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MILITARY SADDLES FOR EXPORTA TION.—Three Hundred Military Saddles, Bridles, Holsters, Valisses, &c., complete, and ready for immediate shipment. Sample to be seen at 60, Crown-street, Finsbury-square, London. IN PARLIAMENT.--SESSION 1862. METROPOLITAN AND THAMES VALLEY RAIL WAY BILL. PROPOSED ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. (Alteration of Line of proposed Railway in the parishes of Hampton, Hanworth, Sunbury, nd Shepperton.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That applica tion has been made to P ar li amen t f or l eave t o ma k e provision in the Metropolitan and Thames Valley Railway Bill, now pending in Parliament, for effecting the objects following, viz.:— To empower the Metropolitan and Thames Valleyßailway Company to make and maintain an alteratien in the line or course of the proposed Railway, which, in the said Bill, is distinguished as No. 3 ; wl.ich alteration will commence in or near the property, which, on the plans deposited with the Clef kof the Peace for Middlesex and the Parish Clerks in November last, is numbered 15 in the parish of Hampton, and will terminate in or near the property which, on those plans, is numbered 15, in the parish of Shepperton, and will be made or pass from, in, through, or into the parishes, town ships, and extraparochial and other places, of Hampton, anworth, Siinbui y, and Shepperton, or some of them, all in the county of Middlesex. To cross, alter, or divert for the purposes of the intended Railway as proposed to be altered, and either tempwrily or permanently, certain roads, highways, footpaths, streams, sewers, drains, ways, and water-courses within the afore said parishes, townships, and extraparochial and other places. To purchas ,, , by compulsion, and by agreement, lands, houses, and hereditaments for the purpose, of the intended Railway, as proposed to be altered, and to vary or extinguish any rights or privileges connected with such lands, houses, and hereditaments, and to levy tolls and charges upon or in respect of the intended Railway as altered. Plans and sections of that portion of the intended Rail way so proposed to be altered, with a Book of Reference to such plans, a published map showing the line of the intended Railway as altered, and a copy of this notice, as published in the London Gazette, have been or will be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Middlesex, at his office, at Clerkenwell, in that county, in the present month of April, and a copy of so much of the Said plans, sections, and Book of Reference, as relates to each parish, township, extraparochial, or other place iu or through which the alteration will be made, together with a copy of this notice, as published in the London Gazette, have been or will be deposited for public inspection in the present month of April, with the Parish Clerk of each such parish, at his residence, and that printed copies of the proposed clauses for effecting the objects aforesaid, have been deposited at the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons, Dated this 28th day of April, 1862. 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The One Thousand produced a larger field than had been expected, and its result indicated the fillies of the year to be far from good, for two very moderate animals were within a short distance of the win ner as she passed the chair. A fine piece of riding was displayed by Aldcroft in the match between the Clarissa colt and Duke Rollo, and the same jockey was also fortu nate in landing the winner of the Two-year-old Plate, with 21 horses behind him. The sun shone brightly from three o'clock until five, when an excellent day's sport was brought to a conclusion with a Handicap Plate across the flat, which a stable companion of Old Calabar won in a canter. Renewal of the Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for 3-yr old colts, Bst 71b; winners, 71b extra. R.M. 3 subs. Lord Fitzwilliam's Vanguard, Bst 71b (J. Osborne) 1 Mr. Merry's Costa, Bst 71b (Custance) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Costa, who made the running to the bushes, where the non-favourite headed him, and won in a canter by two lengths. Plate of 100 sous, for 3-yr-olds, 6st 1 llb ; four, Bst 71b ; five, Bst 12lb; six and aged, 9st. R.M. Baron Rothschild's Wingrave, 3 yrs (J. Daley) t Lord Deity's Cape Flyaway. 5 yra .. (Aahmall) Mr. Alexander's Farfalla, 3 yrs (T. French) 3 The following also ran :—Lord Glasgow's Clarissa colt, King of Hearts, General Hess, and Rising Sun. Betting-7 to 4 agst Cape Flyaway, 7to 2 agst King of Hearts, 6 to 1 agst Rising Sun, and 7 to 1 agst Wingrave. The lot left the post in scrambling order. Rising Sun cut out the work, closely followed by Farfalla, Cape Flyaway, and Wingrave, the others, headed by General Hess, lying close up with them. On reaching the Bushes-hill the lead ing horses closed up and ran together into the bottom, where Rising Sun was beaten and dropped into the rear, Farfalla going on in command to within half-a-dozen strides of the chair, where she was headed by Cape Flyaway and Wingrave, who finished a fine race with a dead heat. Far falla was half a length in their rear, and two lengths in ad vance of King of Hearts, who was fourth, and General Hess fifth. Deciding Heat—Cape Flyaway walked over. Sweepstakes of 20 soya each, h ft, for maiden 2-yr-old colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b. First half of Ab.M, ; four subs. Lord Stamford's Revolver —(A. Edwards) 1 Mr. H. Savile's Intrigue Duke of Beaurort's Halliburton (A. Day) 3 Betting-2 to lon Revolver. The trio ran abreast into the cords, where the favourite drew away, and won very cleverly by two lengths, a length separating the second and third. