We take' the following from the Gold Field 3 Mercury, a South African paper s — " Some years ago a nugget of gold picked up at Constabel, in tho Karoo, was purchased by Sir George Grey. A few months ago the Cape Government wrote to Sir George, at New Zealand, to ascertain whether he would part with and return it again. By the last mail Sir George has done so, and the nuggefc U now towk &$m in CJ&jpe Hqwq,"

comes down to his ships, and, figuratively speaking, tucks up his sleeves and spits on his hands, and turns the whole ship out. Ladies affect to scream, or to be about to scream, suspicious-looking coal trimmers and "lamps" are hauled out, and questioned ; and, finally, the ship is allowed to sail — an impression having been caused that Sullivan cannot be on board. Of course aIL this is "side," and it is pretty certain that though the owners do not care to carry Sullivan, and the captains have an object in doing so, still, when the times cornea fcr shipping him, a few pounds judiciously laid oat among the denizens of the lower regions of the steamer will secuie the return of our dear friend to the country he loves. By-the bye, it has always struck me as strange that Sullivan did not strike up an acquaintance with his fellow- murderer and miscreant, Dr Murray, in London. That most vaunted soldier of the Lord could have put him up to a "lay" far abovo strangling and shooting uuwary diggers or massacring " blackbirds." He could have enrolled him as a brother Christian, and converted him to the Truth. He would have been the adored of Exeter Hall as the good Doctor is, and woxild have been received with open arms by the brethren. Then it might have been fairly said that the scene on the Maungatapu was nob enacted in vain. The first act of deerslaughter in the Province has taken place at Tapanui. It is a harbinger of feudalism and big land lordism to come. Last week, I said some thing about large and lonely squatters (by the-bye, my pet printer very kindly made it large and lovely, which looked much better). Now, another opportunity offers itself to Mr Barton to enlarge on the evih of land monopoly. 