Supbem- Covet. —His Honor Mr Justice Denniston sat in Bankruptcy and Cham bers yesterday morning, and disposed of the cases on the list. After this the.Nisi Prius .sittings were resumed M_T_OBo_o<_ic__. — Captain Edwin warned the Harbormaster at Lyttelton, at 4 p.m. yesterday j-—North-east to north and west gale, -with glass falling within next twelve hours; indications rain. Union Rowing Club. —A special general meeting of the Union Rowing Club will be held this evening at the Star and Garter for the revision of rules, _c. Salb of Huntibs. —The annual sale of hunters by Messrs Pyne and Co. will take place on Saturday next at Hon. E. W. Parker's, Strowan, Papanni road. Social Gath_bino. —The next of a series of social gatherings in connection with the Royal City Lodge, R.A.0.8., will be held at the old Masonic Hall, Manchester street South, this evening. Abt Soctbtt. —The annual exhibition of the Canterbury Art Society will be opened this evening by Mr R. Beetham, the Presi dent. During yesterday the Hon. Secre tary, Captain Garaia, had a number of sharp wordy conflicts with exhibitors whose pictures had been relegated by the Hanging Committee to that limbo frcm whence no picture returns. A notice of some of the oil paintings appears else where. N.Z. Exhibition.—The many friends of Mr Arthur Towsey in Christchurch will be flad to note that the recommendation for is appointment as Musical Director, Con ductor, and Choirmaster in connection with the New Zealand Exhibition has been accepted by the Directors. Mr Towsey possesses all the necessary qualifications for the post, and he will have in his new sphere the best wishes of a very large number of his friends here for his. success. The Lats Db. Dxam_e. — Messrs Wheeler and Son have just completed an enlargement of a very excellent portrait of the late Dr. Deamer, which is really a triumph of photography. It has been done to the order of the St. Augustine Lodge, No. 609, E.C., of which the deceased gentleman was a Past Master, and no doubt many of the brethren of the craft will take the opportunity of possessing a memento of one who did so much for the advancement of Masonry. Copies can be obtained at Messrs Wheeler and Son's. 