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. T.Y.C. 9 subs. Mr. Hawksley's Paradox, 3 yrs, Est 91b.. (J. Daley) 1 Lord Strathmore's Sage, 4 yrs, Est 131 b (J. Covey) 2 Lord Glasgow's the Drake's dam colt, 3 yrs, sst 91b (C. Gray) 3 The following also ran :—Black Lily, Oberon, Rupert. The highest weight left in at 10 o'clock the evening before running being Bst 51b, it was raised to Bst 71b, and the others in proportion. Betting-5 to 2 agst Sage, 3to 1 agst Paradox to 1 agst Rupert, and 5 to 1 agst Black Lily. Sage made play, followed by Paradox, Black Lily, - and Oberon into the cords, when Paradox went in advance, and Barbatus colt at the same time took the third place, the three finishing a fine race home, Paradox winning cleverly at last by a head ; a bad third. Black Lily was fourth, and Oberon next. Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs each, h ft. Winners ex tra. T.Y.C. 5 subs. The highest weight accepting being Bst 21b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Duke of Beaufcrt's Birdhill, 3 yrs, 6st 41b .. (F. French) 1 Baron Rothschild's Mahala, 3 yrs, Est 51b.... (J. Daley) 2 Mr. Webb's Peignoir, 3 yrs, 7st 11b .... (H. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. J. Dawson's Neophyte, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b (A. Edwards) 4 Betting-13 to 8 agst Birdhill, 2to 1 agst Peignoir, and 4 to 1 agst any other. Birdhill, in company with Mahala, made the running into the cords, where the latter was beaten, the favourite winning in a canter by five lengths; a neck between the second and third ; Noophyto woo w good fourth. Match. Last half of Ab.M. 100; h. ft. Lord Westmoreland's Confidence, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (J. Goater) 1 Lord Stradbroke's Doubloon, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b (G. Fordham) 2 Betting-3 to lon Confidence, who made all the running, and won easily by three parts of a length. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Last half of Ab. M. 11 subs. Mr. P. Price's King of the Forest, aged, 9st 121 b (Cresswell) - 1 „Mr. Godding's Palmerin, 3 yrs, 6st 71b .... (T. French) 2 Mr. R. Boyce's Tuba' Cain, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (T. Osborne) 3 The folbwing also ran :—Paradox, Baliverne, Coalition filly, Castor Oil, The Priest, and Grasshopper. Betting-9 to 4 agst Paradox, 6to 1 each agst Palmerin and Baliverne, 8 to 1 agst Tubal Cain and the Coalition filly, and 10 to 1 each agst The Priest and King of the Forest. Tubal Cain, in company with Palmerin, Baliverne, and King of the Forest, made the running on the upper ground, with the others lying close up, to the top of the hill, where the King of the Forest ran past his horses and took a de cided lead, which he retained to the end, and won by a length ; a length and a half between the second and third ; Castor Oil was fourth, close up; Grasshopper fifth; and Baliverne next. The One Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 100 sovs each. h ft ; for 3-yr-old fillies, Bst 101 b each ; the owner of the second filly to receive back his stake. D.M. 49 subs. Mr. T. Valentine's Hurricane (Ashmall) 1 Lord Stamford's Bertha Lord Coventry's Sappho (Gustance) 3 Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Olive Branch (Fordham) 0 Lord Glasgow's Maid of Masham filly Mr. G rev ill e ' s Q ueen Elizabeth (J. Goater) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Salamanca (Wells) 0 Mr. Robert Honywood's Ethel (J. Osborne) 0 Naylor's Cantiniere (Challoner) 0 ulnmgpFerraautric.e. .............. .................... 0 C C a o p l4 t T . a n i e te le 'r J 8 Betting-5 to 2 agst Imperatrice, 100 to 30 agst Bertha, 5 to 1 agst Hurricane, 6 to 1 agst Ethel, 8 to 1 agst Jung Frau, and 100 to 6 each agst Sappho and Salamanca. Punctually to the time set down on the card, Mr. M'George got the starters nearly in a line, and without the slightest delay the flag was lowered to an admirable start. Salamanca, with Imperatrice, Cantiniere, and Queen Eliza- beth, on the extreme right, made the running, followed in the centre of the course byJung Frau,Olive Branch,and Sappho. Hurricane, with Bertha at her girths, was next, lying on the lower side, the others, headed by Ethel, followed in close order. With little variation they ran into the dip, where Salamanca was disposed of, and in a few strides further Can tiniere also gave way, leaving Imperatrice with a slight lead, followed by Queen Elizabeth, Jung Frau, Hurricane, and Olive Branch and Sappho being their immediate followers, and to this lot was the race closely confined, On entering the cords, Queen Elizabeth gave way to Bertha, who with Imperatrice, Hurricane, Sappho, and Olive Branch, came on with the running to the distance, where the favourite was disposed of, and her place was taken by Hurricane, who waited until within a few strides of the chair; Ash mall then made his effort, and landed his colours first by three parts of a length. Bertha, who appeared to tire, at last defeated Sappho by a neck for second ; the latter finished a like distance in advance of Olive Branch, who was fourth. Impera trice was fifth, close up, followed by Queen Elizabeth and Jung Frau—the others beaten off. