The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1873-08-05 00:00:00

THE TICHBORNE TRIAL.

On Wednesday Dr. Kenosly vu occupied • oomider-
able time in leading • rid OLIN and eorrespondence in
referent* to the iubject of the alleged seduction, to
support the typotbesto that Roger Thabborue, while he
was staying at Upton for the hunting newton of 1852.
tivii the oppottunty of going in the neighhourhood of
Tichboni• with the ajtct of throwing binned, I. the
way of hie sioustn. It. afterwarie 'Anted, by way of
explaining away sundry dlsorspencit • pointed out by
jery men, that there will be evictor°. gelled by bun to
show that the aceldmita the defendant suff-red cannot
base felled to base affected his head. He should show
by the evidence that the Roger Tiehborne who shipped
on board the Bella had • brown mark ou his aide
esactly ilke tie defendant. Then the statement of
the defendant that the Belle had twelve feet of water
In her when bee dangerous condition vu first
Botta d—which the nautical witness said was
ini-redible— what • marvellous proof that he wee
not Arthur Orton, a tailor, who knew all shoot tho see.
and was the last min in the world to have invested
such 11.tory. He could unneretand a landsmen making
snots • blender, hut Arthur Orton . The more
complete donkey the defendant made himself in matters
of this bird, the stronger was the ounviction in his
mind that it. was Roger Tichborne. If the defendant
was an artful knave and whining impostor, as tbia
Crown said, be would never have been guilty of seek
an absurdity. The fact was, hie mind being sapped
and him memory gene, he wee not responsible for mush
that he mid. 01 think when the jury know how this
man's brain ma effected by dimipation in youth and by
numerous falls and tumbles, they will think there ia no
other way of accounting for the absurdities than what
I missal." Mr. Kesserily, in arguing against the mi-
gration that Bogle pie defendant all Lie information,
pointed out that the detail. of Roger's American life
could not have been known to bum. He also dwelt on
the completeness of Lady Tiohborne'e recognition.
It was arranged thet the oourt should, at its riming
to-morrow, adjourn until Tuesday, owing to the indis-
position of • jarylsan.

The Indies Government propose expending. daring
the next Ave years no lege than 27 millions sterling in
constructing 2,700 miles of new rallesys and works for
irrigation.
The Duke of Desonabire, presiding at • Ferman'
Club, 'salved the bleb price of cora sod beef to the
gen.ral rise In the wages of I.boor. Touching on the
auk jtot of egrieulteral machinery, he expressed •
wilnegnissa to aid teuset farmers by presidia( such
metes oh fertilisation, the oast to be repaid him by
instalments.

Tirs Fats CHURCH OR BIGLAID,
Free Church of Ragland In Exeter is now likely to
ooatey its proper papillae Si an ivarigelical Protestant
shoroh of the Refoemetiou type. The load papers
speak of the re-osening earvice as an event of morns
elknificasee. "The form of worship," mys on 111a1or
paper, 'is in strict ocinfortaity with the Natioeal
F.atublisbuient in all that is Protestant and evangelise'.
The service, ehich was exaetly the woe sa In
the Chutelt of Ragland, was most ab'y esoodueted by
the lite. J. Wormiest*. Ilse smarm was preaehed
by the Bishop-President of the Church, and he took for
hie subject the incident of to. Pard rebuking the
Month of the Caladling for their attempted heresy,
aod in their introducing matters of 'mammy and of the
law calculated to destroy the true Gospel of Christ, did
subeituUng works sod details of an espioded worship
fee be true end only true Gospel doctrine of justifica-
tion by feith ; and the preacher most forcibly rod ably
tempered it with tbo Ritualism of to day. The sermon
made a great imeressiou. In the evening the Ray. J.
Wonnaoott preached to. large congregation. A cone..
pondent of the Weaken Timms, speakiog of the Free
Church of England to Exeter, says Although I am
not • member of the above-named Church in its
o wporde chersater, yet there being now no Protestant
Notional B.tablishasent in this pwt of the e,ty through
the tistaallsatioo of them, I was oon 4444 good to pay the
above char& • visit this mornir g. end I r.o was
induced to go because the oburob wag re-opened after
the enlargement, jest mpleted. Herr at all <mows.
Is • nucleus round which Itvanoliail Churchman, ae
wail aft Noooosterralsts. oan rally, and hoer too Word of
God I. all simplicity. There was no huous-poous Awe
no gatldily bedizened vestment-seen—no grovelling
before wax candles or the portrait of e aaint—no bowing
down to any image, whether graven or brazen, nor •
dog or banner. All here vu as natural as primitive
reintioa herself was under the eye sod the predicts of
the Great Nader, when Ines • stood eV—whether they
were Imbliosa or Pharisee or any other individual, 'to
pray in the tourple. I was glad to tee so unsay true
Churchmen there, for is it Lot a Church In strict
conformity with the National Establishment in all nal
Is Protestant, evangelical, sad of good report !-0.4 in
faith, ooe in Air 1111 pie ordinscol of ths Last hopper,
and only different by being devoid of all those plague-
spot& of Beensuden and superstition which were for
expedieocy left, diree centuries ago,' upon the fair
white garment of ter seseoti.l eharacter, did which
the Ritualieta and the Jesuits are now Lakin sorb
deadly advantage of. This Free Cherish circles
out her peofesoloe of freedom which is writtvu on tier
Deed-poll. It simply repudiates Tracterianisoi,
Ritudient, and what). sidled " Betionalisce -" although
I, for my own part, thick that the philosophy ef
acid is the very macs of all adrenal mu, and
towers isopesessly above the legio irides of Plato or
Booster. This is their programme of the Churoh :-
1. Fres to go 10)0 *O7 pariah where malady to preach
the Goa* of Jesus China. 2. Free to use the Book
of Common Prayer, as revised by Coavocadon. 3
Free, in ageorditne: with spooled° and 'primitive
urge, to meet special oilvegoatanaza Rod 'pedal
wade by extemporary prayer. 4. Free to units with
the laity, with the elegy In the government aad work
of the Church. 6. Free ef Mate support and 000troL
6. Free to Interchange larder with the shwa of
ether decosslaidiorie 7. Free to held coeuessima
with di who call ea tbe WM* of Jeans anise am tisk
ROIRONG WM and Mager. Therefore who is. oink
fres Miklos Nook a Uliandi 'Cieivesi r"