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caught at slip off Mr . Matthews . Ellis was quickly c and b Mr . Matthews . Wellington then joined the Captain , who almost immediately afterwards was bowled by a slow , having played a careful inningsof 26 . Nntman only made 3 , but H . Wood and Wellington scorer tremendously , tbe latter punishing the bowling most severely . Hi . « pri ' cipal hits were a five , two fours , seven threes , and Wood ' s wicket having at length fallen to Mr . Matthews , when he had mad *

15 , Wellington carried his bat out for a most successful innings of 65 . Total for tho innings was 231 , so that " Our Boys " were th < victors by 207 runs . Tho following is the analysis of tbe Grocers ' bowling : —Mr . Matthews 24 . 2 overs , 3 maidens , 5 wickets , 100 runs ; Oram 25 overs , 5 maidens , 5 wickets , 90 runs , 2 wides ; H . Turner 2 overs , 10 runs , and 3 wides ; F . Turner 2 overs , 9 runs , 1 wide . Subjoined is the full score .

GROCERS' COMPANY ' S SCHOOL Mr . Matthews ... b Mr . Gardner 4 H . Turner c Wellington , b Scurr ... 0 E . Oram not out 8 Thompson ( Capt . ) ... b Mr . Gardner 0 Phillips b Mr . Gardner 0 Clemmans c Godsmark , b Scurr , „ 2 Horncastle o Nntman , b Scurr ... 0 Thornett b Scurr ,., 0 F . Turner c Wellington , b Scurr ... 0 Grimbley ,.. ... b Mr . Garduer ... ... 1 Newman b Scurr 0

Extras , 9 2-1 ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION TOR BOYS . Mr . Gardner ... b Mr . Matthews 69 Sessions b Oram 11

Godsmark b Oram 6 W . Davies c H . Turner , b Oram ... 0 Scurr ( Capt . ) ... b Mr . Matthews 26 Clemence b Oram ... 1 . J . B . White c Grimbley , b Mr . Matthews 12

Ellis c and b Mr . Matthews ... 1 Wellington not , out 65 Nntman c F . Turner , b Oram ... 3 II . Wood b Mr . Matthews 15 Extras 22

231 As the hour of six had arrived , the stumps were drawn and the boys marched off to the Palace , nnd devoted themselves to the pleasures of the table with a zest peculiar to schoolboys . As we announced last week , Bros . Bertram and Roberta had kindly arranged to entertain our young friends at a meat tea , and in the name of all interested in our School we express to them our warmest thanks for

tbe liberality with which they fulfilled their promise . And while this most , enjoyable entertainment was going on in ono part of the Palace , Bro . Binckps , with Dr . Morris in tho vice-chair , received at dinner all who had leisure to remain of the small party of brethren and friends who had been spectators of tho afternoon ' s sport . Among those present were two of the Misses Binckes , Mrs . and Miss Constable ,

Miss Hurst , and Mrs . Matier ; the Head Master of the Grocer ' s School , Bros . C . F . Matier , J . Constable , S . B . Wilson , Rowe , W . XV . Morgan , and a few others . Bros . Terry , Secretary of the Benevolent Institution , and Fenner , who had witnessed the operations of the afternoon , were unable to stay and accept Bro . Binckes ' s hospitality , but , as will be seen hereafter , they left their mark behind them . Dinner over ,

the party adjourned to the room where the boys wero assembled . Bro . Binckes presided , and , the guests having seated themselves , rose and addressed the meeting at considerable length . Having expressed his gratification at the victory achieved by " our boys , " he went on I to speak of tbe value of athletic training generally , and , in particular , I pointed out the wisdom of tho old saying , to the effect that in order

to have a mens sana it was absolutely necessary there should be a corpus sanum , and a corpus sanum can only result from healthy physical training . Onr boys , he remarked , had shown themselves adepts at the fine old English game of cricket , and had gained an overwhelming victory over their adversaries of the Grocers' School . So signal , indeed , was the defeat of the latter that , much as he ( Bro .

Binckes ) , sympathised witb " otir boys , " he was almost disposed to hope that in the return match tho tables might be turned , and the vanquished of to-day prove the victors of the morrow . At all events he hoped that the match would be more closely contested . Having thanked the Head Master of the Grocers' School for bringing his team that day , and having congratulated the team itself on the

pluck they had shown in the field nnder such depressing circumstances , Bro . Binckes then distributed the various bats and balls which bad been handed to him for presentation to the most successful members of the winning team . The ball presented by the Crystal Palace Lodge , No 742 , to whichever of the two clubs won the match , was handed to Scurr , Captain of the

Masonic Eleven . The bat presented by the same Lodge to the highest score was given to Wellington , not out 65 ; Mr . Gardner , who had scored 69 , being ineli gible as a Master from receiving it . The bat which we announced last week had been placed in our hands for presentation to the highest scorer by Bro . Fenner , of Jo' n Lillywhite ' s Cricket Warehouse , was entrusted to the Captain of the Eleven for

the use of the Club . A bat given by the Lewis Chapter , No . 1185 , Wood Green , was handed by Comp . Rowe to Scurr , who had made 26 , tho second highest score of the clay , excluding the Master , and the same boy was further rewarded for his success as a batsman by having placed in his hands a half-sovereign , which had been kindly left with Bro . Binckes by his friend and brother Secretary , Bro . Terry , of the Benevolent Institution . A football presented by Bro .

