The New York herald., 1871-11-19
His Travels i'm South America,
Perils at Sea and Ca
reer i'm Australia.
GOOD FORTUNE ANNOUNCED TO HIM.
leaves Australia, Arrives in England and
Is Recognized by Lady ITCH
borne as Her Son.,
THE TRIAL ITSELF

LONDON, Nov. Z, 1871.
The London Times Of this morning furnishes the
following full and interesting resufle Of the Itch.
ssrne case -
The trial OF this extraordinary case will recon-
mence to-day case in which, TO use the languag
Of Mr.. Sergeant lallantine 1.-The issue Is whether
person WHO now claims " DC entitled 10 an ancient
baronetcy and extensive estates Is really the true
her o. Is, in truth, an outrageous Inposier.n The
trial has already lasted so long, and the mass OF
evidence aready taEen 1e y n so raat !. ap
peciay alter 20 long an interval TO present sum-
mary OF the evidence SO lar as has already gone,
80 as 20 enable the reader TO take up the thread OF
this prOtracted inveS llgaliOn and understand the
bearing Of the evidence which remains to be
easier and more desirable because The whole OF the
eyilencc has been printed and IN a form suostan-
italy correct has been published, and is in every
6Ody'S hands so that II Is unnecessary to enier into
Details and II will he sufficient TO refer in general
terms TO the evidence under each heau, while, on
Orer Of time, IL IS difficult without some assistance
TO follow 1t or understand It's real meaning and ef-
feet. 1t is proposed, therefore, to o1er such assist
ance by presenting in q clear and connected form
the broad facts OF the case as already disclosed in
the evidence, avoiding disputed points as lar as
possible, and only referring to the evidence under
each head The numerals OF references VIII DC TO the
day OF tue trial and the name OF the witness, IN
order TO enable any one to follow our summary aud
70 test accuracy by reference to the evidence in
erte7s0, and thus the summary VIII serve the double
parposc o al ia1ex or gnine TO the evidence, and
THE FIRST THING 1T Is NECESSARY CLEARLY TO UN-
DERsTAND
10 the issue TO be determined which, as defined by
Inc Court oil Cnanccry whence the case cOmes,. Is
wnether te Claimant is or Is not the heir OF Sir
James llchborne, who died In the year 1862. That
is the issue TO be determined, ana upon that issue
tue claimant having to make out that he Is the heir
nc Oi course began, and all the evidence up TO this
uu'e !las been ms evidence. 1t Is only IRON that
evidence the present account has been collected: !:
ano II Is only INTENDED to present the princIpa and
sS lar as possible, the undisputcd facts.
THE HEIR or cir JAMES TICHRORNE
was his son Roger, VINO was born IN 1929. His
Darsn,sIns u;si ,n mother being Frenchwoman-rc
up until he was fourteen or fifteen years OF aye.
Consequently he spoke French with facility, ana lJ
Accent Ills parents being Roman Catnoilcs, he
was sent 10 Stonyhurst College for education and
entered the army, and obtained u commission in
cavalry regiment the Carblncers,, statoned rst at
r,s ~ ;san ana lie Dublin and other
IN Paris, ana he corresponded with them III terms
MANY or mrs LETTERS
have been produced. and arc printed. and as our
rcaoers are probably acquainted with them 1t Is
enough TO say ol them that they arc written with
Pr0prcty as 10 ideas and feelings AMI expression
anu that though they contain some minor misspc-
lngs and some Gacislns they nave NO vulgaiilies.
Witnesses stated that aG this tune Roger TichDOrnc
was pae ana fnin, and that lie nan good manners.
tic, Ol course, moved III good society. One 0i his
intimate frlenus was Slr CLIFFORD Constable, whom
he visited at Burton lie was Connected on his
m0,her's side With he family Of the Seymours, ami
families, including the IOwnlcys ana The RadcllUes.
and among others he knew was Mi. Kadcllne, who
Afterwards married Mss Doughty.
