Indeed, wo think wo uro'not wrong m saying that thoro is hardly a magistrate's olork m Now Zciilnnd who could draw up a valid order of commitment, to such an extent have intiieato meanings bdon put on the Act by recont decisioris." In tho caso sllndod to the warrant; wjis impugned on six or soven grounds bofi>ro tho Judge m Clminbors j it was ruled lo bo bn<! ; tlio pritonor wna ro lcasod, aud .Uio, oredilor.. who had pursued him had to' pay a guinea costs. Tho northora correspondent of (ho Christ church Press , writes :. — Nature seems to havo vouchsafed almost perfect weather for the maturing of. the groin orop, m which tho harvesting machines nro everywhere busily nt work. Complaints of poor crops are quite an oxcoption, and aro. in no wiso duo to tho preßont woalhor. liipening of tho wheats : has gono at a slowor rutu than was antici pated, but tho weight of the samples noonis to bo m nostiso impaired nor tho estimates wo • mado a few wools ago materially nHorcd_ Soon it ia oxpootod tho agricultural cnumera-. tors who are now omployed m collecting tho statistics for Cnnlorburr will bo ablo lo give m their returns, l'olalo crops' lliut wcro injured by lato froota Imva, to Bonie extant rotived, fudging by tho tops, lint hmv fur the yiold upon tovcrnl acres will bo affectod has t not boon ascorlainod. Ad mirablo progress is boingniado with reaping and binding, so that grain harvest will bo quite done by tho end of tho present month with v couliuuuneo of the existing-, weathor to aid ia tho opera tioriV.' ' ' i ' ■

'Tho Bailway Commissioners are a most un- 1 lucky set of men. Their busiucis manage ment of tho^ railways ia decried all round, and their philanthropise efforts have met with tho most decidod rejection. Tho Evening Post says : — Tho etipon-Js of tho Anglican clergymen of the Wellington district aro btill far m arrcar. At a recent meeting of the Standing Committee of the diocoae it was shown that no less than £995 of uliponds duo on the 31at of December are atill unpaid. 