... 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 ...

... THE NEW TOWN 13ALL. ! . ' ?? IT; is a fortunate circumstance that our Town Council, before committing itself to an absolute and final selection of the best of the competitive plans for a new Town Hall resolved upon eonsulting an architect of Mr TITErS eminence., Mr TiTE, as will be seen from his letters read at the council meeting yesterday, will pronounce no hasty or ill-considered opinion, ...

... V A R I E T I E S. th Why should physicians have a greater horror of the gt sea than anybody else? Because they are more liable to to iev sicknesj! lit illustrated with cuts,' said a young urchin, '1 as he drew his pen-knife across tihe leases of his b g ramtilar. a] I Jack, your wife is not so pensive as she used to ir be s'-No, she has left that off, and turned ex- t} pensive. at 'Now, ...

... -a ?? . THE OPENING CEREMONY. ] he Tines of Monday ?? no time since the coummencement of tile building has such an amount of work of all kinds been accomplished as during tile past week. The English exhibitors seem to have been fully lawakened to the daueer of being too late, and have began to send in their goods, erect their courts, and fill their cases with such rapid energy as has already ...

... The annual show took place yesterday in Mr J. a Woolley's field, adjacent to the railway station, 8 The attendance was greater than last year, and the c number of animals exhibited was also large. Entire _ horses were as numerous as on recent preceding s occasions, and there was a good competition for other classes. The judges were Mr Stephenson, h Bushy Hill ; Mr John. Ingramn, Wood Hall ; ...

... BRIDLINGTO ARICULTURAL SHOW. I I -e 11 I . The thirty-fourth annual exhibition of the Brid- lington Agricultural Society was held on Wednes- B day, in two fields belonging to Mr R. Medforth. The number of entries was about the eame as on Previous occasiona, dad included 17 sheep, 10 short- n horned cattle, 18 pigs, 187 horses, and 130 poultry. e The entries in seone of the classes would have ...

... YOBESHIRIE. Aldborough ?? September4 Bavwtry ?? , ?? Novemrner 22 Beverley ?? ?? November 6 Burlington ?? October 21 Doncaster ?? . ?? November 10 Driffield ?? August 26 Easingwold ?? ?? September 2 Frodincha n ?? October 2 Hedon ?? . ?? September 22 Hornden ?? ,. ., August 13 iow .en ?? .. ?? . September 26 Hull ?? 11 and 12 Hunmanby ?? October 29 KIMham ?? , ?? Angust 21 Leeds .November 8 ...

... THE BEST THING OUT.-An aching tooth. FOOD FOR THE IMAGINATION.-Faucy bread. CAUTION TO SISTERS -Harriet: I say, Charley, I've been stealing some of your scent; but it isn't very nice-something odd about it-smell. Chiarley: Not wiped your lips with it, I hope? It's the new stufffor my moustaches-brings 'em out an inch every night ! FAAIILY PRIDE,-First Boy: My father's a orficer. ...