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for £lOO. First half of Ah. M. 7 subs. Mr. T. Daley's Blacklock, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (J. Daley) 1 Mr. Brayley's Tarragona, 3 yrs, 7st 71h (Page) 2 Capt. Lane's Gazelle, 3 yrs, 7st ..... (Norman) 3 Duke of Beaufort's East Sheen, 4 yrs, Bst 51b.. (A. Day) 4 Lord Stamford's Ballerino, 3 yrs, 7st 10113.... (Edwards) 5 Mr. T. Hughes's Tipt oe , 3 yrs, 7st 10113 (Fordham) 6 Betting--2 to 1 agst Tiptoe, 4to 1 agst Tarragona, and 5 to 1 agst Blacklock. They ran nearly abreast for a quarter of a mile, when Blacklock, lying wide, took a decided lead, and was not again caught, and won by two lengths, a head only sepa rating the second and third, and a head the third and fourth. The winner was claimed. The Newmarket Two-Year-Old Plate of £200; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bsc 51b, Winners extra. Last five fur longs of R.M. Lord Strathmore's Saccharometer, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1 Baron Rothschild's Dciopeia filly, Bst 51b.. (J. Osborne) t Lord Stamford's Barchettini, Bst 51b (Roper) t C ount F. tie Lagrange's L e Marechal, Bst 121 b (includ ing 51b e x t ra ) (J. Mann) 4 The following also ran :—The Perfect Cure, Equinox filly, Dunkeld, Revolver, Deerfoot, Blanche of Lancaster filly, Mrs. S omerville, Sandford, Ossian, Nawadaha, Valet], tine, Devoniensis Water Kelpie, H a lib ur t on, D o Courcy, Tornado, Lady Harriet colt, and Agra colt. 1 8 to Betting.---7 to 2 ea c h agst Saccharometer and Valentine, each agst Revolver and Deerfoot, and 14 to 1 agst Nawahada. An excellent start Was effected at the first time of asking. Devoniensis, being the first off, made the running for the first hundred yards, when sh e Was headed by Le Marechal, . who, in C9mPanY 4011 4rometer, Ivor, the jpg Tom filly, and Valentine, came on with the running, with the other, headed by the Perfect Cure, Deerfoot, and Equinox; lying in a cluster at their heels. In this way they came down the hill, but on entering the dip Saccharometer came out, closely followed by the Baron's filly, Revolver. and Le Marechal, between which four a good race home took place, Saccharometer winning very easily by two lengths, the King Tom filly and Revolver finishing with a dead heat for second ; three lengths in their rear came Le Marechal, who was fourth, Va'entine was fifth, and Dun keld next. Match; Bst 71b each. R.M. 200, h ft. Lord Glasgow's Clarissa colt, 3 yrs (Aldcroft) t Sir J. Hawley's Duke Rollo, 3 yrs (Wells) t Betting.-7 to 4on Duke Rollo, who made all the run ning to within a few strides of the chair, when Aldcroft came with a rush and finished with a dead heat. Handicap Plate of £5O, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. A.F. Entrance 3 sovs. Mr. T. Stephenson's African, 3 yrs, Est 91b.... (Martin) 1 Baron Rothschild's British Prince, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (Daley) 2 Mr. Richardson's Cock Robin,3 yrs, sst 71b(J.Grimshaw) 3 The following also ran :—Roesia, Real Jam, Flighty, Certificate, Physalis filly, and Bacchus. Hunter weighed for Knight of the Bath, but the horse had thrown a plate, and could not run. Betting-2 to 1 agst Real Jam, 4to 1 each agst African and British Prince, and 5 to 1 agst the Physalis filly. Cock Robin on the far-side, African next him, and Bri tish Prince in the centre, lay together in front until they approached the bushes, where African came away by him self and won in a common canter by three lengths. British Prince beating Cock Robin by two lengths. The nest three were Lord Glasgow's filly, Rosea, and Flighty. LATEST BETTING, WESTER CUP. 7to 1 agst Zodiac 10 to 1 ag.t Fairwater 100 to 8 agst Sappho 100 to 6 agst Stampedo 20 to 1 agst Wild Rose 33 to 1 agst Caractacus 40 to 1 agst Chere Arnie 50 to 1 agst Agag THE DERBY. 4to 1 agst The Marquis (offered) 6to 1 agst Buckstone 10 to 1 agst Caterer 20 to 1 agst Stockwell colt 33 to 1 agst Spite 500 even the field beats Buckstone, The Marquis, Ensign, and the Stockwell colt. FR „!.NCH WILL CASE. The Civil Tribunal of the Seine gave judgment, after five days' pleadings, in a suit respecting the validity of a will made by a Madame Lemotte, dis posing of property to the amount of nearly 1,000,000 fr. In opening the case for the plaintiff, Mme. Drouot, a cousin of the deceased, M. Leon Drivel stated that the testatrix, nee Mlle. Morin, was a native of St. Mards, in Champagne, where her parents possessed considerable estates producing together with property in Paris, a rental of above 30,000 fr. a-year. She was unfortunately of weak mind, but well disposed. Her parents dying soon after she attained her, majority, the young lady came to Paris, and took up her resi dence at a furnished hotel in the Passage des Petits-Peres, kept by aM. Collinet. There she became acquainted with M. Lamotte, the master of a boarding-school, in which Collinet's sons were be ing educated, and was ultimately induced to marry him, both parties before the ceremony having made a will bequeathing all their property to the survivor The plaintiff's counsel maintained that Mlle. Morin was in a manner forced into this marriage to save her honour, and that soon afterwards she bitterly repented of it, and shut herself up in her own rooms, refusing to see any one for more than twenty years. All her intercourse with her hus band and her servants was from that time carried on by means of letters which she thrust under the door and received the answers in the same man ner. Her food and whatever articles she wanted were placed upon a table in an antlchiunbor which she never entered till she was sure the servants had withdrawn. Things went on in that way until 1851, when her husband died suddenly of apoplexy. and the juge de pair was called in to put the seals upon the property. All his efforts, however, to ob tain an interview with her were fruitless ; she would not even see him to take the oath required by law of the individual left in charge of a deceased per son's property. From that time her estates in the country were managed by two notaries, M. Costel, the father of Mlle. Aspasie Costel, one of the residu ary legatees, and M. Trouve, the nephe w of the latter. The property in Paris was under the care of a M. Peureau, the brother-in-law of her deceased hus band's brother, Alphonse Lamotte, to whom by an holograph will, dated October, 1860, she bequeathed her house in Paris, with 400,000 fr., and left all the rest of her property to Mlle. Costel and a Mme. Laplagne, as