... BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP I [REUTER'S TELERGRAMS] d THE WAR IN AMElRICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OTl WASHINGTON AND THE JURA. t REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ts TREASURY. a CONGRES3 AND TIlE PRuSjIDENT'S cANCIPA- AID FOR LANCASHIRE. V GENERAL BUTLER CONDEMNED BY A t FEDERAL COMMISSIONER. s RECEPTION OF THE P11FSIDENI''S MESSAGE. 1' SMART ENGAGENIENT IN TENNESSEE. h r A portion of the following ...

... T1I HERALD'S VOYAGE. We are indebted to a friend in London for an eary copy of the following most interesting re- port of Captain Denham's recent exploration of the Western Pacific in her Majesty's ship Heralil. It has been printed by order of Cooicil for the Proceedings of the Royal Geograplhical Society, 1862:- In 1S51 strong representations were made to her Majcsty's Governtnent resl)ecting ...

... ,o6ourt aml Sia-WOu OsonltNs, -Dee. 21. tl The Queen, with their Royal Hiiginesses the Prince of Wales, Prince and Princess Louii of Hmess, Princess - Felera, Prineess Louise, Prince Leopold, an I Priucess ti Beatrice, arrivld at Osborne froin V'ildsor Oastle yes- f terday ait bali-past two o'clock. Herllfaj~YCest' rsell' from 'Port~niouth hiarbour in thle Royal yaehlt \ictoriiiJ ond Albert. ...

... The Home Secretary, in answer to a memorial a, from Bishop Murdoch of Glasgow, has refused to k interfere in the case of Father M'Laughlin. An sI action of suspension and reduction, it is therefores said, is about to be immediately raised. It is mj clear, however, that the Father will be of no use ti to his flock at Eastmuir during Christmas-the t) original object in view with the petitioning ...

... SECOND EDITEON OF YESTERDAY, THE WAR IN AMERICA. The Times' correspondent writes from Rich- mond, November 21, that his letter from Win- chester of October 15 had been intercepted. He gives some account of camp life in Virginia. The road from Richmond to Stanton was thickly crowded by the refluent tide of sick and fur- loughed soldiers. Such gaunt, raw - boned, famished skeletons-many of them ...

... : . I . i ?? I I I Otiltral ?Iltdllgmct. Letters from Ttaly state tbat the wound of Garibaldi is rapidly healing. The General him- self is ?? about his shortly being in a a Condition to engage again in the work of liberty. i Sir- Robert Peel has beeni uinanimiously elected a rnut-tuer of the principal Conseirvattive Clubb in It Dublin. The 1'Ttces' D)ubli a Correspondent t bli~vvs that this is ...

... A meeting of the friends of the City Mission was held yesterday afternoon in Queen Street Hall. There was a large attendance, and among the gentlemen on the platform were the Right Hon. the Lord Provost (chairman); the Rev Francis Redford, rector of Silloth; the Rev. Dr Guthrie, the Rev. John Stuart, St Andrew's Church; the Rev. Sir Henry Moncreiff, Bart.; the Rev. Messrs D. M'Ewan, C. Teape, ...

... MEETING IN FREE ST LuKE's Ciit-cn.-Yester- day afternoon, a deputation from the Central Sunday School Union Relief Committee, Alan- chester, consisting of Mr E. S. Rogers, honorary aecretary, and Mr J. Butcher of Bury, addressed a meeting of children with reference to the Lancashire distress, in Free St Luke's, Queen Stre t. The chair was occupied by Mr Fuid- lay Anderson. After prayer by the ...

... A Well-wisher thus takes Dr Begg to task in the lbondon ?? Review :-Th lRev. Dr Begg, one of the most energetic, able, and philanthropic of Scottish p)tiljic men, declared, on a recent oe- casion, that about one-tiurd of the adult popula- tion of Scotland cannot read or write. Clever man antl statistician as he is, he has for once failed. in the reading of figures. He proceeds as follows:-ln ...

... (FROM TrEE DAILY NEsWS.) The Sul)stance of General Prim's elaborate apology will surprise no one vwho hlis paifl the most indifferent atteutioL to the policy of the Second Empire within the last six years ; least of all will it surprise those who have hbad experience of combined military operations with a Govern- ment for which a conveirtioh means a form of words to conceal frorn your allies ...

... SIGNOR FAlIUN['S RECENT SPEEChi. The following is a report of the speech de- livered by Signor Farini at the ro-asssumbling of the Turin Chambeis, a telegraphic sumnmary of which has already aippea.edl in our columns Gentlemen, as we have been entrusted by the King with that important charge, the aduininis- tration of the State, it is our first duty to declare that we seek in the support of ...

... ceourt and lfoltioa- WdIND SOR CASTLI, Dee. ?? The Qneen and her Royal Highness the Prilicess Helena walked and drove this tuornirg. The Right Uon. Sir Georgo Grey, Bart,, arrived at tihe Castle yestorday, mnd hadl an audience of tle Queen. The Duchess of Athole has succe-ded the Countess of Caledon as Lady in Waiting. The aceouchenienit of the Princess Louis of HIesse is expected in April, ...