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Through Tickets issued to all the chief Ports in Aus tralia and New Zealand, and the Towns and Cities of the - United States and Canada, also to Halifax and St. Johns. Full particulars, lice of charge, upon application to FLARCand Cli., First Floor, 100, Leadenhall-street, City, London, or 43, Union-street, Liverpool. _ _ - CU" Panels and packages collected, shipped, and invoiced, A TLANTIC TELEGRAPH COM PANY.— TENDERS for C BLE —The Dirrrtors of the Atlantic Telegraph Company are prepa •ed to RECEIVE l'E NDERS for the manufacture and .ayino - down of a SUBMARINE TE I .EGRAPEI CABLE between the coasted Ireland and New foun d' and. The Cabe must be capable of transmitting at least ei g ht iyords per minute, and must fully maintain throughout its entire length a required standard of insulation. Tend rs may be sent in for the insulated conducting wire separate y, or for the external prot.ctine cover ng separately, or for the entire cable complete and ready for shipment, It must be stated in each case whether the parties are will ing to undertake the coiling ani submersion of the cable, and on what terms. Payment for the insulated conductor (or core) to be made in cash upon delivery of each 100 nautical miles tested and approved by the Company's officers, and in like manner for each 100 nautical miles of cable, when covered, complete, and tested ready for shipment. Tenders, accompanied by speci mens of the proposed cable not lees than 5001 athoms in length, will beree,ei.red at the Company's effices,22, 0 d Broad-street, London, until 12 o'clock on Wednesday, the sth of ug,ust, 1863. All Tenders must be accompanied by satisfactory re ferences, and security will be required for the due fulfilment of the contract. The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or any Tender. By order. GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary. 22, Old Broad-street, London, July 20,1R03. ' • • WHITTINGTON FREEHOLD COLLIERY COMPANY (Limited). To be registered tinder the Companies Act, 1862, whereby the liability of the Shareholders is strictly limited to the amount of his shares. Capital £135,000, in 13,500 Shares of £lO each. Amount of Capital to be first called up, £75,000, as fol lows : £4 per share on 10,000 shares, now to be allotted £40,000 £1" per "hare on 3,500 shares, fully paid up, allotted to the vendor £75,000 The 3500 shares are to be taken by the vendor of the estate in part payment of the purchase money. These shares will receive no dividend until a dividend at the rate of 10 percent. per annum has been paid on the other shares ; after which the vendor's shares will be entitled to a similar dividend, and the remaining profits are to be rateably divided between both classes of shares. 2,000 shares are already taken, and the remaining 8,000 are now cffered to the public. £2 per share to be paid on allotment. £1 ~ in three months, and £1 in six months. The Directors will make a further call of £1 per share If re quired, after which no iurther call will be made without six months' notice. Applications for shares, in the annexed form, to be sent in to the offices of the Company before the Bth day ci August, 1863. DIRECTORS. Samuel Bolton Edenborouuh, Esq., Moorgate-street-build ing s, London, Director of the Imperial Bank. W. A. Freston, Esq.. Coleman -street, London. William Hawes, Esq., Skinner's-pla - e, Sise-lane, London. Morris King, Esq., Dowgate-hill, London, and Northaw, Herts. Joseph Rickett, Esq. (Messrs. Rickett, Smith, and Co.), Coal Exchange, London. John Roebuck, Eeq., Newmarket, Sheffield. H. W. Spratt, Esq., Walbrook-buildings, London. BANKERS. London—The Imperial Bank, Lothbury. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Desborong,h, Young, and Desborough, 0, Sise-lane, Lon don. John Webster, Esq., Sheffield. AuirOtts. Messrs. Chadwick, Walford,D and Adamson , 27, Great George. street, Westminster, and King-street, Manchester. SECRETARY (PRO TE.M.) Alfred Allott, Esq., Prior Court, Sheffield. Registered Offices-14, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, London. PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing and working the valuable freehold estate and mineral pro perty, known as the Whittington Collieries, belonging to the H Rev. W. M. Pierce, o f W es t Ashby, near orncastle, Lin- colnshire, who desires to di spose of it on account of the de cease of his only son, by w h om it was profitably worked. The Rev. Mr. Pierce has agreed to sell and transfer this pro perty to the Company (subject to a mortgage of £20,000, which if is intended to carry over) free from all rent charges, royalties, or liabilities, for the sum of £65,000, and he has such confidence in its value, and in the prospective profits to be derived from its working, that he has consented to accept the following terms of payment, namely, £35,000 in fully paid-up shares, receiving no dividend until a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum is paid on the other shares as above, and £30,000 in cash, payable by instalments. This property, which is situated aboq two miles north of Chesterfield and nine miles south of Sheffield, is intersected by the main line of the Midlind Railway, with which the pits and working are connected by a branch line and extensive sidings, and it is expected the intended new main line of the Midland Railway, via Sheffield, will pass through the centre of the estate, with which the Chesterfield Canal also commu nicates. The Freehold Estate comprises 170 acres o f ara bl e an d pasture land of an ter i or quality, upon which are erected two excellent residences, with suitable domestic offices and farm buildings, a corn mill, three good dwelling-houses, and 24 cottages, the whole producing a rental of £7OO a year. The Mineral Estate, containing 3.50 acres, is also freehold (except 25 acr , 5, which are, held for a term of which 20 years are unexpired, free of rent or royalty), and contains a x several seams of coal, and three beds of Iron , tine, estimated to produce upwards of 6,003,00 tons of good workable Coal, suitable for house or manufacturing purposes, coke, or gas ; and also 2,500,000 tons of Ironstone. All the seams of Coal and Ironstone have been fully proved, including the celebrated Silk s t one C oal, to which two pits or shafts are sunk and In work. The plant and machinery are of the most substantial a' d efficient character, capable of delivering 500 tons of coal per day, and are included in the purchase. The Collieries are now prodlicing, upwards of 1,000 tons per Week. The Ironstone contained in the estate is proved to be of the first quality, which produces the same class of iron as that made by the Dunstan and Barlow Company, which enjoys so high a reputation in her Majesty's Dockyards for armour plates, &c. The working has recently been com menced with the most successful results, the present de livery being 300 t ons per week, for which there is a ready sale. The plant includes 47 coke ovens, capable of producing 200 tons per week, and for which there is a large demand. Careful valuations of the freehold estate and minerals, and of the collieries, ironstone, mines, plant, machinery, railw a y. railway coal truck. coal washing m ac hi ne, coke ovens, brick ki clay mill, and all the stock, stores, and materials of every description upon the collieries. with the pit and other horses working thereon, have been made by the late Mr. T. D. Jeffcock, and by Mr. J. Walker, mineral surveyors, of Sheffield ; also by the late Mr. George Hastlehurst. of Ches terfield, and recently by Mr. Edward Beecher, of the Thorn cliffe Collieries, near Sheffield, which valuations show the fol lowing general results : The value of freehold estate, houses, &c......... £17,000 „ „ coal . .................... 