708 
THE FIELD 
gifs R!t& 3pttrs. 
A NEW PLANET. 
Sir, — At 11.45 menu time Inst night I discovered an object 
shining like a star of the tenth magnitude, or rather brighter, 
which proves to be another new member of the group of minor 
planets. It is almost exactly upon the ecliptic, about midway 
between two stars of the fifth magnitude— 29 and 32 of Flam- 
steed, in Cnpricomns. 
The observed positions are as follow : — 
Mean Time. Right Ascension, 
h- m. *■ h. m a. 
July 22, at 11.56.55 21.9.50.7 
13.42.65 21.9.47.29 
I remain, sir, your most obedient servant, 
J. II. Hind. 
Mr. Bishops Observatory, Regent’s Park, July 23. 
North Polar Dlst. 
10(>°20'27" 
106 20 49,3 
Roots and “Corns.” — American ingenuity has discovered a 
no'el purpose to which corn can be put — namely, for stretching 
boots and shoe. 'Hie boot or shoe is well filled with com, and 
made secure by such tight tying that none can escape. It is then 
immersed for several hours in water, during which the leather is 
distended l.v the gradual swelling of the grain. After being taken 
from the water, a coating of neat’s foot oil, laid on and left to 
dry, renders the boot or shoe lit to wear. 
A Useful Hint to tiie Gulliiilk. — A clergyman writes to 
t|K* Carnarvon lit raid ns follows; — Some month# Ago, nn adver- 
t iseincnt of the Rev. 15. Douglass, addressed to nervous sufferers 
(stating that n retired clergyman having been cured of n nervous 
disease would be happy to forward the prescription to any one 
enclosing a stamped envelope), came under my notice. 1 sent to 
the Rev. E. Douglass fur the prescription, which I received by 
return of post. The prescription directed how to compose 40 
pills : — .SO gn>. of alcoholic extract of ignntiu numurn, and pow- 
dered gum ur.ibic 10 grs. The printed paper contained an offer 
of sending the pills ready prepared for 2s. fid. ; 1 forwarded that 
amount in postage stamps, directed to the Rev. 15. Douglass, IN, 
llollaiid-street, Brixton, London. Bv return of post 1 received 
a box of pills; but not finding flic Rev. 15. Douglass a retired 
clergyman in the retired list, suspicion crossed my mind, I sent 
a few of the pills to the celebrated chemist, Mr. Ilcrepafli, Bris- 
tol. to be analyzed. Mr. Jlerepnth report* ns follows .-—Chalk, 
eight grs., starch, 20 grs., alcoholic extract (not of ignntiu 
amaura), six grs. 1 trust that the nnpearennee of the above in 
the Carnarvon Herald will bo copied into other papers, and lead 
some of my clerical brethren to have the pills tested before they 
swallow them . — Liverpool Mail, 
Sinui i.ar Discovery. — While the clerks in the parcels office 
at the Ceutrul Railway Station were engaged in turning over a 
quantity of luggage, the other day, they found a small dog in a 
gentleman’s boot ; and, shortly afterwards, when pulling out a 
piece of canvas wrapper for the purpose of making a bed fur it, 
they discovered a hedgehog's nest, — the mother and seven young 
ones: the progeny were evidently not more than a dav ofd. It 
is difficult to say how the mother found her way into the parcels 
office. — Carlisle l 'at riot. 
i ,,K Female 1 1 irropoTAMiis was landed in the Southampton 
docks early on Saturday, and sent to London by the 9 a.m. train. 
