The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-14
ALBANY, May, II, lS4S.
The Albany Cricket Grounds Shooting Match
an Albany

ALBANY, May, II, lStS
The albany Cricket Grounds-A Shooting Match
in albany
Since the great trial match between the ST.
Georges and the Toronto Cricket Clubs, the crick-
eters in this region have kept somewhat quiet, and
| have not heard OF any new matches of Interest,"
Cricketng Is manly game, and should be glad
to see it practised here extensively as in Eng
land. club has recently been organised in this
city, and as the summer months approaching,
the members are making preparations for grand
campaign. Directly opposite the city there is
smooth and grassy peninsula of some thirty acres;
it is bordered the river side by row of venera-
bic elms, beneath whose shades the crcketers are
wont to rechne during the mtermlsslons between
the first and second innings. The club have pur-
chased or leased this beautiful peninsula; they
have built about it neat fence, and at one
end of the plain they have constructed shanty
for the umpires This cricket ground has
been styled by several gentlemen from Canada and
New York, one of the most spacious and elegant
cricket grounds IN America. 1t Is level meadow
OF about thirty acres, the ground neither too hard
nor too soft, and the seats under the ems neither
too high nor too low. The club has, in fact made
every effort to have this ground what it really is
one of the neatest in America. That tall son of
York and the man with the glazed cap had better
come up here and take a bat.
Yesterday, some English gunners, or marksmen
of high pretenslons, arrived in this city from New
York; among them were Messi 8. Waller, Daw-
son. Miller, &c &c. 1t seems that Mr.. Waller
had made an arrangement with some OF the mem
bers Of the cricket r club to have trial OF TIER
number, and matched him against the Yorker.
The match was for 300. l will be particular in
describing, the conditions of the match. In the
centre of the cricket ground was placed spring.
trap, containing a wild pigeon. The marksmen
took position twenty-one yards distant from this
trap in one hand they held cord, one end of
which was attached to the door of the trap This
cord being pulled by the marksmen, the bird makes
it's escape, and flies into the air the gunner has
then to raise his piece, and shoot him while upon
the wing 1.-THE bird is missed by the gunner, she
IS usually killed by. the "scouts," or outsiders,
cleared the enclosure. Each of the combatants
was allowed twenty birds; the one killing
the greatest number of the twenty to win
the prize. The match began at o'clock, p. NJ
to-day. tmay be well to state that the gentleman
selected by the Albany cricketers as the opponent
of Mr.. Waller was Matthew Hendrickson, Esq,
an estimable citizen of Albany: The Engshman
had the first shot and missed his bird Mr. II.
followed and missed his bird also--a tie. At the
second attempt Mr.. w. brought down his bird, and
Mr.. II. initiated his example; they continued to
fire with remarkable precision. Some OF the birds
were shot at distance of eighty yards,while upon
the wing; this was extraordinary shooting. The
result was, that after a trial, which was through
out highly ineresting the Albanian lled thirteen
out vi twenty DlTuS, ana the I-HSlSillIluu ktllcu
only ten out Of twenty. The Albanians thus car
ried off the prize Several matches of less interest
subsequently came off In some Of these matches
MIR. Miller showed himself most expert marks
man, beating at the first trial one of the crack
shooters OF Albany. Mr.. Dawson, OF New York,
also beat his opponent, Mr. Ridgeway, OF this city
There were several members of the Albany bar on
the ground; one of them, | observed was armed
with a handsome fowling pece he acted as an
" out-sider," and bagged several birds.
ALBANY, May 10, 1s4s.
The Conservative Democracy and the baltimore Conren-
hon-Projee.s and Plans Of the Fan Buren, Democra
cy-.4nother Meeting of the Friends Of Ireland, &c.
The conservatives seem to be greatly alarmed on &C
count of the disclosure. recently made in the Herald
of systematic and cordial understanding between Mr.
President Polk and Mr. John Van Buren,. The con-
servaves affected to believe that negotiations had
been pending between the President and the leader Of
the radical democracy and they even asserted in
solemn that the proviso delegates from this
state admitted into the Baltimore convention
the defeat of the democracy of this State and nation
would be inevitable. This contest between the broken
wings of dissolved party not without its interest to
the American people and as we approach the point
when all the questions pending between these sections
to be determined the interest increascst height
ensand all eyes will be rvetted upon the convention
which about to assemble in Baltimore The spcctaceis
an extraordinary Though upon the threshold of
national election, the sagacous politicians seem to
feel no interest in the organisation of the parties
capable of realizing the Importance Of the stakes for
which they about to throw, they stand benumbed
and listess; in the belief that it is too atc they
have abandoned the hope of rcunting the dsointed
fragments into which the parties are divided they
have resolved to come up to the scratch without an
effort to restore order to preserve their discipline
they rely, it seems, upon the popularity of the mill
tary men whom they propose put in nomination The
dollars to elect Henry Clay, refuse to another such
risk. They abandon Clay and they fall back on Scott
The democratic party is divided. The Van Buren, de-
mocracy hold the balance of in their hands and
if their delegates not admitted into the Baltimore
convention, their great leader John Van BUREN, will
stump the Sate and throw 1t into the hands of the
wings. On the other hand If their delegates ad-
mitted, the conservatives. headed by Edwin Croswe,
will refuse to support the nominee of the Baltimore
convention; thcy will not go to tho polls and they will
throw the State into the hands of the wings conf
IDENTIFY assert that Mr.. Polk does not possess the
gacity to to drive the conservatives into the
support of the nominees of the Baltimore convention.
II the wings nominate Scott there is then but al
for the democracy and that is the nomination
OF General Zachary Tayortwo military chiefains in
the canvass
The Van Buren, democracy evidently lying in
wait, like the Phstincs If they not admitted into
the convention they will up here to the North,
and they will hold supplementary convention in the
city of New York. They will then deliberately nomi-
nate an independent candidate for the Presidency
the wing convention which is to assemble at Phiadel
phia in June may deem 1t judicous to nominate the
candidate of the barnburners II they do not there
will be three candidates in the field, and the election
must be settled by the House Of Representatives.
The friends of Ireland held meeting ut the Court
House in this city last evening 1t large and
thusastic; some committees and some corresponding
secretaries were appointed ana tnen Mr. Mdiohy, oI
this city, presented address to the Irish nation
this address received with shouts Of applause. At
forwards the Hon. II. II. Pruyn, late member of As
scmbly, called out he delivered a stirring and
eloquent mpromptu speech of half hour. The
Irish feeling is revivng they talk Of shipping regi
ment to France, and then sending them across the
chan mel into Ireland
Com SPRING, May IL. 1s4S.
During tho storm on Wednesday night last, the sloop
General Mercer, of Bridgeport bound to Hartford with
| har NJ inc eaiIa Oft
Point, disabling her much that It became necessary
to make harbor and in endcavoring to run her into
Cold Spring she struck a bar the north side Of the
inlet; the wind shifted from the northeast to north