enemas sold to perfume new wine and give it the
aroma of age. All the aitherous qualities which the wine-
taster feels for so delicately with his nose, are given ce by
age. Young wine, with the exception of Muscat, possums
no trace of the delicate perfume of the grape from which
it is made, these fine odours are wholly dissipated by the
=sof fermentation, and only reappear after she wine
een many years illbottle. If it were otherwise, we
fear, they would be anything but pleasant. The
of pressing the grape with the naked feet—one orglie
remnants of barbarism which the wine-makers still defend
and maintain—would certainly not impart to it any aroma
that would be pleasant, especially to Cape wine, where the
blacks do the work. " I was et dinner one day,"
gays Dr.Druitt, "sitting next to the late Arohdeaoon—,
from the Cape. I asked him the reason of the earthy
taste in the Hope wine. He said, 'My dear sir, if you
ever were at the Caps, and were to see the black' fellows
in the vineyard in the vintage time, and how they make
the wine, you would think earthy a very mild term
bulged W apply to it: "—Min§unyh Review,gvw