7 JUNE 1862, page 5

Topics Of The Day.

MR. LAYARD ON CHINA. Air R. LAYARD'S speech, delivered on Monday in Southwark, AU seems to have contented his constituents, but will scarcely be satisfactory to the great body......

An Engineer's View Of The Cotton Question.

I N another column we print a letter from Mr. Bridges Adams, arguing acutely and ably, but we think very erroneously, that India has many special advantages over England for the......