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Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 14, 9 December 1863, Page 2

We have to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of " A Selection from the Writings and Speeches of John Robert Godley," collected and edited by James Edward Fitzgerald. The Dedication is to Mr G-udley's son, and runs as follows . — " I present you with tins Memorial of your Fiithor's work, not only in testimony of the love I bore liirn and the reverence in which I hold his inemf ry, but in the hope that it may stimulate you to emulate a enreer of usefulness which was only curtailed by bodily infirmity. I regret that these few papers — clear in thought, j .ist in judgment, and resolute in action, as they declare tlio writer to havo beeD, — should still depict so fecb y that greatness of character which won th admiration and trust of his intimate friends, and which, had he been granted health and long life, we doubt not the world would one day have recognised."

The only business at the Resident Magistrate's court \esterdav, consisted of the following cases : — One man, ch;;r£fd with drunkenness forfeited bis bnil. A man numpd James Slapleton, arrested by Sergeant P<nly, fur recklessly riding in the streets, was fined £f>. A man named James TV. Sedlam, for indecency in the streets was fined £2; and a man named James Winters for assaulting Constable Kennedy in the execution ol big duty, was sentenced to a week's imprisonment. It appeared that the man, on the previous evening, while under the influence of diink, w:i« causing a disturbance in iront of the Criteron llo'cl, and on the constable remonstrating with him, lie struck him. The prisoner endeavored to show by cross-exami-nation that lie had only placed his hand on tlio constable's shoulder in a " loving manner ;" but his witness wham he called to corroborate snch a statement, admitted that the loving manner insinuated by the prisoner, was not half so gentle as he wished the Bench to believe. Only one civil ease was heard, viz — Lockyer v Holland, £5 for professional services, and the defendant not appearing, a verdict in default was given.

The Nchon Examiner of the 21th November, gives the following latest mining news from the Buller : — " TheHeami r Sturt, which arrived from the Buller yesterday, brought up with her nearly 1000 ounces of gold, about 150 ounces of which were from Cullingwood The gold from the Buller ii mostly in nuggets, and amongst it is the iiftytwo ounce nugget of which we nave already spoken; another of eighteen ounces one of eleven ounces, one of eight ounces, and several nuggets of one ounce, and upwards. The large cold has chiefly been purchased by the Bunk of New Zealand, and the nuggets may, for the next few dajs, be seen at ollt oftiee. Wo learn from inquiries we have made, that the 308 ounce nugget was a reality, and that it has been taken away by one of the parly who found it. The accounts from the Buller state that all the diggers are doing well there, but the scarcity of fresh animal food is felt as a very great hardship. There had been a very heavy flood in the river, and no canoes had been able to ascend it for several days, although a small fleet were on their passage up."