The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-12 00:00:00

CRICKET.

M.C.C. AND GROUND V. ROYAL ARTlLLKRT.—Yesterday, at
Lord's Ground, the eighty-first season of the Itarylebone Cricket
Club was inaugurated by a match between the abovenamed
elevens. The activity of the present executive has been further
demonstrated during the recess by the erection of a spacious
and commodious hotel on the site of the inconvenient and com-
fortless apology for a tavern which so long existed there. The
ground, too, has received considerable attention, the practice
wickets having been !skid, and improvement generally has been
the order of the day. Play yesterday commenced at half-pant
twelve. The Royal Artillery having won the tom, took first
and were represented by Lieut.-Colonel Milman and
Hamond, bowled at by the two new "ground men "
Again' of Cambridge and Price of Nottingham. The wickets,
which were pitched towards the north-east corner of the area,
were in good playing order, though as a matter of course some-
what bard after tha long drought. Jigging began with an over
of half-volleys to leg, which yielded three tuna, but
Price, 'who delivered from the pavilion end, found
out the colonel's middle stump in his third over.
The innings culminated at 5.25 for 104 runs. Mr. Harvey Fel-
lows kept wicket in his old form. The M.C.C. fielded well. The
young bowlers (Price especially) acquitted themselves very credi-
tably. After luncheon—viz., at three o'clock—Mews. Ellis and
Dove, on behalf of the M.C.C., faced the bowling of Colonel
Milman and Captain Campbell—the former at the pavilion end.
The last wicket fell exactly at six o'clock, 156 being the total. At
Sl6 the Royal Artillery sent in Captain Hammond and Sergeant
Ledsham, Price and Jiggins again leading the at* ack. The first
wicket (Captain tHamonds) fall with the score at 7, of which be
made s, and Mr. Dully was easily caught after a ball or two. Mr.
Griffith' joined Sergeant Ledaham, and the two played out time
15.30), the score denoting 13 runs for two wickets. The following
the score :—Artillery, first innings, 104; second innings, la,
two wicket' down. M.C.C., first innings, 150. The game will be
resumed thls day at noon, when the splendid band of the Royal
Artillery win again be in attendance. The St. John's Wood
Railway lands passengers within 200 yards of Lord's Ground.
Tar ABORIGINAL BLACI RLEVIIII. —A telegram was received
in town yesterday to the effect that the Paramatta, in which
the troupe had taken passage, bad arrived safely off Penzance,

THE PROPOSED MEETING IN TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.
—Last night a general meeting of the committee of the
Working Men's Association was held at the Bell Inn, Old
Bailey, to decide upon the resolutions and complete the
arrangements for the great demonstration to take place in
Trafalgar-square, on Wednesday evening next, Mr. Law-
rence in the chair. The secretary reported the proceedings
taken by the sub-committee to carry out the meeting in
accordance with the decision of the general meeting on
Friday last. The proposed meeting had been advertised
in the dail papers, the walls and hoardings had been ex-
tensively p , and handbills had been publicly dis-
tributed and sent to the officers of the various working
class organisations. A special bill had been prepared for
distribution at the St. James's-hall meeting, on Tuesday
evening, and amongst the crowds who might be
expected to assemble on Wednesday to wi:ness the
proceedings connected with her Majesty's layinga
the foundation stone of St. Thomas's Harm
This bill was as follows:—" Men of London, don't fail in
meeting in Trafalgar-square on Wednesday evening, May
13, to turn out the tones." To give the meeting a dis-
tinctive character, the large banner of the association
would be placed in the square, but there would be no pro-
cession or bands of music, it being considered the gravity
of the crisis was in itself sufficient to bring the people
together. The report was adopted, and the committee then
proceeded to discuss the resolutions. There are to be
three in number. The first resolution congratulates the
House of Commons on its desire to do justice to Ireland,
by the total removal of one of its monster grievances—an
alien church establishment—end endorses the opinion ex-
pressedby Mr. Bright in the House of Commons on Thurs-
day
evening last as to the unconstitutional conduct
of the prime minister in retaining office in the
face of such a very large adverse majority, and
bringing in her Majesty's name to sustain him
in such a course. The second resolution declare* it to be
inexpedient to allow the present government to remain
any longer in office, to exercise the patronage of office for
six or nine months longer, and to have the opportunity
of influencing or controlling the general election under
the new Reform Act, and calls upon the liberal parlia-
mentary leaders to eject them from aloe by the means
of a direct motion of want of confidence. The third
resolution proposes the adoption of an address to her
Majesty, preying her to accept the resignation of the
present nunhetry, and to select a new government from
the majority the House of Commons. The various
speakers to the resolutions were then appointed, com-
prising leading members of the association of the Reform
League, and of working clans organisations. To provide
for the contingency of the proposed meeting being inter-
fered with by the government it was also resolved that
all conflict with the authorities should be carefully
avoided, and that the people should proses& to Hyde-park,
where the meeting should be held, and a vote of than to
the chairman ormoinded the proceedings.
THE LONDON LIBRARY, 12, St. James's-square,
is sew opts earlSO:lock in the and will continue to
be so until the Ilk July.—(A4T