... SPBCIAL SUNZP.A Y SBR VICES. t ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. Yesterday evening the first of. a ntew series of spaciel services took place at St. Poursa Cathedral, and, not- withstanding theocheck arising from extremely bad weather, the attendance was very large. There were a few Improve- menes in the arrangements, esa compared with those of the previous services, which experience bad naturully ...

... IA Turin letter of the 28th Dec., in the Presse, Contains the following: The pamphlet entitled The Pope and the Cougres hm abcactlie eton at Parin, Modens, and BOSD It wai brotight to Bologna and published by the journal Fsreesonoe, w hich, it appears, As wall As certain liabh newopspr received a proof copy before the actual cabtionD Ie arrived at a veryv lace hour in the eveniag. ...

... CONVERSION OF TUB PUBLIC DEBT OF I CANADA. The Minister of Finance of Canada haa circulatedo through Memoi. Baring Brothers and Co., and r Glyn, Millk, andi Co., the following flunvcial state- met, whih earm upo tesubject of the new Canadan Lon for2,80 ,00. juat announced, an described in oar Money Article; The government of Canada have been authcrised by act of ProvinoWa Parliament 22 Vic., ...

... IROPOSED CONFUSEION OF THE GBNI| | ICL INTO 441L l An important meeting ofwhsrfingers, landowners, traders, resident Sentq, and others interested in the preset- vatiop of the Regent a canal in its preent position, took ple oan Thursday evening, at the Belvidvro Tavern, Peaton- ville-road, for the purpose of organialng a determined ?? aidon to a bill to be introduoed into parliament i nbe ...

... IALNCHOLY ACWJ1DbSA OY THS RIVUS I -MA8? FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE. Oin0 Friday afternoon one of the moet maluaoloy St accidents that have for some times occurred took piece on the -Mersey, by which more than twenty live. hav been sabl- ryfired. I't appears that a vendl called the Grand Trisnon, 11 commcanded by Captain Henry Clarke, left the Birkenheaid vy Deck au Friday morning at high water, ...

... COST OF SLABr 4 CONZTRASTED OJTS THATj OF PARB LABOUR. (,ROX A OORI5PNOIENT.) , Mr. Anthony Trollope visited a sugar estate in . the Havasnaliabout fifteen miles from Cies Fuegor, and he thus describea what he witneesed: r On this property, which consisted altogether of 1,800 acres, the greater portion of which wea not yet under cuiti- vation, thre wre 600 ares of ?? pieces. The average S ...

... f844oX IN_ TBE Mzrsoeom. I ~ . I In consequence of the general increase and pre- valence of the smallpox in various paw of the metropolie tbe Lords of her Mijeay's Council have felt it their duty to sr polnt medical icspectore, under the Pablic Health At, eto JI quire itto tbe present state of vaccination in the various dit- tricts, sad to stale their lordshipe' views for the protection of ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THrE DAILY NtES. Sia,-There are, unfortunately, a set of captious radicals about town who complain that merit Is not duly ap- preciated at the Horese Guards. I should like to see low people who talk in tiwis way sileced with a good round doaen wellputin by aatoutdrummer. It is quite mon- strous to listen to such horri democratic opinions. It ie uteless to urguewith these men ...

... NAVAL AND MILlI.ARY. CHATHAM, JAN. 1. Orders have been received at the head quarters of the Royal Engineer establishment from theWar-offioo, uoni- fin Ithe apointmntlit of Captain J. W. Gordon, RB.E,q o tlio ommsnd of the expedition about to be deepatohed to lew Zealand, to be employed in the survey andcother egineesting operations about to be undertaken by the government in that i;land. ...

... | .ENGLAND'S WAR DEBTS. rS TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWSB SIR,-It is all very right and irudent, as Lord g Broughem says that whether our frfonde of the ettleiea us ccrdieaon the m her sideof thewater are orare not led by the k Tempter to try sad reap another laurel wreath of martial , glory by paying our shores a hostile visit, we should be pre. al rared tofoil the Tem ted by always ...

... I I (Yano oa nirN ?? ) LISBON, Dsc. 27. On the 22nd instant, at I pta the King ?? a first audience, in the Palace of Neoatidrdebo to Sir Arthur Charles Magenis, envoy extaordin and minister plenipotentiary of her Britanio Maety, there being present the Cardinal Patriarch of Lsbon, the high offlce of the Palace, the chamberlin, the ministers and councillors of state, the honorary mi- nieters ...

... WEST INDIA AND PACIFICI MAILS The La Plats arrived at Southampton yesterday with the West India, Pacific, and Mexican mails. Her dateu were Tampico, Dec. 4; Vera Cruz, 5; Jamaica ard Demerara, 10; Trinidad, 11; and St. Thomas, 17. Her cargo was worth about a million sterling, and amongst it weas specie to the value of 986,680 dollars, of which 4,287 dollars were on ac- count of Mexican ...