... 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 ; ...

... -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., ...

... LOWLY THOU 'RT LYING. III Ie- IIIt IiNg,14 my dearest illy beautiful! £ , siting so- l gadiiess, dieparted. ajcfp - lyliie i-'jfouled aroun11d tlioe, 'iaea thy fcsthir's he-art, Silenit for ever! t~il, tie &1rnie Of yolk rose9-clould reclining, t:ilo ty golden locks o'er miy heloy ii. ?? cl. e c ioozisnws, rest onl her bosom, tayet Ic-Iled cold usl thegaes101'sile5 t ~eny mioon, frons thiy ...

... 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 ...

... THE FASuIONS. . - - . . I (Troem ?? Essnqfshwoeracls Lomesetrcr Mgeyasrile for illerr~hJ At the beginninig of MaLrch sprinig fashiors are riot yet thought of, or, at least, nothing is seriously de- cided abouit thEm. There must be a granit change ia the state of the ?? and turaperatllro before we think of nmakinig any in the ciut or material of oar ?? The great pre-occupatioti of the mnosecirt ...

... !TE NATIONAL ART EXHIBITION AT LEEDS. A meeting of the General Committee of the L'atioeall Exhribition of Works of Art, to be haeld next year in the Leedis.Yew Infirmary, was held in the Town Hall, Leeds, yesterday; the MAYOR presiding. Airionget those ~resent were Mr. W. B. Denaison (the chairmanl of the tisentive Committee), Mr. J. D. 1Lucnoek, Mr. IV. S. Jackson,.Dr. Hleaton, Mr. J. Kitson, ...

... $1,USIC IN CGRHtSTIAN WORSHIP.: | On Tuesday, at Albion Chapel, the Rev. R. A. Redford, M.A., ?? delivered a most able and extremely interesting lecture on Music in Christian worship, it being the commencement of services connected Fwith the spring meeting of it' local auxiliary to the Congregational Home vlis. sionary Society. The lecturer dwelt upon the importance of music in Christian ...

... L , ~~~(FROM I UNCE, ) THE RIsING GENERATION.-The Fenians. Motto (lately adopted by Mr Paddy Green).- Evans's helps them as helps themselves. CONUNDRUM.-(By SiinpleSymon.) Why would the normal state of a coloured gentleman in India be one of want ? Because he would be an Indi-gent. . AT THE SUNDAY-SCilOOL.-Teacher: Now, Mary Biown, you underatand what is meant by baptism ? Mary Brown: Oh, I ...

... xi IT EV,. A U R E. AN OLD HAND, a! ii viaciand ivrim ile ci, lotteuk Iy and brown, 'I his I ccl od ONailld is Cliaspinig mine;l 1 li'.i ?? it, hiattii. ?? I 'il-,sJl'itilas chisejtil i tl~owls.c'10 11AndCS t , Till- lion'' etiouldi jell tt lire gri hinld- cl Si 1i:: itl tb', griivyttr01il OLa tie~ h~l. i- llt AV iv ?? oirl ',it Taild white- T I I it- , Iii .-eil it, ?? wen(t away. % 'kr-ttill ...

... ?? it ?? SIi ei l oting, (It man oif the world' wise brow hel ' *¶ O HIII(ou ti~ansh 1 hero nil away fromt 01±1' A' I~ wen I cslaliited, the loveless dearth . hoet'iI 1 ii) soulj tlint is over it iloW. ?? l fj spirits that haunted Wo tjl o thle o urco thoc of ti'ji li winter nights, tlute ±I'agl.%Lt~ garb, and thel tzoltulou5 aogs,El-hights, It ig lily) LOUl, as the stailiglit fthe ...

... I TIM GREAT RMENCH EXrIUIITION PatsR, Marc ;1, Since Friday the buildisi'g has I beei ?? closed egainst heavy goods, except such as the Oniers may now wish to display without hope of prizes. Such, accord. ini to the last decision of the Imperial Comnissierg, is to be the itle, and the Only cD] oliotioil I can give to such as are late is that, according to present 5'pI rneces, they will form ...

... NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS.-THE PULPIT iAND THE STAGE. I On Tuesday evening Mr. A. K. Rollitt, LL.D., delivered a lecture on National Ainusementsincon' nection with the Hull Literary and Philosophical Society, at the Royal Institution. The president (Dr. K. King) presided. There was a very numerous audi- ence. The lecture was devoted to the amusements of the ancient and mediteval times, Mr. ...