The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1871-05-20 00:00:00

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Sergeant Ba[dentine opened the plaintiff's case. Ile stated
that the question in the cane was, in reality, whether the
preeetit claimant was the man whom he represented himself
to be, or whether he we. merely an impostor. This was an
ancient family, of which there were three brothers the first
and tECOliti died without wade issue, the zecond had one
daughter, and according to the settlements the estates of the
third brother succeeded to them. Of that third brother this
claimant was the sou. the gentleman whom he should call
Sir Roger Tichborne was the son of the third brother, and of
Miss Seymour, the daughter of Mr. Seymour and of a French
lady. The claimant was born in Paris, aud was partly edu-
cated there, under M. Chatillon. Afterwards be canae to
England. and the family being a Catholic family, he wan
sent to Stoney burst. During that time he made too me-
morable visite, one to Sir Clifford Comtable, and another
to Tichborne-park. lie was afterward,' examined at Sand-
hunt, and admitted into the army, .d in October, 1549,
having entered the Carabineers, he was stationed in Dublin.
In 155- he visited Ticheorne, and male the acquaintance of
Miss ho ate Doughty, his cousin, and there was ao doubt that
the teeing between them ripened Into the warmest feeling,
but the friendly intercourse was not approve' of by her
father, aud in consequence of that Sir R nier did not enter
the house again. there could be no doubt that the memory
of the young lady remained In his mind, and telluenced hie
after conduct in leaviefe the country. in coming of age be
became entitled to the dispomitiou of certain pre party, and,
before leaving the country, be had communication with an
eminent attorney, Mr. Slaughter, as to the disposition of
his property, and he seemed inclined to confer some benefit
upon this young lady. Soou afterwards Sir Roger sold
out of the army, and, crossing to Havre, took ship in
the Pauline, sad sailed to Valparaiso. Much stress had
been laid on the difference between the physical aspect of ST
Roger at that thee and the present. Ile should be able to
ehew Met when the claimant went abroad tie was a slight
young man, his height was hit. itein., he bud light hate, with
no great inclination to curl, his eyes were light, Ms nose was
aquiline. No doubt he wee much changed slime that time ;
but that wan no uncommon circumstance in the Tichborne
Limey. Vitfortunately the father and mother of the claim-
ant led a miserable life, so that he Wel his home was a very
hell upon earth, and his life was 0110 of sadness and unhappl-
lieu. He was almost left to the sole care of Chatillon, from
whom he derive(' little benefit. With him he went to Brit-
tany, and while there he bad a fall, and was thrown upon
his head, the mark of whtcn he still retained. Again, while
at Canterbury he was so rid with an Illness, which led to a
very •ertous fit In coneequence of which his arm was
lanced, lueffectually ; it was then recommended that a
puncture should be made above the ankle, dot the result
was that the blood flowed from the arm, and he subse-
quently recovered. Ile most now °leery° that there was a
Mr. Ooderd, the steward of the family estates, to whom be-
fore leaving the country Sir Roger tichborne gave a sealed
packet. No human being but Sir Roger could know the con-
tents of that packet. In his opinion that packet could never
be produced, and Mn Gosford had. hi fact, been the bitter
persecutor of the claimant. In 1,53 Sir Roger arrived at
Valparaiso; and then he went to Swatters° There Moore,
who was body servant to Sir Roger, was taken ill, and rich-
borne went back to Valparaleo. intendleg to proceed again
by the Paulin • ; but she was not ready to sail, and Sir
Roger went on to Molilpilla, and afterwards to Guayaquil,
whence he found his way to Rio Jam's,. and there he em-
barked on beard a veuel named the 13,11¢ on her way to
New York. Cnancery proceedings had been taken in this
case, In the eourh, of which air Roger sod Moore made de-
pahMes. tele portion of them related to an injury bi-
eted upon Sir it 'ger Stable Ms Vavele, w hide In pursuit of an
albatross; and on this being referred to, Moore, who, Intact,
wan assistleg the other side, declined to give any further
amebae.o to defeat the chums of Sir Roger, and Moore now
said that he had not the remotest doubt that the claimant
was the man with whom he went as body servant in the
Pa ohmic, and he remarked that he would not assist in de-
feating a just claim. Ile regretted that Mr. Hopkins, the
family solicitor, a man of knowledge and of honour, was no
longer alive to tine oral testimony, which might have been
dechive in the case; but probably there was no man more
likely to form a correct opinion, and Mr. Hopkins stated
that he had no doubt whatever of the identity of the claimant