residuary legatees, with the exception of a legacy of 10,000 fr. to Mlle. Peureau. On the 22d April, 1861, Mme. Lamotte's servant found that her mistress had not fetched her breakfast from the antichamber as usual, and supposing that something had happened, she apprised M. Peureau of the fact. He hastened to the house, and breaking open the door of Mme. Lamotte's chamber found her lying on the floor still breathing, but quite insensible, while on a table lay an empty phial labelled " laudanum," and large enough to hold about half an ounce. She died during the day without being able to speak a single work. A paper was found pinned to the wall, on which the de ceased had written, "Suffering under an incurable disease, I have taken the resolution —," and on another scrap were the words, "Let me be buried in the sheet I have laid ready on the chair." The room was in the utmost confusion, and the floor covered with scraps of papers to the thickness of a mattress, the deceased having, during her twenty-seven years' voluntary confinement, torn up all the letters she received, and left them lying where they fell. How she obtained the poison is not known, but it is supposed that she must have had it in her possession for many years. The learned counsel concluded with demanding that the will should be declared invalid, as having been made under undue pressure upon a person of weak intel lect by the parties directly or indirectly interested in its provisions. M. Dufaure, counsel for the legatees, maintained that the testatrix was a per son of sane mind with respect to things in general, but that she was a hypochondriac, and fancied herself so ugly as not to be fit to be seen. He read a great number of letters addressed to her agents and friends, of the most business-like character, and proving that her judgment was sound on all the matters therein treated, and concluded with assert ing that a person who could write such letters was perfectly competent to dispose of her property as she pleased. After hearing the Imperial Advocate, who coincided in the views expressed by M. Du faure, the tribunal gave a judgment rejecting the plaintiff's demand, and consequently confirming the will.—Ga/ignani. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-THURSDAY. For the Chester Cup Wild Rose who, a short time ago, was reported under the doctor's hands, and went to any price (offered), came with a rush, 100 to 5 being booked. Chere Amie, hitherto an outsider, was supported at 25 to 1. 100 to 3 was offered against Sappho prior to the return of the One Thousand; after which there were many offers to back her, but there was no disposition to lay. There was not much business done on the future, the day's events occupying the attention of the members present. Closing prices : CHESTER CUP. 11 to 2 agst Zodiac (taken) 14 to 1 agst Brighton (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Wild Rose (taken) 25 to 1 agst Chere Arnie (taken) 33 to 1 agst Jung Frau (taken) SCRATCRINGS.—On the 2d inst. at 12 30 p.m. Lustre out of the Longleat Stakes, Salisbury; at 12 30 p.m. Chande leir out of all engagements, On the 3d inst. at 11 a.m. Abbess out of the 1,000 Guineas Stakes; at 4 p.m. all Mr. James Smith's horses out of their Bath engagements ; after 6 p.m, all Captain Coates's horses out of their engagements in the First Spring Meeting. On the 4th inst. at 5 p.m. Bonnibelle, Roving Boy, Count Horn, Trincomalee, and Big Ben out of all their engagements. On the sth inst. at 9 a,m. all Mr. Merry's horses out of their engagements in the First Spring Meeting, except Costa in the Sweepstakes of 100 soya h ft on Thursday; at 9 a,m. Earl of Westmor land out of his York engagements; at 11 52 a,m. Old Cala bar out of the 2,000 Guineas Stakes. On the 6th inst. at 12 50 p.m. Cashio out of the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Newmarket First Spring Meeting. THE WINNER OF THE ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES OF 1862.—Mr. John Scott has r ealised a felicitous union of circumstance in being the trainer of both The Marquis and Hurricane ; and as we noticed the victories of the former horse, we append a few particulars anent the performances of Hurricane. The winner of the One Thou sand Guineas Stakes is the property of Mr. T. Valentine, and is a bay filly by Wild Dayrell, out of Midia. Her first public performance wag af a moot unpromising character, as, in the Chesterfield Stakes, run for at Newmarket July Meeting, she did not even get placed. Her second ap pearance was at the York August Meeting, where she car ried off a produce stakes from Piccador and Lord Albert. The third time of her presenting herself was in connection with the First October, when, in the Fourteenth triennial Produce Stakes, she ran third to Old Cala bar, Lorelei being second, and five other horses taking part in the race. Hurricane's final appearance as a two year-old was at the past Newmarket Houghton Meet ing, when she beat Emily de Lona in a sweepstakes of 60 sous. by a length. There remains only two other events to record in connection with her for this year, the first of which is when she succumbed to Buckenham in the Aske Produce Stakes, at the late Newmarket Craven Meeting; and the second her victory of yesterday, by which she places £2,800 as stakes at the disposal of her owner. Her nominations for this year include the Derby, the Oaks, Great Northern St. Leger (Stockton), St. Leger and Park Hill Stakes (Doneaster), the Prince of Wales's Stakes (Ascot), and two other minor events, As we have men tioned the probable value of the One Thousand Guineas Stakes, it may not be out of place to state here, that Mr, Hawke received as the value of the stakes, £4,150 by The Marquis's performance last Tuesday. YORK SPRING MEETING—MAY 20. Acceptances for the Flying Dutchman's Handicap. One mile and a quarter. Age_ st lb The Wizard Cape Flyaway 5 8 10 Lady Ripon Croagh Patrick 4 7 12 Si lverhair Virgilius Finlande Doefoot Voltella Lava .... Paste Springwell 5 7 2 Weights for the Londesb Age st lb Gardener Brother to Schiedam 4 6 13 Colossus 4 6 10 Pilot Astarte Tim Whiffler 3 6 8 Beverley .. 