The Sun.
London, England, 1862-07-23 00:00:00

CRICKET.

TUE NORTH V. THE SOUTH.—Yesterday was the second
day of the match for Grundy's benefit ; and thn ground was
again well attended by his admirers and patrons, upwards
of 2,000 paying at the gates. The South, with five wickets
down for 24 runs, resumed their innings, and a very short
one it proved to be, the whole being disposed of for 61. The
fielding of the North was good, and so effective was Tar•
rant's bowling that nine wickets gave way to him. The
sixth wicket fell for 27, the seventh for 28, eighth for 45,
ninth for 57, tenth for 61. The South, being in a large
minority (210), followed their innings, and played with a
spirit of determination as if they would not be beaten inglo-
riously; but, however pluckily they played against the
above large score, and made an innings of 200, they were
left defeated in one innings and 10 runs. Tarrant, Wootton,
Hayward, and Jackson bowled ; Wootton obtained five
wickets, Tarrant three, and Jackson two. Mr. Nicholson
batted safely and steadily, and in his innings of 40 were a
four and seven twos. Bennett played well, and made a
stand for 27, in which were a four, three threes, and four
twos. Mr. Traill added a good 13. 11. H. Stephenson
batted beautifully, and when joined with the last man
(Hearn) both made runs rapidly ; the latter, however, gave
way to Tarrant after marking 15, leaving Stephenson to
carry out his bat with 55, which included a five, a four, six
threes, and five twos. Mr. F. Wright, whom we noticed as
batting so well for the North, is, we learn, captain of the
Eleven of Rossall School.
GENTLEMEN OP SURREY CLUB v. GENTLEMEN OP
SOUTH WALES CLUB.—At the Surrey Ground, Kenning-
ton-oval, yesterday, this match was continued from the
previous day. Surrey finished their second innings for 06,
Mr. J. Walker being absent. South Wales had 127 to get
to win, and after a good contest they succeeded in getting
them, leaving two wickets to go down.
KENNINGTON CLUB V. SOUTH LONDON.—Theso clubs
played a match on Saturday at the Sarrey Ground, Ken-
nington-oval, and after a well-contested game, Kennington
proved victorious by seven runs.
NICHOLSON'S DISTILLERY v, HENDON CLUB.—The
match between these clubs took place at Hendon on Satur-
day, when Nicholson's won by nine wickets, Mr. Absolon
bowling remark ably well for them,

"No doubt a separate account might have been
set up and a separate loan raised, so as to keep the
China Advances' entirely distinct from general In-
dian expenditure, and make the case parallel to
that put by Sir C. Wood, of immediate credit given
at one of your treasuries for any specific sum dis-
bursed at another ; or to that of such a separate
account as that of the Exchequer Loan Commis-
sioners in England. But nothing of the sort was
ever done, and the advances were made in hard
cash, out of the Indian treasuries, at a time when
it was very inconvenient to make them, and our
expenditure for stores, &c., is to this day swelled
by purchases to replenish magazines diminished by
issues two years ago for service in China.
" Moreover, Sir C. Wood never touches what is
my main argument as regards the policy or impo-
T of relieving taxation on the faith of a surplus
'died partly by this extraordinary receipt, viz.,
at there are extraordinary charges on the other
le.
" Call the £529,000 of China refund, if you like,
windfall' or a cash balance, and not a revenue
ceipt ; there are charges of £489,000 on the other
side for the Persian telegraph, new India-office,
&c., which are quite as much of a special and tem-
porary nature as the China refund.
" Could it have been good policy, with a clear
surplus of actual cash balances and of ordinary re-
venue, to retain taxes open to the gravest political
objections because we carried purism in finance to
such an extremity as to refuse to set off a real

though extraordinary receipt of £529,000 against
a doubtful, but, if real, equally extraordinary charge
of £489,000 of the same year ?
" This was my argument, and it is not even ad-
verted to.