38,760 /I II ironstone ............ 21,750 II plant, as ab0ve........... 23,000 II £,510 Mr. C. P. St uart Smith, C.E. and mineral agent, of 00Derby, has also estimated the re venue to be obtained by the Company from the property as under : Estimated total fist ear's income, .£ll, after deducting herinteyrest on mortgage and the ex penses of the Com.,any, shows a prospective profit for the first year on the £75 , 0 00 pa i d up capital of upwards of 10 per cent. Estimated total second year's income, £17,900, would supposing' that another £1 per s h are b e c I ll e d up, show a clear profit on the second year of about 17 per cent. on the £85,000 which would then be called up, and this result may be expected to continue. These valuations and estimates, tog - ether with the detail of the cost of production and the selling price, showing the profit now resulting from the actual working of the coal and ironstone, may be seen, as also the plan of the estate and mi neral sections, and every information obtained at the offices of the company. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Whittington Freehold Colliery Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the herettin,gton Freehold Colli ery C ompany (Limited), and I hereby agree to become a member of the Company, and to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and I request you to place my name on the Register of Members In respect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full IITI/11.11 Address in full Reference Date grilre• ESTABLISHED 1833. OWDEN'S AERATED GINGER BEER, i n -ILP glas Lemonade,stone bottlr , s, warranted to keep good twelve months. Soda-water, l'otass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters .— Manufactory , No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, ITC. MAR II RE S ONYX d'ALGERIE.—One ;t,,,, com Tho usand objects m a d e f rom thi s beautiful marble, i ll Preher ding every variety ot work of decorative art, t c uding ci I.IZZe, card tray ocks, candelabra vases, g,ueridons, inkstands, sy jardinieres', porte-bouquets, lamps, ring tan", &c., are now being exhibited in the Onyx Salon, at alessrs. 110 WELL, JAMES, and Co.'s, 5,7, 9, Regent-street. PICTURE FRAME MOULDINGS, Wholesa e tedaoudfor ExPnrtation. Country dealers and the trageenstlps p l inc l: advent Country Superior WasliinaNei;e6aitd,l7B.7g.; 1 bead, ss. 6d. ; 4 inch beria,B o i l l n h C,l 7 4 B dOu l ble hollow, 7s. 6c1.; i inch, Ss. 6d. - l , the inch slip hollow, 55.• 4 inch, 3s 6d per dozen. Discount off above by the gross. ' leancy Wood Mouldings, i n 12it. lengths-1i inch, 2s. per length, 11s. per halt dozen ; 11 inch, 25 6d, l'is. C. ; 2 icch, 35., (Cs. 6d. ; 21. inch, Is. 6d., 1 9 8 ; 24 lile ll 4 4 5., 225. Best Gold Mouldings. For list of reduCe a prices, see trade prico list, forwarded on receipt of s,...stamp PoleY, Wholesale 'Warehouse, 19, 'Wych-street, .--,• Nv . C . &M il ' " RUPTURES. —BY ROYAL - 111THITES INIOCMAIN PATEN T . y (PERFECTED AND Exinttri, L E VRit TR USS Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen w al i , l °'wei by " the mo u s rards of invention in the curative treatment ot i notive The use of a steel spring, SO often the in its eirelasA. Is here avoided— a soft bandage I,ody, while the requisite resisting powe r i . ,, w °ro round the by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting wi t l u P Bo Plied and closeness that it cannot be detected, and 'ouch ease may tie filadY andorn during sleep. A descriptive circular truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by po s t , 0 ; ,th e cumierence of the body, two inches below the hi ps "Le the to the manufacturer , bein g Mr. WHITE, 22E, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 16s. 215., 265. ed., and 31s. 6d. Posta ge A Doublo Truss, 31s. '6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, lud.is An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 528. 6d. Postage, is u• Post-office Orders to be made payable to John Whlte,t . po s t. office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, Ac., for Varicose Veins and all oases of Weakness and Swelling or the Legs, Sprains, Ac. They are erous, light i n t e xt u re, and inexpensive, and are drawn on 'art an ordinary stocldng. price 4e. 6 d ., 7 6 . 6d., 10s., to 16e. esth. Postage 6d. JOE DT WHITE, sltuluisoturer, 29,5, N°. 22,172 INSURANCE versus ASSURANCE. Who is your GROCER? THEATRE ROYAL HAYIVIARKET,—Under Distinguished Patronarre.—BENEFlT in AID of the FUNDS of the ROYAL D EtAMA.TI,3 COLLEGE, WED NESDAY, July 22, 1863. The Counc il have great pleasure to inform the Patrons of this Charity and the Public, that Mr. Buckstone has generously granted the free use of his The itre -for the above neneflt, when several Amateurs of distinction, in conjunction with Artives of celebrity, have kindly con serted to appear : —The Hon. E. C. Yorke, the lion. R. O'Grady, the Hon. L. Wingfield, Mr. Benjamin Web ster, Mr. Henry Vandenhofi, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul tledtord, Mr. Henri Drayton, Mr. Addison, Mr. Howard Paul, Mr. C. Rice, r S tu. Worboys, Mr. F. Charles, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. T. tuart. Mr. 13‘ llington, Sir. R. Thorne, Mr. Alfred Wallace, Mr. G Peel, Mr. F,tzpatrick, Mr. C. J Smith, Mr. Paulo ; Mrs. Stirling, Miss Amy SedgNvick, Mrs. Mellon, Mrs. Henri Drayton, Mrs. Howard Paul, Miss Henrietta Sims. Mrs. Bil lington, Miss Kate Carson. Miss C. Saunders, Miss Kate Rivers, Miss Jenny Taylor, Miss A. Seaman, Miss Bedford. The performances will commence with the Comedietta of GOOD POR NOTHING : Tom Dibbles, Nir. J. L. Toole ; Harry Colli r, Mr. E. Charles ; Charley, Mr. W. 11. Eburne ' • Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Moreland ; Nan, 31 .1,0e r nat s ein,R M ttih. e telci l e lo ,dG n. The Hon. the rTadH O'Grady David, BENGALavi d: pt the e lion. a IG r EER Farce,.C. Sir Yorke by opr aku C. e 1; Miss Pagoda,ias, Wingfield. A Comic Opera, in one act, written by H. Drayton, music composed by E. •3. Loder, THE COUNTESS : Oscar (Count de Belleville), Mr. Henri Drayton; Louise (Countess de Belleville), Mrs. Henri Drayton. To be followed by the successful Comedietta, by J. Maddi son Morton, Esq., of KILL LNG TIME : Lady Mavduke (her original character), Miss Amy Sedgwick ; Master Mowbray, Mr. Henry Vandenhoff. Second Act of 'tom Taylor's Comedy of MASKS AND FACES : Triplet (his original character), Mr. Benjamin We bster ; Peg Woffington (her original character), Mrs. Stirling. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Paul will give a brief quotation from their ENTERTAINMENT. The Third Act of DIIDSUMSIER NIGHT'S DREAM: Messrs. R. Thorne, G. Peel, C. Rice, T. Thorne. F. Charles, Fitzpatrick ; Mesdames C. Saunders, Kate Carson, Kate Rivers, Jenny Taylor. Prices as usual. Tickets to be had at the Box-office, from Eleven to Four ; at 20, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden ; and of the principal. Librarians. J, W. ANSON, Secretary. Clt YS T AL PALACE. SATURDAY, 25th, and MONDAY, 27th July, 1863. ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE. GRAND FETE AND FANCY , FAIR. The Council have the honour to announce that they have made arranzements with the Directors of the Crystal Palace for the ANNUAL FETE and FANCY FAIR In AID of the FUNDS of the DRAMATIC COLLEGE, for the above dates. THE FANCY FAIR, FAIRY POST-OFFICE, AND WHNELS OF FORTUNE, will be presided over by the leading ladies and gentlemen of the profession who have kindly tendered their service. The OPENING of the FAIR by Proclamation—The Herald, Mr. R. Romer. A Thrilling Melo-Drama of the Good Old Bartlemy Fair Times, by CIRUJANO, M.M.C., illustrated by the Real Players (Metropolitan sl embers of the Profession), at RICHARDSON'S THEATRICAL SHOW, entitled, BA.ItBADAZIILO VANAGLOROSO, The Demon of the Castle Heights or, The Brother's Revenge. With double cast. First Cast. Second Cast. Barbadazulo Vanagloroso Mr. J. L. Toole .. Mr. R. Thorne Bobo de Nacimiento Mr. J. G. Shore .. Mr. Soutar Seguidoro Amoroso Mr. F. Olivier Lagrimosa - Mr. T. Thorne ford Bartlemy Ghosts. Difunta Primera .. Mr. W. H. Eburne Mr. Aldridge Defunta Segunda Mr. J. Sefton .... Mr. Paulo Defunta Tercera Dresses by Mr. S. May, of Bow-street ; scenery by Mr. T. Thompson ; musicby Mr.B. Isaacson ; general manager, Nel son Lee, Esq. ; stage manager, Mr. R. Phillips, Adelphi Theatre. PARADE. Parade Master, Mr. C. IL Brookes ; Clown, Mr. Paul Her ring ; Combatants, Messrs. E. Garden, J. B. Johnstone, the L edercq Family, and the Lauri Family. WOMBWELL'S MENAGERIE. Astounding Collection of Trained Performing Wild Animals. Van Amburg, Mr. J. Robins ; principal keeper, Mr. Addi son; Mr. Le Barr, Brothers Warne. the Brothers Tanners Dogs and Monkeys. Brass Band by Isaacson. Gorilla, Mr. Martini (the original man monkey). The Parade will be under the direction of the celebrated Mr. W. H. Payne and Family. TEMPLE OF THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS, where ladies may see their future husbands, and gentlemen their future wives, by cousen German, from Kissengen. BERRY'S TORTOIS WONDERFUL SHELL LIV TOM CATIING CUROSITY-A WHITE LILIES of NEGRO the ENTE RT PRAIRIEAIN,MENT with the celebrated . The GIPSY TENT, by Miss Agnes Burdett. JACK AND THE GREEN. My Lord, Mr. C. J. Smith ; My Lady, Mr. R. Romer Clown, Mr. C. H. Stephenson. The PAUL-Y-TOOLE-Y-TECIINIC INSTITUTION united with the ORIGINAL MADAME TIS-SO'S.----Pro prietors, Messrs. 'TOLE and PAUL BEnroun.—Startling Illusions•--Mechanical Figures life size—The Diving Belle Dissolving Views. A LECTURE (very qu%rter of an hour, by Professor ToOLE, written by Messrs. BYRON, E. L. BLANCHARD, W. BROUGH, and HALLIDAY.—AdMiSSIOR to the entire, One Shilling. ZADICIEL'S CRYSTAL BA LL—" DANCE of DEATH" and LIFE-superior to the Guards' Ball or the Ball of St. Paul's. Wonderful Generosity.—Each party entering this exhibi tion will be presented with a full-size flzure (elegantly cos tumed) of Mr. J. L. Toole, as Azucena, the Gipsy Queen — worth more than the price of admission. SIGNOR LOGRENIA an T R d OU PE of PERFORMING BIRDS MICE. The ROYAL PUNCH and JUDY, by Mr. H. Rivers, of the Olympic. 'The BIND of the CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. For numerous other attractions and arrangements of pro gramme, see future announcements. Admission, on Saturday, 28. 6d. ; children, I s. ; on Monday, ls. Change can be had at the Fancy Fair, close to the stalls Tickets of admission to the Palace may be had of Mr. J. W. Anson, at the office of the College, 20, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden ; Mr. Sams, Royal Library. 1. St. James's street ; Mr. Mitchell, 33, Old Bond-street ; Messrs. Keith, Prowse, and Co., Cheapside ; Book Stalls, Great Western Railway, and all stations on the line ; at the Crystal Palace office, 2, Exeter Hall, Strand ; and the usual agents. J. W. ANSON, Secretary. ivr AD AME LIND-GOLDSCHMIDT. - 171_ TO-MORROW (Wednesday) MORNING, July 22. Hanover-square Rooms.—Madame LOUISE MICHAL (of Her Majesty's Theatre) has the honour to announce that her MATINEE MUSICALE will take place at the above Rooms, To-Morrow (Wednesday), July 22, 1863, commencing at half past Two o'clock precisely, on which occasion she has the gratification of announcing that she will be assisted by the following eminent Artists : Madame LIND-GOLDSCIIMIDT, Madame TREBELLI, Madile. VOLPINI, Madlle. ARTOT Signor BETTINI, Signor GASSIER, and Mr. SANTLEY. Violin—M. AUER. Pianoforte —Mr. CHARLES HALLE and Mr. 0. GOLDSCHMIDT. Conductors—Signor ARDITI and Mr. 0. GOLDSCHMIDT. Reserved and numbered seats, Half-a-Guinea unreserved seats, Seven Shillings ; which may be secured at Mr Mit chell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, W ; of Messrs. Addison, Hollier, and Lucas, 210, Regent-street ; and at the principal Libraries and Musicsellers. T H E 0 X F O R D , 6 , OXFORD STREET. Will be performed Selections from the following Operas : LA CIRCASSIENNE, MARTHA, and MASANIELLO. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos Master Sanders, the Juvenile Vocalist. UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. he HALL has been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and ,s now one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. The Last Week of the Marvellous ARTHUR and. BERTRAND, the Two Fren'h Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and TAYLOR. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Signor Bernardi, and Signor Tivoli. On MONDAY next will be produced, with all the new nPTICAL EFFECTS, and by permission of J. H. Pepper, Esq., THE GHOST, Medium, Mr. A. Silvester. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The RISARELIS, EVERY EVENING during the Week. OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The FAIRY FOUNTAIN EVERY EVENING, at Ten o'clock. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Signor and Signori FRANCESCO in a Grand Divertissement and Pas Deux--Operatic Selections from " Ernani " and "Lucia de Lammermoor." Miss M: Gregor, Mr. Laurence Albert, Signor Georgini, Mr. Vernon Rigby, &o. &c. Band and Chorus of Sixty Performers. ARGYLL RO OM S.-JULLIEN'S • PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTlCE.—During the Week the Selections will be—" Der Prieschutz "—" Forza del Destino "—" Il Trovatore " "Don Giovanni," &c. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, is. LuxuRIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and LL 'YnlEYebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of , OTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties . 9' ich are unfailing* in their operation. Thomas Elliott windinvitess a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con ce of its i n f a ll i bl e p ower. Pr i ce 3 8. 6d., s s . 6d. , 10 s. 6d., Elliott, and tls. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas wigs, zl 7Aee (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. __ . T. B.'s - 7 6 RA TE it the lrd eg d isiiii e E en is a ac said on t s tseh,butthe :as it wag t l / 4 a 1107-3?' 411111111 • 1 g7:l 4‘ _ L r • a 'D At; 311014.1 yt;' ' * 77, , 44‘:-5111'-t7rL. " 4111 - 14_!;; 1 ' ' d;t4 f " -Eaton. ' The Court then adelejonaurir:ureilidii'll half-past ten is (Tuesday) morning, when Mr. Bovill will make his opening addrress to the jury onbehalf of his clients. It was understood that the learned counsel would 11 in support .14: WS - have a great number of witnesses to ca of his case. PRICE...—. —..4d. STAMPED ....sd. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. imitation of Mr. Itoupeit's writing. The flourish was not made in the same way. By the Court—Th e l ast time he saw old Mr. Roupell write was in June, 1856. By Mr. Lush—He had never seen the deed of gift before; but, looking at it now, he did not be lieve the signature to it to be that of Mr. Roupell. There were the same dissimilarities in that as in the others, Bud in the flourish the straight strokes were made first. Mr. Thomas Brown, examined by Mr. Joseph Brown, said he wzas now assistant-manager of the Imperial Bank, Lothbnry, and was formerly a clerk in the London Joint-Steck Bank. The late Mr. Roupell kept an account at that bank, and witness had repeatedly cashed cheques belonging to him. The cheques now shown to him were some of the late Mr. Roupell's. [A large bundle of cheques from May, 1855, till June, 1856, was put in.] He had seen Mr. Roupell's will, but he did not believe the signature to it was that of Mr. Roupell. It was too studied, too firm, and too good to be the signa ture of Mr. Roupell. By the Juiy—He should not pay a cheque on that signature without consultation. By the Judge—He meant that he should not pay a cheque with that signature over the counter as a matter of course, but should require the confirma tion of a person acquainted with the writing. He should not, perhaps, pronounce it a forgery on the face of it, but he should require some confirmation. By Mr. Joseph Brown—He had not yet seen the deed of gift, nor the letter of instructions. Looking now at the deed of gift, he could not say positively whether the signature to it was genuine or not. He thought it was a very good imitation. There was a discrepancy at the end which he had never seen in any other signature of Mr. Roupell's. Mr. Dart was recalled by the Hon. F. Thesiger, and shown the deed of gift, the will, and the letter of instructions, and stated his belief that the signa tures to those documents were not in the writing of the late Mr. Roupell. Mr. Halstead, in answer to Mr. Lush, said he was acquainted with the writing of Mr. Richard Ron pell, but he could not tell whether the signatures in dispute were genuine or not. Mr. George Hind, also a tenant of Mr. Roupell's, said he did not believe the signatures to the docu ment in question were the genuine signatures of Mr. Richard Palmer Roupell. Mr. Frederick George Nethercliffe, examined by Mr. Sergeant Shee, said he was a lithographer, fac similist, and inspector of writings, and had been in that profession for more than twenty-five years. He was fac-similist to the British Museum. His father had been in the same profession for many years. He had compared the signatures to the documents now in dispute with what were admitted to be the genuine signatures of Me. Roupell, and was prepared to state that they were all three for geries. He believed they were forgeries from the general character of the writing, and his opinion was confirmed by subsequently comparing the sig natures with the genuine ones. (The witness then went to the learned Judge, and pointed out to him the various differences which existed between the signatures in the documents referred to and the genuine signatures of Mr. Roupell, drawing parti cular attention to the letters " p," " o," and " which had been before pointed out by other wit nesses.) He considered the letter of instructions to be a worse forgery than the others, and having seen some of the handwriting of Wiliam Roupell, he was con vinced that that letter, as well as the body of the will, was written by him. His attention had been called the signature of Mr. J. Muggeridge, one of the attesting witnesses to the will, and his opinion was that it was an attempt to imitate the writing of an infirm old man, bat it was a bad attempt, in asmuch as the writing got much firmer towards the end of the signature than it was at the beginning. Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins—His business was that of a lithographer, and he was not employed chiefly as as a professional witness. He was some timea called upon to give evidence upon hand writing, but he would rather not do it. It was not his principal occupation, but he was frequently con sulted by solicitors, sometimes for the purpose of supporting handwriting, and sometimes for the pur pose of proving forgeries. When he went to inspect the will about which he had just been examined ; he did not know there was any dispute about it. He was asked to go and see if it was a genuine sig. nature or not. He did not then know that any question had arisen upon it. He had seen genuine signatures of Mr. Roupell's, and had compared them with the signature to the will. He thought no one who was reasonably acquainted with Mr. Roupell's writing ought to be deceived by the letter of in structions, because it was so bad an imitation. He did not know that eminent authorities on hand writing had sometimes differed from him. He was not educated as an expert by his father. There was no education for an expert but what came from ex perience. His father was a very shrewd and intel ligent man, but he never took to the profession of an expert till a few years before his death. He re collected a case in which his father differed from him, and he swore one way and his father another, but it was only on one occasion. It was about an anonymous letter, and his father thought the father had written it, and he thought the son had written it, but his father had never seen the son's hand writing in his life, whereas he had. The learned counsel should not say anything about his (witness's) father, for he was now dead and gone, and should be let rest. (Laughter.) It was only that once that they had disagreed. From that time he had not a special retainer, so that he might not appear on a different side from his father, but it was a fact that he never did appear on a trial after that in opposition to his father. He believed he could imitate a person's in such handwriting such a way as would have bothered his father, d bave his father could have done the sam e so a as bothered him. Other experts coul d cou have bothered both him and his father, and they in ret o u god man ld y have written so as to have bothered a rn other people. (Loud laughter.) Of course, they some special re were not infallible. He no an w had d N e wcastle, but he tainers for cases at York (Roars of laughter.) had no " refreshers." was recalled to p Mr. Henry Mugg eridge rove some of his father's signa tures , so that they m ight hi s signature a s an attesting wit. be compared wit h ness to the will. Mr. Charles Chapot, another lithographer and expert and i ns p ector of writing Was called and exam ined by M r. Brown, and gave evidence to the same effec t as that of the last Witness, stating his belief that the signatures to the will, the letter of instructions, and the deed of gift, were forgeries, and pointing out the differences between the signa tures in those documents and the genu i ne s i gn atures of Mr. Richard Palmer Roupell. Mr. Mathieson, examined by Mr. Lush, said he had been for 33 years a lithographer, and had been constantly engaged in making facsimilies of writ ing. He had heard the evidence of the other two gentlemen, and quite agreed with them i n what they had said as to the signatures to the deed of gift, the letter of instructions, and the will. He firmly believed them all to be forgeries of the sig nature of Mr. Richard Palmer Roupell. Herbert Cullen (examined by Mr. Lush) said he w as a fly-master, and used occasionally to drive Mr. William Roupell. He kept his flys