The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-07-10 00:00:00

LETTERS FROM THE CLAIMANT

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The following are letters addressed by the Claimant
to Mr. and Mrs. Onslow
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"A,-1,121, Thomas Castro.-98th June, 1877.
" Dear °mime,— Thanks for your letter of the let and
2nd. I have just read it over again, and find that you
say that the Doctor will make an application for an inves-
tigation into the treatment received.
'1 fear my physical strength will be exhausted ere it is
done, so please write to my friend and thank him for his
great kindness to me, and ask him to use his influence in
causing an inquiry to I.e made ere it is ton Late. I see you
also say that my wife Vriti about to appeal to a certain
gentleman. please write and give my love to her and my
dear children, and tell her she might just as well have
appealed to one of the idols worshipped by the Anthrophagi
of Tongataboo, hut I sincerely thank her all the same.
There were so many things I wished to say to you, all of
which I quite forgot when I last Saw you. I had no idea
I was going to see friends. I had not heard a word of your
coming. Of one thing rest assured, that no action of
mine has, or ever will, bring disgrace on one of those who
are supporting my cause. The treatment I receive is no
fault of mine. Please thank those kind friends who have
been fighting so hard for me of late. But unity is what is
evidently wanted. Let us hope the denial arose through
ignorance. I need hardly say how anxious lam to hear
the result of Mrs. Jury s trip to Paratnatta. What of my
cousin! Has he forsaken me altogether I Please remem-
ber me to him and all friends with whom you come in
contact, and believe me, my dear Onslow, yours truly,
" Roars."
" My dear Mrs. Onslow,—Many thanks to you for your
kind letter, and I am truly sorry to hear of the death of no
many kind friends, but truly thankful to God for having
so many yet left to me, especially you and your dear
husband, and many others in you neighbourhood and
other parte both of the county and country. I know how
severely you must have felt poor 'Jenny's death, and how
lonely you must be without her when your dear husband
is away. But you have • noble heart, and will not
murmer at the will of God. Please remember me to all,
and thank them for their kind exertions on my behalf. I
fear it is not destined for us to meet again on this earth.
To be a captive at any time Is unpleasant, but to be •
captivein the hands of .....in bad indeed. Let ,
us hope that the Almighty, in his great goodness, will yet
soften many obdurate hearts, then perhaps a more henious
crime will not be added, and we may have better hones.
Please tell Guildford to writ* to the Doctor and tell him
I shall be able to write a book some day—if I live—of
slang and its accompaniments, that will outvie in language
the ex-editor of the N—n. Space forbids, dear Mrs.
Onslow, m saying much more, except to ask you to drive
over to Old Alresford and oak my old friend to use her
influence with her brother and get him to cause . . .
since my friends last visited we. Good bye—Your
unfortunate friend,
"(Room) THOUS CASTRO."
" Tim R ATTORNST GS:URAL v. LANPLOOOII."—In conse-
quence of a difference of opinion between the Judges In
the Court of Exchequer as to the liability of
" Lamplough's Pyretic Saline" to stamp duty,
_Mr.
hamplough has decided on carrying the case to a Intim
court of Weal to have the matter finally settled.