3 6 2 Shipwreck .. 4 6 2 Dutch Sam 3 5 12 Flytrap Lord of Linne 3 5 10 Tisiphone lorough Cup. About five Longs. furl Age at lb Thunderbolt 5 9 4 Fravola . 5 8 5 Lava Silv erhair 4 8 0 Longshot Dictator. 4 7 12 Spicebox Virgilius .. 4 7 9 Sweetsauce Voltella Will o' the Wisp 4 7 7 Pancake Juliet Donner and Blitz 5 7 6 Phantom Sacerdos Pilot Bernice Recluse Recovery Ducat 4 6 7 Astarte Allez-y •ropdement 3 6 7 Leonora Age at lb Beverley Paradox Alchymist Blood Royal Pupil Lachesis Fairy King Miss Emma .. 4 6 0 North Pole Wallachia 3 6 0 Miss Livingstone.,, 3 6 0 Mayflower .. 3 6 0 Queen of Trumps.. 3 6 0 Dutch Sam Staple Oak 3 5 13 Oberon Weatherden .. 3 5 12 Lord of Linne 3 5 12 F by Weatherbit, dam by Birdcatcher 3 5 12 Tisiphone .. 3 5 10 Curatrix 3 5 10 Bannerdale TATTERSALL'S.—The Subscription-room will be opened on Saturday for the purpose of comparing on the Chester and the settlement of the Newmarket. A DESCENT UPON LIVERPOOL BETTING MEN. —Yesterday a number of betting men were apprehended in Liverpool under the 3d section of the act, charged with keeping betting lists, &c., and resorting to certain houses for the purpose of gambling. The appre h ens i ons were b y warrant, and the prisoners were brought before Mr. Raffles, the Liverpool stipendiary magistrate. For the prosecution it was stated that the keeping of these betting lists offered a great temptation to young men from offices, shopkeepers' assistants, &c., and led to a good deal of dissi pation and fraud. The prisoners were each fined in the full penalty of £lOO. Mr. Cobb, the solicitor for the de fence, pleaded that his clients had done neither less nor more harm than the Earl of Derby and other sporting noblemen, in whose houses similar lists and documents might be procured if the police were sent to enter them. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.—ELECTION OF A PROVOST.—In consequence of the resignation of the Pro vostship of this college by the Right Rev. Dr. William Thomson, now Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, the Fel. lows assembled yesterday morning for the purpose of electing a successor. Their choice fell upon the Venerable William Jackson, D.D., Archdeacon of Carlisle, who was educated at Queen's College, and graduated in 1811, when he took a second class in classics. He was afterwards fellow, tutor, and bursar of Queen's. In 1827 he was appointed by the Bishop of London to be one of her Majesty's preachers at Whitehall. In 1828 be was appointed by the Earl of Lons dale, to whom he is domestic chaplain, to the rectory of Lowther, near Veurith, and holds that benefice at the pre opt time. TILE FAMILY PISTOLS. About the year seventeen hundred and sixty, it was usual for every respectable family to have among its heirlooms the hereditary pistols—the preserva tives and vindicators of the family honour. These were tenderly regarded and kept scrupulously clean and oiled; for no man knew the moment when they would be required. The handles were mysteriously notched, and it was with a pardonable pride that the head of the house, when called on by the ad miring stranger, would proceed to tell off (guided by those rude chroniclers) the history of each notch ; for by each hung a tale, and—it must be added—a catastrophe. Sir Jonah Barrington swells with en thusiasm over a pair which had been in his family , —in constant work, too—since the days of Eliza beth. Of course, adds the baronet, the cocks and barrels had been renewed. One of these ancestral ools" was known by a phrase of endearment, as "sweet lips ;" the other as " the darling," and the accumulated trophies, contributed by a long series of the Barrington family, must have been something very considerable. There was usually also a com panion weapon kept carefully in the armoury, in case of an adversary drawing a " choice of wea pons ;" and the baronet had a powerful instrument of this description known as " skiver the pullet"— a happy expression, in which there lurks what Mr. Carlyle would call a " deep no-meaning," and on which gloss or comment would throw much interesting light. Every domestic hearth had its "skiver the pullet ;" had its own talley of little legends. This holy Irish chivalry chastened even the family circle. On Easterday a lady from the west tells the writer how in her youth she recals one early morning, barely forty years ago, when the son of the family was sent forth with blessings to prosecute the last night's quarrel; and how, when he returned scathless himself, and with out having scathed others, he was met with lower ing brows and ill-concealed displeasure. The family honour had not been properly vindicated. The gloom even reacted upon the children and domestics. The matron and mother would barely speak to her degenerate offspring—a picture of the unhealthy state of manners of the period. Indeed, in the edu cation of a young man about this time, there was considered to be an indefinable something wanting, analogous to the absence of a degree at college, when he had not qualified with the pistol. As soon as he became conspicuous enough to be the subject of any conversation, two questions were sur e to be put, considerd to be excellent tests in their way : it What family is he of ? Has ho ever blazed P . " In nuptial matters, " Big brother" looked wirtehtenas.. much nicety into these qualifications of the p . dant as the father did into htoiscipmee.ecftuenhelimasieyridatutbleiellilbtintoegys and settlements. A gentlemen eminence was heard trying t cr with some such endearments a s these : " Come, now, be a good boy! Don't, don'to y, and you s h a ll have a case of nice little pis Th l e s, li a v nedlyweeffspring,'ll shoot tLem off all in the mo rping ' " delighted with the notion, began to dry its eyes, and revelled in the pleasant pastime.