In the present instance, 1 th'e.sumrpbnsjiaf) onry been served last Friday, and the defendant was a bankrupt and thus w»!> 'unable' to .'put $a a set-off. Mr M'Coy agreed that, being** bank rupt, the 1 defendant' could not pub in' a set-off. He also stated that the summons had 'been taken '"'out temdays ago, but had not>been served in time. His Worship adjourned the case without' 'costs', 1 the' fault of not'having tHe summons served resting with the Conrt. ' ■"■ At the R3I. Gourt, on Monday, Joh'nißrie 4 n (alias O'Brien), an old offender, was charged with having, ( at Wetherstqnes, o.n the 12^h inst., , stolen a „ Crimean shirt au,d .Turkish towel, the property of John M 'Arthur, which we're nT the possession of Mm Tomb, to J fie washed, and were taken from the clothes-line. Constable M'lnnistay traced the.,pccused; to Waitahuna, as. he had been released the day previous,' after a fortnight's- imprisonment'; the constable knew his boots, the- prints' ■> of which he had left in the garden. la evidence^ Mrs Tomb' and the, owner -of the laßir. t7'fe^cl\ Doth identified the property (as tho prisoner had the shirt on, and the towel in his pocket when captured), and the case being clearly proved, accused wad sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Dunedin Gaol. A second charge was also brought against the aama person, to the effect that he had stolen a fowl at Wetherstones. A lad had seen the theft committed, from a window, and recognised the prisoner as the culprit, but in Court did not give positive evidence on this point ; therefore, the charge was dismissed. Our Beaumont correspondent writes r— The School Committee met for the transaction of business on the evening of the 6th. Present— Messrs Snusnalffiri the chair), Tubraan," Don aldson, .Richar4son,, Phillips,- and H«uderson, (Secretary.) After the minutes had been read, Mr Richardson moved — " That the application of the 1 Rev: 'Mr Law (Lawrence), forthe'uße of the schoolroom for a magic lantern entertain ment* be, granted." The motion was .carried. The tender of Mrs Borthwick for cleauiug the school was accepted. A rote of thanks to tha chair'closed' the meeting.— The Rev. R.*:TeK ford" (of Roxburgh) preached in Mrßichardsoq's house on Sunday last, to * good many of the settlers. The rev. 