17 NOVEMBER 1849, Page 9

The Queen has appointed Alexander James Moorhead, Esq., to be

Secre- tare, and. Registrar to the Commissioners for the Government of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, in the room of Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Carr Alder- son, deceased.

It is stated that Mr. Sergeant Dowling, of the Home-Circuit, has been appointed to the office of Judge of the County Court for Yorkshire, vacant .by the death of Mr. R. Wharton.

• In reply to a letter of inquiry by the shipowners of Cork, Sir Denis Le Merchant hes been directed by the Board of Trade to state, that from the lit ef.Jinfiery next all ships duly owned by British subjects will be ad- mitted to registry, without inquiry as to the place of their build.