... NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. Corres'poondent4 wiho set any spec-ial ae.lue upqon their cor- 9mminicationas must keep copics of then, as we cannot sender- teae to aotun umused eontrintions All letters intended for publication. must be acecoipan in d by the namnes and addresses of the writers, not neeesarilh for jullkotiona , bud for the information of the Editor. A. B. C., Stourbridge.-W( do ...

... The artistic resuscitation of Madame Goldschlimidt, however satisfactorily established by her various operatic and ballad performances on Wednesday evening, could scarcely be deemed complete in Birmingham, itntil her powers had once again been tested here in that trying branch of the vocalist's art in which her most solid suc- cesses were formerly achieved; and, with good judgment, one entire ...

... THE MASONS' STRIKE MEETING OF THE TRADES .OF LONDON. An aggregate meeting of the London' Trades' Societies- convened by the London Trades' Couincil, was held:o01 Wednesday evening, in the large room of the Whitting- ton Club, Aruildel Street, Strand, for the purpose of adopting measures to assist the operative masons of London in their continued.resistance to the system of payment and ...

... TO THE E:DrrOR OF THE DAILY AS,. SIR,-Mr. Massey, M.P., appears to be backing the party who are seeking a war with the United States, on the ground of commiseration in the sufferings of the cotton trade in this country and in France. Now, I speak the sentiments of nine- teen out of twenty manufacturers when I say they want no such aid as Mr. Massey would give us. It would be too expensive, ...

... LONDON TO' NOTTINGHAM, DERBY, AND LEEDS. Gov ~ ov. Mail,Faat Gov. Feast 1 2 STATIONS 12 12 12 12 1212 1212 Mail Departure 5.A1. a Lna . a~m T.o. am. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.Eg London E.Square .. 15 6.1 0 9. 120 2 45 1. 0Si9 0 8 London K. Cross. 7.101 9.25114 III .. 30 6.40 u Rugby . . 8.30 10:11111.3111 35 2. 1 5 20 7.1[0 120 Tut Leicester.. * .. 1.1 l,8112.24 2 II 3.10 6 1? 7.50 11.f8ig c Syston * ...

... SOUTTHAMPTON. Acrent-WTMa. J. Tuicrift. Theo Indus, Captain Weeks, from nGibraltar, Malta, nndt Alexandria, with tile China, Calcntta, and Austriimlan, mails, arrived OI1 T'esday afternoon. She brought l31 panssengers; and, on freight, six packages of specie, value- 1,58., and a large cargo. he C';8ef Coa, Captain R. IV. Evans, for Gibraltar, MAflta,' and Alexanldria, with the China, Calcutta ...

... ALGERIIN RAILWA YS. l1 I g The ordinary annual general meeting of this company g was held in Paris a few days since. The report of the directors having traced the early history of the undertaking, I proceeds .hus to describe the principal couditions of the E law of lOO:- r The Ainister of Algeria is authorised to pay, in the name of the State, a subvention of 6,000,000f. (6210,G00) t for the ...

... [REU.TER'S TELEGRAH8.1 - I THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS, The Valetta, with the above mails, left Malta ' x for Ma iseilles o n the 22nd inBt,, at 4 p.m. The P era, with the heavy portion of the mails, tl s ailed at eight o 'clock the same evening. She may be expected at Southampton about the 31st 0 instant. S INDIA. CALCUTTA, D EC. 30. U el The 2aras Atlienmu rn of the 29th instant b avinounes ...

... MR. It'. P,. BAXTER ON AJfEl/ICA. 1 Mr. Bi-xer cttrn- a testivz.l if Ioe Gr(fcrs' lBenevo. lent Sciety on Wednesday. ^Ater a rnfmr nze to local h affairs, Rnd a garvgy rif continentral poltics, he care to the g |,fairR *i Alsler, i aying it down thatelave3ry Wage ii hjns e! etopro ;n'71. Re desire)d that soes considerations should not be overlooked d The lirse-xnd tver to my mind the ...

... BYt the arrival of the Etha, we have New York intelligence to the evening of the 10th inst. No important military event had occurred, but two expeditions were ready for starting, from each of which great results were anticipated. GENELtAL BURNSIDE's expedition, bound for an unknown destination, had left Annapolis. and would rendez- vous at Hampton-roads. It was stated that several divisions of ...

... -17 _ - 11 7) ?? . . ?? yr XUJJ UUAKJ~b. We (Plymouth Journal) have received the fol- lowing letter from a Sergeant-Major 1st Battalion Grena. dier Guards, on board the Adriatic, tosa friend in Devon- port, which will, no doubt, prove interesting to our readers- Halifax, Nqva Scotia, 3rd Jan., 1862. Dear Old Friend,-After encountering the dangers of the deep for eleven days and nights, I find ...

... SO1UTHE OPINIONS ON THE WAn. The Southern journals received by the American mail cositain various articles and communications on the posi- tion of the Federal States, the war now in progress, and the feeling meanifesled in England. The special corre- spondent of the Cdc,'estoe Comurer, writing from Rich- neid, Dec. 9, says:- W hilo calm yet prevails along our lines, from Win- chester to the ...