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ended aeci kd ad allay" owing t body shows itg to Jnion r,—ln vhioh, ich he d also gainet rment. A has Lte at rid for ital uu •aught and air de -1 sold. nd 400 32s t o to 30s aer qr. met a L good ormer state night wuh We o find acbru I bur . E. g ion an lolly, tc be ply for ace of ted so aid to a they rought 3. Hill lacna- Polver- y 30. —Red ley, 60. 2d to once 0 put jr•stY Lrable OLDS. EDINBURGH (Rolncel Fares), frnm Ironvitr whaq. Tower.- Saloon, 20s ; tore cabin, 15s: deck (soldier s and sailors on'yi, 7s Ad return tickets (available for a month), 30s and rd. The cheanest and qu ckest sea route by the solend d new sT AMSHIPS of the LON 14 - )N anSi EDINBURGH SHIPPING COMPANY, sailing eve•y Wednesday and Saturday, a -, :0 morning. Acply at the Spread Eagle, Regent-circus; or at Irongate-wharf. THE ORIENTAL HOTELS COMPANY (Limited). incorporated under the con Anies' Act, 1812, by which the Liability of ach Shareholder is strictly lim.tedloThe amount of his S area. Cap , ta 1 £ 5 1 ,000 in 25,010 Shag of £lO each. (With power to increase to One Million RV•fling.) First Issue 12,500 Shares. wher of a portion wi 1 be reserved for , ndia. Deposit :0' prr Share on applcition, and £1 on , IlotmPnt. eal;s lint to exceed £2 per Share, with an inierval of nut less three months between each call. DIRECTORS. Sir John Peter Grant, K.C.B , Chairman, late Lieutenant- Governor of Bengal. Colonel And.rron, C. 8., Direct , r of the Eastern Bengal Rail- WAY Company. George Constable, Esq., 1 irm of Henderson and Co< stable, Cantyn- treet, E.O Si Frederick Currie Bart. Member of the Council of India Colonel French, Chairman of the B mbay -nd Baroda vir , .y Company. Hail- Colonel Holland, Director of the Agra and United Service Bank. John ^tewart, Esq., Director of the Marine Insurance Com pany. Joh n Robert Thomson, Esq., Chairman of .the London and South African Bank. James Henry Young, Esq.. late of the Bengal Civil Service. AUDITORS. T. R. Walker, Esq 21, Hanover-square, and A Shareholder, to be ele'ted t the First General l'eeting. BANKERS IN LONDON. The Aura and United Service Bank (Limit?d), 27, Cannon- street, E.C. The London and County Bank, II- nover-square, W. BANKERS IN INDIA. The Agra and Uni ed S•-rvice Bank (Limited). SOLICITORS --- Messrs. Uptons, Johnson, and Upton, 20, Austin- riars, E C. BROKER. Francis Burnand, Fsq., 7s, Lombard-street, and 13 and 14, County-eh mb ‘rs, Cornhill, E.C. SECRETARY 'pr tern ) acdonald Yates, Esq. Temporary Offices :-3z, cannon-street, E.C., and 5, Par ia ment-street, Westminster. The defier ncy o Hotel accomm illation in India. China, and otber places to the Fast to which En opeans now resort in larre and annually incre ising numbers. is a subject of gem rat comp' int ; and it is evident that the oevelopment of the means of transi by ocean and river steamers, and by railways, which has been in rapid progress now for some years, must mperrecto fulfil all t s important objects, so far as leurop,,in 'Oen urse with the East 'a cone rni d, until this want is adequately supplied. In England, and on the ntinent of Europe, it is now an asce tamed fact that the joint-stock system may ost suc cessfully be appl ed to the es tblishment of Hotels n' the first class. If this be so where rood prvate Hotels before existed in large numbers, there seems no reason to doub that an equal degree of commercial sue-ess is *attai”able ny the applicat , on of cap tal, upon the sam system. to the same object, in con tries where, thou h the demand is great an it may almost be said that good private Hotels do not ex.Bt. In Calcutta a jo2t-stlck company has lately purchased and undertaken the management of an Hote , and the pro 'Teets of the enter rise, as 4 commercial speculatthn, may be bite red from the very high prom urn at which their shares are quoted in the Calcutta market, a "Timei" y 1 7, the " nglishmkn's Weekly Mail" of June 8, 186', and "Allen's Indian Mail," viz., £ 5 paid. prose t value, £42i ex div., equ to 7i) per cent. premi a), and the paym nr of a divid , nd of in per cent. for the hell-year ending 20th April last, equal to 20 per cent per annum. Bombay offers a wide field for the • stablishment of an Hotel of a firs class chara 'tar The early completion of vast lines of railway convergim: in the island , if Bomb y. and the more frequent steam communica tion between that port and Europe which will t non tak place, must very mush increase the demand for such accom modation. Tie same may be sa dof Madras. It is under these circumstances that the Oriental Hotels Company Limited , Is established, in the coyfi ent belief that the application of European capital to India in this form not be less protitabie than useful. It is proposed, in the first instance, to supply the trigent requirements of ti mbav and Point de Galle. There are equally important t laces which will naturally eng.ag, , the caily attent on of the Company, such for example as Myrtle. Singapore, and Kurrachee ; not to speak of many very important rail ay stations in the in terior of India, where there are now no Hotels a' all. and where, at a comparatively small outlay, there is a large field for profitab e (Thiel ations. The larger cl7;ss of the Comp ;ny's rotels will afford all the conveniences of the best European Hatt Is, a apted to the clim te, and to he h bits of these for whom they a e in tended; whtlst, in even the smallest class, the health and comfort of the inmates will be carefully studied. It is intended oc net tote local •ornmitte es of management in ach Presidency 'here Hotels may be established. In the event of two- , bird,. of the first of shares not being subscribed for, no a lotmi_n , will take place, and - he deoosits will b. returned to the subs •rib rs, without deduc tion. It is proposed to pay to shareholders 5 per cent. inter - st upon the capital as pad up, : ntil the first dividend is de clared. Prospectuses and forms of > pplication for shares may be had on application to the Bankers, the Bro er, or tne Secre tary. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. THE ORIENTAL HO ELS COMPANY (Limited) To the Directors of the Oriental Hotels Company (Limited). G ntlemen,—Having paid to the Bankers of the above named C..mp ny the sum of £ I hereby request that you will allot me shares in the said Con pany ; and I agree to ac apt such shares, or any s slier number that may be allotted to me, and to b‘ come a MenV.er of the Company, ana I authorise you to i lace my name' on the Rtgist r of Member+ in respect of the shares to be allotted to me. and I agree to be bound by all the condtti ns and reguiations con taine in the Memorandum and A rticles uf Association of the Company, in manner provided by "The Companies Act, 182." I undertake to pay the balance (if any\ of the Deposit of £2 per share on the shares all tted to ~ e within ten days aft« r notice of allotment. and in default then-of. I authorise you to cancel the allotment, and I agr e that the Deposit paid shall forfeite to the Company. Dgttd this day , 186 Name in full FL m (if any) uainess or Protes ion Place of Bus ness Residence .. SHAKESPEARE. 4 T a MEETING, held on Mnotiey, the 13'h inst., at 4, St Martin's-place, HIM Grace the DUKE of MAN :1 I- ST I. R. in the Chair, an Amalgamation of the ha espeave Tercentenary Monument c mmittee with the National Shakespe re Committee was completed. tis roposed that the hree Hu:ldr cich Bir 4 hday of Shakespeare shall he ommemorated uneer the highest sane ti• n, with the aid of all classes of the Poe , 's - ountrvmen and admirer, on toe 23d of Aril 18 4, by laying the first stone of a Monument in a conspicuous part of London. The atonal "h'kspeare C mmittee have undertaken to invite the Patronage of he • N , aj sty, the Pres dency of His Royal Highness the Prince of th , . co-o, erition of Corporate Bodiee, special Committees, and eminent men of all ranks and pr desaions. Co me nications eh ul be addressed to WO.HA W L BEPOR W H ELL I , E DXON, Esq. G eneral Secretaries, T.lsq. ) . Sir CHAS. NICHOL O N, Bart. Sir B. MACDtt. N ) 4, S Martin s-place. ELL, C.B. olonial Secretaries. J. ST ELI G COYNE, Esq. j Dramatic Secre. aries. G. LINNIE US BANKS, Esq j 28, King-etre. t,Covent garden. ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE. GRAND FETE AND FANCY FAIR. CRYSTAL PALACE. SATURDAY, 25th, a d MONDAY, 27th July, 1863. The Council have the honour to announce that they have made arranuements with th Directors of the Crys , si F.l , ce for the A \ NUAL FETE and FANCY FAIR in AID of the FUND of the ✓RAMATI. COLLEGE, for the above dates. THE FANCY FAIR, AIRY FO,T-OFFICE, WHb ELS OF FORTUNE, Arc. &c, will be presided over by the. leading ladies and gentlemen of the prdes,don, who have kindly tendered their service. The OPENING of the Fain by Proclamation —The Herald, Mr. R. Romer. A Thrilling Melo-Drama of the Good Old Bartlemy Fair Times, by CIREJANO, M. NI.C., , llustrateu by the Real Players (Metropolitan embers of the Prolemsion), at -„ RICHARDSON'S THEATRICAL Snow, entitled, BARBADAZITLO V kNAGLOROSO, The Demon of the Castle Heigh to : or, The Brother's Revenge. With double east. Bobo de Cast. Sec R. ond Barbadarelo Vanagloroso Mr. J. First IL. oole .. Mr Thorne st. Nacimiento Mr. J. G. Shore .. Mr. boutar SeEruidoro Anions ° Mr. F. Olivier Later thaosa - Mr. T. Thorne ford Bartlemy Ghosts. De Difunta Primera ...... Mr W. H. Eburne Mr Aldridge unta Segund i Mr. J. Sefton .... Mr. Paulo Defunta Tercera „,Presses by Mr S. May, of Bow-street; scenery by Mr. T. eon Lee, Esq ; Anompson • , music by Mr.B. Isaacson ; general manager, Nel- Stage manager, Mr. R. lt Phillips, Ade phi Theatre. • PARADE. Parade Master, Mr H G. Brookes ; Clown, Mr. Paul Her ttnz Combat tuts, Mes . srs. E. Garden. J B. Johnstone, the Leelereq Family, and the Lauri Family. Astound WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE. 13 g . Collection of Trained Pertormiwz Wild Animals Van Amburg, Mr J. Robi n s ; p r i nci p a l k eeper, M r. Addi t?u; Mr Le i , arr, Bro hers Warne i'he Brothers tanners Dui and Monkeys. Brass Band by Isaicson. Gorilla, Mr. under the 3,la.r.int (the original man m nkey). The Parade will be Varntly. direction of the ceitbrated Mr. W. H. Payne and The GIPSY TENT, by Miss A Pulleyn.gnes Burdett, assisted by Mr. TEMPLE r w here ladle THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS, th ° l ' ill tore-Binayllsee th eir future hushan s, snd gen tl emen •- , ' wives, bYCOReen German from lihsengen. RE n ____kcy, s ~,.. ....______ "'t &REA F ES U I L I EL L L I "SIIZ CCUA''V.°BITY—A WRITE Li ',lt s --...._ NtGi,ofthe RAIRIE, with the celebrated "'''' ENTER CAINMEN T. My 1.,,rd, Mr AND THE Clown, Mr. C. V .`;'• J. %i d+ , - GREEN. • .tept ie 'i L ...; My Lady, Mr. R. Romer ; ,o r , The PAuL . y . ,,, --__ united with the izytt?, / . 1- t-Y-T7,p lor • prietors, Mesom 1 .. "`NAL M, - •'-' I IC INSTITUTION Illwions• -Mllechn ut ZLx an d p''DAME TIS-SO'S.—Pro pis .olvinz View.. A ris t r" fAtit. BEDFORD —Startling ~., aim ti.A.i..leaara. BYRONa. by Profe , sor Too LE, ''l't.Tl;ll:ize--The Diving elle - W. R aor ...w_ritt en b „ v,Fry ciu•rter of BLANCIIARD, the entire, One shilling, ' a n hour, ' - ' lD AY—Admission t,, ZADICIEL'S CRYSTAL ZI-",/___ ann 'LIFE superior to the Guard s , --"D AN of DEATH Paul's. Ball or the Ball of St. Wonderf Generosity. -E , ch rt entente, this exhibi tion will be presented with a lulti-asileT, Avinenl-1111-y ( elegantiv cos tumed) oi Mr. J. L Toole, as wo. th more th in the price of admission.- the Gipsy Queen - SL3NOR LOGRENIA'S TROTT .E at BIRDS and MIcE. P ERFORMIN G The ROYAL PUNCH and JUDY, by M r. H. Olympic Theatre.Rivers, of the rbe BA.ND of the CRYSTAL PALACE . _ N C°3IPAY. For numerous other attractions and arrangeme n t s °f Pro gramme, see f uture ann o u ncem nts. Admission, on Satnrday, 2s. 6d. ; children, 'B. ; on monde la. Change can be had at the Fancy Fair, close to the atail;' _Tickets of admission to the Palace m , y be had of Mr j w• Anson, at th e office of the College , 20, Tavistock-street: Co vent-garden ; Mr. Sams, Royal Library. 1, St. James's tireet ; Mr. Mit hell, 33, Old Bond-str:et ; Messrs. Keith, t - rowse, and Co, Ct'e.p .ide ; Book Sral s , Great Western and al stations on the line; at the Crystal Palace office, 2, Exeter Had, Strand ; and the usual agents. J. W. ANSON, Secretary. OA RD PLATES ENGRAVED. NJ Any - attern 5 0 BE. 4 T CA ' , DS, Print d from Plate ls. EAL vii)ROCCO RI) C SEs 1,000 BUSINE S gummed 3s. NEWSPAPER EN VELOPE s, 4 6d. F. ARNOLD, Manufacturing Stationer, 86, Fleet-street, E.C. LUXURTANT WHISKERS, MoustßeliPs, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S 'TONIC LOTION, V.e stimulative prop erties of .vhich are tints ling in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that triey may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price Is. 6d.. id., 10s. d., and ?ls. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas N.lliott, hairg,rrower (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. E.'S wigs. £1 10s. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. Grav's-inn-road• in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BM CLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors letrers. It is entirely levied to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate au ,, port, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these toe most wretched of our fellow -creatures. Alcreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,0 0 out-patients a week. The Weekly hoard feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Ma.s.ernaati, Esq., Nicholas - lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co., Drummond and Co. ; Herrie s and. Co. ; Ranso m and ; ; P rescott, Grote, and Co.; Sm ith, Pa y ne, and Co. ; Giyn 4114 Eo Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barc la y and co. ; Denison and 0 . . C NiNisb etl l l l l lt ( t i ni c t . D ; e m s s n s r , s e . and _ B C ar o . n ; e fl d v a e n r d e n e d o , .t , 4 L u cla y e e r y p , 00l sad at the and HoepitaL STANFORD S. SMITH. Secretary. N O . 22.175 Now ready, royal Bvo., with Map and 5U Illustrations, TRAVELS ON HOR' 4 ER ACK IN MANTCHU TA IiTARY : Peing A Summer's Ride beyond THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA. By GEORUE FLEMING. "A more inter, sting book of travels has not been published for some time past than this of Mr. Fleming's. A new world has, in fact, been openeu up by the adventurous ,prlt of the traveller."—Observer. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On July 27, will be published, in 3 vols. post Fvo., E CREAM OF A LIFE; OR. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A MAN OF THE WORLD. A Novel. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Just published, price 78. 6d., o!oth Svo., MEMORABLE EVEN S IN THE LIFE OF A LONDON PHYSICIAN. In Three Parts. Vir ue Brothers, 1, Amen Corner, and all the Libraries. EA —VACANCIES for MIDSHIPMEN find APPRENTICES in a first-class London shippin , ? firm. Premium mod.rate. Al o spprenti•es without prt mium.— Apply io SIMIioNDS and Co.. 38. St. Mary-at-hill, East cheap, E.C. Third &let's and Stewards wanted. PASSENGERS AND TRAVELLERS PROTECTION AND COMPENSATION OFFICES, 16, Craven-street, Strand, London, W.C. • - Passengers by Rai), Road, or Water. and others suffering from loss or injury to tlpinselves or pro erty, should apply for redress and c mpensat on a , the above offices ; estabiished to render prompt assistance to all classes upon the most ad vantageous • erms. Advice on application gratis. Letters must be addressed to "The Manager," enclosing a stamp tor reply. T" 0 xFoR].). e, OXFORD STREET. Witl be performed Selections from the following Operas : LA CIRCASSIENNK, MARTHA, and MASANIe.LLO. , uprorted by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ell son, Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Iluish, Kimberley, and W. Eva' s, with full band and chorus. • Conducted by Mr. Junahmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UN:..WORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Enryene, W. Randall, J. Hutnhenson, an 1 the mai veil us ARTHUR and BER,rfRAND. The HALL h .s been newly Decorated and Ven'ilated, and is now one of the most Beautiful iu the Metropolis. CANTERBURY H ALL AND FINE ARTS rz A LLERY. The Last Week or the Marvellous A WM , UR and BERTH ANI the Two Fren h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S bur esque Drama, arranged xpressly for him. SAM COLLINS, with new songs UNSWOR I H, the celebrated -tump Orator. EUGENE, and TAYLOR. GRAND SELECTIONS fr m OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. .Artictes - Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Sienor iternardi, anl Si, not Tivoli. EVERY EVE vING will be produced, with all the new PTIcAL EFFECTS, and by permission of J. H. Pepper, Esq., '1 HE GHOST, Medium, Mr. A. Silvester. ROYAL ALIT AMB RA PAT,ACF,. - Th. RI 4 ARELIS, EVERY EVENING duri g the Week ()VAT. AT,NAMBRA PAT ArR T;, ( . Vti FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVE RY EVENING, at Ten O'clOck. ROYAL AT RAM RRA PALACK—Sienor and Signori FRANC ESC() in a Grand Divertisaemcnt and Pas Deux- Operatic Selections from " Ernani " and Lucia de Lammermoor. ' N iss ii `Gregor Mr. Laurence Albert, Signor Georg ni, Mr. Vernon Rigby, kn. &c. Band and Chorus of sixty Performers. MR. T CARRICK hpes to onnonnee to Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photoraphie stab ishment, 32, Regent-street, P ccad•lly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes (le Visite, 10 for ll's. Rd; 21 for £1 Miniatures on ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. MAR R RES ONYX d'ALGERTE —One Thousand objects made from this beautiful marble, and comnrehet ding every variety of work of decorative art, including clocks, candelabr ~ vases, gue 'dons, inkstands. tazze, card trays, jard nieres, porte-bouquets, lamps, ring stands, &c., a - e now being exhibit. d in the Ony Salon at Messrs. HOWELL, JAMES, and Co.'s, 5,7, 9, Regent-street. ESTABLISHED 1833. IDOWDEN'q lERATFD GTNnER BEER in Glass or stone bottl s, warranted to keep good twelve months Lemonade. Soda-water, °buss, Se tzer, and every description of Mineral Waters —Manulacto, y, No. 3, IN Ipte Hart-street, Drury-lane, W C. PAGE'S BRIC'K, TILE, AND PIPE MACHINE ' for hand, horse, or steam ower, are 'he most idnaple end efici,nt extant.