with Ids former client. During his stay in South America
Sir Roger woe characterised by a love of the wildest adven-
ture. While at Valparaiso, he heard of the death of the
father of Miss Doughty, and he knew that his father had be-
conies baronet, Mat he did not on that account retnrn to this
comae y It was contended on the other hide that the heir
to the flchbouree title perhhed when the Di' flu was lost; but
the story of SirVoger was that he wee saved in one of the
boats, which gib out three days and two nights, when he
was taken on board an American vessel. Ills recollection of
this period wae not very distinct, as he wee treated as a per-
son whose memory en 1 brain eat affected. In July, 1551,
Sir Roger arrived at Melbourne, when the gold fever was
raging. There he became acquainted with a person named
loiter, and undertook a menial situation, edupting, at the
same time, the Dame of Thome. Castro, assigning as his ru-
e. that he took the name in consequence of his having
known a person of that name at Melllpllla. While at Dargo
he became actetaluted with • person named Arthur Orion;
and the other side, in fa-t, moitended that the claimant was
not Sir Roger Tichborno but Arthur Octon. lie would tell
the jury that Arthur Orton was the son of • butcher at
Wapping, • part of whose early career was passed he the
slaughter-house, and who worked his way out to Valparaiso
spa common sailor. This was not so mocha question of Ideu•
thy, but of personation, and it would be for the jury to con-
sider whether there was a probability that Orton, the but-
cher, could simulate Tichborne, the baronet,
Ott Friday Mr. Se- pant Ballantine resumed his addrese.
He said that from Outgo Sir Roger went to various places
In Auetralla, and associated with Orion to a great extent,
and they were together at Wagga Wagga. In 1865 the
Claimant married the lady who was his present wife. He
had one female child by her very shortly after marriage:
duce then three children had been born, two of whom were
boys, Co that the question of the title and estates WU of
great importance to the younger children, as well as to the
claimant. He must now allude to the nimher of Sir R
Lady Tichborne married early. She was extremely beautiful
at the time she married; she poisessed a /drone mind, arid
was a thorough woman of the world, of strong footings;
but there was nothing whatever to lead to the idea tree;
she could he a party to • fraud like that Charged here.
Laily Tichborne believed her ion to be living, and she con-
tinued In ate- belief fee yea.. Ultimately. wheil tsr It- got
came foliate comitry, she acknowledged him to be her non,
and although in examhiation in Chancery she positively
Identified him, she was not subjected to any cross-examinee
Mon. On January 17th, 18,6, the claimant wrote a letter to
his mother, which was, no doubt, disfigured by bet spelling;
but he shoed i have to refer to that hereafter ',rem that
date this claim was started, and active steps were taken for
enforcing it. In the letter the claimant stated that he had
not done anything to dhhonour his mother or his family,
and that he had been a poor man, and no more. He referred
to the mark which he bore, and to the "card case at
Brighton," that allusion having reference to the cue of some
Tenons who had plundered him at cards when he was stay-
ing at that plane. Thence Sir Rigor went to Sydney,
where he met Ettfoyle, who had been gardener to his uncle
Edward. Eitfoyle immediately recognised him thoroughly.
Ile had no doubt that the other side would c intend that a
man of colour, named it ,yle, was co-conspirator with the
claimant in this case, Sir Roger having become acquainted
with Boyle in Australia. B dyle should be produced early
in the case, and the jury would have the opportunity of
judging of the het/dulness or falsity of his etatemeeta 10
Decemner, 1566, Sir Roger arrived In Eogland. lie went
to Ford's Hotel in Manchester.street, Matichester.rquare, to
which his father used to go On December die, he went to
Aires!•ord, near which Tichborne house Is shouted, to see
the estates. Then be went to Gravesend, where he met
with an attorney named Holmes. Afterwards he pro
carded to Faris, aceompanied by Holmes. There he saw his
mother, who instantly recognised in hies her first-horn Sidi.
Ilia mother allowed him 41,000 spear with he should get
the title and estates, ills mother stated that his feature.
and dteposition were unmistakeable. The claim was made
a few days after his recognition by hie welder. When his
claim was made he received a letter informieg him that the
claim was emphatically denied, and he was told that he
might take what steps he likod Mr. Sergeant Bellantine,
in conclusion, told the jury that he would call a multitude
of gentlemen of character and poiltion who bad no more
doubt of the claimant being Sir Roger Tichborne than they
had of their individual existence.

