The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-29 00:00:00

THE Ii:°UPELL

ry against the pri-
ns far disposed of
"ig sentenced to
very little
runt of liti-
-1 of, and
to ap-
s ex-

Although the cha. ,•ge of forge.
Boner Wm. Roupell ~''as been th.
by his pleading guilty,
,aud his bei.
n,
penal servitude, there a
nears to b..
doubt that there will still be a large amt.
gation before the matter is finally dispose,
as, ;L.-, all probability, Mr. RoupE ,11 will have
pear on many future occasions as L A witness, it 1.
petted that he will remain in Newg 'te for a con.
derable time, in order that ;he may 1. pr educed 134)
habeas, upon any occasion that his ea iidenee may be
required. It appears that since his conviction he has
been treated in just the same' manner as ordinary
l
prisoners would be, under sinuiar circumstances ;
and the late M.P. for Lambeth h,ls, each day, his
usual task of oakum picking assigned him, and he
will continue to be so employed all the time he con-
tinues in the gaol of Newgate.
In some respects, it would appear that the fact of
the prisoner being sentenced to penal servitude ft
life is rather an advantage to him than otherwise..
The rule that is acted upon in these matters appears
to be that when prisoners are sentenced .to only
short periods of penal servitude they are sent either
to Portland or Millbank Penitentiary, or some other
of the Government prisons in England, where the
discipline is very severe and the confinement most
irksome ; but in the case of a prisoner being sen-
tenced to penal servitude for life, he is, unless very
much advanced in life, invariably sent to one of the
colonies, where after the lapse of a certain period,
ranging between 8 and 10 years, if his conduct be
good, a ticket of leave is generally granted to him.
These tickets of leave are, however, always given
with the special conditton that the prisoner ;shalt
not return
England, and if that condition is
broken he is hia ble to be tried for felony in being at
large before the expiration of his sentence, and he
would be sent bac kto finish it. The chances, there-
fore, are that in th.,9 course of a few years Mr. Rou-
pell will be again a. free man, and in his position it
is not likely that he will consider the condition of
not returning to this^o untry, where he has obtained
such an unenviable notoriety, a great privation.
Now that the prisoner stands formally convicted
and under sentence for th e forgery of the will, by
means of which he was enabled to make away with
the great bulk of his father's property, there is no
doubt that the proceedings that were instituted by
the heir-at-law in the trial at Guildford, to recover
possession of the Kingston estate, which was the
subject of the deed of gift, will be continued, and
that an endeavour will be made to regain posses-
sion of the whole of the property, or at all events
to induce some of the present holders to consent to
a compromise. It appears, however, that this is
not likely to be effected so easily as was at first
imagined, It would seem that some portions of the
property were sold by Roupell in comparatively small
amounts, under £5,000, and the holders of those
portions may, possibly, b e ready to agree to some
terms of compromise, rath,sr than incur the expense
of defending an action of ejectment, and possibly-
losing the whole of the property they had pur-
chased. In a good many instances, however, it ap-
pears that very large sums of .money have been ad-
vanced by. insurance companies and other large
corporationo of the like kind upon portions of the
property, and it is said that they are determined
not to lose their money without a struggle, and
that they intend to take the opinion of a jury upon
the question wl,,ether Mr. Roupell has spoken the
truth in charging himself with forgery, or whether,
after having squandered his inheritance, he has not
resorted to this extraordinary scheme with a view to
procure a restitution of the property to his family.
The will, and deed of gift that were the subjects
of the indictments against the prisoner at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court,,have been ordered by Mr.
Justice Byles to be retained in the custody of Mr.
Avery, in order that the? may be forthcoming on
any future occasion if requ,;red.

COUNTRY AL:MA.I,IAS.

NORWICH-SATURDAY.

There was a full attendance of far►'ners to-day, but com-
paratively small supplies of wheat ofOring, and prices re-
mained at about the currencies of last week, The supply
of barley was good ; best samples at late rates, but other
sorts at 2s decline. Flour is per sack cheaper.
White wheat. 53s to 57s I Red wheat 46s to 55s
Malting barley....4os to 41s I Chevalier barley 37s to 38s
New do ..........—s to ---s I Oat 5....
Flour, 40s Od to —s Od per sack from the miller.

YORK—SJ
Nearly all the wheat crop i
be good.
Wheat, red 50s to 53s Oats.... 24s to 26s
Whited° .54s to 58s Beans ..42s to 44s
Barley . .30s to 37s Peas ....—s to --s
Malt, 64s to 66s per qr. ; rye, 39s per qr. ; flour, 40s
to 42s per sack.

,TIIRDAY.

secured, and the yield will