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substance of the following pages, was with flattering approbation, assigned a place in "The Charleston Courier"—a distinguished journal, published daily, in the city of Charleston, South Carolina.

THE

INTERNATIONAL CRICKET MATCH.

Eleven Professional Cricketers from England, against Twenty-two Players selected from Clubs in the United States, played in the Elysian Fields, at Hoboken, N.J., Oct. 3d, 4th and 5th, 1859.

Hurrying along Broadway on the morning of the 3d October, with rather a quicker pace than is my wont, I was hailed by a friend:

"Whither so fast, good Junius?"

The questions he asked, and the answers returned, reminded me of the following dialogue between and, in Author:Shakespeare play of "Troilus and Cressida:"

The International Cricket match, so long anticipated with pleasure, has at last been consummated. The result, it will now be our delightful task to chronicle, for the benefit of that portion of our readers, who know enough of the game to appreciate the