A great many witnesses were examined, and on
Island ay, .
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Mr. James George DAlnson was called and exandoeci by
Mr. Oft/ard am attorney for the lofontoote I have
been acting mince 1867 for Mr. B)wker in this 'Wootton, and
entered the pooceedloge for ejmtment as Its agent.

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Cross. egsmined by the Solicitor general There are two
Mr. hawkers—a London Mr Bowker and • Winchester
Mr. hawker. We have had the conduct of this cause
since the commencement of It In 1800 We are defend.
leg the cause en behalf of the young child of the last
baronet, universally called ' Sir Alfred " The persons who
are defending it are his mother and his granduncle,
the lion. Mr. Stoughton. They are the only parties at
present on the r. c .rd sxcept Mr. Lushington, who Is simply
• tenant. In the course of the proceedings it has neon neces-
sary to send out commissions for the ex emtnatlon of witnesses
both to Chill and Australia. I have the order on which these
commissions were homed. There was substnnently an order
issued by Mr. Justice il•nnen postponing site execution of
the commistion, and it wee postponed on the condition that
the plaintiff would present himself for examination both in
Chill and Australis.

The Solicitor. General Was It sworn In the Mt limit by the
piebald that he Intended to ho present at the execution of
the commission, and that it was necessary that ho should
himself proceed to ChM and Australia to be present at the
execution of tray commission /—Wltness I think you will
end that he swore in the most positive terms.
Mr. Gill wd objected to the answer.

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The Solicitor-Omura' We have the affidavit here. It was
upon that affidavit that the order of Mr. Justice Hansen
postponing and enlarging the c immisslon was made. The
date of that order was Scptemner S. ISM. After the come
mission had been soot out to Chill a further application was
made for the enlargement of the commission. Mr Holma
wet present, and at that time was acting as attorney for the
plaintiff. The commission was further enlarged upsn that
applicatisn. In that affidavit Ed Mr. llolmi say The only
,itiestion to he decided In this case is the identity of the
plaintiff, and I have held and expressed a decided opinion
that he wee bound In the hsterestsef Justice to go abroad
and present himself to the witnesses who might be called on
Ether side '
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lir. Sin, eant ballatithse said they admitted the affidavit.
Cross-examination resumed by the Solicitor-Geheral • After
the execution of these COalitilttioOl I saw Mr. LI elms at
chambers upon an application to extend still further the
time of the execution of the commission. Ile told me that
he had not heard from the plaintiff since be left England. I
Oa one occasion he showed me some newspapers from Buenos
Ayres in which the plaletiff 'a name was ineutioued, which
proved Mint he was ihere at that time. This was an an in- ,
ducement to extend the commisden. I think it was on the
lest application but one to extend the Australian commission, I
It was whrst the Chilian commlasion was being executed,
for we had copies of the depositions, so far as they had been
taken. There were several applicati dis for extending the
time of the Australian comirdselon, and it was several times
enlarged.
The Solicitor-Oeneral Did you learn from Mr. Helms
whether the plaihtiff had prompted himself ?—Witness: Mr.
Holm said distinctly, that he had not presented himself, and
he beloved that neither himself nor his clerk, who vru with
the c knew where he was. Ho could not account '
for his non•appearance. We had some conversation as to the '
iiict of the degoositions upon his case. I asked him his
opinion, and whether he was satisfied now that he was an
Impostor. Ile said, "Pretty well." Ile then said, "Shall
youindiet him?" and I replied, "that', for the consideration
of my clients," and followed up by asking" Shall you ?" He
said, "I am considering with the two friends who have prin-
cipally supported him whether we shall or hot."
The Arilicitor•Grneral : Did he say anything more Wit-
ness: I could hardly repeat the precise words, but he spoke
unreservedly of his being an Impostor, Ile said he should
I retire from the case at once, which he did.
The fiolicitor-Gerieral: Was there a wige's order either+
quelitly changing the attorney i—Witness: Mr. Oldies mimed
to conduct the case, and Is not now in is. The gentlemen
who. names aro new on the record are Messrs. hlrter, Rom,
and Nortoi. They were not the immediate successors of Mr.
Helms. Messrs.. Walter and Moolen succeeded Mr. Helms,
and they remained on the record until Oetolier last. After
that I found that I had to commiuff c ate with Messrs. Baxter,
Rose, and Norton.
The Solicitor General : Was the final extension of the time
of the execution of the Australian comminslOn Upon the
same terms oc It hod been before—that the plaintiff should
present himself to the commission 2—Witness: These terms
were never witberawn, but they were never re-mentioned.
They remained on the order.
The Sclicitor-General As far as you know, did be go
there ?—Witness It Is pbytlcally Impossible that he could
base gone them.

The Solicitor-General: Neither In Chill nor Australia did
he present himself te the ocular Inspection of one single
witness who was examthedl—Witnem : No. Before the Is-
suing o! the Chillan commission, the plaintiff had been crom-
e :unified on ,is hefore wr, Charles Amman, at the
Law Institution.

Tbo sAlcltor-rieneral : Was he cross-examined on the
subject of a persou of the name of Castro whom he sald he
knew In ChM.

Mr. Serjaant Ballantine objected to the question.

