The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-22 00:00:00

CRICKETING.

BRIGHTON, WEDNII6DAT.—The last grand match this sea-
son, Sussex (with Fuller and Pilch) against all England, is
now being played in Brown's grounds. It commenced on
Monday morning, and was not over yesterday afternoon ( Wed-
nesday), when this account was despatched. Sussex made an
excellent first innings, scoring 104, out of which number Pilch
obtained 38 from his bat. England scored 120 the first inn-
ings, Wenman (a Kentish player) scored half the number,
playing a desperate but manly game, running from his ground,
and meeting Lillywhite's ball, which he struck in all direc-
tions, scoring several fours in succession. The " nonpareil"
bowler, who is admitted to bowl with more precision, and better
length balls, than any man in England, appeared perfectly as-
tounded at Wenman's assurance ; but the latter took it very
quietly, and for a length of time defied all their efforts to get
him out. At length Lily dropped the ball short, Wenman
struck with great force, but he did not take the ball full, and
he was caught easily by the bowler. In the course of the
match the scientific batting of Pilch excited the greatest admi-
ration. At three o'clock Sussex had two wickets to be put
down, and had headed their opponents upwards of 100. Pilch
scored more than half the number, and it is confidently expected
that Sussex will add another laurel to its brow. The game is
not expected to tcrmiaate to-day.

Four splendid carriages, manufactured expressly
for the King of Hanover, by Messrs. Adams of the Hay-
market, were last week shipped for that country ; they
consist of two phaetons, a landau, and a chariot. They
are made on the same principle, and with the same decora-
tions, as the Royal carriages of this country, and bearing,
in addition to the Royal arms of England, the White
Horse of Hanover. The beauty and elegance of their
style and build excited universal admiration.

On Wednesday a case of an unparalleled description
was brought before Bailie Small, in the Police Court. Two
men, Joseph Smith and Duncan Mitchell, were put to the
bar accused with " wickedly, maliciously, and viciously biting
each other's noses off, and otherwise maiming one another,
in a house in the Old Wynd, the previous evening ;" and
never before, even in the Police Office, did we witness
two such figures. The dress of both was torn to rags,
and their faces were covered, in every direction, with scars,
bloody scratches, and other marks of savage violence ; while
large white plaisters enveloped the spot where the nasal
organs of the cannibals had formerly luxuriated, but which,
with all the soldering together and patching up of the skil-
ful surgeon of the establishment, gave now very slight indi-
cation of bone fide nose at all. Smith had also about an
inch or so of finger bitten off, and, but for the timely inter-
ference of the Police, it is probable one or other, if not both,
of the brutes would have been worried. Altogether their
appearance at the bar was rather ludicrous than otherwise.
They stared at the grotesque countenance of each other, and
seemed satisfied to this extent—that exceedingly little advan-
tage had been gained by either ; while the audience appeared
not to know whether to laugh at or commiserate the objects
before them. After an appropriate address from the Ma-
gistrate on the ferocious and unmanly conduct of the pri-
soners, they were ordered to pay the doctor's bill for put-
ting together what remained of their heads, and dismissed.
—Glasgow Herald.

JOINT STOCK BANKS.—The tendency of these
establishments to keep the currency from being driven in,
is m intained by the Economist. In this publication two
documents appear : one is a table of the amount of stamps
issued to Country Bankers in the years 18'23, 1824, 1825,
and 1826, omitting the I/. notes which were withdrawn in
the interval. The other is an account of the aggregate
amount of notes circulated in England and Wales by Pri-
vate Banks and Joint Stock Banks and their Branches ;
distinguishing Private from Joint Stock Banks.—( From
Returns directed by 3 and 4 Wm. IV., c. 83.) Of the
latter our contemporary says, "This table, contrasted with
the previous one, shows not only that during the late pres-
sure the circulation was pretty well sustained, but that it
was so sustained solely by the strength and elasticity of
the Joint Stock Bunk circulation, that of the Private Banks
still exhibiting, notwithstanding the support of the Joint
Stock Banks, a tendency to give way"—adding, " this must
naturally make a great difference between the present
period and 1823 ; and this difference, we consider, we are
now experiencing, for trade has begun already to revive,
whereas it was some years before it began to recover itself
after the pressure of 1825."

The French iron-workers at Forchamhault, in the
department of the Nievre, are exceedingly jealous of the
English artisans, who get higher wages than they, but who,
after all, have taught the trade in that department. Several
English workmen, Lewis, Morgan, and Humphries, were at-
tacked on the 15th •l' August. Their houses wet.; beset, their
windows broken, and Morgan was saved by a French baker,
in whose house he took refuge. Seven of the refractory
were brought up the other day for trial, and condemned to
terms of imprisonment—some for six months, some for two.
On Saturday last an inquest was taken at Coppul,
on the body of Thomas Balton, a collier, of about 26 years
of age. On the Thursday morning preceding deceased
was working next the Burgh colliery ; they were getting
some pillars out to make the road wider, and as witness
(Ilalliwell) was hollowing the drive he told deceased to
stand up a little higher ; witness had previously examined
the root; and it appeared to be very solid. In the course
of the operation witness heard a crack, which he mentioned
to his fellow-labourers ; in less than a minute, however,
the roof of the pit gave way, and the earth fell upon the
deceased and knocked him down ; witness should suppose
that upwards of twenty tons' weight fell from the roof ; the
men immediately set to work to clear away the rubbish,
and in about an hour and a quarter the deceased was got
out, but he was quite dead ; his back and one arm were
broken and his head severely crushed ; there was no neg
lest on the part of any of the persons coneeraed flout the
pit, and there was no suspicion that the roof wa-s weak.
The jury found a verdict of accidental death.—Preston
Chronicle.

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