The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-21
MEN WITH TWO FACES.
The Return OF Sir Roger Tichborne.

The temperance of a long lost son has
Always IN II something striking and dramatic.
he papers have lately been full of accounts
Oh such re-appearance the interest in which
- IN lhis case intensified by the fact that the
/ long lost son has been nineteen wears away
4 from England that he returns under most ro-
nlantic circumstances; and that above all he
Is II his claim be genuine, the heir 10 baro-
hetcy and very large property in Hanp-
shire.
The story has been hitherto told so much by
! pi"cemeal that ii may be well 10 recapitu-
late IL. In 1853 Roger Charles TiChborne an
I cX-leutenant in the Sixth dragons, left Eng
/ land TO visit South America Early in lsA
7 Mr. Ilchbornc, having declared he would
never return 10 England during his fathers
lifetime, crossed from Peru TO Rio Janerio,
nnd embarked on board 4 small schooner-the
Bclla. of Iiverpool-for Jamaica. The Bella,
/ however, never reached her destination. u
! portion Of = vessel, which was clearly part
OF the wreck of the schooner, was picked up
at sea. The underwriters paid the insurance,
ana no doubt remained that AL hands, inclu-
ding Mr.. Tichborne, had perished in her.
The LOST son was duly nourned and duly for
gotten. In 1852 his father, Sir james Itch
borne, died, and a second son, Sir Alfred
Roman Catholic. who had married n daugh
ter of Lord Arundel Of WardOur, succeeded
TO the title. This young man ran through his
property with extraordinary rapldity. He
raced, built yachts, and got over head and ears
in debt. His last favorite toy was n little pony
that he used TO bring on the Ia BILE after dinner
lie died in lsG6, without any children; but
shortly after his death Lady TiChborne gave
birth 10 Il son, who, up TO the present time, has
been in possession Of the title. Meanwhile
faint rumors that young Tichbornc was still
alive reached England-often through evident
lmpostors, who made money BY trading on the
affections Of II mother eager to receive such
good news. Sometimes it was reported that
he had escaped the wreck, and was 4 stock
keeper in tho Falkland Islands at others that
he was II mate on board IN American whaler.
For eight years, however, he never wrote
home, either TO his mother, his bunker, or his
lawyer; nor did lie from the Christmas lie
embarked on board the Bella draw any money
for his support. ! Was not Till early in 1866
that letters were received by his mother from
Australia stating that he had been picked up
al SEA by 4 vessel called the Osprey and CON
Neycd 10 Australia, where he had since lived
as a horse breaker and butcher. Having met
in Australia IN old negro servant of his
uncr's, the late Sir Edward Doughty, and
hearing from him of his fathers death, he had
resolved TO return with his wife and child end
claim the inheritance
Early on New Years Day last q lady, one of
the Tichborne family, entering the old chapel
of the ancrnt mansion Of the family near Al
Icsiord. was startled At seeing the old negro
s"rr:rht. Andrew Boyle - prayers in his ac-
cuslomcd corner. He Instantly told the lady
that Sir Roger had arrived, and was then 1T
the Swan Inn, close TO tn" park gates. Boyle
said that when the Bella went down Sir
Roger ana dozen others c~caned III the long
boat, and after al but four five men had
4 been washed overheard, the Osprey had picked
up the survivors. While 1T Alresiord the
claimant recognized many persons and NJ
luGcd TO minute incidents of past years The
farmers were most eager TO see II hls eyes
twinkcd and his righ: knee turned in
wards, rs Sir Rogers used 10 do. One
man having Obtained by particular re
quest what he called "a tull-iaccd view OF
his back declared, slapping his thigh with
satisfaction, that he would now '' swear to
latt .Ill AZ. a no {,
j. that the prodigHl son, g weighing eighteen
stone has just been recognized by his mother.
That the mother At least is satisfied Of his
identity there appears, indeed TO be no do"bt.
As, however, here are sales which must be
cancelled, and heavy debts which must be
dsallowed. if this claim be established, it is
scarcely wonderful that the lawyers should
be slow TO recognize the new claimant.