Crou.erautlnatlon rammed It was In consequence of what
passed at that croes-exasolaation that I took proceedings to
tune the Chilton commisaion. A large number of the near
relation. of Roger Tichborne were present at that examine
Mon. Lady Doughty, li,ger's aunt and the widow of his
father'. btother, was present. Thcy wets brought there
simply as spectators Mr liadc,iile his first c,usin, Mr.
Alfred Seymour his uncle, Mrs Mangles his only kurriving
aunt, and Miss Mangles, Lord Arundel his first cousin, and
one of his brothers, Colonel and Sirs Greenwood, a cousin,
Colonel George. Mr. John Towneley another Cowin, and a
good many other relatives, were present.
The Solicitor General: Did anything that passed lead you
to believe that be recognised the peraous you have men-
tioned ?—Witness He said he recognised Lady Tichborne,
the widow of Sir Etcard Tichlarne, Ile said, .1 see my
sister.in-law," pointing towards her. He made some obser-
vations In regard to three others, but It was not n answer to
any specific question, put to hint. I dent recollect whether
he recognised Lady Tichborne the tint day or not, but I
think it was the first The mode of recognition was that he
complained that his slster.lndaw was etaring at him.

The affidavit was then put in and read as follows
. . .

I left my regiment (the Care'enure) with the olaect of
travelling for some years in distant pane, mud lu the first
instance 1 determined to proceed to South America. In
March, 10r3, 1100 k peewee on hoard a ship bound for Valpa-
raiso, Where! arrived in cue course, and from that time until
April, 1654, I travelled from place to place In various parte
of South America. In April, 1054, the ship Bella, of Liver-
pool, C mtain Birkell motor, was at the port of Rio do
Janeiro, and, learning that she shortly intended to leave that
port for NO. York, I to, k my towage by the Bella fee that
dry. The Bella left the port of B o on the 20th of April,
1054. I being on board, and proceeded on her voyage. When
she left 1110 the crew of the Bella, including the captain, con-
sisted of seventeen persons, being myself the only passenger.
All went well until the fourth day after the Bella had left
ltio, and was far out of sight of land, but on the morn-
ing of that day the mate reported to tile captain
that she had sprung a leek, and all hands were
!patently set to we, k the pump., and every effort was
made to save the shlp, but without effect, tery shortly
after the mate reported the leak It became apparent that the
venni was fast tilling with water, and the captain announced
that all further elf arta to save the ship were melees, and that
all on board most instantly take to the boats. The Bella
carried a large boat co deck and two smaller boars, one of
which was slung from the davit. on each quarter. tore of the
small boats was stove in and feladerrd 11.10101; but the crew
succeeded in esfely lowering upon the sea the longboat and
the other boat, and in stowing provielem and casks of water
Into the boats. I and eight of the crew got into the second
boat, and the captain and the rest of the crew got Into the
longboat, and Immediately 'Milted dr from the Bella, which
Immediately afterwards sank. The captain, who had in the
longboat the ship's charts, ordered that the second boat
should keep in sight of the lout:boat, which she did for two
days ; hut in the night of the second day • high wind and
storm came on, and the boats were soon out of Sight of each
other, and the loegboat was not seen again by those in the
second boat. The man who had command of the second boat
then determined to let her drift with the wind. 4.a the fourth
day alter the Ben had sunk the crew of the second boat des-
cried a skip in the distance, and used every means to reach her
and attract notice, and for that purpose a red fennel shirt
which one of the crew wore, was attached to an ear and
hoisted as a signal. Ultimately a eigeal was made In reply,
and the crew of the boat rowed to the ship, and I and the
whole of the crew were thus saved after we had been three
days and three nights at sea lean open boat. I was in a very
exhausted state when I was rescued, and was for some time
seriously ill on board the ship: but I was landed at the port
of Melbourne, In Australia, about July, 1854. I saved
nothiug from the Bella except the clothes I were, and when I
landed at Melbourne I had no means of support whatever.
On the first day I landed the captain of the skip took me to
an office—l believe the Custom House—and had a conversa-
tion wish some person there as to what should be done for
me : but nothing was arranged, except that I should be
allowed to sleep on board that night, which I accordingly
did. Before retnnaing to the ship I called at an office,
and made Inquiries for the purpose of asoertairilug
how I could get a passage to England, but without
any useful result. I learnt that Stelbouene was then
In a very unsettled state, in consequence of the gold
mania; that the crews of ships, aa they arrived, very fre-
quently deserted for the gold diggings, and that there was
consequently great difficulty in procuring a passage to
Z •gland. There were a great number of ships then in port
unable to start for want of hands ; and the uay after I nest
landed I wee strolling In the town, and went into • yard
called Rauxyard, situate in Berke street, where a large
number of horses were being sold. I was very much attrac-