It was landed in its bath with its Arab keeper by the side of it, 
und thus it proceeded to Iyondon on a railway truck, to which 
the hippopotamus den was well fastened. The difficult task of 
landing and despatching it was effected without accident. The 
huge monster weighs above a ton, and is only a sucking calf. It 
lias blit four teeth. At feeding time its mouth is opened by the 
keeper’s hand, which is thrust in covered with milk and' com 
meal, and licked or lupped by the animal’s monstrous lips and 
tongue. The male hippopotamus in the Zoological Gardens has 
a large number of teeth and can now cat corn. Soon after t lie 
hippopotamus was fed ou board the Kipon on Friday evening the 
keeper reclined on his seat by the side of his pet 'for the night, 
and the den was lit up by a caudle. To gratify some visitors the 
Arab rose, and, slowly moving about tile den muttering a doleful 
and monotonous i huunt, as if calling the huge beast, the latter 
seemed immediately excited, and its grout hulk vibrated to and 
fro as if keeping time to the measure of the keeper’s song. Like 
other amphibious animals, such ns the seal for instance, the hip- 
popotamus is not insensible to musical sounds, for oil any one of 
the Ripon’s band playing bis instrument over the den the hippo- 
potamus would raise its head in the attitude of listening. The 
milch goats which fed the hippopotamus had n peculiar appea- 
rance owing to a barbarous custom of the Egyptians. A high 
ridge appeared on their faces and the under jaw and teeth project 
beyond the upper, which gave them the appearance of extreme 
old age. I he bony ridge oil the face, which looks something like 
a Roman nose, induce the English who visit Alexandria to call 
them Wellington goats. This ridge is caused by the Egyptians 
breaking the forehead bones of young goats, and’ this causes also 
the under jaw to project beyond the upper. The goats which 
were brought over in the Ripon will be fatted and killed to feed 
the wild beasts in the Zoological Gardens. The Arab keeper of 
the hippopotamus who came to England in the Ripon is a snake 
charmer, and he used to frighten the monkeys on board the 
Kipon into convulsions when lie exhibited bis snakes by the side 
• ■f them. The Civet cat brought in the Ripon was fed on live 
pigeons, and appeared a savage creature. It was, however, bcau- 
tifullv marked, and was a great curiosity. The Arab nearly lost 
Ins life in the Ripon, owing to the hippopotamus jamming him 
against the side of the den, and men were obliged to goad the 
youthful leviathan in order to release the keeper. 
Ancient .Escutcheons. — Apropos of these ancient escut- 
cheons. Being in the island of Rhodes a few rears ago, I was 
shown by Air. M illunson, the then British consul, some stones 
beanng the royal blazonry of England, as well as other arms of 
English knights, of the fifteenth century, or perhaps earlier, that 
had once ornamented the front of the auberge of that venerable 
language. This old palace, situated in the strrnla dei Cavnlieri, 
tailing niton dilapidated state, had been sold to a Jew, who nulled 
it down, and utterly demolished it “from turret to foundation 
stone Mr. Wilkinson, with laudable zeal, bad saved the ar- 
morial hearings of its former knightly possessors from total loss 
and destruction by purchasing thorn. Is it not a subject for re- 
gret that these interesting memorials of England’., chivalry are 
'QuJ'ii, f ° r I,ri ‘ suvat,on m thc British Museum 1—Notee and 
White Slaves in tiie Black Ska.— On the 12th My, Ad- 
miral Durtdas issued an order that the trade in slaves from the 
Georgian and Caucasian coasts to Turkey should be put a stop 
to, and the ships used in the traffic confiscated, according to the 
provisions of an understanding entered into with the Sublime 
Jrorte. 
Rapidity ok Omnibus Travelling.— “ Take up Bill,” said an 
omnibus conductor to the driver. “ Wip cm up, here’s that coal 
waggofl a passing on us again.” 
Difference* and Distinctions. — A mule laden with salt, and 
an ass laden with wool, went over a brook together. Bv chance 
be mules pack became wetted, the salt melted, and Ins burden 
became lighter. After they had paused the mule told l.is good 
fortune to the ass, who thinking to speed ns well, wetted his 
pack at the next water, but liis loud became the heavier, and ho 
broke down under it. Pause, therefore, before you follow exam- 
ple: that which helps one man may hinder another. 