near Aspen House, and recollected driving Mr. William Roupell to Cross-street and St. James's every day during the week old Mr. Roupell was lying dead. He was ge nerally with him all day, and then drove him home at night. He recollected a writing-desk which Mr. Roupell carried with him in the carriage every day. He never knew him to be without it. He drove him for about twelve months after the funeral, and he carried the writing-desk during the whole of that The ceremony of distributing the prizes won at the late Wimbledon meeting to the successful com petitors was performed yesterday at the Crystal Palace by his Royal Highness the Commander-in- Chief, in presence of a large and influential assembly: His Royal Highness arrived shortly after 3 o'clock and was received with presented arms by the Volun teer guard of honour drawn up immediately beneath and at the approaches to the d<.ig. The members of the Council and the candidates for honours were airea.ly in waiting, so that the work of distribu tion proceeded without delay. Lard Elcho cl;led over the names of the suet ssfol competitors, adding, as each mounted the steps, a few words of explana tion relative to the prize and the circumstances under which it had been won. Necessarily, this was to a great extent a recapitulation of points with which the public are familiar, but there were some incidental features of interest and novelty. A rifle, mounted with silver, and not included in the list of prizes won at Wimbledon, was presented to Captain E. Ross, Cambridge University. This weapon had been purchased with a sum of £l5O, subscribed by the Australian colonists on hearing of his original success. Captain Horatio Ross, father of Captain E. Ross, appeared not long afterwards to receive one of the extra prizes, and being very warmly greeted, Lord Elcho told the assembly they would have constant opportunities of seeing this gentleman, and one or other of his four sons, all experts with the rifle. Of one, Mr Ross, of the Bengal Civil Service, it was mentioned that during the mutiny, with the assistance of about 100 natives, he had kept an entire army at bay, and prevented it from crossing a river. Lieutenant Harris, 20th Regiment, whose name had been a household word in camp, received two prizes, and had they been ten would have carried them o o ff ne with the same good wishes on the p art of every ac quainted with his indefatigable exertions. Sergeant Martin Smith, of the Victoriae, having received one of the small bore prizes from the hand of the Commander-in-Chiethad to double round as quickly as possible, after the manner of stage processions, to present himself as the recipient of the next prize, value £lOO, given by the Prince of Wales. The Master of Levet reappeared frequently, and representatives of Cambridge University also came upon the dais more than once ; but Oxford, un fortunately, had no corresponding share in the honours. Lord Elcho, in introducing the winner of Mr. Mont Storm's prize, stated that this was given under peculiat conditions; to military men especially it had been one of the most interest ing and important contests at Wimbledon. A breech-loading rifle, on Mr. Mont Storm's prin ciple, was placed in the hands of competitors, who were each only allowed two minutes to fire at the target, making as large a score as possible in that time. The winner, Ensign Starkie, of the Queen's Westminsters, fired 11 shots within the prescribed interval, and made 34 points—that is to say, an average of centres every shot, and one bull's•eye into the bargain ! Ensign Deane of the London Rifle Brigade, who gained the second prize, was only two points behind. The next prize of magni tude was that given in honour of the Princess Alexandra, and called by her name. As the winner, Private Mackenzie, of the London Scottish, a stal wart Highlander with a patriarchal beard, advanced to receive it, the band of the London Rifle Brigade, which was stationed in the vicinity of the grand organ, played the Danish National Anthem, and there was a burst of cheering on the part of the spectators. Captain Heaton, one of the won derful shots developed by the rifle movement, next received the Asscciation Cup, for which he had made the high score of 80, the maximum being 84. The representative Eight of Eton then marched up to receive the Ashburton Shield, which they had won in the match with the public schools, and carried it off joyfully, but still in solemn procession. The next ceremony of in terest was the public declaration of the result of the International Match. Lord Elcho was sorry to say that Scotland had waited for " the third time of asking," and, pending the completion of the shield, the losers were compelled to present the winners with miniature duplicates in silver of the prize. Lord Bury and the other members of the English Eight, as they advanced to receive these, were cordially cheered by both Volunteers and the public. The "Consolation" Prizes, sub scribed by the ladies of England, at the suggestion of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, for competition by those Volunteers who had not been successful in any other contest at Wimbledon, we re next awarded; after which the House of Lords' prizes— w hich acquired so much popularity, and were acknowledged yesterday to be solely duo to the efforts of Lord i Ducie—were distributed. n the in Colonel the Hon. C. H. Lindsay, placing hands of the Commander-in-Chief.the St. George's V as e, annually offered for ompetition to the Volun teer battalions of England,c explained the principles on which that contest was carried out, and stated that whereas it had last year been instrumental in adding £95 to the resources of the Associa t t h io e n,h first e w as now prepare d to hand over 105" dragon" sove reigns to the treasurer. The winners in s t a ge of the Queen Prize 'sflowed over the platform i n a continuous stream to receive the Association badges and banknotes to which they were entitled —the Whitworth rifles they already possessed. Finally, there appeared Sergeant Roberts, of the 12th Salop, the Volunteer whose name will be most promi n ently associated withthemeetg I n hi s honour the band played „ see the conquering her o comes," and wh en h e h ad been putin oihoqf posses sion of £250 and the gold medal of the Association, the muster roll of fame was exhausted for this occa sion. The competitive examination had closed, the prizes had been awarded, and the great Wimbledon academy was about to disperse. Transportation and Penal Servitude. The commissioners appointed to inquire into the " whole question" of our system of secondary punish ments and prison discipline have made their report, which has just been published and presented to Parliament. In conclusion all the recommendations of the com missioners are thus recapitulated : " 1. That sentences of penal servitude should not in future be passed for shorter terms than seven years. " 2. That the principle already recognised by the law, of subjecting re - convi cted criminals to severer punishment, should be m ore fully acted on. " 3. That convicts sentenced to penal servitude should be subjected, in the first place, to nine months separate imprisonment, and then to labour on public works for the remainder of the term for which they are sentenced, but with the p o w er of earning, by industry of stry and good conduct, an abridgment of this part their punishment. 