ted by what was tatter; place, and a person, whom I after-
wards discoverei to be Mr. William Fatter, an extensive
stockbroker of Glpoland, spoke to ore, and after sneer-
taleing that I was a good rider, offered to take me with him
to Oippeland, where there was good hunting and
shooting I accepted that Mier, and for family reasons I
assumed the name of Thomas Castro—after that of • friend
mimeo Don Thomas Castro, whose acquaintance I had made
at Mellpilia, In Chili—and I continued to me and was known
in Australia by the name of Thomas Castro until shortly
prior to nip return to England. Alter giving an account of
hie proceedings at Gippsland (where he remained nine
months), at Wiigga-Waggs, and other places in Ans.
train, the pleintiff went on to say : Gs the 21. h January,
16135, I Intermarried with Mary Ann Bryant, spinster. We
are both Roman Catholic, ; but being then destrious of
concealing my real name which I could not have done
ff inerried by a prtest of the Church of Rome, inas-
much as I most prior ta marri ate have attended the con•
fenlonal—the marriage was solemnised by the Rev. Fred,
Thos. Brentwlli, a nduteter of the Wesleyan Church, at the
residence of Mrs. Robinson, of Wagga-Wagga I and my
Wife thenceforth continued to reside at Wagga-Wagga, under
the assumed name of Castro, until shortly prior to my return
to England. I ltimately, towards the end of Pits, I for the
Bret time learnt by means of advertistaneut of my father's
death; and, In the early part of January, 18100, 1 wrote and
rent a letter to my mother, Informiug her that I had et last
made up my mind to face the sea once more, and requesting
that money might be sent out to me to retu4n to England.
She received such letter in the course of post, and wrote
and sent to me in reply a letter urging my immediate return
and she subsequently renattted a draft for £4OO to defray the
expenses of the voyage." Stating that he made arrange-
ments to leave Australia before the receipt of the
draft, which dilly arrived, and was returned to
the mother, he contintied Hiving determined to return
to England, I, on July 9, 1886, again went through the
ceremony of marriage with my wife under my
pot p r name, at the Roman Catholic church of St.
Peter and St, Paul, at Goulbourne, New South Wales, ac.
cording to the rites of the Church of Rome, the ceremony,
On that occasion, being solemnised by the Rev. Michael
M'Abroy, rriest ii 50.5 elsureh. Th.* ha. ber•ri fsss,eet
thb marriage two children, and no more, namely, Teresa
Mary Arne-, who was born at Weggs- *ages on the I Bth
March. 10106. and Roger Joseph Danehty Tichhorne. who
was born at Croydon, Surrey, on the 2dth May, 1867. Whilst
remaining at Sydney, previous to toy emberkation. I acci-
dentally met a person named Guilfoyle, who was for many
years in the employ of my uncle, Sir 11 ward Dougbiy, and
is carrying on business at Sydney as a nurserymen. Outlfoyle
and his wife, who saw me at Sydney, well knew me before I
left England In 1553, and upon seeing WO at Sydney they
recognised me as the eldest son of Sir James Francis
Doughty Tichborne. I also met at Sydney Andrew
Bogle, who also had for many yeere beeu in the
employ of Sir Edward it ughty as valet, and to
whom I was well known belom I left England In 1853
Andrew B ,gle, on meeting me at Sydney also recognised
me as the tided son of tie Jams. Francis Doughty Tichborne,
and at n4y request he accompanied me to England.
Andrew Bogle was much respected by Sir Edward and Lady
Doughty for his long and faithful services, and 14 was the
expressed desire of Sir Edward Doughty that, ady Doughty
should allow Bogle, who is far advanced In years, • pension
during his life of £5O per annum Lady Dmghty has re-
gularly pald such pension to Bogle until the receipt of his
letter to her Informing her that he had recognised me: but
sir no then the pension has been stopped." The plaintiff then
gave an account of Lady Tichborm's recognition of him in
Pails ashen sou, and said that on his return from Parts he
visited dichbornepark and Its neighbourhood, and said that
he had been recognised by many of his old friends and others
who knew him before he left England in 1553, and Identified as
the eldest son of sir .1. F. D. Ttchborne: and, among others,
by Mr. Edward ilopidoe ; also by his coml., Mr. Rad-
cliffe and 51, Bisidelph, and by Mr. Vincent G Alford. Mr.
Hopkins, shortly after his interview with him, wrote
letters to Lord Amadei, Mr ninny teymonr, 11. P., and
Mr. Cullington, informing them In positive terms that he
recognised him as the eldest son of file J. F. D. Tichborne,
and that there was not the slightest doubt of his Identity.
With regard to Mr. Goeford he said "At another interview
Gosford recalled to memory various facto which occurred
previously to my leaving England in 1653, some of which were
known only to me and Mr. Gosford, who admitted that some
such facts bad escaped his recollection until they were re-
called to his memory by me, but that he then well remem-
bered that such facts did occur. I proved to Mr. Gosford
beyond a shadow of a doubt that 1 wee the eldest son of
the late Sir J. F. D. Tlchborne, rand no circumstance has
arisen to lead or t 4, testify Mr. Gosfor4l raising any doubt
whatever as to my ' Tao coracle:Bug peragrap`i of
the affidavit refers to the efforts made to defeat hi, rights,
and the employment of detectives to watch his movements.