Composition ok an Antediluvian Monster.— T he igu- 
anadon at the Crystal Palace consists of four iron columns 9 feet 
long by / inches diameter, GOO bricks, G50 fi-inch half-round 
Grain tiles, OH casks of cement, 90 casks of broken stone (ma- 
king a total of 640 bushels of artificial stone), with 100 feet of 
Jrwi hooping, and 20 feet of cube inch bar. 
Omar Pasha at a Review. — Lord Raglan wore the plain 
uniform of a British general. But Omar Pasha! How shall 
this feeble pen do justice to a get-up which had certainly been 
organized totally irrespective of expenditure? But in the con- 
scientious performance of a duty it must be tried. To begin at 
the top. His fez was no ordinary skullcap, but still a fez. In 
thc front thereof the precious metal was laid on with no sparing 
hand, forming some device, the nature of which was not appa- 
rent at a distance. Ilis coat, a specimen of the genus frock — 
family, single-breasted; species, miraeulosus. From his neck to 
his waist, it (the coat) was a mass of gold, the left breast glitter- 
ing with stars, some of which were in diamonds to a fabulous 
amount. Ilis nether garment was composed of white cashmere, 
with a brood gold stripe down the same. The sciinetnr, a pure 
Damascus blade, with jewelled hilt The horsecloth and holsters 
would have made the fortune of a plundering bashi-bazook. The 
thief might have retired from the stirring scenes of his profession 
to enjoy peace and his pipe under his vine and his figtrec, had lie 
gotten such a prize. The horse, a well-bred grey Arab, with 
small intelligent head, straight forehead, and open nostril, beau- 
tiful figure, and gentle ns the most nervous lady could wish, and 
at will fiery enough to satisfy the most locomotive aide-de-camp. 
The above may convey a faint notion of Omar Pasha as lie re- 
viewed the troops. 
Ri de Surgery. — A farm servant in this neighbourhood was 
saved from suffocation on Friday last in a highly original and 
ingenious manner. A bone having stuck in her throat during 
dinner, and none of the family being able to get it extricated, 
her muster called in thc assistance of a neighbouring farmer who 
was passing by. Thc latter fastened a string round a piece of 
meat, and the girl with a great effort having managed to swallow 
it, ho rapidly jerked it out again, and the hone along with it. — 
Greenock Advertiser. 
Cheat' Living. — Tom Moore says in his diary, “In talking of 
cheap living, Jekvll mentioned a man who told him his eating 
cost him almost nothing; for on Sunday, said he, I always dine 
with an old friend, when I eat enough to last me until Wednes- 
day, when I buy some tripe, which makes me se sick that I can- 
not eat again until Sunday. ” 
MARTLF.BONE CLUB. 
Capt. Dario, c Sheppard, b Hnr- 
"in« 6 
Nixon, b Harding 
S*dwyn, c Alineton, b Parke .. 
Heneage, b Adams .. .. 
Grevllle, c Harrison, b Harding 
Campbell, b Packo 
Oliver, c Alingt >n, b Adams, 
Crowley, b Harding 
Enrl of Uxbridge, not out . . 
.. 17 
run out .. .. 
.. 0 
not out 
.. 27 
run out 
• 21 
c Sheppard, b Harding 
• • I 
• • 2 
c Adams, b Parke.. 
.. 3 
h Parke . . . . 
.. 26 
.. 0 
b Parke 
.. 2 
Byes, See 
3 
Total .. 
CRICKET. 
I’^ibtUaLii'rdllkaLtiii-f 
MATCHES, 1854. 
Monday, July 24, Goodwood week, at Lord’s— Gentlemen of the 
M.C C. against the Gentlemen of England. 
Monday. July 31. at Lord s-M C.C. and Ground ngalnst England. 
August 2, 3, 4, 5 — Annual Matches between Harrow, Winchester 
and Eton. 
Thursday, August 10, at Horsham— M.C.C. and Ground against the 
County of Sussex— return match. 
Monday, August 14, nt Canterbury-Kent (with Four Players) against 
England— return match. 