—Ful _ particulars• and rrices obtained of the mi,kors, E. Pace at :d Co. Lauri nc Pountney pl.ce, Laurence Pountney-hill, Ca non-street, E.c., whe e they may be seen in operation dilly. ‘,2 PF,CTA CLES.—The Patent Newly-invented 1,-.3 Tinted Spectaoles'are patronised by the majority of the includinu - Viscount e almerston. They afford extra ordinary re ief to weak, di and detective vision.—S. and B SOLOMONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. 111[ONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by n Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal'. Leasehold an Freehold Property, or Reversi ,,, s, dte , in sums from £2O to £suo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapaide. To Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country).—A GENTLEMAN is willing to "'TAKE ADVANCES of CAS I I. without delay, to respectable person tnal- or female). on their own security. The utmost secrecy Can be elied on.--Apply .(it by letter enc'ose tour stamps) to ," , t NI r. Robertson's, Accountant, 10 K mr.Willam--treet, London-bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Way rants. TM MEDIATE CASH AT)V ANCES —PPrsons requiring Capital, repayable by instalments, to e”able them to increase or commenct busineps, or for any other pu pose, can resdily iinain Advances (fl application at the offi es of the ST. GEORGE ADVANCh FUND AS*O - ONS, Pall-ma 1, S W. Prospectus and forms sent free. E. H. GILBART, Manager. lIOWELL, JAMES. and CO., rosppetfu announce th •t, in accordance with tlyir custom at this season o: the year. t ev will OFFER THIS DAY, and 'eurina the month, their STOCK of FANCY SILKS, LI'HT DRESS FABRICS, LACES, RIBBONS, LINGERITP, EMBROI ERY, dm, at a VERY LARGE REDUCTION IN PRISE. H., J.. and CO., will offer, at the same time, a quantity of RICH FRENCH SILKS. principally MOIRE A and a variety of beautiful ORGANDI 31!:SLINS, which they have recently purchased at about one-hall the value. (IRNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, nd Dining-room, eonsisting of a new and e.egant assort ment VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, ( ;belisks, Ink tands, eautitul inlaid Tables, Paper weights, Atc., in Italian, A labas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, Am mported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine- Mr. to her viajesty, 140. Stand. W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of STI ELLS II IN ERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, whiob will greatl acilitate interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON . HOLOGY, nd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas .ach. --- PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION In GEOLOGY and MINE otALoay Ia elven by Mr. TENNAN T. at 149, Strand. W.C. ANEVER FAILING REMED t Dr. SCOTT'S BILIoUS and LIVER eILLs, pre ., ed without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. ott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found Invaluable to all who offer from bilious .nd giver complaints, indigestion, wind, palms, giddiness, izziness o 1 the eyes, &o. For tsbitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier t the blood, they .re truly excellent; mild in their opera lon and grateful to he stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. mold by W. Lambert. El, King William-street, I haring-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ln. led., and three times he quantity In one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Billoas and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square 'reen package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. t~~~ /~ -.-- .- .- .-- -- - ---- IN EW S PAPER ~.. - . 5,.." 6 "A-, 77*. ,q . . 4 "' dice dite by the rilibli Governmnt to NV ,1 -$ ii , ...- . 7. , .„ .i. , , ,,,, 3 .-.- kz__• , v Qm • 11 4 ',.--z ,)' 46„ 1.._ •Illii,\„ 1 c 44.4 ..,,,, ~y - Ali :`'. .4 , `-'. r -. i1 1.: ,(,( ;- 1, ~.„..., .., ~. F.,. IT: ''' 'E . :.:ti , ',,, "4 ,-, ~. . i•i',.; ..i. '.' •.,.•-.,,, - \\‘.. , o , * • _ ...0 4 ' „,, , I .; ' 40 '.1. , WS - Zy.. li . - ___", ' 4 Aik -- * - - - • , An ~, ~ \\ s „,... , ~ • . 2,--.... ......„„, ,_ , h , , -, wiVt:" ... , a ir: I ' l , - vi ,N. 6 , 1 11:3--rir- - 5,3. ,r , " r r ~,, -....,, \a t t., , I ......., ' ,le .' , 4 4 .' , - 1 ,:, .;',e , ._._,,, •Es ~,, '1 M - . ,, , , ; 1. i . W " . -4 . ' 'IF I'''. 2:, • erv. 'lo~ ;f. DIE 4 ' . il't -,OA A 1,,,VE. , fi -. 3 4 l ._ am - '4.-...E"-- -- ;"----L-__'''''" ,,, btk , ~: • . ' • -, .t, • • ~,. , - - .:* ' the eat of oave e o r ni n u m s e n n y t it o l f g t a b e e sp e a o t e ch ;«-t f if t . :e ., .g 4i4 =1-4' '4 5 ,... 1 (. ... : 7 tr z - - lqrain to Alr. Ale.son will p lain them' _i - " ,--4 . L3 , 4:7 S , ..- - - - rely , S action on the part of the Confederate s_ It is possible that thrs•steP may 'be .seve.,, :ffn- a aired in - England, but-it is doubdul-wiletli?t,ner 26 months of patient endurance, Mr. Davis is riot justified in demanding that B,ritish Consults resid ing in the Confederacy shell cculfaupiu, - .,te only •sh . , the Home Government, alldiatilongtr wan ino Minister accredited' td . f an" alfhi:Oeinjiln "n" sonance with this policy, nir. Crldfand:WV , o lately succecdcd,Mr. Alegee as Actini, - ; British C nsal at Mobile, and exibitcd an nut tority from 'Lord Lyons,as his title to act at Mobile, hos been forbid den by the Confederate. bovernniont :• , ,o to act, nod has been requested, " in order to avoid misconstruc tion," to select at this moment some place as his residence other than the State of Alabama. It is obviously the design of the Confederate Governm;'.nt that Great Britain shall henceforward have no ire,.ll Consuls in the Confederate States who derive their authority from Washington, and are forbidden, ex hlearn future Consuls Crnounkseu:s up her ra p cept, es it were, under protest, to ehow respect or courtesy to the de facto authorities of Richmond. power mind r t o to lb r a e c g t her Consular functionaries in Secessia, or to derive f E or ng only authority which exercises sway in Sccessia— in other words, from pre s ide n t Davis. The incon venience to which British subjects in Richmond might, in the absence of Mr. Moore, ofrinom"3"thuef r. who started for Washington two days ago, be exposed will be mitigated through the agency of Mr. Gustavus Myers —a gentleman of high chr.- racter and standing in this city, ' universally esteemed in the Government departments, who has consented to act as adviser to British subjects, and to stand to them in something of the relation of . an amicus curio. There is little reason to doubt that in all cases where British subjects possess legitimate claims to exemption Mr. Myres will be enabled to see them righted. The greatest disposition has hitherto been shown by the War Department here, since Mr. Moore's exequatur was revoked, to act honourably and uprightly in its dealings with foreigners. Before this letter is read by the English public the outlines of General Lee's intended campaign will probably have disclosed themselves to the Fede rals, and, although anxiety c:anot fail to be felt whenever General Lee ceases to act on the defers- sive, I have such confidence in the matured wisdom of his plans, and in the valour and discipline of his troops, that it is hard to say whether in the words of the Duke of Wellington, it is not "reasonable to expect such an army to go anywhere, or do any thing." _ _ The conversation of Mr. Vallandigham since his entry into Dixie is full of interest, as reported by those who have spoken with him. He seems after his arrest to have had but one fear—that President Lincoln would extend clemency to him and set him at liberty again. As matters stand, no one knows better than Mr. Vallandigham that he is master of the situation. He hes been made, virtu•,lly, by Mr. Lincoln's persecution, Governor elect of Ohio. How, if he should find his way into Canada, should thence enter Ohio, and dare Mr. Lincoln to arrest him again ? Is there not in the North any vision keen enough to pierce far into the future and to foresee that in ostracising Mr. Vallandigham President Lincoln has, perhaps, insured that martyr's sucees aion to the Presidential chair ? Before the candi dates of next year shall rise into public view the claims of General Butler or General M'Ciellan will have faded into obscurity. Will not the claims of Mr. Vallandigham grow brighter and stronger, and so much the more as ye see the day approach ing P ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER. An inquiry was concluded yesterday morning by Mr. W. J. Payne, deputy coroner for the city of London and Southwark, at Guy's Hospital, respecting the death of William Hayles, aged 35, who was alleged to have been killed under circum stances of great brutality. Mrs. Caroline Jones, wife of a clerk, said that on last Friday fortnight, about two o'clock in the afternoon, she saw near ' London-bridge a dray driving right across a Green wich omnibus, in order to get on its own side of the way. They were both just under the new railway bridge near the Wellington cicck, and were going in the direction of St. George's Church, Borough. The back of the dray touched one of the omnibus horses, witness