Calomel Norbury (who wee examined on Tuesday said he
WWI S cornet In the 6th Dragoon Guards In 1849. oboe Mr,
'richt-mime was In the regiment. He saw much of him while
the regiment was quartered to Dublin. Ele messed with the
officer, and suociated with them in the usual way. lie
should udge that Tichborne was about 5 feet SI orb feet 9
inches in height. lie was slender. Ills hair wee of the Colour
of the claimant'.. !le saw an account of the return of the
claimant In the papers. lie hal an interview with the
claimant In consequence of. letter from him. Before open.
log the letter he believed the handwriting was Tichborne's.
The claimant met witnees at the "Foley Arm." Hotel,
Malvern. In a very few minutes witness recognised the
claimant. They were together three hour., arid talked on
various subjects, and, after an hoar, witness was satisfied of
his Ideutlty
&dent Ballantlne wall preceding to ask particular. of the
conversation a. to mitten which occurred before plaintiff
left England, but the Solicitor General objected to that pro-
ceeding.
The Lord Chief Justice ruled that the evidence should be
taken.
The Solicitor General tendered an exception.
The examination of Colonel Norbury was resumed by Mr.
fierjeant B ellantine —Witness stated that there were four
officers in the regiment whose names and peculiarities the
Claimant was acquainted with, and though the claimut forgot
some things, only one of his statements was Inc Tract. All
thee fficeis were dead at that time. Witness picked them
out because he knew the clatmaut could not have seen them
Slue he returned to England. Reference wa. Made to the
barracks. The claimant knew the dtrec lion of the barracks,
but he did not know where his troop was placed. There wan
an ornamen t which he wore, concerning which witness
questioned the claimant, and which he after wards remem-
bered, and which he called his 'sacred heart." The plaint II
mentioned his having been at Clowned, though witness
doubted the correctness of it at tne time. It turned out that
there was a detachment stationed at that place, and that
Tichborne wae there. Ho referred P, the Pitneh which he
heed to use in hie room, for himsell and brother officers.
Ills incorrect statement referred to the presence of Captain
Sawyer at CAB% Witcoss had not the slightest doubt that
the claiment was the same Roger Tlchborne that %Moue
had known In the carblnlere.
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Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins Ile came to that con-
clusion from the general espretslon of the countenance.
Two photographs were handed up to the witness, one of
which he did not recognise; in the other be said he saw a
likeness.
Major Haywood said that In 1916 he became major in the
Carablueers. He remembered in the summer of 1.61
of the officers being invited to a ball at Cable. lie did not
Sea llehnorne from late in the summer of 1551 until Jiffy,
1687, when he went to Aireeford. He asked him various
particulars ae to brother officers. He sited whether he re-
collected anything that took pitvo In reference to the ball at
Cable. Ile said yea, he recollected the joke the offizers
played him; they packed up all his things and threw them
out of the window. This was an accurate account of what
occurred. In 1686 be saw the plaintiff frequently fly fisting.
He could throw a fly perfectly. Witness had no hesitation
n saying that the plaintiff was hi. old brother officer.
Cross-examined: A good many practical jokes were
played upon Mr. ,ichlinrue. Ile was French in his habits
and talk, and could not give the word of command very
clearly. There was a hall-painfill, balf-sUrprieed expression
about the plaintiff s eyebrows which reminded witness
strongly of Ti eh nor Ise. When be was first taken to see the plain-
tiff at Airesford, he did not immediately recognise him. hut
he soon did so. In IsB7 the voice amid the accent were the
some as In 1851 He did not consider the plaintiff so well in-
formed as his brother offi tees. Ile behaved himself as a
geutlem., and spoke English like a French gentleman. The
plaintiff did the same.
George Wild, who seemed very unwell, said that he WU
: now staying at 5 indhurst, where, untd his dimes, be had
; been butler to the Carabineers. When Mr. R. Tichborne joined
the regiment waness was offices batman. He knew Mr.
ilchiiorne from 1,49 till and saw a great deal .1 him.
Witness waited Si me., and otetsionally waited on him in,
his own rooms. there was this peculiarity about him,
that there was a twitching of the eyes and eyebrows. In
March, 1.651, he saw the plaintiff at 11r. Holmes's office, and
e him by the Witching of the eyes and by the voice.
rTbeXlX'lie was almost She same It 3 when he was In the rent.

ment. The plaintiff nientloned several things that bad oc-
curred In the regiment: things that occurred between Ms
brother (Ricers and himself, which witness knew. He had
now not the least doubt that the plaintiff was the officer,
Mr. Tichbome, who we. In the regiment.

