Imposing Ceremony, Rome, January 1. His nolinesßthe Pope officiated personally at Ss Peter's yesterday on the occasion of his Jubilee services, being assisted by 48 Cardinals find 238 Bishoi s. Tho congrega tipn numbered 30.000. The Pope delivered his blessiog iirbi et orbi, nnd wore the triple crown presented I o him by the Emperor of Germany. His Holiness displayed excessive emotion, fainting twice before Mac?. The Duke of Horfolk who convoyed her Majesty the^Queon'a cangratulaiions occupied a place of tionoi: during the ceremony. The whole celebration wos a memorable and imposing spectacle. Jan. 2. T.Ms~estimated "that fully sixty thousand people attended the special mass in com memoration of the Popal Jubilee. The sacerdotal procession was of extreme length, anc"! was splendidly arranged. His Holiness the Pope was received wiiih immeitse en- 1 thusiasm, the large assemblage heWtily' cheering him and clapping their hands on his arrival, and the waving of hats and handkerchiefs continued during the pre^ sence of His Holiness. King Humbert, in receiving the members of both branches of the Italian Parliament stated that the success attending the J tibi lee was a proof that His Holiness the Pope fully retained the confidence of the people..
NEW ZEALAND.