believed, but it did no damage. The omnibus driver then turned his vehicle out of its course in order to fix the dray against a lamp-post. He then cut the drayhorse with his whip fearfully about the breast, covering it with blood and wheals. There were two draymen on the dray, and the driver of the omnibus struck savagely at one of them, and cut him dreadfully and nearly took his eye out. Deceased then jumped off the dray and caught hold of the omnibus horses' heads. The omnibus man made his horses rear up, and then lashed them for wards. Deceased w as o f course thrown down , an d the omnibus went over him. The dray would also have gone over him, but that witness rushed for ward and pulled him out of the way by the leg. The omnibus man attempted to drive off, but was stopped by several persons. When deceased was under the omnibus a person on the roof said, " You '''''''...., you got on the omnibus on purpose to be run over !" Witness caused him to be removed to the hospital, where he died. The omnibus had been driven with such force against the dray as to smash the spokes of the wheels of the latter. Charles Brooks gave similar evidence. Witness remon strated with the driver of the omnib us f or hi s cruelty in using his whip against the two d raymen in such a manner, but he only laughed and said, " What is it to Y ou F" Witness repli e d , "I t i s most unchristian, and if you were down here I would punch your head." Mr. G. T. Dunbar, 38, Lime street, said that he was sitting on the box by the driver. The drayman h a d as k ed the latter to go on, but he was told to go on himself. The omnibus driver " o nly flicked his whip" to prevent the dray crushing his horses. He did not strike deceased—his whip was not long enough. Deceased gave a flying leap at the side of the omnibus to attack the driver, and fell under the A heels. The driver pulled up directly. No one spoke on the omnibus but a person who called the driver "a hound." Witness did not know why the driver was called "a -- hound." Witness would have used his whip under similar circumstances. The medical evidence proved that deceased died from the injuries received, and that there were marks from the cuts of a whip on his person. After very conflicting evidence, John Bokes, driver of Wheatley's Greenwich omnibus 6,543, denied having struck deceased. He only switched his whip at him. The dray nearly knocked the omnibus over the curb. He did not see how deceased was killed. The Coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against John Bokes, for killing and slaying Wm. Hayles." The accused was then committed to 1 Newgate, but it was understood that substantial bail would be tendered and accepted during the forenoon. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES KEAN'S VISIT TO AUS TRALIA.--A letter from Sydney says :—" Play goers are much pleased at the prospect of having Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean among us. As part of the ' puff preliminary,' the following extracts from a letter from Mr. Kean have been published in a circular asking for subscriptions :—' To G. Coppin, Esq.—Sir, I will perform (my party, besides myself, consisting of Mrs. Kean, Miss Chapmen, and Mr. George Everett) one hundred and twenty (120) nights, to be disposed of as you think advisable, during the period I have named (five months), for which I will accept your bond for the certain sum of eight thousand five hundred pounds (X 6,500 sterling). You will understand that my short visit to Australia will be the only one that we can ever make previous to our final retirement from the British stage. Pray bear in mind that the engagement in Australia cannot, by any possibility, be prolonged beyond the time have mentioned Atter closing the Pr.ncess'a I made a nine months' tour through the provinces, acting (160) one hundred and sixty nights, and my share of the proceeds amounted to ten thousand pounds (XI0,000). Each season since has given me over eight thousand pounds (8,00 u). Very truly yours—CHARLES KEAN.' Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by pur chasing Horniman's puro Tea ; very choice at 38. 4d. and 4s. "High Standard" at 4s. 4d. (formerly 4s. Sd.), is the strongest and most delicious imported. Agents in every town supply it in packets. so ID .A. V EVEN ING JULY 24, 1863. ' R THE ROUPELL FORGERIES. SEVENTH DAY. CHELMSFORD, July 23. (Before Mr. Baron Channell and a Spacial Jury.) ROUPELL AND ANOTHER V. HUWS AND ANOTHER. The trial was resumed yesterday morning. William Rou pell wag against present, in charge of the warders of Pen tonvi,le Prison. Mr Serjeant She°, Mr. Lush, Q.C., Mr. J. Brown, and the Hon. Mr. Thesiger, appeared for the plaintiffs. Mr. Bovill, Mr. Hawkins, Q.C,, and Mr. Garth were for the defendants. Mr. Bovill, who had only concluded his observations re lating to the handwriting on Wednesday at the adjournment of the CGurt, resumed his summing up of the case for the defendants. He said that he should now make some remarks in reference to the attestation to the deed of gilt, and to the evidence with regard to the signatures of the attesting wit nesses Dove and 'Lumen. His learned friend had, in the most emphatic manner, declared that he would prove that the signatures of those witnesses were forgeries; but, to his utter confusion, when Wm. Roupell was called into the witness box, he distinctly stated that both those signatures were genuine signa urea, and this had compelled the plain tiffs to resort to an altogether new theory, and the result was, as it appeared to him, to involve the case for the plain tiffs in the utmost confusion and difficulty. What they en deavoured to show was that Wm. Roupell had deceived the witnesses, and induced them to believe that they were merely attesting the signature of Wm. Roupell, but the fact turned out to be that Mr. Edwin Whitaker, as appeared by the deed itself, had himself attested the signature of Wm. Roupell, and the story of Wm. Roupell was clearly false, and only put forward to deceive the jury. Then as to the date of the supposed attestation, i was clear that it could not have been done in the summer or autumn of 1856, be cause it was clear that long before that period the deed fully executed had b , en placed in the hands of Mr. Whitaker, is security for the money that had been advanced. He then referred to the evidence of Mr. Beck, who, he said, was one of the most eminent microscopists of the day, and said that his statement thai the name of Roupell must have been written first, and that a portion of the signature of the witness Truman was actually written over a porthm of it, completely negatived the story told by William Roupell as to the circumstances under which the deed was signed. It Truman h.d never attested any deed for Richard Roupell, why did he not say so at once, and why should he say that ho would look over his memoranda, or nis diary ? He said o Mr. Covinton, when ha was questioned by that gentleman, that he did not remember having attested such a deed ; and they would recollect that the other witness, Dove, said that i his name appeared as the atte,ting witness to the deed, he mu t have seen it executed by the old gentleman. These witnesses' minds had been biased by the reports that had been circulated relative to the forgeries that had been com mitted by William Roupell, and he could not help sa • ing that every attempt had been made to bias the public mind, not only by reports in the newspapers, but even by intro ductions, to the reports of the proceedings, which had no• thing to do with the case,and ought never to have appeared ; and the result very probably was that both Dove and Tru • man might have believed that William Roupell had been guilty of forgery ; but he submitted that the only real able conclusion that could be come to was, that these wit nesses really had attested the deed, and that they saw it executed by Richard Roupeil. although, as seven years had ehipsed, they might have forgotten the circumstances. He gave William Roupell credit for being a most expert forger, capable of committing any traud or deception, and this being so, what difficulty would he have had in inducing his lather to sign any deed that he presented to him. His lather was very fond of him, he was proud of him—placed great confidence in him, and what would have been easier than f,r him to have presented a deed to his father, and tell him that it was a lease or some other investment which he would have been required to sign. The plaintiffs were bound to make out satin tactorily that the signature of Richard Palmer Roupell to the deed was a forgery, and yet their counsel did not dare to ask the question of Mr.Surridge, the intimate friend of the deceased, and the in tended executor. Then, with regard to Mr. Clark, another intended executor, and an old triend of the deceased, the plaintiffs' counsel ought to have caled him as a wit ness, but they did not dare to do it, and he was obliged to call him, and he stated the signature was, in his opinion, a genuine one. A other important witness, Mr. Stevens, one of the executors appointed by the codicil, was not called as a witness, and the reason was obvious, that it was known that if he bad been, he would also