The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-08-10 00:00:00

THE TICHBOHNE CMIL

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" The Tabborne mystery." is some have ealbel
will speedily be • mystery no longer. The OW is now
nearly ripe for decision; and, is the evideese b all on.
one aide, no doubt remains as to what that decision will.
be. Sir Roger TWbborne's identity no longer uses
upon his reoeber's c..4anoe : though that, in all OM.
science , might have been considered sufficient. Bs hat
been recognised by such cambers of persons, and has
proved his individuality by sash • combination of tut'
and circumstances, as absolutely le put aside .11
possibility of its farther question. Eslatives, County
Magistrates, Friend. of the family, Tenants on the
estates, odium, non-commissioned odium and privates
in the Dmoon regiment in which .he weed before
leaving England, all *MOW is pr Sit Boger
Tideburne's Identity with the *West eon of the late Sir
Janes Deaghty.Tiehborwe sal the nephew and heir of
Sir &tweed !Mighty, of Upton, More than AID
individuals of every Wass of society have retiogeised set
most of them have sworn to him. There has not been
a single affidaeit filed in opposition to their testimony;
and, if we had only epees to go into partieulan, it
would be easy to thew that there never, protelsly,
was a point of personal indentity established upon
evidence so complete, and, in every itmential, so Th-
markable.
In addition to all this evidence we have reason to
know that the questions rinsed by those who were
interested in doubting or disputing Sir Roger's identity
will all be utisfutortly removed upon the return of the
Commissions sent owl, at their instance, to Chili and
Australia to obtain evidence upon the came. It use
sought to be shown that Sir Boer was somebody site;
that question will be satiefactorily disposed of. It was
sought to throw doubt epos the etory of his Laving
been picked up at net; and an air of probability was
given to that doubt from the feat that Sir Boger was
unable to supply the name of the ship which reocued
him. But, by a curious coincidence the name of %hot
ship bss been ascertained; all the pa;ticidars reilwitute
her voyage and fate have been discovered : her (0 tam
is dead, bat the chief mate, who was on baud karat the
time Sir Boger was taken from the lost Bella's but, liat:
been found and has a perfect recollection of the fa,ts.
So has the agent at Melbourne to whom the vessel wan
consign...l, and who is now resident and engaged in.
business in this ceuntry. In addition to all this
there is reason to believe that there is another survivor
of the boat's crew of the Bells, with whom Su Beget
was picked up.
Sir Boger has been recognised by 'seedy all tbc
county families rceid,nc neer Slistford, by the
medical attendants of the family, and by moot of his old •
tenants. . . . .

The particulars, however, which will most strongly
Interest our own readers are those of Sir Roger 'rich-
borne's identilioation at Poole. It is known to most
of us that, the !intent be arrived at our Railway Station,
he was recognised by Mr. William Gould. of our town,
who woe he companion and asaociate an him Rohm' and
!porting arensenieatx when "Master linger" lived as'.
Upton. The recognition woe mutual '.—for bu linger
knew Gould as well as Gould knew him, and they
addressed each other by name instantly. When Su
Roger got out of the omnibus at the London Hotel, he
was also recognised, instantly, by Police Constable
Beaken, No. 4 of our local foroe, who was formerly, as
a boy, employed at the stables at Upton Howe. Beaken
immediately gave information to his Sergeant and
Superintendent.. He afterwards identified Sir Roger in
their presenee, and testified to his identity on oath. Mr.
Crabb, the gardener at Upton, has done the name. So
has Charles Adams of Upton, for very many years a
labourer on Sir Edward Doughty's estate. Mrs. Hulsey
of Upton, who was in service at Upton House when Yr.
Roger was there, perfectly well remembets him and is
perfectly cure that be is the sone tenon. Equally sun,
bi Mr. Robert Bromby, one of our Custom-house officers
who well knew Sir Roger at Upton, and who more
particularly reliolloota " charism a goose with him."'
Robert Cherrett, of Lyobett, carpenter, who made
pecking cases and models for axe. for bim to take to
South America. also reoognised him and has no hesita-
tion in depoeing to his identity. Mr. William Clench,
inn., of our fiagb-street, has sworn to have measured
and made clothes for Mr. Tiehborne before he went
to America, and he deposes that Sir Roger is the same
person ae the Mr. Roger Tiollhorne he so measured and,
made clothes for.
The ouly person, in fact, who would not, and did not,
recognise Sir Roger in Poole, when he came hers, was
his imole,—our late member. Mr. H. D. Seymour.
Readers of the Poole Pifer will remember our observa-
tions in November, 1867, upon Mr. Seymoer's extraor-
dinary "visit to Ins constituents" in anticipation of Sir
Roger's arrival in the town. Ws than urged that it wee
Mr. firsymours's bounded duty to himself, to his coo-
' diluents, to tbe law, the Legislature, the public and the
Crrown (of which be had been an Alma servant) to
have seen the claimant to the l'iebborne estates, and
either to have recognised hie nephew or to have
denounced the impostor and the cheat. We observed
on the extraordinary fact that Mr. Saymourhedomitted
even to see his sister's son, and bad left Poole, with m-
use: precipitation, immediately after Sir Roger Tide
borne 's arrival. We are now enabled to state, on the
sworn testimony of Mr. William Gould, the ceases at
this most extraordinary Oreceedin
"On the 14th Ootober, 1867, 1 (William Gould) had.
• conversation with Mr. H. D. Seymour, ILP., for
Poole, at the London Hotel, sod be told me that the
person calling himself Sir Roger Tichbonie wee expeeted
in Poole by that afternoon's train, and he said that as
I bete° the real Mr. Roger natant( so seek if I rest
to &lie Railway StalSost and met the era* I alwalet sots
see dud the said person lose ass Impostor. I, therefore,
agreed to go and to let the said Mr. Boyeacar know
afterwards what I thought."
Acoordinfly. Gould, thus incited he else sad declare
Sir Roger an Impostor," went to the Station, wbens,
be swears that h e "Instantly recognised" Sir Boger.
What followed be shall tell in his own words.

