5 JULY 1856, Page 11

The Earl of Shelburne has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds ;

and the morning journals announce that he has been appointed Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and raised to the Peerage by his present title. He is to be succeeded in the representation of Caine, according to the same authority, by Sir William Williams of Kars. The Gazette of last night contains the announcement that Mr. Valen- tine Fleming, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, and Mr. Dominick Daly, Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island, have received the honour of knighthood.