—Lickens's All the Year Bound. A Wont) OF ADVICE ABOUT DINNERS.—If the size and shape of your room admits it, I prefer a round table. Yet this Idanot insist o n , b ut Ido insist that your number at ~Inner should never (including selves) exceet! eight. I do not think even Belgravian or G ro svenorian Banquets should exceed twelve, as, withou t considering the sociable, but merely the sensual question, I hold it to b e a ru l e, t h at t h e mer i ts p of art a of d the e er retrograde in proportion as you increase the number of your guests, and for the most obvious of rea sons, e very dish (ex cep ti ng, of course, cold ones) being in a state of declension from the time it leaves the cook's hands. The very rich, with their retinue of servants, may obviate this by duplicate dishes, which I think even a din ner for a dozen demands at their hands. But my remarks do not point in that direction, but to humbler, though not 104 satigintory gatizeriugs.—Once a Ina. ,Z ( c_ PRICE ........4d. STAMPED ....sd. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The Canadian screw steamer Norwegian, C.4pt. M'Mas.ter, which sailed from Po/ nand (Maine) on the 26th ult., via Londonderry, y es t er d ay, arr i ve d in the Mersey about six o'clock this morning. The following general summary is from the Few I ark Herald:— " The weather near Yorlctown is again quite plea sant and favourable for the operations of our troops, The siege works are going on vigorously, and the men are in splendid condition, fuli of hope, and con fident of victory. Skirmishes with the rebel pickets continue to be frequent, giving our men some active woik to perform, although the results arc not more important than those always incident to the pro gress of a siege. " Further intelligence concerning the late affair of a portion of General Burnside's army, near Eliza beth city, confirms our previous reports that the disaster to our arms was untrue. Colonel Sum mers and Lieutenant Carnes arrived at Balti more in the boat from Fortress Monroe, having reached there about an hour before the boat left, in the steamer Cossack, from Newbern. They report that a fight occurred last Tuesday near the Canal Docks of Elizabeth city, North Carolina, be tween Col. Hawkin's regiment and a force of rebels. The rebels were repulsed with considerable loss. Our loss is estimated at 50 killed and wounded. "We publish to-day some highly-interesting news from the Southern papers, among others the statement from the Atalanta (Ga.) Confederacy that Northern Alabama and Western Georgia are com pletely at the mercy of Gen. Mitchell, whose pre sent position is declared to be such at Gunter's Land ing that he can at once proceed to Rome, take that city, burn down the foundries, and capture all the arms, take possession of the engines on the railroad, and not only cut off reinforcements and means of retreat from the rebel General Kirby Smith, who was alleged to be marching towards Huntsville, but leave, at the same time, the rebel forces at Knox ville, Greenville, and Cumberland Gap, together with all Western Virginia, completely exposed. " The Richmond Examiner of the 22d, speaking of affairs at Yorktown, said that our troops had cut a canal between the York and Warwick Rivers, which gives us a water front across the whole stretch of country, which must contribute materially to the strength of our position. It further states that on Saturday night last our men were engaged in throw ing up entrenchments, and that at daylight on Sun day they were completed, and guns mounted within 1,000 yards of the rebel position. " A change in the navy department has, it ap pears, been resolved upon by the President. The removal of Secretary Welles is said to be only a question of time, dependent upon the judicious selection of a successor in this critical moment of our naval history. It is reported that the names of three gentlemen are strongly urged upon Mr. Lin co!n for Secretary of the Navy—namely, General Banks, Governor Sprague, and Judge Davis, of Illinois. " The steamer Jamestown and steam tug Beau fort went up the James River on Monday, and the Yorktown on Sunday, to obtain coal at Richmond. They took in tow a number of schooners loaded with iron, to be rolled into plates at the Tredegar Works at Richmond. Four new gunboats have been launched in the navy yard, and four more are in course of construction at Norfolk, and part of these with iron plates. " Our news from Fredericksburg is important. The steamer Yankee went up the Rappahannock River to the city on Tuesday, carefully avoiding the obstructions in the river which the rebels had laid some seven miles below the city. Our flotilla captured recently seven rebel schooners, one of which had a valuable cargo of dry goods, medicines, and saltpetre, and also two small steamers. The rebo. pickets are occasionally seen on the south side of the river. Our troops are still in possession of Fre- deriekshurg, the residents of which are not inter fered with in their usual business pursuits. " The report circulated by the rebels as to the defeat of General Burnside's troops near Elizabeth City, turns out to be based upon a little skirmish on the beach above the city on Saturday, in which only 500 of our troops were engaged. The rebels fled upon being attacked, leaving 15 killed and 35 wounded behind them. "The latest news from the Mississippi, up to yes erday, comes to us by the arrival of a steamer at Cairo, which reports that for three days previous no firing had occurred either from our fleet or the rebels, both being apparently waiting for an effec tive