... PsoGnESS OF TMlE ARPLANG;EEYTS.-The hoardings and plain fittings on the eastern side of the building are norr nearly complete, anti an opportunity is affarded of forming an apptoti- mate ?? ate of the amonnt of the contributions received from foreign countries. Many of the compartments are, as Yet, quite empty. No arrivals from the United States have taken place up to the present time; and ...

... ho( A fight between a bull and a bear took place near Ncw De Oleans, on Sunday, the 27th ilt , and is chronicled as follows by the New OtleansaCrescent of the 28th of March -. Yesterday, pursuant to public notice, came off at Gretna, opposite the Fourth District, the long-heralded fight between the famous grisly bear, General Jackson (victor in fifty battles), and the Atlakapas bull Santa Anna ...

... [The following songs have been set downi Ot- paper, in a fine running hand, by Sergeant X.Y.Z. ; and have been composed chiefly during the happy ten mhiute intervals allowed by the Commissioners for luncheon. They have been read with approval by the Bishop.lane Central Committee, with the exception of the Chairman, %%ho sternly refused to see or hear any thing. On being blindotlded, ...

... I ;- ; A ?? P: 1. &961AAhe;gor- of In ) 6 wtk # eifi, the~ AW. If hew, o a how~ in . omina L, Vee{. -Rdredmirsie-Wi&d #~jib a? )~biwil 4ol.dyealiton 4.-Mi.,NK0 4u1tv6f4erIS youesee dat thehm~iau wI~ 3~s x6~ w'aturt aud ver fat One':asy,, 'bojagasrlne 116 l iattirblt *daai CrOUaEW, U p pls u 1 0~rher ai mdade to rise. Te Abas e4hiarqusi&lun ?? gqlouV', C Mfdain, filtaered'the the 4ell apd ...

... VARIETI ES. Flattery is like champagne, it soon gets into the b head. t, A miusieal composer having been asked whether he had r done anything lately, said that his last work was a n composition-with his creditors. v Patrick O'Flaherty said that his wife was very ungrate. W fal, for whin I married her sioe hadn't a rag to her w back, and now she's covered with 'em. e Somlebody having asked ...

... A show of poultry was opened to the publici on Saturday last at the Crystal Palace. The total number of pens is 1,466, and among the owners of the birds are nearly all the most eminent breeders and fanciers of poultry and pigeons .rc Isle country.. he number oi pens of Spanish fowl is i _4 of Dork ngs, coloured and white, 150; Cochin China, brown, white, and partridge-feathered, 109; Bramnah ...

... The Queen held a Drawing Room on Saturday at St. James's Palace, for the purpose of enabling the aristocracy of the country to pay their respects to the Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia previous to their departure from this country on Tuesday next. The reception at St. Jassses's was a most brilliant one. Directly thedoors of the palace were opened, soon after one o'clock, the ...

... THE RArI TWWWRTRATIoMT ON FRIDAY NIGHT. It is impossible to obtain greater proof of the progress of music in this country than the desire we occasionally see manifested to bring before the public the works of some grand old master, whose greatest compositions are laid aside because of the difficulties in the way of their execution and performance. It will be remem- bered that some of ...

... ocktl. STANZAS SUGGESTED BY A SHELL. Our birth is but a sleep and a forgettli)g.-WVOaDsWofStsa. 11he sea shell of its native deep A thrilling moan retains.-RzSIANS. Imagination builds on airy beams Temples more fair than human skill can boast; With brighter hues the visionary gleams Than aught this world owns, or hath over lost, The signs and symbols that in man exist, Divine suggestions, ...

... BIRMINGHAM CATfrLE AND POULTRY S H 0 A. Tihe exhibition opened yesterday nborning, and during the day no tower than four thousand persons were admitted, the greater proportion of these using the tickets issued to subscribers. ilhe aristocracy of the neighbouring countics mustered very strongly. Anmongst those present were the Earl of Shrewesbury, Lord John Scott (Preeident of the Society) and ...

... What should have been a promenade concert, with all the attractions of a celebrated band, a llrst-class vocalist, fresh air, sunshine, and a pretty view, was wondrously translated. hle rain being pitiless and the day darksome, there was a wise altera- tion made in the arrangements. The pianoforte, which had already beon deposited in the Parlo orchestra, was removed to the Great Gallery; and ...

... In Saturday's Journa we gave a short notice of the rich and glorious-addition which the Poet Laureate has mado to our literature, We do not propose to give any further analysis of this four-fold string of pearls, but merely-to call here and there a few of the exquisite, noble, and pathetic pa3sages with which the poems abound.. Such glorious utterances as are contained in this volume ...