Mr M'Lean concludes by saying that his flock, which he considers has been disparaged, is "so supe rior in every way that, if it has an equal, ' which I doubt very much, it certainly has no superior in this, nor, I question, .any other colony or country." A dissipated and brutal felloM', named John M'Leary, who has figured in the Police Court dock many a time and oft for various offences, appeared to answer further charges of, drunkenness and using obscene language yesterday. He was a terror in the Neigh bourhood where he resided, and after a debauch was fit for a Lunatic Asylum, and dangerous to be at large. His violent temper led him to smash all the furniture in his house, und his cruelly-treated wife had to fly to that of a neighbour. For all tliis j dastardly conduct the small fine of 40s was i imposed. The annual examination of the Middle ' District and Albany street Schools was com- < menced yesterday, and will be terminated ' this afternoon. The parents of the pupils 1 and others interested in education are in- 1 vited to. attend. i Yesterday the immigrants by the ship < Waimate offered themselves for engagement. £ Being a first-class lot, they met with ready employment at current rate of wages. 1 The Criminal Sessions of the Supreme «i Court commence iv Dunedin on the 3rd -< January, before Mr Justice Williams. Up a to the present there are five prisoners on the i calendar. The District Court Session, Toko- t mairiro, commences on the 20th inst., before 1 Mr Justice Ward, so far there only Wing 1 one prisoner for trial. r At a general meeting of the Golf Club, last evening, held in Wain's Hotel, a resolu- 1 tion was passed authorising the Committee a to have the course cleared as soon as possible, a in view of the approaching Christmas and * New Year competitions. The action of the l Corporation in allowing traffic across the 8 links was characterised as somewhat harsh. Tlie best mode of keeping the grass down s during spring was considered, and various t plans proposed. 