have said that the sigma- tare to the deed was genuine. The same observation would apply to Mr. King and Mr. Sharp, who had executed many wills for the depased, and were weal acquainted with his handwriting, for the plaintiffe counsel aid not dare to ask either of these gentlemen whether this signature was genuine or not. Anotherimportant witness who might have been called was Mrs. Roupell, who must have barn perfectly well acquainted with her husband's handwriting, and who was proved; to have been in court, and yet the plaintiffs did not dare to call her as a witness to inform the jury whether the signature to the deed was genuine or not. If witnesses such as these would not venture to say that this signature was a forgery, why should the jury be called to say so on their o-dths ? he plaintiffs sough , to neprive the defendants of property which they t ad bought and paid for, and upon which probably their very existence depended, and they were bound to make out their case in the clearest possible manner, and he submitted that they had entirely failed to do so. What was the description of evidence that had been brought forward by the defendants? There was Mr. Dudley, the old family solicit ,, r, who acted as such for a great many years, who must have been perfectly well acquainted tv , d h the handwri ing of the deceased, and he said in the most distinct and emphatic manner, that the signature to the deed was the genuine handwriting of Richard Palmer Roupell. (Sergeant Shee here made a slight ejaculation.) No wonder his learned friend groaned at the evidence to which he had just alluded. (Laughter) Besides the evi• dente of this gentleman. there was the testimony of the engraver to the Bank of England, the Inspector of Stareps at the General Post-office, the witnesses from the Alliance Fire-office, the Lambeth Waterworks, and the London Joint-Stock Bank; and they all stated most unhesitatingly that the signature was genuine. These witnesses were all men of eminence—men of high position —men whose re. spectability was undoubted ; they had no interest whatever in the result of this trial ; they were not in the slightest de gree connected with the defendants; the allegation of forgery had been dinned in their etas for the last twelve months and yet this was the evidence they had given upon the sub ject of this important signature. The whole of the witnesses to whom he had just directed their attention ought to have been called by the plaintiffs but they did not care to call them ; and this fact he conaidered was worthy the consider- ation of the jury. If this had been an ordinary case of test ing the validity of the acceptance to a bill of exchange, and they had heard the evidence of the bankers' clerks, would they not have said at once that the signature was genuine, and that the bill must be paid ; and they would not give the slightest effect to evidence such as that which had been given by the experts and the other witnesses who had been ex amined on the part of the plaintiffs. He reminded them that the security of the whole property in the kingdom depended upon the vital ty of solemn instruments such as the deed that was now in question ; and it they were to give effect to such a case as was sought to be set up by the plaintiff , , no one would be safe The jury would remember that although th e avowed object of the present action was to obtain pos- s-scion of this small estate, yet there was no doubt that the real object was to regain possession of the whole of the property that had been squandered by Mr. William Rou pell, He then went on to say, " Why was not Sarah Rou pell called as a witness? Why was there a settled deter mination not to call her ? Was there some secret that would make William Roupell quiet in the box where he was now seated, and cause him to be carried out of court? Why he was allowed to be in court he did not know, nor why he should be permitted to be in constant communication and passing notes to the solicitors who were acting for his brother. It mightbe that there were secrets which the family wished to conceal, but with regard to the letter of instruc tions to prepare the deed of gift, he submitted that the fact of Vim. Roupell retaining possession of the document, showed that he knew it was genuine, and that he kept it in order to show that he had a tide to the property. Although Sarah Roupell was placed in the witness-box by the com pulsion of his lordship, the plaintiffs' counsel did not dare to ask her whether the signature to the letter was genuine or not. He said that whichever way they turned they were met by falsehood and ft and—they were to rely on the evi dence of a man who admitted that in the presence of the dead body of his father he stole his will, and then wanted to make them believe he kept it in his p-cket a whole week without reading it. If they wanted to confirm him why not have called his mother, who was with him the whole time. They knew they could n t do 60, and therefore the mother was not examined. and he contended that the whole story was a fabrication with a view to get beck the property and restore the ruined fortunes of the family. Wm. Roupell ac tually attempted to make them Leli ye that he kept the ori ginal will for six years, and that he did not destroy it until just before he left England, when, during that period he way a member of Parliament. an officer in a rifle corps, and constantly attending public meetings. It was idle to sup pose that he could have done as he had represented." The learned counsel then proceeded at considerable length to fore alluded upon and the he comment upon the other points in favour o f t he defendants, caognrcelautdmeda by y y soafywinhg thatichh had the case be restedentirely evidence of William Roupell, who was a man, upon his own showing, utterly unworthy of credit. It might be asked, what motive had Wm. Roupell to come forward and confess himself guilty of fraud or forgery; but it was clear 'hat he had every motive, for it was no , l disputed that he had forged the two leases, and this forgery must have been discovered, and then he confessed himself guilty of these additional crimes He was under sentence of penal ser vitude for life. He could not have additional punishment. A few yerrs ago he would have been hanged ; and although he did not complain of the alteration of the law, still he did think it was a pity that he should be in a position to come forward and give evidence that would have the effect of de priving the defendants and a good many other persons of property to which they were justly and legally entitled. At the close of the address of the learned counsel the Court adjourned for a short period. Sergeant Shee then proceeded to address the jury, and to reply upon the whole case in a speech of great power and eloquence. He said that a week having now nearly elapsed since he had laid before them the facts of the case, and stated what he considered b be the proper view to be taken of it, and his learned friend having twice addressed them at very great length since that period, it would be as well per-' haps for him to state again what was the real question at issue between these parties. The plaintiff claimed the pro perty as heir-at-law of his father, Richard Palmer Roupell; he was admitted to be heir-at-law, and he was entitled to recover, unless the defendants made out that the deed of gift under which they claimed to be entitled to the property was a genuine instrument. It die not matter which side commenced the inquiry, the real question was whether the defendants had made out that the deed of gift of January, 1850, was a genuine deed, and if he had failed indoinp; that the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict. His learned friend had attempted to throw dirt upon the plaintiff, his family, and those who conducted the prosecution, and he complained of the course that had been adopted by him of suggesting that the action was the action of Messrs. Linklater, the solicitors for the plaintiffs, and not the acti , n of Mr. Richard Roupell. He then went on to explain that all the proceed ings that had been taken with regard to the actions against the tenants had been taken with the sanction of himself and his lean ed friends, and he was surprised that his learned friend should have spoken of the Messrs Linklater as he had done, and charged them with suppressing the tru , h. The Foreman of the Jury interposed, and said it was quite unnecessary for the learned sergeant to say a single word in vindication of the character of Messrs. Linklater, as they wer' welt aware of their high position and respectability. Sergeant Shoe went on to say that Messrs. Linklater having ascertai'ed that the defendants claimed to be entitled to the property in question upon a deed of gift, obtained the necessary authority to examine that deed, and they procured the assistance of Mr. Thompson, a man of the most respect. able position, the cashier for a great number of years in Messrs. Glyn's bank, who was well acquainted with the h .ndwriting of the deceased, and upon his positive state ment that the signature was not genuine t hey telt themselves compelled to institute further inquiries, the result of which was that