Major•Generid William Neville Castanet., .113 was
examined on redneeday,) Said he waa captain In the nth
Dragoon uuards when hit. Ttchbotne was there, and bud
become major when he ,lishbcrnee retired. Whim he ASI at
hes...querters witness saw him constantl7, hilt not so fre-
quentiy when he was away. lie was a thin, yellow-looting,
unwholesome sort of man. lie should say he did not mix
very much with the other officers. lie had a heavy eyebrow,
a peculiar expression about the eye, and he used to wrinkle
1111 his forehead. Witness heard of his supposed loss at see.
Be saw Meson the 12th of o.lober, 1,67, at Salisbury, in
of • letter which he had received from him. When
witness went fleet In the room he did not know hlm,
back was to he light, but when he sat down oprostte witness
he recognized him at once. Ile was wonderfully changed,
having become so fat; but witness recognized him by his
eyes, eyebrows, fc rehead, and general expression. Witness's
belief was that the plaintiff undoubtedly was the man he
Claimed to be.

Crwisexamined: Ills impression was that when he left the
reglment Mr. Tlchborne was not more than 6 feet 7 inches.
He had said that him recollection of him was that he was "a
little, wretched, unwholesome-looking young man; that he
wae about 5 feet 6 Inches, or at most 7, very pale, thin, and
dirty looking, and apparently not likely to grow." Witness
had written this in February, 18b7. A number of photo-
graphs and • daguerreotype were handed to the witness, but
he said that he did not in either of them recognize the Roger
Tichborne of 1859. The plainerl was certainly fatter than he
expected to find him. a
In re-examination the stamen repeated that his deliberate
opinion was that the plaintiff was the man he represented
himself to be.
To the Solicitor-General: Sir. R. Tlchbtrne spelt badly,
and witness recollected being astonished at his getting into
the army. His Impression was that Mr. Tichborne could
not spell as he would have done if he had been properly
educated, ea could not express himself in English properly.
A long letter from Mr. R. Tichborne to his mother, dated
the 2511. of December, 1542, and describing his life In the
army, was read. For the plaintiff It WILS remarked that "foil
dress" was spelled with one "I," and "until " with two,
and the following paessges were noted "I have two horns'
riding every morning, one hour in the rifling school, an one
hour out of the school In the barrack.yard." "touring the
afternoon I have an hour an shall." "The colonel inspecta
all the soldiers and trh.ers to see that there cloths are
brushed and clean" Iwo letters of the plaintiff to Lady
lichborne in leo7 were also reed, and attention was drawn
to the fact thas " travelling " was spelled with one "I,"
"cough "spelled "caught," and "children" with two "Is."
In the aecoud, "where" was spelled "ware," and the writer
promised "To writs To your address in Faris," and said,
"When I got out of the train an old man walk up and said,
'How do you do, Sir It ger.' He knew me in • moment and
noun. knew I was corning."
Captain bberstoue was examined by Mr. Giffard : I was
formerly an officer in the Coratnieers. I was well acquainted
with Roger Tichborne up to 1853 I heard et his supposed
loss at sea, and afterwards of his coming to England. I re-
ceived • circular, and called upon at the "White Horse,"
Romaey. 1 recognised him Immediately after I got Into the
room, and I convened with him for some time. I came very
forcibly to the conclusion that he was 11 .ger Tichborne. I
isaked him to come to see Mrs. Sheraton, who knew hlm.
That was ii. December, 1567. 1 recognised him by the di,-
incised and ansiona look about the eyes. I say now that hie
face comes back to me perfectly, allowing for the increase of
flesh. I helve no hesitation in recognising him as my brother
officer.

William Quilt in answer to Mr. Serjeant Ballentine, said :
I was In the Cerabineers. 1 became serjeant major in lee%
and now enjoy a full pension. I have been employed in the
reel oiling service. 1 remember Mr. Tichborne joining the
regiment. I used to see him when he visited hie
troop. I have seen him walking and rldlng. lie was no
awkward in his walk that I could recognise him across the
yard. Ile was " knock-a-kneed." When I saw him he was
generally In military costume. The twitching of the eye.
brows was disagreeable. Ile had a peculiar lisp. I never
heard au officer speak in the same way before. I visited him
at Croydon in October. I saw a black man, and was taken
up stairs, and he came into the room. 1 did not recognise
him at drat.

[Other witnesses were also examined, and much
evidence taken--but our limited apace precludes us
from Riving more than the preceding outline of the
plaintiffs case].
A COLLEGE FOR WOMEN.

