Hall, of Timaru, with MiBS Withers, daughter of the Major com manding the militia and volunteers m Hawke's Bay, was celebrated with great eclat on the 28th February. Major Withers is one of the oldeßt settlers m his district, and he and his family are very well known and de servedly popular. We notice that Mr Joseph Rhodes, brother of Messrs W. B. and R. H. Rhodes took a prominent part on the occa sion. Resident Magistrate's Court, Thuabu. —At this Court on Friday and Saturday, be fore B. Woollcombe, Esq., R.M., the follow ing cases were disposed of: —Frederick S. Loyde, creating a disturbance m a licensed houae, fined 5s ; same, assaulting a constable, fined sa, and ordered to pay coach fare, 15s ; Peter Adam Lyle, drunk and disorderly, fined 20a, or forty-eight hours' imprisonment; Michael Daley,drunk and disorderly, fined Is, and coach fare, 4s ; John Helan, drunk and disorderly, fined Is, and coach fare, 4s; Michael Murphy, using obscene language, fined 10s ; same, drunk and disorderly, fined 10s ; same, resisting the police, fined 10s ; William Gibbs and Thomas Jones, drunk and disorderly, fined 5s each. Slaughter-house licenses were granted to J. H. Tancred, Donald McLean, Alexander Kclman, and Charles Meyer. Proposed Testimonial to Mr Resteix —The school teachers throughout the pro vince having recently had an intention of presenting a testimonial to Mr Restell, Chief Inspector of Schools, that gentleman having consulted the Board of Education on the subject, has addressed the promoters of the movement the following letter, m which considerable delicacy and sense of propriety ia displayed : —" Willow Bank, Windmill-road, Christchurch, March 16th, 1874. Messrs Elwin and Taylor.— Gentle men—l write to thank you and the teachers of the province for their very kind intention of presenting me with a testimonial This expression of goodwill is very condoling to me under the many little unpleasantnesses to which a colonial Schoo Inspector ia liable. But, after some conversation with the Chairman of the Board, I am fully persuaded that it would not ba right, while m office aa Inspector, to accept a testimonial from gentlemen who stand m the same relation as the teachers of Canterbury do to myself. I am, eta, J. P. Restell." Soiree and Concert. 