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W . W . Morgan to the best bowler was then handed to tho captain of •¦ he Football Club , and a second football , the gift of Bro . Constable ¦ or the best fielder , was handed to the yonng gentleman who had so 'istinguished himself . In banding tho several trophies of victorv to fho . ao entitled to receive them , Bro . Binckes said a f <* w kind words to >» ch , and to Scnrv in particular , when presenting bim witb Bro .

Terry ' s half-sovereign , he remarked , that while be felt tho greatest oleasnre in fulfilling Bro . Terry ' s wishes , he wonld snggest at tho - ame time that the gift should be " nsed and not nbnsed . " The pro . feedings then closed with several rounds of cheers , given with hearty Tnodwill . for tho Grocers' School team , for the Head Master of the School , for the Winning Team , for Bro . Binckes , for Bro . Dr Morris

& o ., & c . The boys then qnitted the room , and hastened off to witness the exciting Passage of the Danube , and , that over , they returned homo , highly delighted with the events of tho day . We shall content ourselves witb saying in conclusion that we trust this is only the first of a long series of similar gatherings , and that many such opportunities will be allowed our boys of exhibiting their prowess in the cricket field both in homo and foreign matches .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

All Books intended for Eeview should be addressed to the Editor of The Freemason ' s Chronicle , 67 Barbican , E . O . South Australia ; its History , Besowces , and Productions . Edited by William Harcus , Esq ., J . P . Illustrated from photographs taken in

the colony . With Maps . Published by authority of the Government of South Australia , and dedicated ( by Permission ) to his Excellency Sir Anthony Musgrave , K . C . M . G ., & c , Governor and Commander-in-Chief rf the Colony . London : Sampson Low , Marston , Searle , and Rivington , Crown . buildings , 188 Fleet-street . 1876 .

We all of us take a deep interest in the achievements of our countrymen . These achievements may be of a warlike character , as in the long war at the commencement of this century , or during the Crimean campaigns ; or they may be of a peaceful , yet none the less of an enterprising character , as in the establishment of this colony of South Australia . Still it matters not to which of these two

categories they belong , the work in which they are recorded must be very indifferently written , which is not heartily welcomed by the British public . The story of the colonisation of this portion of the Anstralian continent is one of to-day . There are yet alive sundry who were among the first band of adventurous colonists , nor need we be very advanced in years to remember when the Act of Parliament

authorising the formation of the colony was passed , or when the first Governor appointed nnder that and his party landed at Holdfast Bay , and the Orders in Council which ° ave effect to that Act were read aloud under a venerable gum-tree . It is as recently as the year 1831 that the idea of planting a British colony in South Australia first occurred to some gentlemen in London , but like many another

wellintentioned scheme , it fell through for a time ; nor was it till three years later that a meeting was held in Exeter Hall , and the plan on which the colony should be established was broached . The guiding spirit of this movement was Mr . Edward Gibbon Wakefield . His plan was to sell the land for a reasonable price , and devote the proceeds to the introduction of labour from the Mother Country .

The South Australian Association was formed on these principles , and application was made by it to the Imperial Parliament to enable them to carry their views into effect . The Act was passed in August 1834 . The limits of the colony were defined . Power was given to persons approved by the Privy Council to frame laws , establish Conrts , & c , & c , and to levy duties and taxes . Commissioners

were appointed to see the Act carried into execution , and it was ordained that the lands of tho Crown in the colony should bo surveyed aud sold , or rented for a term of three years , the purchase money and rent being employed in conducting the emigration of poor persons from Great Britain and Ireland to the colony . Family emigration was encouraged j the introduction of convicts was and is

forbidden . Borrowing powers were granted to the Commissioners to raise , in the first place , tbe sum of £ 50 , 000 towards the expenses of emigration , and in the next , for raising £ 200 , 000 towards the cost of founding the colony . The Act was subsequently amended in certain particulars , and "the foundation principles on which South Australia was established " may be mentioned as tho following three ,

namely" That it was never to be a charge on tho Mother Country ; that there was to be no State Church recognised j and that the transported prisoners from Great Britain wero never to be admitted to its shores . " Though there was some reason to fear that the scheme might be shipwrecked , yet it has been carried out on these principles , and , thanks to the energy of Mr . Georgo Fife Angus , one of the Com .

missioners under the Act , the difficulties which at the outset presented themselves were overcome . The colony is now a flourishing one , and has every reason to be proud of its career . By following Mr . Harcus through the historical portions of his volume , we shall have an opportunity of learning what and at first how chequered this career has been .

Captain , afterwards Sir John , Hindmarsh was the first governor appointed , Mr . James Hurtle Fisher , afterwards Sir James Fisher , the first Resident Commissioner for the sale of Crown Lands , and Colonel Light tho first Surveyor-General . It was on the 28 th December 1836 that , in tho presence of Governor Hindmarsh and

his Council and other officers , the Orders in Council constituting the colony were , as we have said , read aloud under the shade of a venerable gum tree . This day is the Commemoration Day of South Australia , and every year , writes Mr . Harcus , " very large crowds of persons , from various parts of the colony ; assemble at Glenelg—a