The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-11 00:00:00

AQUATICS.

Robert Chambers still declines to row another
match with Green oa the Thames in August, bat contends
that, as be has rowed four times already on that river, it is
bat fair that Green should come down to " the coaly Tyne."
He suggests to the Australian that if he is not satisfied he
had better enter against him for the Tyne champion cup.
Green claims forfeit on the ground that Chambers will not
row in reasonable time, and Chambers's backers think Green
unreasonable for not taking expenses to row on the Tyne—
there the matter stands. So far, Chambers has won 2,1004
in matches.

GENTLEMEVS CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE THAMES.
The honour of possessing the proud distinction of
Champtooship of the Themes is much coveted this year, as
is obvious from the fact that there are no less than six gen-
tlemen striving to dispossess Mr. Woodgate. of the Uni-
versity of Oxford, of the silver smalls, of which he became
the holder last year. The following are the new caedi-
&dee :—Mess. Lloyd, II eivenity of Cambrelge ; Michell,
M lee College, Oxford ; Parker, Thrinestt7
Oxford ; Cnstanoe, London Bowing Club ; Norris,
Rowing Club ; and Wallace, of the Tyne Rowing Club.
These gentlemen are to row on the 20th inst., and the
winner, according to the conditions of the race, will have
to contend against the holder on the 23rd. The course on
this occasion will be from Putney to Mortlake, and not as
heretofore.

TEE CELEBRATED ROUPELL POROBRINS CASE.

The extraordinary disclosures that took place on
the occasion of the memorable trial at Guildford, and which
created so great a sensation at the time, in consequence of
Mr. William Roupell, the former representative in parliament
for the borough of Lambeth, coming forward and avowing by
hie evidence, for the purpose of retrieving the foetus of
his family, that the deed under which he had claimed the
vast estate of his father, as also the will executed by him,
and upon the strength of which he bad raised vast sums of
mousy from insurance offices and others on their securities,
were forgeries, and that he was the forger, and upon which
cooefeenon he was arraigned at the Central Criminal Court
and sentenced to penal servitude for life, is about to enter •
new phase. It was well known that Mr. Roupell was born
before the marriage of his parents, and is consequently ille-
gitimate, his younger brother, Mr. Richard Rotmell, being
the heir at law of the deceased Mr. Roupell ; and in conse-
quence of the disclosures of the forgeries of his brother, he
now seeks to impeach the validity of the securities held by
mortgagees of the estates left by his father at the time
of his death, and which were taken passion of and
mortgaged by the convict ItoupelL The first case that
will arise will take place at the ensuing Chelmaford anises,
in an action of ejectment brought by Mr. Richard Roupell
against Mews. Hawes and others, the mortgagees in pow
60/11i011 of the valuable estate in Essex belonging to Mr.
Roupell called the Great Warleigh estate.
The cue has been made a special jury case, and is
pointed for trial on Thursday in next week, before Mr. Baron
Bramwell, the senior judge of the assize. Mr. Serjeant Shea,
with Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Joseph Brown, instructed by
Mama Linklater, are specially retained, and will appear as
counsel for Mr. Richard Roupell, the heir at law. Mr.
Bovill, Q.C., with Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and Mr. Garth, will
appear as counsel for the defendants, the mortgagees. The
defence to be set up is one that will result in the elucidation
of some extraordinary facts. Mr. Roupell, the self-convicted
forger, will be brought up again by habeas corpus and put
in the witness-box, and undergo • more searching examina-
tion than he has hitherto been subjected to, the assumption
being that his avowsls of the forgeries area fabrication ; and
evidence will be adduced to show that the signatures of the
deceased to the several documents were genuine, whatever
mental incapacity or coercion had existed or been used to
obtain them. The cue has already caused much interest,
and during the trial, which will occupy several days, the
town of Chelmsford cannot fail to be in a state of excite-
ment. By far the more important case—as to the value of
the property—whatever may be the result of this trial, will
take place at the ensuing Croydon assizes, in the action
brought by Mr. Richard Reopen against the Equitable
Insurance Office for the recovery of the extensive property
called "The Roupell Park Estate," at Streatham, and in
which the Name learned counsel are engaged. The case will
elm be tried before • special jury in the second week in
August.