IAM1 AM sorry to have to report a determined case of saicide committed hore on the morning of the 3rd instant, by a man named John Harley. An inquest -was held on the 9th instant, and the jury, after con salting abont ten minutes, gave a verdict, " That the deoeased John Harley died from the effects of a gun-shot wound, inflicted by himself, while labouring Under temporary insanity ; and would' remark that the man ought to have been given into custody on his first attempting to commit* suicide." William Thompson was buried on Saturday last, sth inst. Dr. Sam arrived here at a late hour on Sunday with one of Thompson's sons, who succeeds his father. I mentioned in one of my previous letters the high price charged for meat here. Two of our en terprising townsmen, Messrs. Geigan and Fullerton, have now opened a shop, and are selling at re duced prices, which has caused the other butcher to lower hii price likewise, A ball was given by the Back Fay Committee on the 2nd inst., in aid of the necessary funds required by their law adviser, T. B. Gillies, Es^., to defray the expense of a petition of right to bring the matter into the Supreme Court. A good sum was realised. The ball took place at the Duke of Cam bridge Hotel, and broke up at about 5 a.m. I»m sorry to say that our Dramatic Company are about to lose the valuable services of Mr. W. Wallis, who ii intending to leave this week for Cali fornia. The Company are going to sell off the scenes, &o. They have performed regularly for the last thirteen months, and I must say, in justice to them all, that they have given general satisfaction and pleasure to every settler, I believe, here, but it is to be hoped that they will perhaps some day again start; the affair. We have no proper Court-house here yet, the Court being held in one of Mr. Clement's spacious rooms of the Masonic Hotel. Surely a Court-house might be erected at a small cost, or one of the large huts might bu turned into a Court-house, as at Hamilton, beoause one cannot sometimes hear a word, on account of the noise outside made by drunken men, who sometimes get committed or severely reprimanded for it. 