LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

Wellington Independent, Volume VI, Issue 551, 22 January 1851, Page 3

LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

The following summary of English news is from the Hobart Town Courier of tho 18th instant:—The Queen and, Royal Family were in Scotland, all well Tho Dlike of Wellington has been appointed Chief Ranger and Keeper of Hyde Park and St. James's Park, vice the Duke of Cambridge, deceased.. Her Majesty has knighted -A. J. E. Cockburri, Esq., the Solicitor-General,. C. W. W. Wyim, Esq., the Fatherof the House of Commons, died on the 2nd September. Sir Edyvai-d A Campbell, C. 8., Sir W* L. G.Thomas, Bart.,and Sir Petor Pole, Bart, were dead.?, M. D c Balzac, the famous Ffench.iipyelist, was also dead. , The Baroness Rothschild, died on the 6th September. .'.'■' ..■.".'"'.,.■'..". '.Al The appointments under the Ecclesias--1 --*■-. siL. -

tied Commission Act, which we quoted from \\je Herald last week,' seem" to be' correct/ The F-url of Chichester and Mr, John George Shaw Lefevre arc the two •'Church Estates Com'missirJhcjV' appoiiited'by the Croyvn;' and Mr., Henry (ijiplbiin), M. l\, is the Church ''Estates CommUsioner, appointed by tho' : Arch* bis !! o P„"f Canterbury, The sqjary of the " First" Commissioner is not to exceed £1200; that of the Primate's Commissioner is not to exceed £1000. Workrfe'n have begun to .erect a. scaffolding,of considerable strength'round tbe marble arch at Buckingham palace, for the purpose of taking it to pieces." Beryyiek-on/J'weed is about to be dismantled, and its walls converted into building sites, by order of tlj'e Crown. The Fishery Board h.as issued a circular, recommending fisbeimerj to catch as many dog-fish as possible, skin them, and diy their skins for t-aje, to l?e used in lieu of cmeiy paper, for which wo happen to know that they are by in means a bad substitute.— The Builder The honorable Mr. Neville has had excavations made at' FJadsto'ck" by which the remains of a Roman villa have been brought to Jight. There arc now three seats in the House of Commons vacant by death sinco the close of the pailiamentory session. They are —University of Cambridge, the borough of Poole, 'and the county of Ilerpfnr.l. The Venerable Dean of Droraore is at present in a dangerous state of health, with but faint hopes of his recovery, to the deep regtet of all yvho know him. W. fi. Wciiton, a poor miner, living near Aldstmie. had been left, by will, heir and executor to the property end estate 'of William Cell, Esq., High Shield, neur Hexham, estimated to be worth about £100,000. Tbe fjrtmiiite heir of this magnificent property is a decent, respectable, roan' with a large famiiy. We regret to learn the failure of a large cotton-spinning firm in Manchester , —that of Messer's. William and David Morris and Co., of Salford and Chorlton. The liabilities are variously stated at from'£4o,ooo to £60,000, but it 'is understood they will be found not to exceed £25,000. Mr. Morris was an alderman in the corporation of Salford* and has sent in his resignation. The Queen has referred to the Attor-ney-General, for his advict, and opinion thereon, .the claim of! Robert.Radcliffe, Esq. of Foxdenton Hall, Lancashire, Hide House, Dorset, and of the Circus, Bath, ofthe ancient Barony ofFitzyvaller, as l'meal descendant of. Jane,, sole' surviving child of Henry Radcliffe, fifth"Earl I of Sussex, and tenth Baron Fitzwalter. Mr. Bodkin, of the Home Circuit, is a . candidate for the office of Recorder of ■ the city of London. Major Jacob, of the Bombay Artillery, is appointed a Companion of the Military Order cf the Bath' Solemn high mass was celebrated, on the 10th September, upon the close of , the deliberations of the synod of Tburles. The proceedings had not been made public, but it was said that two decisions had been given against the Queen's Colleges—that the plan of establishing a Catholic University met with general acquiescence—that all sacraments are in future to be administered in eh'urahes— 1 aud that country stations had been specially condemned. It was also said that several rules had been laid down with respect to religious ceremonials, so as to establish a perfect uniformity with : those in Rome.