... General Osten Saoken, permanently appointed commander of the 4th infantry corps of the Russian army, has succeeded to the chief command at Sebas- topol. We learn from .Jassy that on the 10th. the Russian General Prince Gortohakoff notified to the govern- ment of Moldavia that the frontier of Bessarabia -was closed, and that the quarantine establishments would be replaced by a military cordon. ...

... bCO TLA ND. TflE LATE COLONELd MAULJE. At a general meeting of the county of F'orfar, held onl the 3di of October, 1854, a vote Wras unioni- moasly agreed to, conveying to Lord Panmure and the other mnembers of that family, their deep and heartfelt sympathy on the sudden death of Colonel the Hon. Lauderdale M~anle, surveyor-ge- neral of the Ordnuance, and assistanlt adjutant- general, who died ...

... Li PERPOOL. STQOCS OF CO'sTTON The annual returnl of stocks of cotton in this port was made public official on Friday morning, when it appeared that the actuanl amlount was 3(5,779 bales less thau the estim ated amnount, vrhich was 5811,119 bales. The following is the naumber of bales of eachl description held on the 29th Decern- her, 1854 and 1853 ;-American, 18fi4, 295,720; 1853, 286,170. ...

... RAIL WA I'S. DUNDEE AND''ARBROATIJ. The bali-yearly meeting of this company wal held on Wed- nesday, at Dundee, Mr. (i. Arnolatead in the chair. The report stated that a l alance of £445 w/as brought from last account and added to the gross revenue of £14,540, mak- io, £15,935. Fromi this was deducted £6,804 for working ex- penses and £1,289 for rates and taxes, leaving £6,992, out of which ...

... HER MAJE?STY2S hEW YEAR'S GIFTj WINDSOR, Jas,!. The distribution of the royal newr year's gifls asrlor deserning poor of the parishes of Newv Windsor, tbe9. Triuity, and Clewver, took place in the riding-sebool morning, under the superintendence ofE . comraittee Di3e nagement, composed of the Hon. end Very Revererei Dean of Windsor, Hon. Colenel Phipps, Colonel Bidie'; the clergy, ...

... Qr Pailp Pcuoo DRURY LANE.BetnanAYoge Tuis Evzeeeo. EUOEN. MesTrs. MeLd, Beends.TVee: Migi MNrriott.-A DEAD ?? the new Pantomime, called JACIK AND JILL. Measr3, ;. Beleno, M. Milnon; MdUe. Bo'eno. HAYMAREET. ERUDT LE Tes EvEvc4o, THE RIF'GTS OF TJE O ND TARLE. Messrs. wlliem Farren, Chapuendoc, ?? Cillier:, Howe, Clark, CTleonford. Cep'on, and Bucligtcne; hiss El Chaplin, anTH MiE Reynolds. - ...

... LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The clipper ship Swordfish, Captain Cobb, has just arrived from, Pernambuco, after a capital run of 25 days. I She left Pernambaco at 5 p m. oa the 4th ult. in company rwith the Oberon for this port. She experienced very streng N.E. trade winds for a week during her voyage, and was hove-to on Sunday night off Point Lynas with pilot on board during a heavy W.N.W. gale. Her ...

... TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. SIR,-Your able correspondent F. R. C. S., in his defence of the army medical department, in very much of which I cordially agree with him, says-' In no branch of the army is the peace establishment allowed, by our un- wiec and ultimately costly economy, less calculated to meet the sudden emergencies of modern warfare, with its means and appliances for ...

... Tds, AsoAI ATw . ER Prxt |AUO XWsK^I . Wge hava been favoured by the Admiralty with tc the following N-1o. 19. President, at Sa.n Franciseo, Nov. 15, 1854.f Sir-As a sequel to (Jwiptaifl Sir Frederick Nicol- s son's letter of the 19th Sep. ember last, addressed to l me, the duplicate of which wawforwarded hence on b thec 16th ult., I beg to transmia lists of the namest of the seamen and ...

... The Inekdpendanee of Brussels publishes the follow- ing analysis of the note dated Dec. 19, which was addressed by the Prussian cabinet to its envoys at London and Paris. The despatch commences by a reference to the agreement of Prussia with the point of view taken up by the Western Powers, and appeals, in proof thereof, to the diplomatic documents which Prussia has signed in common with the ...

... FRANCE IPPtOM OUJR O~1Cs5EP~)S] iof the arn PARIS, SUNDAX EivUh'se Osner Pa I yesterday mnentioned that a newv protocol hn5d shere he the representatives of En~gslnd, rane ande As-et at the lii vfrstefulfilmzent of the treaty of the 2d e - forbtre cembet . The Conszsitsstioflncl of to-day aliludes to the and etor same fact, but smerely says that the Englhsh anid Ljetti French ambassadors gave ...

... CAJI:|FORNIA . Tlhe s~team-ship Northern Light had arrived at |with New York, brintging one week's later newvs from thtley California. The Northern Light brought 300 pea- plan seogers and uoinwlrd5 of $800,000 in treasure, which, P° came down on the Panama 6ide in the steamship bless UJncle Sam, frotm' San Francisco. Trhe trantsit across T the Isthmus was Lnade in thirty-six hours from ship ...