5 JANUARY 1861, page 5

Lord Palmerston And Lord Derby, The Latter By Letter And

through his son, Lord Stanley, have both turned the Christmas holidays to account by giving encouragement to the Volunteers. They have given capital advice ; Lord Derby busying......

News Of The Week.

NEW YEAR'S DAY has come and gone ' yet Europe is neither re- lieved of its load nor informed of its future. The Emperor Na- poleon has addressed the Corps Diplomatique, as he......

The Cabinet Of Mr. Buchanan Has Suffered A Further Mutila-

tion in the retirement of General Cass, who resigned because the President would not consent to coerce seceding States back into the Union. Of course temporary successors have......