6 , 4. That all male convicts, who are not disqua lified for removal to a colony, should be sent to Western Australia during the latter part of their punishment. " 5. That those who may be unfit to go there, but may earn an abridgment of their punishment, and who may consequently be discharged at home under license, should be placed under strict supervision till the expiration of the terms for which they were sentenced, and that the necessary powers should bo given by law for rendering this supervision dice tuil." ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-Inn-road.—The number of patients relieved at this ospital during the week ending July 18 was 3,829, of which 1,134 were new cases. Electro. Platin- is a remarkable instance of utilised mag netic power, so also is Herring's Magnetic Brush. Dr. Hassall remarks, "I regard them as the most perfect Brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanical construction and their ma gnetical actiom" They are the remedy for Grey Hair, N eu ralgia, Rheumatism, &c. N.B.—Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Babilighall-street, London. time. Mr. Serjeant Shee said this was the whole of the plaintiffs' case. Mr. Bovill then rose to open the ease on behalf of %~~ HE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1863. speaker showed that he cared very little for the cause which he professed to advocate, or the national interests which he pretended to consider. A grand oratorical display, or the satisfaction of his unreasonable prejudices, these were the objects which the orator proposed to himself ; and no won der, therefore, that his speech, whilst it drew applause for the carefully-studied and well-delivered epigrams, 3seited surprise and pity by its astounding incoherence and its fla grant contradictions. It is hard to determine what Mr. Horsman would have the Government do, as it is to recon cile the different points of Mr. Horsman's oration. But it may be taken generally, that tha right hon. gentleman is anxious that England should organise a war to reconsti tute Poland in the full extent of her territory of 1772. The House of Commons will separate without having obtained the slightest knowledge of the Ministerial intentions, with out the slightest assurance in favour peace. It has left everything to the Government, and Mr. Horsman's motion has only served to ventilate his own eloquence, and waste an evening which might have been devoted to more busi ness and useful purposes. The House of Lords has shown itself once mere far more practical and sagacious than the Commons. It obtained, in a very short debate, a most em phatic declaration from the Government that under no cir cumstances would it adventure upon war; and with that declaration, not repudiated or weakened last night, the country must content itself. (Renewed laughter.) The receipts for rent which had been shown to her were in her husband's hand writing. While Mr. Bovill was cross examining the wit ness he had been busy enclosing the will and the various documents to which the witness had been referred as containing her husband's signature in envelopes of paper, leaving only the signatures ex posed, so that no one could tell to what documents the signatures were attached. He then handed them in succession to the witness, who appeared ex tremely puzzled in forming an opinion as to which of the signatures she considered genuine and which not, and at last she would not give a positive opinion on any of them, only saying, " Well, that looks like his'n ; but I cannot say posi tively whether it is or not." After looking at the last document handed to her, the witness said the " I" did not look much like his'n ; she did not be lieve it was his'n; but she could not be quite posi- Mr. Bovill said the first documents he had shown the witness were those cnntaining the signatures of her husband, which she had before said were genuine, and the last one was the will, with her husband's signature as one of the attesting wit nesses. Mr. Knott (who had been examined before) was recalled by Mr. Bovill, and said he knew the hand writing of the late Mr. Roupell very well, from hay ing had receipts from him for rent. He had looked at the signature to the deed of gift, and though there was some slight difference between that and Mr. Roupell's ordinary writing; yet to the best of his belief it was a genuine signature. If an order had been sent to him for goods with that signature he should have sent them. The witness, at the request of Mr. Sergeant Shee, having compared the signature in the deed of gift with some genuine signatures of Mr. Roupell's, said he could certainly see a difference between them. Mr. Sharp, recalled by Mr. Bovill, said he recol lected Mr. Roupell calling en him on the 30th August, 1856, and he did not then notice that he was iu a bad state of health. Louisa Turner, examined by the Hon. F. Thesi ger, said she was the wife of John Turner, of No. 6, Little Lant-street, who was tenant of part of that house to the late Mr. Roupell. They paid their rent to Mr. Muggeridge between one and three o'clock, sometimes weekly, sometimes monthly. In the lat ter part of his life he was generally accompanied by his wife. She remembered that Sometimes he was accompanied by his grandson. He entered the re ceipt of the rent in a book belonging to her, which she kept. The book now produced was hers, and looking at it she could say that she paid him 10s. on the 2d September, 1856. Her father lived next door, and was also a tenant of Mr. Roupell's. The entry in her book of the 10s. on the 2d of Sep tember was in the handwriting of Mr. Mug geridge. She also paid the rent for her father, and entries were made in a book belonging to him. The book now produced was the one. Looking at it, she could say that she paid 15s. for rent to Mr. Muggeridge on the 2d of September. The entry was in the writing of Mr. Muggeridge. She saw him write it. Sarah Chadwick, examined by Mr. Lush, said— She was also a tenant of Mr. Roupell's and lived in a house in Lant-street. She used to pay her rent to Mr. Muggeridge, and kept a book in which Mr. Muggeridge used to enter a receipt of the rent ; but the book had been lost. When she left the house she did not take any particular care of it. Mrs. Ray used to live next door to her. Witness did not see Mrs. Ray pay any rent on the 2d September, 1856 ; but she knew that she did pay it. The book now produced was the book in which Mr. Muggeridge used to enter Mrs. Ray's receipts, and the entry of the 2d of September was in his writing. The corresponding entry in Mr. Muggeridge's book for that date was also in Mr. Muggeridge's hand writing. Mrs. Rey was ill, and unable to give evidence. The Court here adjourned for a short time. Mr, Bucksworthy, examined by Mr. Brown, said he was now managing clerk for Messrs. Wilkinson, solicitors, at Walsall, and was formerly managing clerk for a firm in the Southwark Bridge-road. He was there from 1845 till 1859. When he first went there, in 1845, they were the acting solicitors for old Mr. Roupell, and continued so till 1852. Soon after he went there he took the management of old Mr. Roupell's business. While he was acting in that capacity Mr. Roupell bought severvl proper ties and granted several leases, which leases witness either perused or prepared, and afterwards saw signed and executed by Mr. Roupell. Witness was shown the deed of gift, the will, and the letter of instructions, and said it was his firm belief, from what he knew of the handwriting of the late