Thursday, August 17. at Canterbury— Gentlemen of Kent against 
Gentlemen of England— return match. 
Monday, August 21, at Nottingham — Nottinghamshire against 
England— return match. s 
Thursday, August 24, at Lelcester-M.C.C. (with three players of th P 
ground) ogolnst the Leicestershire Club (with three players of t 
Midlund Counties)— return mutch. 
CRICKET.— THE ALL-ENGLAND MATCHES TO COME. 
July 31. At Bingham. 
Aug. 3. At Spalding. 
„ 7. At Stourbridge. 
„ 11. At Middlesex ground, 
against the United 
Islington amateurs. 
14. Engaged at Canterbury. 
Aug. 17. Engaged at Rrlghton. 
» 21. Engaged ut Nottingham. 
„ 24. Engaged nt Godalming, 
28. At Dudley. 
4. Not tixed. 
7. Not fixed, 
11. At Lincoln. 
Sept. 
Nottingham, Macclesfield, Preston, Wlsbeaoli, Ilungeiford. Tornuav 
will be fixed In due time. 
THE MAR1LEBONE JCLUB AND GROUND t>. THE COUNTY OF 
KENT. 
This match was played at Lord’s. It will be found that Mr. 
Mynn contributed no fewer than 54, an offering which every 
.mo around the ground gladly welcomed from that gentleman’s 
bat, even though so large an individual score was calculated 
to militate against his bet. Thc final score presented this 
appearance : — 
Pilch, b Grundy 
KENT. 
... 32 
b Grundy 
9 
Hollands, b Nixon 
... 11 
b Dean 
Wcnmaii, run out 
... 17 
. ... 27 
. ... 0 
. ... 64 
Adams, b Grundy 
... 5 
A. Mynn, c Nicholson, b Dean ... 
... 11 
Willsher, c Dean, b Grundy 
... 0 
Haygartli, b Dean .. 
Clifford, b Grundy 
... 2 
. ... 1 
Lefever, b Grundy 
... 1 
b Royston 
II. Andrews, b Dean 
. . 5 
Goodhew, not out 
... 8 
. ... 19 
W. I'llch, b Grundy 
... 0 
not out ... . 
llyca, 5— leg byes, 7 
... 12 
B, 5—1 b, 7— w, 2 .. 
. ... 14 
Total 
140 
Totul .. 
150 
MAUVLRBONK 
CLUB AND GROUND- 
W. Nicholson, c Adunis, b Mynn 
.. 17 
c Willsher, b Lefever 
Dean, C Willsher, b Mynn .. .. 
A. llaygarth. b Willsher, .. .. 
.. 15 
c Willsher, b Adams 
.. 12 
Royaton, b Willsher 
.. 16 
not out 
■ ..30 
Chatterton, e and b Adams 
.. 44 
W. Follows, b Willsher .. .. 
Dakin, run out .. 
not out 
.! Walker, c Clifford, b Mynn .. 
.. 1(1 
Grundy, c Goodhew, b Mynn . . 
J. M. Fuller, not out 
Nixon, b Mvnn 
11, 6—1 b, 7-w, 4-n b, 1 .. 
.. 4 
.. 18 
B, 5—1 b, 1— w, 3— 
nbl 10 
Total 
.. 157 
Total . 
. . . 08 
The M.C.C. thus won by six wickets. 
MARYLEBONE CLUB ANDGROUNDe. PRESENT WESTMINSTERS 
This annual match was played on Thursday, at Vincent- 
square, and at the termination of the day tiie score stood 
thus: — 
THE PRESENT WESTMINSTERS. 
Harrison, b Nixon ^ 
Burton, run out 13 
Hauling, c Campbell, b Ponsonby 8 
Arlington, c and b Nixon 3 
Eden, b Nixon 0 
Jj*' lc. c Selwyn, b Nixon ... 3 
Parke, c Ponsonhy, b Nixon ... 5 
•S Clarke, run out 0 
Hieppard, b Nixon 3 
Hudycr, not out 
Adams, b Nixon q 
Cm tScc. „. *" 26 
b liny 
b Oliver 
b Nixon 
e and b Nixon 
c Huy, b Nixon 
b Nixon 
c Grevllle, b Nixon 
c Nixon, b Oliver 
b Oliver 
b Nixon 
not out ^ 
By <*, &o. 
