, The,ivory| ; ball is liable to waVp, arid so beepmes^ uncertain in its mbvemerits. ; When this Ihappens, it ,has to be turned, 'anil is' 'thus reduced Jin size. The ,coior| too; is .only surface^de'ep. ; ,Thie" new patent gives a , ball of standard , height and' eq\iar /thickness, of , absolute.^'ardrieps, and of a color 1 , nerme'ates' theVwhole Jeri ainellmg! It is^^ received with threat favor! by ' players I ,' arid 'finds a ma'rke^. in , ,t^e Pacific States, the Mississippi galley,' New Orleans, arid v Texas. , Nearer home it is', ibt yet ; in 1 general i'psd,; but .' the; few,, defects,, .that 'attended' ,tKe;. first ;,e.xperiment : are,,;ripw, 'amended^ arid it is destined to supplant.the ivory ball everywhere, for it costs drily half the price of the "latter." .",.7 7. ' Pebpl'e such as described below are numerous enough:— •-• A' former subscriber, who.discpntinued his JRej)yf>licqn t because, .he could riot make it say just such things as'he thought it ought to say, has, we learn, re-. cently expressed.considerable : surprise to his friends that the paper should keep running — since he hasjwithdrawn hisfpatrbnage. It was pretty close work f6c':a wm'le, v iwe con- • fess ; but by omitting to put sugar in our tea,.and',j>y buying a .cheaper grade of jpaper cbliars aiid reversing th'em for the seebndpind third time, we managed , to rubfilon^ until a, new subscriber 1 came' 'arid took place of ;our respected but disgruntled ifriendrT-and; then Kicnard was himself" again. Nothing but rigid economy 'will carry one over such a calamity as the loss of such a sub-.' scriber. " ... 1 The 1 ball given to" his Excellency the Go vernor and Lady Fergusson at the Wellington Club, was, like the ball giveri at .tHe theatre, remarkably successful, the , attendance being large and the arrangements 5 excellent. Lady Fergusson was unfortunately debarred .from ! attending. 'His" Excellency's "aideide-'camp appeared in the '-garblof bid'G-auk" ' "'■ ' The body found ,in the ,bush at Opepppq, ; Otago, is believed to be that of a man named John Andrews.,. It. appears that about 11 years ago one John Andrews and seven others went pig-hunting in this bush. , in the day Andrews complained of beiDg knocked up, his feet being cut from wearing new boots. 