they were compelled to come to the conclusion that the signature was not genuine, and he hoped to induce the jury to come to the same conclusion. The real question for the jury was the simple one—Did they, or did they not, be lieve that the signature to this deed of gitt was genuine or not ? The result would not depend upon the question of handwriting—did not depend upon how certain titles were wade, but it depended upon other and far more important questions. The plaintiffs' counsel had called W. Roupell, as they were bound to do. His learned friend had said, Why not call all the other members of the family ?" His arned friend had been loud enough about conspiracy as it was. What would he have said if ail the family had been called to support the case ? They cuuld not avoid calling William 11 oupell. But the facts he stated were otherwise attested He had committed a great crime, no doubt, and be was suffering a severe penalty for his crime. His learned friend said, indeed, that he was not to be believed. What, not if confirmed ? Not if repentant ? How did his learned friend know that William Roupell during the six years which had elapsed since hi., crimes had not sincerely re pented of them ? Even iu cases of murder men were con victed upon the testimony of accomplices if confirmed. How did his learned friend know that William Roupell was not like one of those as to whom it was written that there is more joy in Heaven over the sinner who repenteth than over ninety and nine just men who have needed no repen tance ? He was sorry that his learned friend should have tormented that poor unhappy wretch, with his penal ser vitude and his prison dress. Poor man—he was no longer master of his actions or his dress. He wore such dress as was provided for him, and he came there in obedience to the law, between two men, his gaolers. He was allowed to kiss the sacred book and be sworn upon it as a witness, and he was, at least, as much entitled to credit as the witnesses upon whose testimony, if confirmed, murderers were hung. No doubt he had broken the command "'Thou shell not steal," and society could not forgive his offence, and exacted the severe penalty. But there were other and worse offences than forgery and fraud, which were not deemed to deprive a man of credit as a witness. Let the jury be cautious, and let them, above all, be charitable, and not hastily discard the evidence of a man merely because he had been convicted of crime. But the case did not rest on the testimony of this poor, unhappy man William Roupell. (A loud burst of applause greeteu this part of the speech.) All or most of the material facts were proved without his evidence. That the receipt given to his father was only for the deeds of one farm, not of both; that the leaves were forged ; that the object was to raise money on the estate; that the attesting witnesses never saw old Roupell sign any deed, and that, therefore, the attesta tions were false ; that the old man remained in possession and received the rents and dealt with the property as owner down to his death; that Longman declined the transaction on account of the father not being applied to for his con currence,— these ware the broad material facts of the case, all pe oved without the evidence of William Roupell, and would be better proved if he were daad, on account of the prejudice excited against him. It was proved that the old man would not even part with the title deeds of this pro perty without obtaining areceipt for them, that he continued to exercise ownersh p over the property down to the last moment of his existence, and that William R upell was unable to raise money upon the property from Mr. Long man because he could not get his father to join in the secu rity, and Mr. Longman insisted upon it. He then pro ;'ceded to argue that the whole of the proceedings of Wm. Roupell at this time showed that he was determined to carry out the great fraud which he ultimately succeeded in effecting. As to the probability that old Roupell would have given this estate to his son William, he reminded them that he had never done one act of generosity to any member of his family during hie lifetime—that he only allowed his wife £2OO a year to keep the establishment at Brixton ; and that he only gave William Roupeil the sor riest possible pittance to subsist upon, and he argued that it was quite contrary to reason and common sense to sup. pose that the old man should have given his son an estate or the value of £12,000. He then proceeded to argue that it as plain that the old man had only surrendered the copyhold portion of the farm for the purpose of " doing," as he termed it, the lord of the manor, and that he had not the slightest intention of giving him entire control over the property. He then referred to tl:e evidence of the witnesses Haws and ,Springham that old Roupell had told them that he had given these farms to his son, and they would have a lawyer for their landlord, and said it appeared to him even if such a statement had been made by him that it would not bear the interpretation that was put upon it by his learned friend, and that the facts of not having received the rents and profits down to the very period of his death, and his having confirmed the will of 1850, which made a totally different disposition of the pro perty, were conclusive as to the fact that he had no such in tention. He contended that the theory of his learned friend, that William Roupell had confessed himself guilty of the crimes of forging the will and the deed of gift in order to escape from the consequences of having forged the leases, was quite inconsistent with the facts, and that if this deed of gilt was a genuine instrument, he could have much more easily escap3d from the d'filculty in which he was placed by confessing that the leases were forged, bat stating that the, deed of gift was a genuine instrument, and giving his con sent to the property being sold, and by th s means repaying the mortgagees the money that had been advanced by them. He was anxious to meet all the points that had been ad vanced by his learned friend, and he admitted that he had stated incorrectly that he should be able to prove that the signatures of Truman and Dove were ferged, and the ex planation he had to give of this fact was that the solicitors for the plaintiffs had not the opportunity of communicating with Wm. Roupell so fully as they would have done but for his position as a prisoner, and therefore he had been misin structed upon this point. The real question, however, was, whether this deed was a forgery, and both the witnesses to whom he referred swore positively that they never attested the signature of Richard Palmer houpell to any instrument whatever, and this deed, therefore, 'must have been a for . gery. The learned sergeant then proceeded to comment upon the letter of instructions that was sent to Mr. Whitaker to prepare the deed of gift. Now, unless Whitaker were a man totally devoid of principle, and willing to conspire with a young mpenclihrift not yet out of hid articles in order to defraud his father, he would not prepare the deed of gift without some instructions from his father. No man of business not ready to be the accomplice in a fraud would have done so. Accordingly, Wm. Roupell prepared and provided the letter of instructions, dated the Bth Jaxuary, 1856, and purporting to be signed by his father. He did not quite understand what his learned friend said about that letter. Was it genuine, or was it not so ? Which did hi s learned friend mean ? If genuine, why try to frighten Sarah Roupell out of her wits? (Laughter.) Why did he cross-examine her so severely ? His learned friend was usually so good-tempered and so polite to the ladies. Why play " bogie" to that poor young lady? (Groat laughter.) If the letter w as g e nuine, why did she com e t o say t he very thing his learned friend said he desired ? Yet she was cross-examined in the most hostile and severe manner. Alter all, she came to prove what his friend said he desired —that it was a genuine letter; but it was plain upon the lace of it that it was not so. The defendants' counsel had not ventured to ask one of their witnesses whether the let- ter was genume. Yes, they asked me, who said he thought it was. Bovill—And one of yours said it was not. Mt. Sergeant Shee --Well, well, be it so; but, as to their own witnesses, they only ventured to ask one of them the question. Upon tha face of it it was forgery. It could not have been written by the testator. How did it run? " Aspen-house, Brixton-hill, Jan. 8, 186. "Dear Sir,— My sou has mentioned to me that it is con. sidered desirable for conveyances from one member of the family to another to be drawn up by disinterested witnesses, and therefore I beg that your will attend to this matter for us, and prepare the conveyance to my son of the two farms at Havering- atte-bower, in Essex, called Bolens and Herds. The forms of leases I have already given to am, dear sir, yours truly, " R. P. ROUPELL. " Thomas Whittaker, Esq." It described the farms as the memorandum in the book did —as at Havering. That was the very error the old man had committed in the memorandum, It was a mistake he could never have