moment to arrive. The last accounts from Fort Wright state the rebels have 14 gunboats and the ram Manassas lying off the forts, and that Captains Hollins arid M‘Rae were also there. " The French minister, M. Henri Mercier, re- turned to-day in the frigate Gassendi from Rich mond. Soon after his arrival he visited the State Department, and had a long and doubtless interest ing interview with Secretary Seward. " M. Mercier's visit to Richmond was not of po litical importance, but was purely of a business character in reference to the safety of a large amount of property belonging to the French Go vernment, which was in danger of being burned or destroyed by the vandals of the rebel confe deracy when they shall be compelled to evacuate Richmond. " A telegram, dated San Francisco, April 22, says the ship Devonshire has been chartered to carry a load of spars from Puget Sound to Spain. "The Indians are again showing symptoms of hostility on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada. A party of whites were killed by them on the 13th near Owen's River, in the Almeda district of Salt Lake. It is reported they have destroyed several mail stations, stolen much prop ert y , and killed the employes of the Overland Ma il Com p an y . The mails are temporarily stopped. The tele graph line is liable to be stopped at any mom en t." The following telegram from Fortress Monroe had reached the War Department : " The Norfolk Day.iook has a t e l egram from New Orleans, dated 23 d in s t. , from which the fol lowing information is obtained. There was a heavy and continuous bombardment of Fort Jackson all night, which is still progressing, The rebels in the fort represent themselves still cheerful, with an abiding faith in ultimate success. They state they are making repairs as best they can. Their bar bette guns were still in working order, though the most of them have been disabled ; and they assert that we had fired 25,000 13-inch shells, of which 1,000 fell into the fort. They think our ammuni tion must soon be exhausted, but assert that they can stand it as long as we can. The rebel Congress had adjourned." The following are the latest telegrams via Port land : "BEFORE YORKTOWN, April 25. " The principal event yesterday was the shelling of Yorktown by one of our gun boats. She moved up to the mouth of the Wormley Creek during the morning, and opened a well-directed fire on the works, which was promptly responded to by the rebels. The boat then fell back three miles from Yorktown and again opened fire, the shells ex ploding each time within the enemy's works, but obtained no response. A few shots were flied during the day along the whole line to keep the rebels from strengthening their works. No one was injured. It is raining again this morning, but the indications are that it will soon clear UP. A flag of truce was sent to the enemy's lines on Tuesday by order of General I‘l,Clellan. It was for the purpose of effecting the exchange of four rebel prisoners fora similar number of our wounded, in order that they might be better cared for. The answer sowed that th d to comply were ispose with the request but th ey e woundedd had been Sent to Richmond." " FounEss MoNitor) APril 4choo ner wee , ~ _~, 7 % - .2 t--. NEWSPA W _PER t r captured by Ina gaarbela obi on suspicion that she w - ..4•4 / blockade and e n t er Eli za b► said he was bound to llat '91•5 4 14tV a cargo of beef, pork, &c. His keraavero j taken from him. The flag of truce to-day returned with the schooner Mississippi, which brought from Nor folk yesterday 17 of the wounded prisoners of the battle at South Milk. The union troops in that battle consisted of part of five regiments under Gen. Reno, numbering 500 or 000 men. They landed be low Elizabeth City,and marched up the canal with out opposition. The object, of the movement w 0.8 to break up the locks. An engagement took place dar ing the afternoon, and the rebels were driven from the field. Late in theevening it was known that the rebels were receiving reinforcements ; and General Reno retired during the night, an transportation having been provided. The wounded men who arrived here were taken to the general hospital and properly cared for. They complain that the rebels did not give them enough to eat, but otherwise they were properly cared for." The following is the summary of the proceeding of Congress " In the Senate, on the 2:ild of April, a renitt tion was adopted instructing the military com mittee to inquire whether any general in the army before Yorktown bad exhibited himself drunk in the face of the enemy, and if any measures had been taken for the trial and punishment of such officer. The consideration of the Confiscation Bill was then resumed, but the Senate adjourtaal with out taking action upon the subject. "In the House of Representatives a bnl was re ported providing for a board of commissione r; to examine into the coast and harbour defences, the military committee having made an important re. port on the subject. The consideration of the Con fiscation Bills was then resumed, and the bill pend ing on Tuesday was laid on the table by a vote of 58 against 52. The next bill taken up was to facili tate the suppression of the rebellion, and to prevent the recurrence of the same. It authorises the Pre• sent to direct the Federal generals to declare the slaves of the rebels free, and pledges the faith of United States to make full and fair compensation to loyal men who have actively supported the Union for any losses they may sustain by virtue of this bill. Mr. Olin, republican, of New York, moved that as the judiciary committee had recommended that none of the confiscation bills ought to pass, 9. select committee of seven be appointed to take the subject into consideration. After a long debste without action the house adjourned. " On April 24 the