The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-20 00:00:00

7IIE NAT/I,

The Duke of Somerset has arrived at his official
residence at the Admiralty, Whitehall, from Holy-
head, after the customary annual inspection of our
naval establishments in the western districts.

When the Lords of the Admiralty were at Ply-
mouth last week their attention was called to the
propriety of supplying seamen while in port with
soft bread instead of biscuit. From what has tran-
spired we believe that this desirable course will be
adopted. Certain alterations are in progress in the
bakery of the Royal William Victualling-yard, and
this establishment is to be supplied with two of
Stevens's dough-mixing machines.
The Black Prince, 40, screw iron frigate, Capt.
Wainwright, according to present orders, will go
out of Portsmouth harbour to-morrow, try her speed
at the measured mile at load draught on Monday
and Tuesday next, swing to ascertain the adjust-
ment of her compass on Wednesday, and proceed
to sea on the 30th inst.

The Nimrod, screw despatch vessel, of 859 tons,
fitted with engines of 350-horse power by Mends-
lay, Sons, and Field, but with boiler power reduced
to 175-horse, and the Jasper screw gunboat, of 301
tons, and fitted with 80-horse power engines by
Maudslay and Co., have been sold to the Chinese
Government to form part of the squadron which is
to be commanded by Capt. Sherard Osborn, C.B.
The Nimrod, which requires considerable repairs
before she can be pronounced complete for long
service, has been sold for £27,000, and the Jasper,
which has been completed as a first-class reserve
vessel and therefore ready for commission, for
£ll,OOO Capt. Osborn was expected in Portsmouth
last evening to take possession of the two vessels
The Nimrod carries a spare screw on the patented
plan of Mr. W. Lynn, Assist.-Engineer, of Ports-
mouth dockyard.

The Shannon, 34, screw, Capt. Jones, awaits at
Spithead her final sailing orders from the Admi-
ralty. Her destination is the Mediterranean. The
departure of this ship on foreign service with her
screw trials but half completed is much to be re-
gretted, although such a course is perhaps unavoid-
able under present circumstances. Under the super-
vision of Admiral Martin the Shannon will doubt-
less soon become one of the smartest and best con-
ducted ship's companies in his fleet.
The Edgar, 86, screw, Capt. Hon. F. Foley, fit-
ting at Portsmouth for the flag of Rear-Admiral S.
C. Dacres, C. 8., as second in command of the Medi-
terranean fleet, is being supplied with tanks to
stow on the plan suggested by Mr. Moore, carpen-
ter of the Royal Navy, and Tidemaster of Ports-
mouth Harbour. By this plan a ventilating funnel
or passage is made along the ship's keelson, which
also affords a means of washing out and cleansing
a ship's limbers. Free access is had to every tank
without disturbing the stowage, and the water flows
continuously from the condenser to the tanks with-
out the aid of pumping. In addition, the ship will
stow more water on Mr. Moore's plan than it could
under the old principle. To more fully illustrate
this we may mention that the Edgar with her
p
tanks stowed on the old principle would require
10 men constantly at the pumps when distilling, to
pass the water from the condenser to the tanks,
which labour with the tanks stowed on Mr. Moore's
plan is entirely done away with. The Shannon
frigate when commanded by the late Sir Wm. Peel,
carried her tanks three deep, and as her ground tier
and many on her middle tier could not be got at
without hoisting them on deck, the water she took
out in them from England was in them when she
returned and was paid out of commission.
The Russell, 60, screw, commanded by Capt. W.
K. Hall, C. 8., the coastguard ship at Falmouth,
sailed from that port on Monday on a Channel
cruise, calling at Plymouth for partial change of
armament. Her tender, the Hind gunboat, remains.
Letters received from her Majesty's troopship
Adventure, Commander Lethbridge, announce her
arrival at St. John's, Nova Scotia, with the wives
and families of soldiers belonging to the regiments
recently sent out to Canada. She arrived on the
27th of July, 13 days from Queenstown. She had
experienced bad weather the whole way. The ship
sailed again for St. John's,New Brunswick,on the 2d
August, in the midst of a thick fog, which continued
the greater part of the voyage, On the following
day, at 7 p.m., the engines were stopped to endea-
vour to ascertain the ship's exact position ; she im-
mediately afterwards struck on a rock. Fortunately,
the engine; had been just reversed, by order of the
pilot, to take soundings, and the rock was cleared
with the loss of a small portion of the ship's false
keel. The letter further stater that not the slightest
blame could be attached to any one. The Adven-
ture returns to England with invalid soldiers from
various regiments from Quebec, to which port she
was to proceed on the 11th of the present month.
The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. P. R. Sharpe, Lieut.
Frederick Hammond, and Lieut. J. D. R. Hewitt
to the Rattlesnake; James E. Bowly, Henry J.
Robillard, Frederick R. Carr, and W. A. Ewbank,
midshipmen, to the Rattlesnake ; Edward C.
Moore has been nominated to a naval cadetship ; J,
W. Mc I. Hall, master, to the Fisgard, for transport
service at Deptford; George Griffiths, engineer
qualified for charge, to the Asia, for the Enchan-
tress ; John Craven, acting first-class assist.-engi-
neer, to the Shannon, vice Bacon.

