We are in formed tbe proprietor is willing to erect the clock in even a more conspicuous place in front of hi 3 premises, where it could be seen from the wharf to the summit of Upper Queen-street, if the City Board will undertake the expense of lighting, an item of something like £20 per annum. We com mend the offer, in the interest of the public, to the notice of the Board. At the Police- Court, on Saturday, four persons were punished for drunkenness. A deserter from the Royal Artillery, named John Joseph Howe, was ordered to be handed over to the main guard. Two soldiers belonging to the 50th Regiment, named Joseph Webb and Thomas Young, were each sen tenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour, for wilfully breaking the shopwindow of Mr. Macrendy, Queen-street. Edward Vale, a seaman belonging to the ship 'Regina,' was ordered to find a surety in £20 to keep the peace, having been charged ■with using threatening and abusive language towards William Smith, cook of the same vessel. The firing on the part of candidates for the honour of taking part in the firing in Wellington for the Government prizes, took place at Napier, on the 26th ultimo. Mr. CresswelL as will be seen from the subjoined score, was the successful competitor : —A. E. Cresswell, 36 j J, G. Blake, 84; A. H. Blake, 30 ; George Blake, 29; Captain A. Kennedy, 28 • P. Hogan. 23; A. Irvine, 21 j William Smith, 20 : William Miller, 18 ; P. Badley, 17 ; William fforthe. 14; G. Lamont, 14; P. Dinwiddie, 14; John Close, 13 ; iS. Trenor, 12 ; J. W. Garner, 12 ; Thomas Cass, 11 ; Private Brinness, 11 ; Lieutenant Irvine, 10 ; Corporal Cowan, 10 ; and 13 others whose.icoro was under 7. 'It has been hinted," says the Dunedin Star, "that the mission of Dr. Knight was to examine into the documents connected with the removal from the office of Superintendent of Mr. Macandrew in 1861. We *re credibly informed thatif such was his mission it has been brought to an abrupt conclusion through the startling discovery that nearly all the original documents are missing. If the General Government «ver seriously intended to prosecute the. matter further,- the lons of these documents of course utterly precludes them from doing so. 