Mr. Roupell, that those documents had never been signed by him. Mr. Thomas George, examined by Mr. Sergeant Shee, said he acted as collector of rents for the late Mr. Roupell for sixteen or seventeen years. He was well acquainted with Mr. Roupell's handwrit ing, and did not believe that the signature to the will was ever written by the late Mr. Roupell. The capital " I'," the " o," and the small " p," were un like those letters in Mr. Roupell's ordinary writing. Mr. Roupell's "o" generally commenced from the bottom and went to the top, and was more like an "a" than an " o." There was not so much freedom in the " P" in the will as there was in Mr. Rou pell's usual capital" P." Mr. Roupell's small "p" was more like the letter " f" than a " p," but in the signature in the will the small part of the letter did not join the stroke. He did not believe the signature to the deed of gift (which was shown to him) was the signature of Mr. Roupell. The flou rish in that signature differed from the flourish in Mr. Roupell's general signature. Mr. Roupell used, when he got to the final " 1" in his name, to make the flourish first and the straight stroke after wards. He was speaking now from his actual ob servation of Mr. Roupell's handwriting. In his belief the signature to the letter of instructions of January 8 was not the signature of Mr. Roupell. There was not freedom enough in the capital " P," the " o" commenced from the top, and the " p" was too plain. The dissimilarity which he had pointed out in the first document existed in the others. By the Court—He had never seen William Rou pell write. By Mr. Sergeant Shee—The signature now placed in his hands was a genuine signature of Mr. Roupell's to an agreement for a tenancy attested by the witness, and was very different from the signa tures to the deed of gift, the will, and the letter of instructions. In cross-examination by Mr. Bovill, the witness said he had never seen the documents which had just been shown him before, although he had been in court during the whole of the previous proceed- ings. Mr. William Alder, examined by Mr . Lush, said he was for three years a tenant of the late Mr. Roupell. He used to pay his ren t to Mr. Roupell, and book receipts from him. There was a peculia rity in the signature which h e noticed at the time. He did not notinc.. at the time that Mr. Roupell wrote the whole signature without taking his pen off, but he had examined the signature to his re ceipts since. He had seen the signature to the will, and was of opinion that it was not the, writing o f old Mr. Roupell. 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A public speaker has no hesita tion in commencing a European war at once from the plat form by a series of Resolutions. But the House of Com mons is obliged to weigh the consequences of such creations of impulse and eloquence. When war is suggested as the last and only effectual remedy for the wrongs of one nation of Europe, the warmest sympathizer with the oppressed people instinctively recoils from such a desperate mode of cure. This was the feeling which made the rejection of Mr. Horsman's resolution last right inevitable, His speech threw enough light on the subject to show those who heaid it the edge of a gulf, and the natural consequence is a re fusal to jump into it. The recoil of feeling was enough to prevent the motion from being put to the vote. It made the text of a carefully prepared speech, and was then aban doned. It is an old difficulty, constantly recurring, not created for the first time by " the Treaty of 1815." It is quite true that the settlement of 1815 has " failed to secure the good government of Poland." Countries could be named in which that blessing has not been secured in 30 years of freedom from any such trammels. The sufferings of Poland began much further back in history than 1815, and cannot be ascribed wholly to the mistakes of the last generation of diplomatists, or to the treaties of that year only. It is perfectly true that Poland has been, as Mr. Horsman says, " diplo matised to death ;" but its dissolution had many stages, and of the causes that led to its disappearance from the roll of independent kingdoms Poland itself is not guiltless. The "diplomatists of 1815" must not bear all the blame, though they are so often accused of blotting out a gallant nation from the map. They are certainly not responsible for the divisions and intrigues of the Poles themselvcs when they still had a political existence, a Monarchy, and an army. The repeated cessions of territory which have reduced the " kingdom " to its present limits were like possessions dropped, one after the other, not only from inability to held them, but a willingness to part with them. What was once a distinct realm is now lost in a vague and not undisputed "nationality." Poland, in truth, created in Russia the Frankenstein that has so long pursued her with the relent less persecution of the being that has less than the attri butes of humanity. All the afflictions of Poland, then, are not modern, and it is very difficult, indeed, to say to what period a full " restoration" would require the Powers at tempting to go back. By the Treaty of 1815, however, something was saved, for which that settlement gives us a title to ask better treatment. The European Powers are joint guardians and trustees for a people which has been grievously wronged. The Treaty gives them the right of interfering for their protection, but in appealing to it we by no means bind ourselves to revert pedantically to all the conditions it contains. It is not even necessary that Russia should re-establish all that the Em peror Nicholas abolished after the revolt of 1830. The " exploded hypocrisy " that Mr. Horsman so strongly denounces need not be revived. This is the weak point of Mr. Horsman's argument. He assumes that any Congress or Conference must necessarily restore all contained in the instrument the Russian Emperor tore up so contemptuously, If the stupid brutality of the Russian administration in Poland b e no t i ncura bl e , sur ely some security may be obtain e d f or th e P o li s h peop l e , even with out returning to all th e p o li t i ca l mach i nery of t h e Constitu tion that so soon perished. It wou ld b e some thi ng t o ren derimpossible a repetition of the outrages the Poles suffered suce excesses. I Governor is as the M obu blind vie andff could be under the Vice-royalty o f suc h a madman as the b rother o f Nicholas, g the Grand Duke C ons t ant i ne. It would b e a gain to humanity if h a es re strained from his cruel ad ministration of the Russian Government that has revolted Ithe civilisation of Europe m ore t h an the abolition of a charter. The remonstrances of th e severa l P owers may at least have the effect of compelling R uss i a to introduce s omething like common sense, intelli gence , and humanity into the Polish Government. They may bring th a t Euro pean opinion to bear soa Russia in a distinct form, without, it may be hoped, kindling a general war, which wculd be remedying one evil by creating a greater. HERALD.