made. There was the very same error which he himself had corrected. There could not be a clearer proof that he had not written the letter. The farma were not at Havering, but at Great Warley. But there was far, more in the letter to show that it was a forgery. The testator was a careful man of property, and personally visited the farms and saw the tenants, received the rents, and made allowances for repairs. Now, on Jan. 8, 1856, he could not have written the words with which the letter concluded :—" The forms of leases I have already given to him.' Thome forms were the forms of the forged leases. The old leases were still running, and had years to run. Those words could not have been written by the father ; they must have been written to impose upon Whitaker. They must have been written by Wm. Roupell, who was then concocting the forgery of the leases. The " forms of leases" there referred to were the very forms fraudulently caused to be prepared by William Roupell. The old man knew nothing about them. But the very day before that letter was written William Roupell had got the re-copied draughts from the law stationer. Apart, therefore, from the daughter's testimony, it was plainly impossible that the etter could have been written by the old man, or with his knowledge ; and the habit of the old man was to write every thing himself. The body of every receipt was in his hand writing. It was increoible that he should have had this letter written. As to Sarah Roupell not being called before the learned judge suggested it, it was to expose her to a pain ful ordeal. What would have been more painful than for a young woman of five-and-twenty to be brought into court, almost touching, as she passed along, her brother, a eon victed felon, and to have to give evidence to convict him of forging his father's handwriting ? He avowed that he felt a great, desire to spare her, if possible, that painful ordeal. But when the learned judge suggested it, he felt that he had no alternative but to call her. And he was anxious, more , ver, that his learned friend should call Whitaker. His learned friend knew very well that he should never call Whitaker. Why, who was Whitaker ? He was the man who toUched the money the defendants had lost. He had actually had a mortgage prepared and ready to be executed. He was liable to the bank for the £12,000, and got the money from the mortgagees to pay himself off. And his learned friend pretended to think that he should call Whitaker 1 His friend called Whitaker, William Roupeil's attorney; bat William Roupell was not his (Sergeant Shee'6) client. Mr. Whitaker had actually received the mortgagees' money, and yet the mortgagees' counsel did not dare to call him. They called his brother Edwin Whitaker, who knew nothing about it. Whitaker was William Roupeil's attorney, and had been in communication with the mortgagees, who would not call him. Young Roupell had fallen into the hands of Watts, and Watts had introduced him to Whitaker; and Watts, by Whitaker, or through the instrumentality of Whitaker, had plundered and betrayed him; and there he stood, a doomed and miserable man I Wretched man that he was, he was an object of compassion after all I—from his earliest age, brought up without the influence of healthful paternal example, and falling, while a bey, into the hands of a man like Watts I If they had dared to call Whitaker, it would have been elicited from him that he had seen this letter of authority written by Sarah Roupell, and signed by her brother in her father's name. She had been called, and his learned friend had striven in vain to break her down. If she had net spoken truth, Mr. Whitaker could have been called to contradict her. If that was not the letter which had been shown to him what was the letter? Did he prepare a transfer of the old man's property without any instructions from him ? If not, where was the letter ? The idea of his learned friend suggesting that he should call Whitaker. Who had held these very deeds but Whitaker ? Who passed them off to the mortgageesbut Whitaker? Was it not his interest to say that they were genuine, yet they durst not call him to say so I They knew that he would have had to admit that letter, They knew they must not call him, although all his interest was to sustain the genuineness of the deeds he had passed to the mortgagees. They took the deeds from him and durst not call him ! So much for that part of the case. If the leases were forgeries, how could it be doubted that the deed was forged ? It was clear that it had been prepared under the authority of a forged letter. Whitaker knew that Longman had declined the transaction without the father's concurrence, and then he palmed it off upon the defendants, the mortgagees, He now cause to the will of the 2d Sep tember, 1856. Did the jury know whether his friend meant to say that it was genuine or not ? Mr. Bovill—Whichever you like. Mr. Sergeant Shee—Well, then, I say it is a forgery. His learned friend ae,med not to understand why it was introduced. It was not merely to prove a title as devisee. The important point to be shown was the destruction of the will of 1850 ; and, as part of the transaction. it was neces sary to prove the substitution of the other, The evidence about the will of 1850 was important in this way. It showed that in 1850 the 'testator had made a will carefully disposing of all his property, which he confirmed so lately as the 30th of August, 1856, a few days before his death. This was atter the deed of gift, which was dated in January, 1856, and it confirmed the disposition of this estate made by that will of 1850, which was to Richard, the plaintiff. The motive for destruction of that will by William Roupell was that it would disclose his forgery of the deeds relating to that estate. When his father died he had the certainty that the fraud in the leases would be discovered if the estate were given to Richard. Executors with zegard to fraud and forgery could not forgive. They would have been compelled to prosecute the forger. He saw from the will of 1850 that the property was not left to him. Mr. Bovill—He swore that he had not read it. Mr. Sergeant Shee—That he had not read it fully or com pletely, but he looked at it. He saw fast enough that it was not left to him. If the will stood he would have to account to the executors. If he only destroyed the will he would have to account to his brother as the legitimate son and heir. Re must, therefore, substitute another will so dis posing of the property that there would be no probability of his being called to account. He could not devise it to him self, as there must be two witnesses, and he had only one besides himself, and a witness cannot be devisee. There fore, he devised the whole to his mother, and made her and himself executors. IJoing that he only required one wit ness, for he could be a witness himself. He had unbounded influence over his mother, and was certain to be free from control. She took no part in the management of the pro perty, and the will answered his object. He thus con trived to emancipate himself from all control, and with the assistance of Watts and Whitaker he very soon made away with the whole of the property. He had an old man as the oilier witness, then tottering to his grave, and "dead men tell no tales." 'Such was' the scheme about the will. All this showed that at the time of his father's death he was oppressed and alarmed by some imminent peril, to escape which he shrunk from no crime and no guilt. That was the motive of the will, and after his father's death, he soon, by the aid of Whitaker and Watts, got rid of all the property. Such was the history. The learned Sergeant then entered into an elaborate statement of the numerous particulars in which the evidence of William Roupell was confirmed by that of other witnesses. NV hat did the jury think was the worth of evidence as to handwriting in such a case ? At one time the evidence of experts was thought of great importance. But that was when juries were not allowed to judge.of handwriting by comparison. That was now altered by Act of Parliament, and juries could now judge of disputed handwriting by comparing it with hand writing admitted to be genuine. Juries were far better able t o judge in,that way than by evidence of experts. And now it did not matter what the opinions of other persons who spoke of handwriting. Mr. Bovill—lt was your evidence in the first instance. Mr. Sergeant Shee—We did call some, no doubt; but we did not rely upon the evidence, and, as my learned friend said, we did not ask the question of most of them. We askei it of a few, just to lead my learned friend astray, and send him into a labyrinth from which we knew he would never escape. (Great laughter.) But we merely showed that there was a certain general habit of handwriting which this sig nature departed from. Of course, handwriting would vary with little caqual circumstances of ink or pen. Mr. &yin interrupted to say something. Mr. Sergeant Shee—Now do, my dear friend, be quiet. You have been up, I am sure, four-fifths of the time in one way or another (Laughter.) Now do enjoy for a little while the pleasure of listening. (Great laughter,) Th e ex perts had been so far useful as to show the usual habit o f writing. instead of whic h his learned friend Mr. H aw ki ns had got up to "chaff' poor Mr. Netherclift. (L aug h ter.) He did nut ask the jury to decide the case, however, on mere handwriting, but on the great facts and circumstances of the case. In this great case the country expec t e d t h e i jury to decide the issue as tit were one raised between old Roupell and his son William. In conclusion, the learned Sergeant forcibly appealed to the jury for their verdict in favour of his clients. At the sitting of the Court this morning Baron Channell will proceed to sum up the case to the jury, PRICE.