The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-08
=. p. conway on the Tichborne caso.


Correspondence Cincinnati on7iffsrrfa,
:, LONDON, ENGLAsp, january 20.-The 70.
nance Of tiis TichBorne case increases IN
interest under the artistic treatment of tle
Attorney-G General. If physiogno mies can tell
anything, the jury has been convinced by the
orator (whose tremendous speech is going on
rs Write) that the claimant is Arthur Orion.
The heaviest blow. yisibly felt by the claim
ants counsel, was the announcement that a
young nobleman stood ready to swear that
be himself made tattoo-mark on the gen,l.
inc Rogers arm; and the next heaviest, per-
haDs, was the fact that in the will made by
tho claimant to raise money in Australia there
is shown total ignorance of the persons and
affairs of Tichborne, while the names men,
toned all are known in Mapping and in the
history of the Orion family. MeanWhilet the
change Of public opinion begins to appear.
The claimant no longer receives so much ap-
plause. For some time, indeed, the opinion
in his favor has been chiefly limited to the
roughs and petty tradesmen. The theatres,
which pretty surely reflect the opinion of the
middle classes, are in their pantomimes just
now handling him very roughly. The clim-
ant went himself recently to the Princess's
Theatre, and sat in a private box. When
I the sparkling Miss Caroline Parkes said of an
enormous enigy of him.!
elf he's not Mapping butcher,
!, --,sE'. He'sa wllopping baronet," G,
tho claimant left the house, and the manager
received next day a request that some Of their
versifcations should be altered. Whether it
was complied with I do not know, but SINH
lar notes addressed. as I have heard, to other
managers have not received much attention.
At Drury Lane Theatre, where the panto-
mime of "Tom Thumb" is attracting great
crowds, there is shown shop over the door
ofwhich is written, :" Orion, butcher" Out
| Of the shop comes burly representation of
the claimant, WHO is here also called a
"W(Dopping bucher"-a joke which the
superfluity Of the letter "h" in England rem
ders little less feeble than 1t would seem in
America. -:J
He is made to take from a little boy (de-
fendant piece of mutton, the boy going of
weeping. A lawyer is called, who pro-
nounces it q very doughty pronounced
doubty) case, and carries off the mutton
| under his arm. At Covcnt Garden, in the
pantomime of "Blue Beard" huge box ap-
pears, marked "Fat Pork" From it the
claimant energies, claims al enormous sirloin,
and marches off with it. The clown calls to
him, "You're going toward Tichborne
street; this is the way to Wapping" at
these points in the plays the laughter of the
crowd is not mingled with any sign of dis
appreciation.
Now, here are some facts concerning the
Orton family which you will not get from
the Attorney-Generars speech or from the
evidence in this case, which may prove in
teresting to your readers. Mapping is sim
ply parish division for southeastern part
of London. 1t is about two miles from st.
Paurs cathedral, borders on the Thames, is
near the London docks, and is very busy
place.. Near q place called Mapping Old
Stairs, No. 60 High street, lived old Ortor
and his descendants, carrying Oh the butcher
business. The old d" CarnifeX," as the At
torney-General euphemises it, had not 8
very high reputc for the excellence of hi:
meat, nevertheless he made money, and was
rcputed to have made fortune. The family
consisted of old Mr.. and Mrs. Orion, two
daughters and two sons, Charles and Arthur
A remarkable fact is that there was he
reditary hump on in the family, from
which Arthur alone was free. Charlie
| assisted his father in the business, Blu
Arthur did not, and was esteemed worth
less, idle, and dissipated fellow. at schoo
he did not study, and his Ignorance made
MIN luc DUH VI lIc pptS. Liz hSloiiboi
attributed Arthur's wldncss to his lack o
the family hump. Now, there is superstl
ton. which must be very strong at Wrapping
that hump on the back or shoulders prog
nosticatcs great wealth to its possesSor. Sc
when Charles Orion passed along the stree
the children irreyercntly asked for som
of his jewels And, in fact, Charlie
did obtain by his hump what Il
!, | 4 ;ou-nl ,,nr,oI,- 1y;fa-a
girl-who really believed in the omen O
wealth. He was married after his pa
rents were dead and buried in Bow church
yard. But when the servant girl found on
That the story of old Orton's wealth wa
fabulous, and that there seemed little chanc
of her husband (who now alone carried o.
: the busincss) obtaining wealth, she took t
: drinking, became virago, and led Charles
remarkable life. At Last she left hil
to take care Of their two small chi
dren, unsolaced by her affection, undi.
turbed by the still stronger blows which sh
!; is said to have been in the habit of admins
tering to the treacherous hump.
Arthur, meanwhile, was known only as
kind of sot and ihertine, devoted to the cir
shop yclcpt Union Flag and Punch Bowl
bv day, and to flash balls and dances of til
!, neighborhood by night. His companion wa
one Field, who was afterward drowned i
the Thames. At last he (Arthur) took hin
self of, and has not been since seen in Eng
land in the flesh, unless the first impressio
of his two sisters=-now Mrs. Freight an
Mrs. Jury-on seeing the claimant, that b
, was their long lost brother, be correct. Til
|! claimant went to Mapping the moment h
landed, gave those women fifty pounds, an
their certainty of his identity with the
brother has diminished ever since. Mr.
Freight keeps clearinghouse at the East II
dia docks in small but successful way
d, Charles Orion, whose hump was to brin
him such wealth, had particularly bad luc
rs butcher, and is said to be now wandc
ing about England as ragged and barefot
ragrant. The people of Wrapping do ltt
else than discuss the Tichborne case, and al
divided into two strong parties pro and con
Nearly all say that Arthur Orion was dec
!. dedy inclined to be stout before he left En-:
land, and that in some features-espcciall
the nose-the present claimant resembles I'll
elder Orion, his father. 4 great many OF
folks simply shake their heads and await IL
verdict.
ANOTHER CLAIMANT FOR SLICE or NE
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