711 E ARMY.

The sth Lancers will commence their movement
to Norwich, Ipswich, and Northampton on the 3d
of next month.

The following is a detail of the head-quarters, and
the 4th, sth, and 6th batteries 15th Brigade Royal
Artillery, embarked yesterday, at Woolwich, on
board her Majesty's iron steam troopships Megwra,
Commander Henderson, for conveyance to Halifax,
Nova Scotia t—Lieut.-Col. Clifford and wife, Major
J. de Holland, wife, and three children ; Surgeon
j. M. R. Lewis, wife, and one child ; Quartermas-
ter S,
Blair and Wife; Capt. and Adjt. E. C.
Vaughan, Care. % Wilkinson, E. C. Bolton, and
C. G. Luard ; Lents. p,
,
Lewes, W. B. Hemans,
A. J. Anderson, J. ..W. ill py_m, E. Kensing ,
ton
IL Webber, and T. B. Reeves ; 10 staff-sergeants,
15 sergeants, and 327 rank ana tie and trumpeters,
together with
35 soldiers' -wives
and 58 children,
and one la
three women servants,
`l/Be. The Megmra
will sail from Woolwich this morning by the early
tide.
K C. 8,, Chief Co
Sir Richard MU"' ' mm. intoner
of the Metropolitan Police, yesterday paidhis an-
nual visitation at Woolwich Dock yard and Arsenal,
and inspected the books and official documents of
the division, as well as the enlargement of the
•
bar-
racks
in course of progress in the dockyard, pro-
posed by Sir Richard two years ego and finally
sanctioned.

Yesterday Major.-Gen. Stransham, the Inspector-
Gen. of the Royal Marines, resumed his inspection of
the Chatham division, taking it up at the point
completed on the previous day. In the morning
the officers and noncommissioned officers were as-
sembled in the barrack• square, where they were put
through the sword exercise by Lieut. and Adjt.
Lennox, in presence of the Inspector-Gen., who sub-
sequently resumed his inspection of the various de-
partments of the barracks not visited on the previ-
ous day. During the morning Gen. Stransham in-
spected the schools both for children and the menof
the division, the condition of which was found to be
generally satisfactory. The point of inspection next
taken, up was gun drill with the Armstrong and
other guns. For this purpose a numerous detach-
ment of gunners was selected indiscriminately from
the battalion and marched to the ship's gun battery,
where, under the direction of Capt. Blyth, the in-
structor in gunnery at head-quarters, they were put
through the complete course of gun drill with the
110-plunders and 40-pounder Armstrongs, and the
68-pounders.
ordinary Major-Gen. Stransham oh-
served with the keenest interest the manner in
which officers and men acquitted themselves in
these manoeuvres, all of which were gone through
with much promptitude, the rapid
.pointed, and fired,
manner in which
the guns were loaded, cast loose,
M
evincing the excellent training bestowed upon this,
not the least important portion of tne education of
Royal Marines. The remainder of the morning was
devoted to th 6 inspection of the Royal Naval Roe.
pital at Melville, a portion of which is set apart for ,