Nor can cT"n The strong fact of the Dow
aG"r Lady Tichbornes recognition OF her long
lost son he takca aS conclusive. Thirteen
years have elapsed siuce the young man went
away and ii is admitted that his appearance
has Undergone great change. a mothers
anxiety for the return OF I; son long supposed
TO be dead may easily lead her 10 put faith III
Slight rcscmbances; and the memory OF an
old lady may hc weak, or her sight or nearing
/ defective III such cases imposition would not
be 80 difficult rs it would 1T first appear to be,
especially if claman! had possessed himself
OF full Information about Sir Roger early
{ life, which he might easily get from nelghD"rs
CT from old servants of the family. Lawyers
therefore naturally ask for further proofs.
| The history of fraud, IT must be relneln-
bcred, is fun of the most audacious and "N-
traordiuary dcceptionS pracilced sometimes
not merely from motives Of ambition or
;tyaricC but from the mere wish 10 trlck ana
TO deceive. Some persons are born with 4 Sc
cretire tendency which seems 10 produce,
when INDUCED, perfect craving Tor nnpcr-
sonatiou and impusture To be merely them
selves is enjoyment 10 such beings IL Is
HAT, stale, and unproiitable; but 10 be linpro-
ttable-to have two faces ana half-uoZen
distinct masks, that Is TO them power anC
pleasure combined. There WAS Lambert sim.
nell a bakers son, who, us all readers OF Eng
J lish history know, passed himself OIL as the
Earl of Warwick (who had escaped from the
ToWerj and was actually crowned in Dublin
under the name of Edward the Sixth
Eventually defeated i'll battle, bis sue
ccssful rival, Henry The Seventh, made nm
scullion'iu the royal kitchen. SiN years AFTER
wards, taking advantage OF trouDous times
! and the disputed Inheritance, Periin War
beck, the sou of Edward the Fourth, besieSed
. Exeter, and eventually lost his head IN IN"
I Tower In Portugal. one OF their KINGS nav
! ing been slain i'll battle, but his body never
| found men were constantly claiming 10 be The
! long lost Don Sebastian. One OF these was 4
pastry cook another a tailor, third mason.
! They were all put 10 death. IN kussli mere
were also many persons who claimed TO De
! hemetrius, Il young prince VINO h;td Deei muir
dered hv his fathers successor. One OF lntSe
men-t monk--had actually been crowned
/ emperor his rival poisoning himself III ae-
SPAR.
After The death Of The young Dauphln Son
! of Louis the Sixteenth of France, i'll prison III
| Paris three or four false Dauph4ns appeared.
/ The most conspicuous OF these were Il German
matchmaker and Il French tailor. In our own
| country, IN later times there have been some
extraordinary cases OF double faced lmpos-
turc. George PsalmanaZar, trenchlnah VINO
| had served III the army III Flanders, came 10
] England and passed himself oil III sociely IL
a native OF Furmos;l, an island in the Pacific
| ColoniZed hy the Chinese. de wrote Il shitHi
history of the island and Invented language
| He even ate raw meat in public, 10 TESTIFY 10
| The barbaric habits he had acquired III the
| place TO which he had never been. lie was III
| last discovered; but so clever was the lilai,
and 50 decorous was his after HE, ana 50
manifest the sincerity of his repentance, that
/ he became 4 respected literary lnlh, anu uiee
| in 1868 much ltlnented
| In lsl- a still more remarkable lmpoSloI
| arose-lhc Sagrant daughter OF Il DtNohsnllc
| cobblrr, who passed herself OIL TO the G!ou-
cestershirc gentry and the Bristol citiZeils as Il
| Chinese princess, who, carried oil By pirates,
| had been sold 10 the captain OF an EnGlSh
| brig. from which she had escaped ana SWAN
| ashore She also deceived every oouS ny III
| venting 4 language and "rltlhg uoWh an ~
| uhabet One enthusiast interpreted All neI
| 1ibbcriSh rs Il CircaS>ian; another proved ilel
| 10 have come from Earabout, IN Independent
| Tartary. She was 1T last detected; atteF
| which She emgrated 10 America, whence she
| announced her intention ol returning III Il
coach and tour.
| Rnt rhe case in which 4 man with TWO races
| pre- en- tly distinguished hlmScll IL i 'etii
| norarily successful rogue happened III lie
| iouth nj France soon after Cl uten ElEtpeIu
| assembled the throne. It's perusal IS enough ~
make LAWYERS careful in all such cases, ana "
| demand the fullest proofs before tney atio" ~
lost sons TO claim properly "i.icn .hiro nrS ,bev
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