Loan’s. — The J Oil* of the great matches of tbo season will 
ha played here on Monday, July the 31st, and following dav 
the Marylcbone Club and Ground v. All England. 
rr.ATRnn. 
M.C.C. AND GROUND, 
E. Balfour, Esq. 
F. . Drake, Esq. 
A. llaygarth, Esq. 
W. Nicholson, Esq. 
J. Walker, Esq. 
F. Walker, Esq. 
Adams 
Dean 
Grundy 
Nixon 
Itoyston 
AI.Ii ENGLAND. 
H. Andrews, Esq. 
F. Miller, Esq. 
E. N upper, Esq 
C. Watson, Esq. 
Challen 
Hunt 
Lockver 
Llllywhlto 
Martingell 
Shearman 
Wisden 
Total... 
74 Total 
CHRIST CHURCH AND WORCESTER COLLEGE SERVANTS v 
OXFORD. 
The servants of the above colleges played a match on Friday 
the 21st, on the Christ Church Ground, when the Worcester 
as was fully anticipated, received a thorough good dressing’ 
as the following score will show. The losers hove liutl scarcely 
any practice together, and consequently, they were all abroad 
both in batting und fielding, with the exception of two vete- 
rans who showed some sport. 
OXFORD. 
T. Cllnkard, b Hastings .. .. 
JI. Godfrey, b Hastings 
H. Way, b Hastings 
T. King, b Tnplin 
J Cllnkard, c and b Hastings 
II. Harris, c Best, sen., b Leiver ., 
J. Golding, c Tapi in, b Hastings .. 
A. Harris, b Leaver 
J. Evans, run out 
E. Allen, I b w, b Leaver .. 
Elsley, not out j 
Byes, 13— no balls, I .. ” " 14 
1 
or. 
4 
83 
If, 
60 
2 
0 
Total .. .. ,, , . _ t 246 
CHRIST CUCRCn AND WORCESTER COLLEGE. 
0 bH. Harris .. 
10 c Godfrey, b King .. 
0 c Golding, b H. Harris 
1 not out 
0 c and b King. . 
<> c II Harris, b Kfug . . 
0 b King 
0 st J. Clinkard, b King 
0 c T. Cllnkard, b King 
1 b King . . .. f. 
0 6t J. Cllnkard, b King 
Byes, 1— no balls, 1 
J Hastings, 1 b w, b King 
W Best, sen., b King 
J. Cleaver, c Way, b King .. 
C. Taplin, c J Golding, b King 
II Puter, 1 b w, b II. Harris .. 
B. Whetton, run out .. 
E. Best, st J. Cllnkard, b King 
J. Wheeler, b H. Harris 
It. Turner, not out 
C. Ward, c T. Clinkard, b King 
T. Leaver, b King 
18 Total 
THE ELEVEN OF ENGLAND 1-. SIXTEEN OF THE BROUGHTON 
CLUB, WITH FOUR PLAYERS GIVEN. 
This match, having been commenced at Manchester on 
Thursday the 20th, and resumed on Friday 21sf, was brought 
to its conclusion on Saturday, when victory was proclaimed 
for the Eleven by 36 runs. It will only be he who has been at 
Manchester to witness one of these matches who ran picture to 
himself tho excitement this contest created, still less can the 
stranger conceive thesensation and anxieties which received birth 
by the results, first by the large innings of the Eleven, when 
the odds went at long points against Manchester, even amongst 
their own betting men ; secondly, when it was found, greats 
In.d been that score, that tho men of the Broughton Club 
had pulled up to within 30 of that number, and then that in 
their second innings the Eleven were got out for the com- 
paratively smull amount of 85. Bets again took another 
range, and although the Eleven, as will bo seen, won yet 
many thousands are said to have changed hands as the play 
proceeded. The final appearance of tho score was as fol- 
lows : — 
THE ELEVEN. 