Senate, by a unanimous vote, ratified the Seward-Lyons treaty for the suppres sion of the African slave trade. A large raber of petitions asking a reduction of the proposed tax on beer and malt liquors were presented and referred. "The bill providing for the recognition of Hayti and Liberia, and establishing diplomatic intercourse with those countries was taken up, and Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, offered a substitute, authorising the President to appoint a comul at Liberia, and a con sul general at Hayti to negotiate treaties. The sub stitute was rejected, and the bill passed by a vote of 32 to 7. The consideration of the Confiscation Bill was then resumed, and Mr. Collamer, republi can, made a speech against it. Mr. Sherman's amendment to the original bill limiting confiscation to persons who held certain offices under the rebel government, was agreed to by 27 against 11 votes. The further consideration of the bill was then postponed, and the Senate went into executive session. " In the House of Representatives a resolution calling for the correspondence between the French and United States Government relative to the war, was referred to the committee on foreign affairs. The Confiscation Bills were then taken up, and after some debate the house, by a vote of 90 to 31, referred the subject to a special committee. " In committee of the whole house, Messrs. Rol • lias of Maine, and Allen of Ohio, made speeches on the subject of the national troubles; and Mr. Ed wards spoke in favour of a bill giving bounties to widows and heirs of volunteers. Mr.Vallandighani. of Ohio quoted from a letter of Senator Wade's, in which the latter charged the former with disloyalty to the Union, and emphatically pronounced the senator ' a liar, a scoundrel, and a coward,' and ex prozvod hig roadincea meet him anywhere. Mr. Blake took up the quarrel for Senator Wade, and Mr. Hutchins offered a resolution declaring Mr. Vallandigham's language a violation of the rules of the house and a breach of decorum, and that he is deserving of, and is hereby censured by the house. " Pending the question on the resolution the house adjourned." The following account of the loss of the Kar nak in the harbour of Nassau has been pub lished :-- " The Cunard steamer Karnak , while entering the Harbour of Nassau, on her passage from Ha vannah, grounded at 12 o'clock of the 14th, and bilged at four p.m. Part of her cargo of sugar and cotton was saved in a damaged state. The passengers and mails were saved." The Confederate steamer Nashville had returned to Nassau, N.P., after having made an unsuccess ful attempt to run the blockade at Charleston. She has one of her paddle-boxes badly injured, which is supposed to be by a ball from the Gemsbok while she was running the blockade. She has on board a full cargo of ammunition and guns brought by the Gladiator to Nassau. The Confederate steamer Ella Warley had arrived at Nassau, from Havannah, with a cargo of saltpetre and potash, and would attempt to run the blockade. The Con federate steamer Cecil had run the Charleston blockade and arrived at Nassau. The chartered steam-ship Adriatic left Halifax on the 23d for St. John's, N ew Brunswick, to em bark troops for England. navigation of the St. Lawrence was fairly opened. Two steamboats —the first of the season-- reached Montreal on the 23d ultimo. THE J'ICT ORIA PARK DRINKIN FO UN TA IN. From some cause or another, the Burdett Coutts drinking fountain, in course of erection in the Victoria Park, does not advance towards comple tion with such speed as might be desired. Fully eighteen months have elapsed since the munificent sum of £5,000 was given by the lady whose name we have associated with the fountain,for the purpose of effecting its erection. As yet, however, it has not been opened for public service. Messrs. Smith Co., the celebrated contractors of Pimlico, undertook the execution of the work; but somehow their arrange ments respecting its construction seem to " hang fire." This is the more to be regretted since there is no locality in London where such an adjunct is so much needed. The Victoria Park is frequented by thousands of the hard working inhabitants of the east end, of both sexes, and a copious supply of pure water throughout the hot months of summer would be a boon thoroughly appreciated by them. Of the design of the fountain we may speak in the highest terms. It is in every way adapted for its purpose, and will form a ha n d some a ddition to the existing beauties of the eastern public plea sure g rou nd. The structure is of an octagonial and temple-like form, of lofty ele v ati o n. The roof, which is cov ere d with sheet copper, is supported by eight colu mns of polished Peterhead granite. Within four alt ernate niches, facing the cardinal points, are placed groups This of marble statuary , a nd from each o f these, by aid of appropriate ur ns, the " crystal streams' quadruple foun tain, be termed,is Placed i n t h e centre of the„ asit are intended t o flow., park, may and it will be s urroun d e d b y ornamental water, except at fou r raised pathways, w hi c h will conduct thirsty wayfarers to the places w h er e their thirst May be slaked. From the surface of the moat to the summit of the edifice, is nearly 50 feet, and th e Who have said, an Whole will certainly farm, as we ornamental and useful appenda g e to Vic toria - park , while it will be, at the same time, a lasting memorial of the enlightened beneficence of its founder. Its tardy completion is all that is to be regretted; but perhaps the Messrs. Smith will now put their shoulders to the wheel, and so remove the cause of regret. Tho east end of London should not be neglected, while so much is being dope for the advantage of more fashionable dwellers in . the west end of the great city.-111echaniC8' Naga m '. -1 I)