the reception of officers and men of the Royal Ma-
rines. Major-Gen. Stransham was conducted over
the establishment by Deputy-Inspector-Gen. Kin-
near, M.D., the principal medical offic,2r, and other
members of thestaff, but only a brief visit was made
to this department of the Royal Marine establish-
ment. In order to test the proficiency of captains
of companies and subalterns in the knowledge of
battalion drill, Major-Gen. Stransham directed a
small battalion of some 300 men to be marched in
the afternoon to Chatham Lines, when the entire
afternoon was occupied in the officers putting the
battalion through various manoeuvres directed
by the Inspector-General, who selected various offi-
cers from the companies for this duty. General
Stransham at the same time criticised the manner
in which the officers thus selected acquitted them-
selves, and put the battalion through the move-
ments indicated. The division returned to quarters
at 5 o'clock, and the inspection of the battalion will
be resumed to-day, when it is expected to be brought
to a close.

Intelligence was yesterday received at Chatham
of the death of Deputy Inspector-Gen. J. C. G.
Tice, M.D., C. 8., formerly principal medical officer
at that garrison, on his passage home from India,
and only a few hours after leaving Calcutta. Dr.
Tice's services in the medical department of the
army have been most laborious. In 1854, on the
breaking out of the Russian war, he was despatched
to the Crimea, where he was intrusted with various
important duties. At the conclusion of the Russian
war he was presented by the Sultan with the fifth
class decoration of the Medjidie. On the breaking
out of the mutiny in India Dr. Tice was despatched
to the Bengal Presidency, and was appointed prin-
cipal medical officer of the troops east of Lucknow,
in which capacity he served from Oct., 1857, to Jan.,
1858. For his distinguished services in India Dr.
Tice was made a Companion of the Bath.
Lieut. Hodgkinson, of the 37th Regt., has been
appointed Quartermaster to the 9th Battalion, at
Colchester, in the room of Capt. Hendry.
The number of visitors applying for admission to
view the departments of Woolwich Arsenal in-
creases weekly since the opening of the Great Ex-
hibition. Yesterday the visitors registered at the
gates amounted to 1,130 British subjects and 366
foreigners. Upwards of 200 who were not aware of
the necessity of providing themselves with the War-
office permit were necessarily excluded. On Tues-
days and Thursdays, the public visiting days (and
only by ticket) a staff of guides is appointed to
escort the visitors over the establishment, in par-
ties of 20 or 30 each. Foreigners form a separate
batch, and as far as practicable are placed in charge
of a guide who speaks the French language.
Upwards of 500 labourers and artificers, among
whom were about 200 lads and girls employed in
filling cartridges, were last week discharged from
Woolwich Arsenal, and an immense reduction in
the entire establishment is spoken of as about to
take place shortly, by reason of the whole of the
outstanding orders having been in great part com-
pleted.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

HOME CIRCUIT.-GUILDFORD, Aug. 19.

(Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury.)

ROUPELL AND OTHERS V. WAITE.

The proceedings in this most extraordinary cause
were resumed to-day at nine o'clock, and in the
course of the day were brought to an abrupt con-
clusion.

Eerjeant Shee, Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. J.
Browne again appeared on behalf of the plaintiff;
and Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Hawkins, Q.C. (whose
name we accidentally omitted yesterday), and Mr.
Garth for the defendant.

During the period Mr. Roupell was examined on
Monday evening, his coolness and self-possession
were most remarkable. He answered the questions
that were put to him with the utmost readiness, and
no one could have imagined that he was confess-
ing himself guilty of a serious felony by which
he rendered himself liable to slavery for the re-
mainder of his existence, and for which only a short
time back his life would have been forfeited. He
was taken to the county police-station after the
Court adjourned, where he was searched, and
£7O in Bank of England notes, and about £3O
in English, French, and Spanish gold coins were
taken from him. He did not exhibit any more
emotion than he had shown during the examina-
tion, and appeared to have quite made up his mind
to endure the consequences of the course he had
adopted, whatever they might be, with the greatest
firmness.

