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imitation of Mr. Itoupeit's writing. The flourish
was not made in the same way.
By the Court—The last 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 same so
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as
bothered him. Other experts could
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have bothered
both him and his father, and they in
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have written so as to have bothered a
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other people. (Loud laughter.) Of course, they
some special re-
were not infallible. He noan w had
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tainers for cases at York
(Roars of laughter.)
had no " refreshers."
was recalled to p
Mr. Henry Muggeridge rove
some of his father's signatures, so that they might
his signature as an attesting wit.
be compared with
ness to the will.
Mr. Charles Chapot, another lithographer and
expert and inspector of
writing Was called and
examined by Mr. Brown, and gave evidence to the
same effect 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 genuine signatures
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
in 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
was 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 ooffnewith
the same good wishes on the part 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,
were next awarded; after which the House of
Lords' prizes—which 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
Vase, 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 Associatthioen,h
firste
was now prepared to hand over 105" dragon" sove-
reigns to the treasurer. The winners in
stage of the Queen Prize
'sflowed over the platform
in 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
prominently associated withthemeetg
In his honour the band played „see the conquering
hero comes," and when he had 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-convicted criminals to severer
punishment, should be more 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 power 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
magnetical actiom" They are the remedy for Grey Hair,
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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

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