... 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, ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... BARON ,RICASOLW'S CIRCULAR. A ei-roilar of Baron Ricasoli's has just been published, to explain fully.to-foreign Powers the position in which Government is placed in regard to the Chambers. The despatch is addressed, under date of the 3rd instant, to the representatives of Italy at the various foreign courts. It commences with a reference to the discussions in the Chamber of Deputies. The vote ...

... .SOcIETy FO.B PROOTrING THO AMERDMBNT I ; OF THEAW I At the genieral teeting of this society, on Mon| day evening, the 19th,, Dr. WADDILOVE, read a paper on the Conflict of Belligerent Maritime Rights, which by the meeting was ordered to be printed and circulated. After sketching the uncertainties of international law on the question of neutral commerce with belligerents, and the law of ...

... LORD CLAREXCE PAGET, IMP., AT DEiL. ?? e- On Saturday evening the members for Sandwich, at Lord Clarence Paget (Secretary for the Admiralty) and Mr. Er .E Knatehbull-Hugessen, addressed their constituents in the at Town-hall, DeaL Lord CLARENCE PAGLr, after adverting to the death of the late Prince Consort, and comparing the state of this country with that of the rest of Europe, proceeded to ...

... -1 l not-lest Sor vveeks. AllU o'ut'6f door~ 'ork,.but nooVIO$ mueck '3bon isis speqtedl'o WeLat'ehgi,'ltll~thf weathet~ ?? Thr e'eehv;xr, ?? us. from mnaitegr~a'hotbefr, nerfroezjptepsrng'dstfg; mekae~hemj~th. rthose ?? ale 'plgcslgr phudeI pots ,mipse .se.liberal in the .aEphcn ttnon hot deep.dn. Ass alq quantityr willi noon be cooledi and this rntst ot,bie..,ThneJ w~ho are proof aksln4't' ...

... I ht~ LONDON: a- THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1862, led ,b ?? allthe fearfully and wonderfully constituted n beings in existence, the rmost astounding is the n London correspondent of a provincial journal. n The yokels put their faith in him as in a species of miraculous medium between themselves and the Upper Ten Thousand. Hle is, most indubitably, eda 14bty Master of Arts. Upon the table in his h- ...

... LOSS OF TR E INDIAN OCEAN, A USTRXALIAN V4ESSEL. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY NIGHT. aet I We are glad to be in a position to state that the Eelegram (el Ifrom Waterford, yesterday, announcing the wreck of the ju I Indian Omean, and the lose of all hands, off Auneetown Bay, Stc r was incorreot so far ae the loss of tha crew is concerned, I ¢ the captain and all hands having arrived in Liverpool this ...

... SIR CH[ARLES g~BRIGHT ?? STATE AND I PRGRES OF TELEG~RAPH OPERATIONS. On Saturday Sir Chariea Bright was presented ti with a testimonial on the occasion of his relinquishing his it position of Engineer-in-Chief of the British and Irish Mag. f4 netic Telegraph Company, of which in future ho is to be 0 the Consulting Engineer. The presentation took place at i the George Hotel, Liverpool, and ...