EARLY LIFE
When lie attained The age of twenty -onc, which
was on The 5lh OF January .s52 he joined IN discn-
tahIng the csiaics, on which OCCASION u MI. Hop
kin- his attorney. tshould be stated here
that the family attorney was u gentleman named
Goslor,l, IN whom hoger Tichporne had great conf
dence. and WIN whom he WAS always on terms OF
personal intimacy. ipger was on duty with his
regiment In Ireland uni January, 1888, except DUR
1
o. absence he nsei to stay with his unclc Sir Ed
ward Doughty, who lhen hell The baronetcy and
estates al Ich0orne Park, and there he tel
IN LOVE win MS COUSIN, NATE DOUGHTY,
then girl OF seventeen. The Christmas oi 1881 was
spent Dy Roger flchborne at ms uuce's, and there
he appears TO have proposed Lo his cousin ana TO
nave been feiectcd. ihs appears from lils letters
to have occurred Ia January. l,52, ami tic date Is
important. The event appears 10 have greatly ar.
lected him. for on tho 9TH oi Jlnuaty he wrote that
h. intended going abroad and desired 10 make cer
tain arrangements As To ms estate and that lie had
cuniided his private wishes and Intentions 10 Mr..
G0siord. There Is no doubt that lie deposited with
Nj. G0siold
SEALED PACKET
containing his last WISHES ana intentions, and the
claimant IN his evidence, stated that there were no
Otnct private wishes and inientlous than those con-
tanned IN the packet. Tnls II viii he observed was
on the 5Ll o January, 1897. Ten days later he was
IN iars, where he arrived on The l1tn and next day
wrote 10 Mr. Goslord, aludng III terms OF blter dis
appolntmen to the sudden termination OF his visit
~ lichUorno. Early IN February he wrote to his
cousin IA terms OF affection, referring sorrowfuy 10
" an angry interview WIN his uncle, when lad
led 10 his sudden departure. Again. next day,
llc wrote To her III terms which Indicated tnat
hc had been rejected on accout Uf fault in MS
character, and hc declared that he should occupy
three Years III trylng 10 reiorui and In becoming all
sue wished II appears mat he still enteitalned
hoie at some future une OF marrying hcr, and on
TIC I'd % June. 1857, he signed paper, In which
he socmnl, vowed to Duild church n hs nopes
shodlJ lie reaiti ell. Nhe IN tlis state OF mind
lie liiREw VI HIS COMMISSION
anu male arrangements for gOipg abroa for a wear
Aptt liIp lStl nj
wale IN England were To Miss Doughty. 1hns on
the 9Th oi December. 1882, ne wroie to her in
come down and see her. as lie had 10 20
TO Paris to see his parents, aud that
tn DAYS nelorc hc cmndrkcd Tor Soath America
lie 10 her mat ne should bc glad 10 hear nom ner
and would ceriany answer her 'rtteIs and give ner
M account OF ms wandeIlnss. lie went 10 raris
accordingly 10 see MS parents, and promised them
g. return immeoia,ciy in The event of his la,her's
dea,h.
MS MOTHER SAID
when Roger quite Paris, Jus, before bis departure hp
fa1e alter tsv'ns .iniy tried g MAKE hun I've u he dsa
lake hin he hoped be would come eAcA Immediately 80 be
s se' !" nav :. &c rs qs . .s n
mo'her.--tDowater's Leuer, oe. H. iSa'' SD ia,J
PREPARING TO 20 AeRoAp
Early In 1859 Roger went to London 10 make hnal
arrangements for his voyage. From London lie
wrote 10 his parents N anecuonate terms. IN tins
sonth America AMI TO be abroad year or eighteen
uR SAILED FROM HAvRE
on the LIST or March, 1875, Tor Valparaiso, win one
Moore as his deter, thrtieth ayl, AMI frun
the ,me OF his ARRIVAL N south America he ooutn-
ues to write hts mother or his aunt Lady Dough-
y, VI AIRS. seymour. Tic
ARRIVED AT VALPARAISO
on the 18TH OF June, is53 lie stayed there onlv
lev lays ana went to Callao ana thence TO Lima
luvuce no weni fortnlghts excursion 10 Guaya'
ans,, ,aianI, "a, ana then. on lac I2th OF December,
uAcA ,. 70 SAiparaso, ana thence TO santa
go Inis was On tue lin OF January, 1854
NJ" ~ nun SA.Iago he went across he Cor,iileras
10 Menuozs, anu thence. on the l.th Of February,
70 Bnenos Ayres. lie then wrote that nc should 80
10 honle'lueo on his way 10 Brazil and that ne
sb0uin 90 thence W kiUgst n, jamaica on his way
20 Mexlvo % 'he 2th al June, ,ss. Roger wrotc
iron, 20 MI. GAslori, mentioning that ne
.bad heari ol thr jean cl ms uncle Nv Wuich h,q
n hef had succeeded 10 the oa-oaetcy and lnar he
presumed HI parents were settled aS Tichbcrnr