—The friendship of some men is much more mischievous than their enmity. It would be absurd to suggest that Mr. Horsman is actuated by a diabolical de sign to injure the Polish cause; but the result of his inter ference might justify the assumption. The truth is, that the honourable gentleman seized upon the Polish question as a capital subject for the exercise of an epigrammatic talent which had grown somewhat rusty for want of employment. tFio he availed himself of the postponement of Mr. Pope ?Hennessy's motion to press forward one of his own, and last night he entertained the House of Commons with a speech of two hours' duration, which will add to his reputation as an ora tor, and destroy all his claim to the title of statesman. The speech was brilliant and incisive, but in every sentence the THE ROUPELL FORGERIES. The proceedings in this case were resumed before Mr. Baron Channel' and the special jury at Chelms ford yesterday. The court was crowded during the whole of the day, the galleries'being almost exclu sively occupied by ladies. William Roupell was again in attendance as on the previous days. The case of the plaintiff was brought to a close before the court rose, and the defendants' case will be com menced the first thing this (Tuesday) morning. Mr. Francis Thompson, clerk at Mr. Glyn's, the banker's, and who had been examined on Saturday by Mr. Lush, was recalled and cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins. It will be recollected that in his evidence on Saturday the witness expressed his opinion very strongly that the signatures to the deed of gift, the letter of instructions to Mr. Whit taker, and 'the will, were all forgeries and imita tions of the handwriting of the late Mr. Richard Palmer Roupell. In answer to questions put by Mr, Hawkins yesterday, the witness repeated his belief that the signatures to the three documents mentioned were forgeries, and stated that when he was first taken to see the signatures he did not know that he was going to see some documents which were alleged to be forged. He was merely told that there was a document upon which he would have to give evidence, and was asked if he would like to see it ; he said that he should, and then he was taken to an office by Mr. Linklater, where he had an opportunity of inspecting the documents, upon the genuineness of which he had now given his opinion. In re-examination by Mr. Sergeant Shee, the witness said he did not believe the signature of Mug geridge in the will was the writing of an aged man in an infirm state of health. Mr. Fred. Muggeridge, clerk to Messrs. Rees, solicitors, was examined by Mr. Brown, and said that the John Muggeridge whose name appeared in the will was his grandfather, and that he used to collect some of old Mr. Reupell's rents. He recol. lected staying with his grandfather for about five or six weeks before old Mr. Roupell died, and dur ing that time he was in the habit of going out with him when he went to collect the rents. He went to Lent-street with his grandfather every time the old gentleman went while ho remained there. His grand father was at that time more . than eighty years of age, and being very infirm did not like to go out alone. He used to leave home between eleven and twelve o'clock and return between three and four. He never knew him to go out after he had come in from collecting the rents. He did not recollect that his grandfather ever went to old Mr. Roupell's place in Cross-street on the same day as that on which he collected the rents. He generally collected the rents on Monday and Tuesday, and went to Cross-streat with them on Friday. He used to take a little book with him when collecting the rents, and make en tries in them. (The book was produced and identi fied by the witness.) There were four entries in that day. They were all entries of recent received on the 2d of September, 1856, and, to the best of wit ness's belief, his grandfather made those entries in Lent-street. Witness recollected being with his grandfather on that day. He could only recollect that he did not go out on that day afte r getting home from collecting his rents, from knowing that it was his general habit not to go out. Witness did not see either old Mr. Roupell or William Roupell that day, and he should say that his grand father did not see either of those gentlemen. He was sure he did not see them at his own house, and he believed his grandfather would not have gone to Cross-street without his knowing of it. Cross-examined by Mr. Bovill—He always went with his grandfather to Lant-street while he was staying at the house. Ho was about 13 years old at the time, and he went to help his grandfather make up some of his books. Witness was occasion ally in the habit of going to Lant-street by himself, but not very often. He sometimes went to Cross street with his grandfather, but he could not now tell how many times. It might have been three or four times, but he was not prepared to say positively how many times it was. The entries of rent re ceived in the books produced were in his grand father's writing. Mrs. Sophia Muegeridge (examined by Mr. Ser jean, Shee) said she was the widow of the late Mr. John Muggeridge, who died in the year 1857, at the age of 85. Her husband had for some time been collector of some of the rents of old Mr. Roupell, but towards the latter end of his life, as he was very infirm and did not like going out by himself, eeitness used to accompany him when he went to collect the rents. He used to account to Mr. Roupell for the rent on Fridays. They generally went in a cab,and were sometimes kept about for some time in getting the money, in consequence of some of the tenants not being at home. She only went out with her husband in this way for the last three or four years of his life. She recollected the last witness staying at their house, and that while he was there he ge nerally went out with his grandfather collecting the rents. He used to make the entries in a small book at the time he received the rents, and then copy them into a larger book when he got home. The tenants also kept a book each, which he signed as a receipt for their rent. She could not say exactly what time he went out on the 2d Sept., 1856, but his usual time was between eleven and twelve o'clock. She supposed, from the entries in the book, that he must have been out on that day, but she could not recollect that day particularly. Mr. Roupell never came to their house. Mr. Wm. Roupell never came before his father's death, but he came just before the funeral and gave her husband L 5 to buy some mourning with. The signature of her husband as the attesting witness to the will was not in the handwriting of her husband. (Several signatures were produced, which the witness said were in her husband's writing.) Cross.examined by Mr. Bovill—She did not think the signature was like her husband's writing at all. His writing was much better than that was. She did not know whether anybody who knew her hus band's writing could be taken in by the signature or not. Her grandson used to do some writing for her husband, but as she did not like him to write all day she sometimes used to send him out for run. but he was never away long. Her husband very seldom went out in the afternoon, even ;Then he had not been out in the morning. She sometimes used to go with her husband to old Mr. Roupell's, but as that was not far he generally went there by himself. She did not think he was in the habit of going there much, except ev hen he went on business, but sometimes when he went he would have a long chat with Mr. Roupell, and they would have some refreshments and make themselves comfortable. (Laughter.) Mr. Roupell was very partial to her husband. Her husband was very moderate in what he had, but she could always tell when he had been to Mr. Roupell's and " made himself comfortable. I p 1 1