... The second annual repository coinpetition of the Brigade took place on Saturday at the Barracks, in Park-street, and if we may judge from the number of competitors brought together, the event bids fair to be- come one of the most popular of the prize contests offered by the officers to the members of the regiment, no less than six detachments, or 114 men, assembling to test their prowess in ...

... Look not upon the newspaper when it is read. Go and buy a fresh one. It having been announced that a cashier had absconded, leaving a large deficit, an old lady wondered why he didn't take it with him so as to have something to live on during his exile. A man recently had a pair of pants built for hira. When he tried them on he found them very tight, and. he complained to the tailor. Can't ...

... THE PANTOMIME AT THE THEATRE .. ROYAL. . II I It is not only unfair, but it iE absurd, to attempt the criticism of a pantomime on first production. From manager down to call-boy, everybody ia thoroughly worn out with incessant rehearsal, and the demands of nature need attention. It is only whe, a pantomime has been played btfore the public for sevetal nights that it can* be said to be ...

... . CONTENTMENT. What is this life What is it after all? A daily strife In which we rise or fall. Like ocean's tide Our fortunes ebb and flow; We make a Etride Ahead, then backward go. Thus ups and downs, From life's mern till the eve,, We meet; and frowns Sore oft than smiles receive. What is the ain, Of all our daily strife? To make a name That perishes with life? Or is our toil, From youth ...

... The thermometer is one of the few things that can fall without hurting itself. The ticket-of-leave man waits upon the order of his going. A bank is a bad place for delicate young clerks and bald-headed cashiers; so much exposed to drafts, you know. The following epigram, a poetical rendering of a tipsy colloquy between Pitt and Dundas, is as fresh to-day as when first repeated:- Pitt.-I cannot ...

... Id (SPECIALLY CONTRIBUTED.) ,ir rs KNARESBOROUGH AND ITS CASTLE.' le Few more historically interesting or more beautifully is situated places than the old town of Knaresborough, in b the West Riding of Yorkshire, are to be found. It is at an ancient Parliamentary borougb, and from the year li 1553 to that of 1868 it returned two members to Par- liament. The right of election was of old ...

... ! TIE CONGREGATIONAL YEAR-BOOK. The above-named annual volume for 1881 ,has been published by Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton, London. It contqius much additional information, both of general and special interest. The new features include A statement in reference to Ants of Parliament specially affecting Dissenters, Dissenting places of worship, and charitableepdowmnentsin England anc Wales, ...

... P, UNGU WN Teclosing days of Iaatwekitsedt was 'a novelty in-'the. north *of Eugland A ini foray- had been organised by the Yorsie ~triss Union, the arrangements~ including- xus~st gate -and to Ripon On~rdy i -uloeliiws~e 1Show1 on the Satur~day,1loeby'dnrawse Borne ol the edible bpeciesweeokd. ' The frybigo h ?? neprmn,'r Ithe mebr ?? entrl ncutmdt the ?? itnuse Ybait a tesuei iof this ...

... DONCASTER AGRICULTURAL SOA TY's I t The annual exhibition of the Doncaster Agricultural. aid ocity as commenced. yesterday, and wiu be conl- fu tinued to-dky and to-morrow. The -show is hold on the ed racecourse, about fourteen acres of which have been the enclosed, for the purpose. The society lias long occupied6 oat a leading place in Yorkshire, and the large owun offered !elt in prizes ...

... THE SERIOUS OCCURRENCE AT A I THEATRE. a At the Leeds florouhpli Police-court vesterltay I c Mr. Bruce, Euwin Martin, aisid Fred. MortO, a, t living at 12 , Seraid-gioveC, tanibridge-road. Lee' ' > brought up, charged with * unlawfully turoizig thj.5 E light out at the Theatre Royal, thereby causing bodily' inuty. to Gcofgd Pybts and nie other1 1 As Was stated in out issuO of yesteeday, Morton ...

... L~COLNSEIIRE AGRICULTURAL, SHOW. The second day of the show wvas favoured with fine weather, and there was a good attendauco. The various implement stasids were busy centres, the ring in which tho prize cattle and horses were paraded attracted large num- bera of suectators, and the dairy exhibition was visited by many ladies and gentlemen in the course of the inoruing. The band of the Royal ...

... RICHMONDSHIRE: AGRI(.ULTtIxAL SOCIETY'S SROW. . , KVVW.LJ -3 3. l.lA .~ Vt . The annualr show of the above' td6ietY took place yestiir' L'day at 1ichumond. Foruserly. the 'so'ciety's inbeting W64' held alternately at 'Bedale, L eyigni. ?? , bsu ?? some timaeago Bedal~iormed asociet'yof~its o~wnand now~ r. tie Riehmondshire 6how* is confined ~to tiso Richmond and ~; ~eyur dstrct. Last ?? the ...