A large meeting was held at the Great St. James"
Hail, Piccadilly, In London, on Monday afternoon,
under the presidency of the Hon. Cowper• Temple,
M.P., in support of a proposed foundation for a
Women's College at Cambridge. Among those present
were Lord Lyttelton, the Bishop of Peterbbrough,
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, M.P., Mr. Winterbotham, M.P.,
the Rev. Dr. Barry, the Rev. Canon Miller, and Mrs.
Anderson. _ _

By the opening remarks of the Chairman, it was
shown that in 1867 the encouragement given to the
project of founding a college for women above the age
of eighteen was sufficient to justify a house being taken
at Hit,hin for six students, and the college was opened
in 1869, the instruction being given by lecturers from
Cambridge and London. It was thought, he said, that
the institution of such a college in the midst of Cam.
bridge would prove distracting to the undergraduates,
and, therefore, Hitchen was hit upon as a place equally
accessible from Cambridge and London, but experience
had shown that the c.gst of bringing teachers was too
great for an institution which aimed at becoming
self-supporting. It was now necessary, he said, to
consider whether the institution should be made
permanent or be abandoned. As to the need of an
institution for the higher eduation of we men, he
maintaine r that this need was fully proved, and he
proceeded to speak of the flimsy instruction generally
afforded in "ladies' establishments" to girls, the time
given to " accomplishments " in those places, and the
want of solid information gained by pupils. The want
of a place for "higher instruction" for women in-
volved an expenditure of £lO,OOO in addition to the
amount already received, which would purchase a site
within three miles of Cambridge and would pay the
preliminary expenses. its considered that it was
right the system of foundation should be commenced
anew in this direction, seeing that the wants of women
were not considered in former days. He announced
that there would be no formal resolutions. Lord
Lyttelton then spoke in support of the proposal, and
erprepaed an opinion tnat Women Dad a !vitt to tne
advantages of educational foundations.

Sirs. Anderson, who was received with applause, spoke at
some length. She said the idea of true collegiate life for
women was so new, and was in some respects so much
opposed to the ordinary conception of what was suitable—
it contrasted, too, so strongly with the family life, that who-
ever would ask for public help towards de% eloping if itchin
College was bound first to justify the idea of which this was
the embodiment, in explaining why the idea commended
itself to her mind, and was preferred by her te proposals
which had also much to recommend them, and which were
frequently presented as Its substitute, she said it appeared
to her that those who desired to see a college founded by
women on the model of the ea Universities had to answer
two questions—Do women need higher culture than they
now have? Can they not get all they want without the
foundation of a new institution? Without attempting to
answer the first question exhaustively, she gave three rea-
sons which led her to believe that the qumtion ought to be
answered affirmatively. In the first place, a higher and more
solid education than was now given to women would be of
value to almost all professional women, for, whether they
Intended to be teacl.ers, miters, artists, or members of any
other profession, a solid and liberal education, with the
training gained through it, would hoof the utmost use sia a
preparation for the specie' education their profession would
demand. She instanced, as an example, that the first step
In a medical training was a knowledge of Latin, Greek,
and Euclid ; that writers must have a knowledge of logic
and language, and the students of natural science begin with
Algebra she could say that one of the special difficulties
of women in studying for a professional life was their im-
perfect and superficial preliminary education. The second
reason referred to the wider class—thew who in all pro-
bability would never enter a profession—the women who
formed the domestic society of educated men. It appeared
to her that for this class a higher education was not only
needed, but heeded 110 W to a degree to which it had never
before been needed. She believed that women were about
to enter upon a wider range of duties, that social Inde-
pendence and political independence were being gradually
given to women, and that therefore they should especially
desire to receive that culture which, prectous under all cir-
cumstances, was more than ever precious to those who wou'd
duly discharge the responsibilities of freedom—for freedom,
after all, was not an cud, but a means to an end. Iler third
reason was the good which would result to women of the
"leisurely classes" front a more wild education, and meet-
leg the objection that women have mobile nervous systems,
which would break down under serious mental culture, she
declared that to keep them without this culture was to be
compared to treating the nervous by shutting them up on a
diet of green tea and muffins, and she called tor a healthy
treatment in a higher purpose, for nothing, she said, cured
like work, and work for an object external to the worker. It
was to the absence of any necessity for regular and steady
work that, she believed, many of the most miserable cases
of nervous weakneasea in woman were due. Ste enlarged
upon the en' jtct, and when she resumed her sent was loudly
h sued.

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The Bishop of Peterborough also spoke, as did Mr.
Finch.

The Rev. Dr. Barry proposed the only vote of the
day, the complimentary vote of thanks to the chair-
man, and expressed his hearty sympathy with the
work.