The Sun.
London, England, 1836-07-11 00:00:00

CRICKETING.

To-morrow one of the grandest cricket matches of the
season commences at Lord's Ground, the South of England
against the North of England. The nonpareil bowler, Lilly-
white, was completely " knocked up" by the intense heat of
the weather last week at Lord's, and the Southern players will
consequently be deprived of his able assistance.

PEDESTRIANISM.--A sailor, assuming the cognomen of
" The Wiltshire Youth"' undertook to walk fourteen miles iiA
two hours, at Barnet, on the 6th inst. He started from Mr.
Koe's, the Edinburgh Castle Inn, at ten minutes past two
o'clOck (the ground selected being one mile along the north
road); he accomplished eight miles within the first hour and
finished the whole distance within 11# minutes of the given
time. Botting was at first against him, not only on account of the
difficulty of the undertaking itself, but on account of that dif-
ficulty being increased by the extreme heat of the weather..
His companion stated that in March last the same individual
started on foot with the mail from Warminster, and reached
Devizes ten minutes before the mail arrived lherc. It appears
the only object of the pedestrian on that occasion, as well as
on the present, was to " raise the wind." He declared his in-
tention of running eleven miles within one hour, if his "begg- ,
ing box" proved successful at Barnet ; but we presume Oka "
rint-payers" hung fire, as he did not perform the latter feat..

AN ORANGEMAN'S OPINION OF LORD GREY.
—This amendment was just worthy of my Lord Grey, Whom
I always took to be a very stupid old tyrant.—London Cor-
respondent of Cork Evening _Herald.
POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS, BY SIR WILLIAM.
WRAXALL, BART.—Time, the unfailing dispenser of justice,
has produced a recognition of the veracity of this write} '; even
in that very party who formerly impugned his correriness.
Wraxall is now calkd the Clarendon of the reign of George-
111. ; and had he lived to the present day, when his value as
an " honest chronicler," is universally appreciated, be might
have considered unnecessary the remarkable words with which
he has concluded the final portion of his memoirs, wherein
vindicating his truth and impartiality, he says, ", Conscious
that I stand on the verge of life, and that I must' render an
account at the bar of that power from whom I received my
being, of all shat I have written, as well as of all that I hava
done, I can offer no homage to him except truth ; while to Pos-
terity my greatest, if not my only, recommendation must con-
sist in my impartiality."

The Duke of Orleans is about to send to the
Empress of Austria a book of prayers, of which the following
description is given :—The text is to he printed in brilliant
blue letters upon white watered silk leaves ; the initials or
head letters of gold illuminated with arabesques of the most
vivid colours. Each page will he surrounded by a vignette
border, stamped in gold, by a process used only at the ftcyal
printing-office. The titles of the chapters arc to be adorned
with delicate foliage and figures painted by the hand. The
volume will contain 50 vignettes or pictures painted by the
first artists of France, each surrounded by typographical orna-
ments in gold. The lining of the volume will be in cloth of
gold, with the double-headed eagle of Austria embroidered in
velvet. The edges of the leaves will be chased, according to
the style of the ancient oriental manuscripts, and the ribands
for marking the places have at their ends small gold medal-
lions, with the Empress's initials in enamel. The binding is
to be adorned with small medallions or has reliefs in chased
gold, representing subjects taken from the history of the
Virgin Mary, divided from each other by carvings in ivory, and
black and gold enamel. All the bosses are to be formed off
emeralds, and the clasps composed of the animals that are
emblems of the four evangelists.

PLATE FOR HIRE.—A LARGE ASSORT-
MENT OF PLATE is kept exclusively for LENDING; any
portion of which may be had for the use of Parties, Dinners, &c.,
at a very moderate charge, from T. COX SAVORY'S, Working
Goldsmith, Silversmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London..
N. B. A pamphlet maybe had gratis, containing a List of the Prices:
of Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c.