The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-08
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- story OF A Lost Heir.
The London Star Of January 3, has
the following interesting story, part Of
which has already been told, but IN an
incomplete form
The events of real life nre often so
extraordinary that the writer's of fc-
zion never need trust wholly to their
imaginations for the materials out Of
which to fashion the most romantic or
sensational story. Certainly Sir Roger.
Charles Tichbourne, Bart, who ar.
rived at Southampton yesterday, and
was recognized and welcomed by his
Hampshire tonantry as the long-lost
heir TO an English baronOtcy and an os-
tate, with n rent-roll Of from ten to
fifteen thousand year, has done moro
than his part towards verifying the
old adngo which, although too hack
'neyod to quote, is based upon q truth
that Is constantly repeating itself. OF
course, Sir Roger will yet have to do
much to establish his .claim.H Posses
ion is ninc-tenths Of the law, and even
ON infant who is in this position is
generally sure of plenty Of friends to
do battle for him, and to assert the
sgenuineness, of his title. But foftu-
rnately for all parties the question now
ssuoinvolves no profound genealogi-
cal puzzle. Baptismal and marriage
registers have not to be ransaGksd, or
musty parchments, worn and oblite-
rated by age, unfolded to solve the per-
picking enigma whether tho individual
who calls himself Sir Roger Charles
.Tichbournc isreally decended from the
first baronet, whose creation dates as
far back as 1920. u this were the
point to be decided, the feast would be
one for lawers to fatten upon for years
to come, and the cause Of Tichboune
verSuS Tichbourne might be destined
to grow in length and obscurity for
tho benefit Of remote posterity. But
as, in fact, tho only thing which has to
be done is other to prove or to disprove
the identity of the new claimant, we
may hopO for speedy solotioh ofthe
problem, The question is whether he
is tho son of his supposed father, or
somebody else's son. The tenantry of
Tichbourne Park, or at least some of
their oftheir number, appear already
to have satisfied themselves that the
ex-butchcr Of Wagga Wagga.is in truth
the eldest son of the late Sir James
Doughty Tichbourno, and therefore
the lawful inheritor Of the title and
property of that dofunct worthy.
This strange, eventful history, as it
has come to us from Australia, is worth
narrating. Many years ago-exactly
how many dees not appear-Roger,
the heir of the late baronet, suddenly
left home and took ship for America,
He probably surrendered himself to
the influence Of that rowing disposi-
tion which has allured many scion of
q wealthy or aristocratic house 10 the
gold digglngs of Australia, to the back
woods ofAmerica, or to the forecaftle
of a merchantman. The vessel which
conveyed him to the American conti-
nent was wrecked, and it was expected
that Roger was amOpg those who had
periShSd. Ifthe relations Of father
and son had been unsatisfactory, there
would probably be no very strict in
quiry into the facts, and at best these
would be difficult of authentication.-
Be this as il may, his younger brother,
Alfred Joseph TiChbourne, was rscog-
nized as the hSir, and on the death Of
his father, IN 1862, entered into the
possession Of tho title and property
Sir Alfred was then ayoung man, only
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