The Ball at the rooms of the Athenaeum, on Tuesday Evening, spite of the wet night and muddy roads, was a most successful and happy re-union. It originated, "we helieve, in some surplus funds from the subscription for the late evening's entertainment at the Theatre on the select night ; and certainly those gentle men who undertook the management of the two evenings' enjoyment deserve many thanks and great praise for their exertions ; they have most satisfactorily demonstrated that we can combine economy with our hitherto expensive social' recreations, without losing one tittle of • their enjoyment. Dancing commenced about ten and continued almost without intermision until about half-past four, and if we may judge by the vivacity and quick .succession of" the

It is reported that .the Gwalior has arrived at the Bay of Islands, after a passage of upwards of 200, days, short of provisions and water. This is the longest passage, we believe, of any vessel to New Zealand since the formation of the Colony.
