... Wednesday, o'clock. chid obtain-0 otwo. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. ITALY AND TURKEY. FLORENCE, f7an. 2.-It is stated that the Italian Government has recom- mended the Porte to grant the evacuation of the fortresses demanded by Servia. SPAIN. MADRID, 7an. i.-A Royal decree has been issued removing the tax of ten centimes imposed upon the railway dividends, and appointing a commission to examine what ...

... ROME, Dec. 26. YESTERDAY the Pope officiated in the Basilica of St. Peter at the High Mass solemnized with all the pomp and ceremony usual on this grand ~occasion. He chanted the mass in magnificent style, his voice revealing no trace of the weakness of age; and during the service he blessed the sword formed like a cross, and the red hat, edged with ermine and orna- mented with a silver dove, ...

... PERE CHICARD. THE Paris papers chronicle the death of one who was for some years notorious in a particular section of Parisian society. At break of day following the last opera bal masque a strange-looking figure was seen to lean for a moment or two over the parapet of the Pont des Arts, and then to jump into the river. A fisherman who witnessed the incident after long searching brought the ...

... I 3LIVEPOOL aYMYASIlUf. Ii The members of the ladies' classes and -their fricads of tbe fairer sex mustered in great tnmbers at this institution on Saturday, to witness the exercises, which were to be followed by the fourth annual distribution of, prizes. The interior of the building was tastefully de- corated, and made to assume a more than usually festive air in honour of the event. The body ...

... A WARNING TO NAPOLEON. The Times remarks that Napoleon thought he could reconcile France io her military sacrifices by the annexation of territory, and this 'led to his first blunder-the acquision of Savoy and Nice-a blunder which lowered FFrance in her own estimation, and exposed her to unappeasable mistrust. The influence of France was, however, unbroken, and up to this last spring the ...

... TO THlE EDITOR OF THE DAITLY NEWS. Sir,-Owing to its appearance in your impression of Saturday last, extensive circulation has been given to a paragraph taken from the Lsaw Times relating to the Inns of Court Volunteer Corps. The paragraph in question, after intimating that the corps was declining in strength and efficiency, concluded by stating that a new system of drill had been introduced ...

... I I Wi The following is the address, in reply to the WE speech from the throne, voted by the Italian M Senate on the 28th ult.: fo Sire,-Extremne sacrifices, magnanimous designs, such WI as only the consciousness of right and the firm will to ev make it prevail could inspire, have guided Italy to the in glorious accomplishment of her destinies, which has been attained, thanks to two noble and ...

... 2 ?? _ I It appears from the return issued by authority of the Registrar-General, that in the week that ended on Saturday, December 29, the births registered in London and twelve other large towns of the United Kingdom were 3,998; the deaths registered, 3,071. The annual rate of mortality was 26 per 1,000 persons living. In Lon. don the births of 990 boys and 910 girls, in all 1,900 children, ...

... MOVEMENT OF THE POPULATION IN IRELAND. To the EDITOR of the PALL MALL GAZETTE. SIR,-The greatest vigilance is required in dealing even with official statistics, if we would avoid being beguiled into the most erroneous conclusions. Any inference to which mere figures bring us should be distrusted at once-however logical the deduction, or however authorized the tabular statements-if it be ...

... I ?? ?FJRAWIM ? ? ?? I (.FoM OUiR OWN CORBUSPONDErNT.) [A portion of the following appeared in our Evening Edition of yesterday .3 I 'PARIS, M0iDAY EVENNG. ' A very extraordinary family law suit concerning thecustodyof two youngladiesaged respectively2u and 17, occupied one ot the Paris courts last week. ac The plaintiff, M. Baisson, a gentleman of property, tlh living in the Rue Ft. Honore, ...

... COUNT STANISLAS ZAMOYSKI AND THE I C T PRINCE OF WALES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAlLY NEWS. Sir,-Poland is, as you well know, subjected to a system of government so cruel and barbarous, that the daily acts of that government-however frightful in their effects on the numberless persons affected by them-often l pass unnoticed, and appear no longer to deserve that foreign journals should enumerate ...

... BAPTISM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. S&R,-The defenders of the church of England have little cause to wonder or complain if her baptismal services have been the object of successive attacks; for it is well known to all careful inquirers that there is somnething in them which, above all other supposed defects in the church, repels not the baptist only, but the congregation. alist also, and ...