... 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 ; ...

... 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. ...

... FLOWER SHOW AT THE BOTANIC . GARDENS. ~e. If we may take as a criterion the great number of ith people who oa ,Wednesday thronged our beautiful er otanie Gardens, the love of botany iniifull is very LoU strong and wide-spread. Of sourse v'e should be te pdown as cynical if we were to hinttihat a taste vas for flowers was not the primary object for which ry ladies flock Uto ,lioral shows, ...

... -Y. GEORGE'S ROWING CLUB. BALL. t The annual ball'd the above club was held last night, at the Music Hall, Jarratt.street, when 173'i ladies and.gentlemen Were present. It was a very fashionable one, and attended by many of the leading gentry of the town and neighbourhood. The stew- ards were Captain Cator, R.N.; Major Bannister, E.Y.R.V. ; Lieutenant Bethel Jacobs, ?? W. Reynolds, Eq., ...

... CHIlSTMlAS FESTIVI'TIES AND AMUSE. CIIRIST v MENTS. Christmas this year will, we fear, with many be far from a merry one. But while it is painful. to think of the large and unusual amount of distress ftlhat prevails at the present we may yet find considerable relief and pleasure in the fact tliat not all the poor are forgotten, that sonite aro able to rejoice at this festive season, and to enj ...

... PUBLIC ENTERTONMENT I 7tfs:S Aarrs ?? - - M N S MISS Fo1EnAse's ArNNUAL CONCERT.1 Mooch a this annual concert was given in the Protestanft H 'n before a numerous and fashionable andiclce l lowing took part in the entertainmeil Tiefolj man (soprano), Miss A. R. Grieve (contralto) M c- Bolingbroke (pupil of Miss Foreman) inj r Mr Ud (tenor), 1%Lr. :. Poskitt (bass), HIrr Wertlirirn (.a re ...

... TIE MAGAZINES FOR OCTOBER. THREF Ve-a> c ndidathi:for popular favour have inredymdee ~ toheir appearance this autumn, ?? ,indeedy, for good or evil, it seems pretty certain that whil e iiost of our best works of tiction' make their first appearance in periodicals, much also of the Wit, wisdom, and philosophy of the day, aye, and 4 much g alsoof sound information, and just criticisin Iare tobe ...

... The rapid approach of the day appointed for the opening of the peerless gasometer reveals some peculiar circumstances respect- ing it. In the first place, the affair will be very costly, in this respect far exceeding all its predecessors. The reorganization of armies and other national proceedings prevent France from bearing the conventional share of ex- penses. All that she will do is to ...

... IBAWRON CHRISTMAS FAT STOCK SHOW. 0 On Monday the above show, which has not been held since the year 1864, owing to the prevalence of n the cattle plague, took place under very favourable y auspices. A large number of farmers and agricul. e5 turists residing in the north of Lincolnbhire were Y attracted to the show, and amongst the exhibitors Y were several gentlemen who came from somewhat f ...

... I (FROM LE r Forrr.) | Although the rcbefourreau and the short costume appear to be thq styles, par excellence, of the pre. sent season, they are made with such various miodi- ficationo that, perhaps, it will not be difficult to adapt them to most tastes. For example. the short dresses are made in all possible styles :-Short skirt Over one to match, or of a contrasting colour flirt canght up ...

... I [FROM AN OCCASIONAL COARESPONDENT.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE HULL PACKET. Sit,-As a correspondent of yours, when on the other side of the Channel, allow me, now that I am on French ground, to give your readers a few of miy im)rfssions of Paris as it is,, and of its Grand. International Exhibition. The first thing which I will notice is the grossly Iexaggerated statements of the French ...

... PICKINGS FROM THE (0!410 PAPEk' I- - 1 or (FROM PUNCIf4,l Ln Br ArrzoerrY.-S rest boy (sternly) : ,d se ge'nb says as yu're t' have your door-way Yia p inie it, l,; ! anu (smore metkly) me au' my mate's wi.t ' a: todoit,11 It A DEcIDED OPxxroy .- Unpleasant boy (whose d Christmas vacation has bemn unnecessarily prolonged: e Oh, my erseky ! li-re's a jolly pi ce they've got at the t Adelphi ...