-"tin-t.i-e-ev—enTrig- of ihe siZeTai-l-siailwes.'w the mkt
Mr. H. D. Seymour, end in answer to his questions I
told him that I had men the gentleman and was ems
he was the moss person as the Yr. Roger Tiobboroe
formerly knew, and there was no mistake o6oa ii mull
I WOULD tOTRAM TO HIM ANYWIMILW Ths said Mr..
Seymour was much ancessod ei my eoessmutitufien mot
kft mo directfy."
Poole mutat to be proud of the firmness, ht-
forwardness, and the truth, which suet% men as WUha
Gould display.
Het what must Poole feel respecting Mr. Henry
Denby Seymour—Sir Roger 'ffiebborne's nearest GLUT*
and ancient playmate I
For oar own poste we will only observe that Mr.
Seymour has nee answered the very serious
implied in the foregoing affidavit.— Pools PittarC
August.

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NOIIIIIOIII Of ladies are becoming newopipor reporters
in Now York.

A WMOOIIBI2I portinaster recently shot a streamer
who refused to play cards with him.
IT is rumoured that Mr. Young. of the Paraffin Light
and Mineral Oil Company, has offered £450,000 for the
Wand of Arran

-seleOreO-ounittee appointed to consider the site
of the new law court. have reported in favour of the
Carey-street eite hr • majority of nine to seven.
Tunnel. much talk in Paris of • nuirriage between
the sister of the Duke of Hamilton and the Duke oil
Valentirems, sou of Prince Charles of Monaco.
Mn. Jirreseor DAVIL —an llSSailapS La making in
Bourbon empty, Kentucky. to raise a fund fer the
purchase of • home for Jelfenon Davie in that, hie
native State.
Tits Doan of Archer has just elven judgment in
novel church-rate came. The eintrehwardens of Whit-
church, neer Southampton, sought to reamer of a
pen,. bioner the sum of 4e. 54., had the litigation, whisk
has been pending some time, has bees of an expesielve
character. The mosey Was borrowed from the Putdie
Loin Commisnoners to repair the church, end • rate at
64. in the tithed was mau to pay the fint instalment.
One of the objections wee that the thaneel was
which ought to have been done by the lay rectrizat
another was that one of the eburchwardens had not
qualified for the offioe. Other objections of a legth
character were raised. Sir H. Phiilimore pronounced
in favour of the churchwardens, and ordered the de-
fendant to pay the rate with meth
" They didn't understand these things down in
Jades," wrote Hosea Bigelow ; but in modern Judah,
that be among the leaden of the Jewish people, they
seem to understand WSW thing' which other cominuni.
ties have been • long time findift out. The J 11014114
Record tells us that the Jewish Rabbis have just met
in Spied, and have neogniesd three new prtheiplea.
They are prepared to 'dont individual aatherity in
religious matters, which is a sort of Protestantism in
Israel; they allow the primary importers* of free
eslentifio investigation—asid Weep himself amid
scarcely ask for more; and they nrjeet the bad In
Israel's restoration. Where, tbs., s MN* hope of •
Messiah to establish on Mouth abs • illy of the faith.
ful ? For centuries ot wearyieerled Jews have
sighed for • might of Jerusalem the vides—lien looked
for the dead of the Immaseel wbo shield be to them
a King and priest for ever. We watch with no oom,
IllUa Waist this new tlevelopeeet of Judaism.