... MASONIC BAJLIN HULL., One of the most important and. agreeable rgunwns which it is the lot of Hull people annually to enjoy is the ball given in aid of the Masonic and local charities, under the auspices of the Humber Lodge, No. 57. Each succeeding Worshipful Master seems to be animated with a determinastion, if possible, 'to surpass the efforts of those who, have gone before; and, brilliant ...

... BIIDLINGTON AGRICULTURAL SHOW. 1. _ I The Bridlington Agricultural Society held their forty-first annual exhibition on Wednesday, in a field belonging to Mr. Medforth, at the south-west end of the old town. The weather was very unfavourable during the early part of the day, a drizzling rain falling at intervals, and the attendance of visitors was small until afternoon. Towards noon there was a ...

... T I J E.R:A.T U WEI. TIE FEBRUARY MAGAZINES.. STILL WATER.- HIe wrote and wrote, but could not make a name; Then cursed his fate, and called the world to blame- The world, that knew not genius when it came- .The world. he cried. that crowns us in a night For nothing; but that damus us, wrong or right. Itather for slheer indifference than for spite. One of his friends would slyly smile to ...

... LI TER AT IT 7RE. NEW BOOES AND NEW FDITIONS. e Captain Barnaby is a gentleman wvho is said to take as o much pains in order to get himself killed as most other men take to keep themselves alive. This may be a slight exaggeration: but it is at least quite certain that no fear of possible peril to himself ever deterred the I gallant captain frosu m n.g out Buy scheme upon s which he had set ...

... ?? T 7P ZL,- I s, Mciii Le Yotlcf.J ,5 As usual at this season of the year, the colours uand u materials are of a more sombre tint, and made in thicker s. fabrics than those we have been in the habit of seeing it during the previous mouths. Thle winter fashions, in fact, ae re distplayed much. sooeier than usual, on account of the sudden severity of the weather. v Amioig the lavourite colours ...

... FA SHIVONS FOR DECEMBER. ( Ircia ts i/is' M er a(res' ri~ svssesrs/r.) Tire foflowisig are amrongst other costumes -wae hanve seen, sriuitabile for sev'eral dilferent occasions. For' ouit-ef-doo's a brown serge chess liastlie skirt ornafmented, with a dee]) Missol rust ])elonsrise trimmed with a wide mohair bsraid. A Rassiain paletet is in very darkc navy birte cloth, open -cross wise in front ...

... NOTES ON THE IRONWoRES OF' PI-IILAD EIPIIRA, AND THE IRON AND STEAL DEPARTMENT OF THEF, EXHIBlTION. (FPoR.c A COaR9EPONDE-T.) The Institutions of the Civil and Mining Engineers of America extended to their English brethren cordial inPi- tations to attend their annual meetings held at Phila- delphia, and to accompany them on various excursions throush the ironworks and coal regions adjoining ...

... The little town of 'Edon, as, the bucolics have it, le awoke from its normal state of listlessness, on Wed- -M nesday, to'do justice to (he flower, fruit, and' bird Tv show which has become an aunhul institution of the diI place. Visitors to Hedon would scarcely reaUse, with- pa out the aid of history, that tbis small phlegmatic town J. was once the great rival of Hull, and once had two SX ...

... LINCOLNSHIRE; BAM SALES. lOUITH GRE kT RAM FAIR. On Friday there was a large number of ramnspcned at this fair John J. Clark, of lVelton-le-Wolid, near Louth, ha4 a grand flock of pare Lincoln rams, fine upstanding animials, which were well to the fore. I His Royal Highness the Pirnce of ?? 1yecchased a ram from this flock last year, and the iords of the sale hadi this year had, by permission ...

... LITEIARY AND ART GOSSIP. There will be no July num oer of ?? iigezai'20 It ceased to exist with the iense of thle June number. The increase in the value of paper imported this year for printing and writing was £2S1,9S8, on £170,875 of last year. At the close of the present season ladame Nilsson will make a tour in her native coantry-Swveden, Norway, Denmark, &c. MIessrz. Chapmlani and Hall ...

... FASHIONS FOR FEBR1TJiUA1. .. (reor the Milliner rind Dressmarker.) According to the commonly-adopted doctrine thlee , three primary colours-red, yellow, and blue. Tii. ccs. bination of these in certain proportions yields w1 At, t; absence of them all is black. These prirnar ass ll1, mixed, produce what are called secondary colouls v.X Orange, green, and purple. From the combinatioi o ;tip1 ...

... HUNSLET PLURAL AN D AGRIOULTURAL The annual exhibition in connection with the Hunislet Florl, Hrticltur], ad Agicularl Society wats corn- urece. ystrda, n to iels djonig the Low-road, kindy lnt fr te ocasin byMesrs. J. Bower and Son en Mesrs Fste Brthes. The weather was icies favorabletb s nly dawbac hem tire excessive3 very lar'ge. The entriestar horses nmee ii en twelve more than last year; ...