'When the court had been formally opened, Mr.
Roupell was again placed in the witness•box to un-
dergo further cross-examination.

In answer to questions put to him by Mr. Bovill,
he said—

The value of my father's property, at the time of
his death, I should estimate thus :—Roupell Park
about £150,000, and Roupell-street about £50,000.
In 1853 Roupell Park was not worth more than
£40,000, but £150,000 has been laid out upon it,
and 1 consider it to be worth now nearly £200,000.
I borrowed money on mortgage, for the purpose of
improving this estate, and I say that all these
deeds are also forgeries. _ _

Mr. Bovill—And your object is to get £200,000
for your brother ?
Mr. Roupell—On my oath, no.
Mr. Bovill—lf you make out these mortgages to
be forgeries, will not the effect be that your
brother will get the property P
Mr. Roupell—J know that he will be entitled
to it.

Cross-examined—The Roupell-street estate has
has not been improved much. It is now worth
£50,000. The Norbiton Farm estate is worth
£15,000, and the Great Warley estate in Essex
£lO,OOO. There was another property called the
Thundersley estate. At my father's death it was
worth £lO,OOO, but a portion of it has since been
enfranchised, and it is now worth £13,000. I did
not find the money to enfranchise it. My mother
found the money. There was another estate at
Havering-atte-Bower, and Stapleford Abbotts,
in Essex, that was worth £7,000. Be-
sides this there were the lead works in
Gravel-lane, that were worth about £1,500, and
some premises in Shoe-lane, that were worth
£2,000. In addition to these there were some pre-
mises in Lant-street, Southwark, that were worth
£3,500; and a hop warehouse in the Borough worth
£2,000. The Wandsworth-road estate was worth
£B,OOO, and another estate called SOuth Ville,
£4,500. Besides this property my father had shares
in the Lambeth Water Works Company, and the
Alliance Marine Insurance Company, amounting to
£25,000. The balances at the bankers' were about
£B,OOO. I think that I raised altogether about
£135,000 upon the Roupell Park estate. A large
sum has also been raised upon the Roupell-street
estate. I allege, of course, that my brother is en-
titled to all this property by reason of my having
forged my father's will. I think that the whole
amount obtained upon the various estates was about
£184,000. The sum of £12,000 was raised upon the
Kingston estate. The deed by which this money
was raised, I also allege to be a forgery, in order to
enable my brother to get the money.
Mr. Bovill—Then the effect of the jury believing
t.„lllBto_ry that you have told, if they should do so,
1..,18k :001.0 put your brother into possession of
In a
Air,
n ell oand upards
N,:lePi,—lw consider he is entitled to it.
%
cotsit,? another question, Mr. Roupell said
roceedinaestV that some portion of the estates,
brother, and
bthyat he
p
were had taken, were secured to his
Mr. Bovill---Sate safe from all antagonists."
you expression, is itPru all antagonists ! That is
- Mr. Roupell—Yes.
Mr. Bovill-1107 mall 3, _
,enveyances did you
execute ?
altogether ,
Mr. Roupell—l wish to conceal n
for what I have done, otbiag. lam
very sorry muldesire to tell
the troth.
Mr. Bovill—How many conveyances
'1 _.
Pro t
to poor people in the y
have you execured paripsher of
Lambeth alone ?
Mr. Roupell—l cannot say exactly. I think I
have executed about ten conveyances •
a
Mr. Bovill—And you allege that the whole ot
them are forged ?
Mr. Roupell—Yes,
to get the
Mr. Bovill—To enable your brother
property ?
Mr. Roupell—Yes,
as the
Mr. Bovill—And what should you sap r
total amount of property you expect; to recover ,
nearly £300,000 ?
Mr. Roupell—Quite £300,000.
Cross-examination—The improvements I effected
were by the money I obtained from my father by
improper means.
Mr. Bovill—By stealing ?
Mr. Roupell—Yes. I obtained £lOOOO from my
father in one transaction—
15,000 in cash, and
£5,000 which he wrote off for a supposed claim
which he had upon the Unity Company.
Mr. Bovill—Then you. allege that you stole
£5,000, and obtained another £5,000 by fraud ?
Mr; Roupell—Yea.