... THE REVIVALS, PRAYER-AiEETINGS, AND SPECIAL SERVICES. MHUETING IN EXErER HALL. ON Tnesday Cyoning, tlhe 11s.nal weekly lecture in con- nexion with thu Youlg lMen's Christiain Association gave Place to a special mllecting for prayer and prac- tical addresses by tile 1Hon1. and Rev. Baptist Noel, nnds tile two lay evangelists whose labours lhave been so emilonetly llnoled( ill S0ntla0id, Mr. ...

... R AIL WAY T I ME-T AB LE. TRIAINS will leave for the from and to Belfast, on Wei hours Froin Belfast. 6, 9 30 amu; 2, 4 30 prm Antrim L nrn; 12 u; 4 30 psll; Atunighi 7 1 pin 7, 8 nm; 12 ii, 4 30, Armingh 715 pin 6, 9 30 lilnl; 2, 4 30 pmi BcIlycIcl 7 sin 12 ii; 4 80 pi i Ballibay e, 30 am; 2,4 30 pDI BRcllymne! e, 9 20 cmn; 2 poc Ballymo d cm, 2, 4 20, 7 30 pmr Blllynal 6 nm; 4 30 pin ...

... THE MAGISTRACY AND TIlE PRO-PAPAL MEETINGS. A ounious correspondence in reference to the sedi- tious speeches of the Rev. Mr. Fielding, at the Queens- town meeting, to express symvpathy with the Pope, has taken place between the Lord Chancellor and Mr. James Gallagher, J.P., the chairman on the occasion. As the head of the unpaid magistracy ot'Ireland, his lordship was shocked that a gentleman ...

... TFIE DIALOGUE WITH THE EMPEROR, (IROM THle TIMES.) Tuiis seemns destined to be the amnis wirabilis even ill the wonderful and checkered lite of the Emiperor of tile French. Oi the first day of 1S59 he astonished all Europe by giving the first signal of approaching wanr. The Summer saw him, although not bled to arms, leading on a vast army to victory with the skill of an accomplished general. ...

... TRAMWAYS IN BELFAST-THE BLACKSTAFF. I Toe Bills promoted by the Ulster Railway Company and the Town Council of Belfast, for the joint pur- pose of constructing a tramway from the Ulster tenid- nus to the quays, and for culverting the Blackstaff, diverting its course, and forming a new street in connexion with the project, have been printed and lodged in the usual form; and, sulject to an agree ...

... CORTRESPON DENCE. THE REFORMATION IN CANADA. TO THE EDITOR OF TIlE BELFAST NEWS-LETTEII. Connor Glebe, Ballymens, 26th Dec., 1859. DEAIU SIR-I have the pleasure of sending you, in addition to the et lOs. paid by anticipation, of which £1 was froln myself, a3cheque for £1 17s. Gd., in which collection is included lOs. Gd. handed to me some weeks past by a gentleman residing near B3allymena, and ...

... TIlE BANK. OF ENGLAND. Tm; return iroin the Banik of Enfgland for the week ending December 21, gives the following results wheC compared witlh that of the previous wee;:- £ £ Public Deposits 9,575,026 Increase 2 ,6,039 Other Deposits . 1:1.310,221 Pccrease . 326,536 Kcest . 3,148,920 lucreAse .,82 On the other side of the account:- Govt. Securities 10,925,157 ...

... A N AVAL ACTION. (FROM THE AUTOBIOGRAPIHY OF A SEAMAN, B3Y THE EARL OF DUNDONALD.) WE again ran along thec Spanish coast., and on the 4tb ofl lay were off Barcelona, whler6 the Speedy captured a vessel which reported herselt; as Ragusan, though in reality a Spanitih four-gun tartan. Soon after detaining her we heard firing in the W.N.W., nnd steering for that quarter fell in with a Spanish' ...

... THs number of collisions that have recently been reported, and of which many have happened to vessels from Belfast and the North of Ireland, are far out of proportion to what shoul occur if ordinary care were exercised by the captains of vessels. The last accident of this character was that which hap- pened to the Lyra, from Belfast to Fleetwood, on Friday night, and of which we await further ...

... DISCOURAGMIENT TO PROTESTANTISM IN FLORENCE. The following statements appeal in the Italian cor- respondeice of the Times on Tuesday:- FLOReNaN DP1W. 13.-I Woirfmed you not long ago that the cause of freedom of conscience iad vely lately suffered at first' gentle check at the hands of the Tuscan Government. I little expected at the time that its death-blow (?) could be so imminent, Oni Sunday ...

... (FROMI OUR OWN CORRESPONDr1NT.) LONDON, SATURDAY. CHRISTMAS Eve is not an epoch peculiarly favorable to composition. There are so many things to do, so many invitations to answer, so many souvenirs to purchase, slIh a pull upon the memory and the system-so much, in fine, to distract attention, that no one but an individual in the position of Alex. Selkirk or Robinson Crusoe can sit down at ...

... TiHIS DAY'S NEWS. [13Y MAGLNETT X TELEG.RAP1 . NE IVS-LET7'ER OFFICE Tuesdoy, One o'clock pin, 'MISCELLANEOUS, The chief feature in the morning papers is the Bc- count of the Christmas pantomimes, burlesques, and other enterteinments. 'the Tivies fills seven columns with this matter. There were 34,3G4 visitors at the Crystal PMlace yesterdiay. The Duke of Malakoff arrived at Windsor Castle ...