... 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. ...

... (16-om ftse Ovet'rland Bombay Timiest of Xou, 28.) TIke last fortnight, like thle previous Si. m tonttls, tins boon nearly barreat in events of inaporfanee. The in- ticiigettco Fromt Cabal states that Dost Maltomedl, finding, himself advaincing in years, is anx otis to ?? a yn agtnotsfo ti asucesio o hao ot As Chooltitit I ytler Khant, de~stineid For t'lth suceossiott, is necithtet the ...

... THE MILILTIA. CoUNTrrY LoorIx.-Sir John Stepheixi Robilnson, Dart., Rok?))y Haill, l))0oiite(il Ui'lnat. Colonel, i)y ?? Right l101. Iord Bello w, ?? Of tibe COtellt'x. Aum kou -To be CaPtlitn-A wr nr be wrY, ?? Call- tn;lU, 3lul l Rogt., Vice ulIer, dleceasedl. To be Lieu- te ntlllS- tillinro Altlthmtt Ilutchilltsoii, vico h ay, who in 'etive's, i'milittill his ittalk; jalries (beige TIount, ...

... CilARAC'TERISlGC l-E' 1'ER I lVRONI THIE EAS'T. Tll,, following is an extl'act of a ieltttr l'ioao 3 pl ivat soliel--ii ?? soli-tti his m1-other, living ill a ipoor cabin near Aluylielty:- ''lla Camp at Balticl ...

... N~AVPAL AND JIILlTARI' NEWS, g ! .APJOISTMRNTS. l Lie utenaonts-J. M,. Jaeksou (1540), Iromtnhie Horntio, 24, Blsorew steam-guard-ship, at Sheerness, to the Blenheim, 60, screw-steam-shlip, at Portsmouth ; H. B. Crofter, (1842), from nthe Cruizier, 17, screw-steam-sloop, to tho Horatio, viee Jackson ; J. WF. Newport (1850), to the Cmesar, 91, screw- *esteamu-ship, at Devonport; Jobn Ward (a) ...

... CoMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL. dinner, Y in commemoration of the t fou5ndationl of the schools of this most valuable and in-t .~et~gchocity, was celebrated on Saturday in the larget te ofathe LndonTavern. Originally preparations had I teen 21ade for the accommodation Of feom eighty to a headred guests, but such was the interest excited by thec sa ossewrt that Mr. Charles Dickens hua kindly pro- ...

... . (FroM TUN I r0iCN oip TxTE mmmscmro TELIGR.APH . SATURDAY, DXC. 30.- statict. -Courae of Wind. State of Weathor. Greenwich ?? W ?? Overceat. Lothbury W. ?? Unsettled. Dublin ?? ;. S.W . Fine-Very windy. Liverpool ; W.S.W. ?? Cloudy. Holyhead .. W ?? , Fine. Bangor. S.W. Cloudy. Derby. S.W .. Cloudy. Stauford . . W . Fine. M~asborou.gh . S.W. Cloady. Normanton ?? . , S.S.W. ?? Cloudy. ...

... -. MISCELLANEO.US. bt An Historical Fact.-Wheat whas first* sown in the c, B North American colonies in 1692, on the Elizabeth fr °d lsltnds, in Massahusetts, by Gosnol(1, athe time lie E ,tj explored that coast. That has been just 252 years 0i i, ago, and since that time so great has been the increase st re of this cereal, that in the year 1840;according to fhe st er census of 1850, the ...

... Despatebes from Vienna state that at the conference held in that capital on the 28th notes were exchanged between the representatives of the three allied Powers, defining the sense in which their Cabinets understood the four points proposed as conditions of peace. Prince Gortschakoff, it is understood, demands time to obtain the instructions of his Government. Another despatch, of the same ...

... The Tribunal of the First Instance of the depart- ment of the Seine, under the presidency of M. Debelleynme, has lately been occupied by a suit brought by Mr. Adrian Hope against Mrs. Adrian Hope, calling upon her to give up to him the custody of his two sons, in conformity with the two orders ofthe LordChancellor made during last year. M. Duvergier, Mr. Hope's advocate, opened the proceed- ...

... I .I. SE WAR. EXPECTED ASSAULT ON SEBASTOPOL CoNSTANvmoPLu, DEc. 20.-It is confidently asserted that the resolution has been adopted to storm Sabastopol as soon as the Turkish reinforcements come up. Tie French, it is said, are to storm whilst the British and Turks attack Mensohikoff. There is a report that Omar Pasba has writ- ten to the Sultan, making it a condition of his accepting the ...

... TIUE NEWSPAPER POSTAL STAMP. (Froui the Inverness Coarier.) The society for promoting the repeal of the so-called taxes -on knowledge appear to have matured their plans and fsiniliar- ,ised the Government and public with their views, so that the question of abolishing the postal stamp on newspapers, and substituting a chnage for each transmission by post, will soon ie brought before Parliament ...