-- —.4d. STAMPED ....sd. THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. (From the Special The long and Correspondent protracted ag ony of the Times.) R clusters about Vi c k s b urg stay. Gen. Pemberton, with 080 : nco force r s 0 oo fom variously euDns neither , p, J ea n u ns s n dt ei e nwwt l ehh s sni hhr. ti mated between 12,000 and 1 knows wo figures, still holds is probably between those t ga llantly out, and if his supply of munitions of war and provisions were like the widow's cruse there is little doubt that he could maintain his ground for ever in a fortress which in strength ranks next to Quebec among the strongholds of this Continent. General G rant, with ab out 100 , 000 men, closes in the defen ces of Vicksbur g b y mea ns of a cordon which stretches like an arc of a semi circle from the Mississippi above the town to the Mississippi below it. It is not possible to ascertain here whether the Federals still hold either Haines' or Snyder's Bluff, or whether their communication with the Yazoo is kept up (as I believe it to be) through a little s tream called the Chickasaw Bayou, and along a shorter line than that which intervenes between Snyder's Bluff and Vicksburg. Flom General Johnstone I can not sa y that the accounts are cheering. There is a general impression that he is despondent beyond expres sion—one of the very worst qualities which a soldier can possess, and which was always regarded by Napoleon as fatal to success. I regret to be unable to conceal the fact that between General Johnstone and the War Department in Richmond there is not such harmony and kindness of feeling as are at this moment deeply desirable. It is stated by General Johnstone's friends that he is called upon with not more than 35,000 men to burst the rear of General Grant's army, 100,000 strong, in a position which is scarcely less fortified and susceptible of defence than Vicksburg itself. Your readers will remember that I have again and again stated that, by reason of the natural form of the ground, turned to advantage as it has been by admirable military engineering, Vicksburg is wellnigh impregnable. Very much the same may be said about an army taking up its posi tion on any of the lines of tumbled hills which stretch in the rear of Vicksburg from the Yczoo down to the mouth of the Big Mack River. By dili gent USb of the spade, in which the Federals every where excel, a position may anywhere in this broken country be selected and rendered almost impreg nable within 24 hours. Unquestionably, an army acting on the defensive in this region possesses enor mous advantages. It will be patent, therefore, that while, in spite of his vastly inferior numbers, Gen. Pemberton possesses great advantages as against Gen. Grant, and has little to fear beyond famine or exhaustion of ammunition, the same advantages multiplied by possession of much greater wealth of numbers, are wielded by Gen. Grant as against Gen. Johnstone. The fact is that in this district of country 30,000 men can any where sit down, with their flank resting on a navigable river, and make themselves secure by vigorously plying the spade against 100,000 men. Here it would seem that the case is reversed ; that about 30,000 men are called on to attack about 100,000, with all the advantages of position on the side of the stronger number. It is argued by the detractors of General John stone that the position of affairs before Vicksburg is very much the result of his lathes in not assisting General Pemberton while the latter was fighting the disastrous battles at Baker's Creek and on the Big Black River, about the 15th and 17th of May. It is stated that the disparity of numbers between the two antagonists was in these battles vastly less than it has ever been at any subsequent period ; and that if General Johnstone had during the first of the two battles fallen on the Yankee rear, with even 5,000 men, he could not have failed to insure their disastrous defeat, nor can his total inactivity from early in May, when he first appeared upon the scene of action in Mississippi, up to the present time, be favourably accounted for, according to the lights which we possess in Richmond. As matters now stand, he has given his enemy time to make every conceivable disposition and preparation, with a view to securing their rear. It is known that the ground where lately was fought the battle of the Big Black River is now strongly held by the Federals, under General Osterhaus, and that General Johnstone cannot advance along this, the shortest route to Vicksburg, without fighting a battle which cannot fail to cost him dear. It is also known that the country between the position of General Osterhaus and the lines of General Grant is about the most difficult of approach through which an aggressive army could be called on to ad vance. Steep pitches of hills, broken bridges over innumerable gullies, acres of felled timber, oppose almost insurmountable obstacles, and, to crown all, these natural difficulties will be fully turned to ac- count by the Western men under General Grant, —hunters of the upper valley of the Mississippi, who have in all the desperate battles of the West acquitted themselves in a fashion very different from that of the New Euglanders and "Dutch men" who fight for the Union in Virginia, and are many of them the sweepings of the kennels of New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. It will be s,en, then, that the prospects of General John stone have only become more and more unpromising in proportion as'he has deferred action from week to week. It is possible that General Johnstone may be so much strengthened by th e addi tion of troops drawn either from Gen. Bragg or from elsewhere as to be enabled to drive Gen. Osterbaus before him, or to turn his position, and to fall with something like an equality of strength upon Gen. Grant's rear. Of this solution of the difficulty I en tertain no sanguine expectation. There appears to mo no such pressing demand for troops anywhere else at this moment at Vicksburg. But, with faint, concert or harmony of action existing between Gen.! Johnstone and Richmond, i am apprehensive that' the great energy required in massing silently and swiftly such a body of troops under Johnstone will be conspicuous for its absence. Rumours of mys terious movements on the part of Gen. Kirby Smith, are rife; but we know so little of his actual where abouts that I am unable to give any heed to them, The situation at Port Hudson is the situation at Vicksbu rg i n di amon d e diti o n, ex cept that at Po r t Hudson the Federal General (Banks) has no Gen. Johnstone acting in his rear. The Confederates at Port Hudson under General Gardner stand savagely at bay behind formidable works, and arc likely to defy General Banks until failing supplies or fail - ing ammunition bring them to terms. The two citadels may be regarded as two cherries upon one stalk. The fate of one will probably be the fate of the other. That such a disaster as the bisection of the Confederacy by Federal possession of the entire length of the Mississippi is probably the gravest whic h has befallen the rebels since the commence ment of the war, not excepting the fall of New Orleans, cannot for a moment be denied. But in one thing the Federals will be greatly disap pointed. They must change the hearts of every man, woman, and child for a length of 800 miles along the Mississippi's course before they can re establish trade, emanating from St. Louis, Cin cinnati, and Louisville as its fountain heads, with the residents along the mighty river's banks. " Hope deferred maketh the heart sick." Many an )omily from this text, if Vicksburg falls, will the Federal preachers find themselves called on to ex pound, if they seek to improve the occasion vs they have hitherto improved that furr,ished to them by the war. It will be found if Vicksburg end Port Hudson fill that the disaster IN ill greatly pro long the war, but will be far from irremediable. In my last letter, in which I detailed the circum stances accompanying the revocation of the exequa tur of Mr. Moore, her Majesty's Consul at Rich mond, I mentioned that henceforward it is the de :ermination of the President and the Confederate Government that no communication shall be per mitted between British consuls resident in the Confederacy and Lord Lyons, the Minister accre- np. r own. down. lowa. Is Od ; nality The and r, bnt U 460 )sid done g. 18. 3'13. g. 4. y 29 , ~ 2. ; 27, 24 10 Y. 9 29 0 as A ill Ile twee ,ster the 1 flat ikely ..... ~ inp of a the Ee4• peep lea'a Oh late 11 .2