We shall await with some impatience the details of General Booth's matri monial agency scheme, especially with regard to the control which he may pro pose to exercise over marriages. It will not surprise us in the least to learn that he claims the right to veto every projected Salvationist marriage. Though in heaven they neither marry nor are given in marriage, yet earthly marriages are popularly supposed to be "made" in heaven. Perhaps the General, as God's vice-gerent upon earth, intends to exer cise the power of "making matches" of the matrimonial kind, just as he has, in his capacity of industrial saviour, started the making of matches of the brimstone sort. In any case the new project is another proof of the original, dariDg and versatile character of the man,

We ret-reb that an error occurred in our report of "the Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday, in the case C. Hudson verm J. H. Walsh, in which judgment was given for the plaintiff. By mistake Mr J. H. Field's name was substituted tor that ot J. H. Walsh. Mr Field was not in any way connected with tho case. Throughout tho last couple of days Auckland has been having tho first taste of the winter season, having experienced since Thursday afternoon weather of a vory roußft and boisterous character During that time and fchroughoutlasb night, a heavy gale has been blowing from the north-east, reaching ab times hurncana force, ana bom- accompanied with heavy rain and sea it ha_ much retarded business, especially in the shipping lino. In tho harbour there have been no accidents whatever, owing to tho fact that the captains were prepared and made everything safe. Ihe Clansman, which arrived yesterday morn inu- from Russell, encountered some very rough weather on the coast, and Captain Farquhar states ib was the worst thab he had meb with for some time. Apparently the s.s. An-yh-. which left port on Thurs day afternoon for Onehunga, also experi enced some very heavy weather, as a tele gram from Marsden Point sbates that Captain McLeod was forced to seek shelter there, being unable to make headway againsb the gale. A3 the weather con tinued bad throughout bho day ib was deemed advisable bo postpone tho de partures of the Wellington and Clans-man for their respective ports of Whangarei and Tauranea. 