S. Parr, b Diver 
Ciesar, c Liggins.li Diver 
Willslicr.e Crossland, b Bunin... 
Caffyn, c Payne, b Whittington 
Parr, c and b Whittington 
Anderson, b Whittington 
Stephenson, c and b Whittington 
Guy, c Payne, b Whittington ... 
A. Clarke, b Whittington 
Box, not out 
Clark, c Burriii.b Whittington... 
Byes, 1 —leg byes, 3 
Totul 
6 c Morton, b Bnrrin 
54 c Crankslmw, b Crossland 
15 c Liggins, b Diver 
42 c Whitworth, b Whitting- 
ton 
b Diver j" 
c J . Mnklnson, b Diver 
c J . Mnckinson, b Whit- 
tington 
not out 
b Diver 
b Burrin ’ ”* 
8 Morton, b Diver ." u 
B, 3-1 b, 3— w, 3— n b, 1 10 
. 13 
0 
. 18 
, 13 
, 34 
. 9 
. 6 
. 4 
213 
THE BROUGHTON 
R. Crankshaw, c Anderson, b Willsher 0 
S. Bellot, run out 6 
J I». Payne, b Willsher 1 
J. Liggins, c S. Pare, b Clarke .. ..11 
Morton, b Clarke 26 
J. Makinson, c S. Pan , b Willsher .. 31 
F. Ludlow, 1 b w, b Clark 17 
E. Whitworth, 1 b w, b Stephens .. 13 
A. Crosslund, c S Parr, b Clarke .. 1 
C. Makinson, s Guy, b Stephenson .. 16 
J. Whittington, b Stephenson .. .. 0 
J. II. Earle, jun., b Stephenson.. .. 0 
Diver, c S. Parr, b Stephenson . . . . 0 
J. Rooke, not ont 
J. Foxeroft, b Clarke 4 
J. W. Jardinc, c Guy, b Clarke.. .. 8 
Burrin, b Stephenson 7 
W. Gibson, 1 b w, b Stephenson . . 0 
Womack, c Parr, b Clarke 0 
1 ; . J. Atkinson, b Stephenson .. .. 1 
Byes, 1— leg-byes, 2 — w Ides, 3 . . 6 
Total 
CLUB. 
c Anderson, b Stephenson 4 
b Stephenson 1 
b Stephenson •• 
run out 
c Anderson, b Stephenson 1 
c S. Parr, b Clarke.. .. 13 
b Stephenson 7 
c Caffyn, b Stephenson .. 1 
b Stephenson 0 
s Caffyn, b Clarke .. .. 4 
b Clarke 
b Stephenson 
run out 0 
b Clarke q 
b Stephenson . , . . * ’ 0 
not out 
c Parr, b Clarke’ 
e Purr, b Clarke 
c Stephenson, b Clarke 
b Clarke 
No ball, .. .. I, 
85 
33 
Total 184 Total .. 7 g 
And so thc Eleven of England won by 36 runs. 
Death from a Cricket Hall. — On Thursday evening 
last, assotne young men were ploying at cricket in Roberts’ 
Field, Cow-lane, the ball accidentally struck a boy, named 
William Abbott, son of Thomns Abbott, warper, of Poplar- 
streot. The boy wns standing about ton yards from tho batter 
and the hall struck him with such force us to knock him down’, 
lie wus immediately conveyed homo by one of the players und 
two medical men attended him ; but ho died on Sunday after- 
noon. There is a footpath across the field where the accident 
happened, ’and the nvraberof cricket balls flying ahout is said 
to muke it dangerous to passers by. At the inquest, held on 
Monday, {before Mr. E. Herford, city coroner, a verdictf.of 
Accidental death” was returned,— Manchester Guardian , 
