The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-17

really escaped from the wreck Of Che
vessel which was supposed to have ell
gnlphed in the ocean. His life in Aus
tralia under his assumed name was not,
II was admitted. of a character to inspire
his noble and gentle relatives with any
enthusiasm toward him as tho head Of
the house. He bore an i'll nume. He
had married badly. He bud misunder-
standings with the constituted authori-
ties. even 10 the extent of stealing
horses. Essentially vulgar. grovelipg
aud coarse. he had given why to the.
gross promptings of his nature, and had
lived like q convict aud vagabond.
His manners were those Of boor. He
could scarcely read, and WHEN he wrote.
it was i'll defiance Of all settled laws of
grammar and spelling His ignorance
amounted to a revelation. The Itch
borne who had run away from his regi-
ment and his friends was slen r.,
bright, vivacions young man, well We ,ed
IN his tactics and especially skille, in
French, having beon educated in Franco.
The Tlchborne who came back was unu-
suaily corpnlent. could not comprehend
tho simplest order in military drill, nor
comprehend sentence in French; who
believed Bouesuet to be one of the early
fathers, and did not know whether John
bnnyan was bishop. "a prize fighter or
horse Jockey.
Now comes the extraordinary part OF
the story. The assumed Sir Roger re-.
turned to England. Some ofsth oso who
had known the wautlerer regarded him
as an impostor; others who served in the
carbineers, who had been in his personal
yu ho1 10 n
ing for him, who had minietered to his
bodily wants and comforts. affirmed that
he was the real Sir Roger. A husband
aud wife, related to the baronet, were
divided in their opinion, the husband
regarding him MS an impostor, the wife
III the genuine heir. The immcdiate re-
Iatives of the baronet, the young ludy,
his cousin. whom he had sought In mar.
riuge, no louger yonng. but u matronly,
vel! l,atnred alrs. Radcliffe insisted
that he was All impostor. But if the
woman he loved disowned him, the wo-
man who bore him took him to her arms
as her long.lost son. Lady Tichborne,
who would never believe that Sir Roger
had been drowned, but who continued
to seek him over the world and to prny
for his coming, instantly accepted him
AS her son, and remained with him until
her death. He followed her body to the
grave US chief mourner. It was said
that grief and years of waiting had af.
frcted Lady Tichborne's mind; that she
was incapable Of Judgment, and that she
accepted this adventu:er in the hunger
OF maternal love ut IL time when age and
sorrow had dimmed her reason. In time
public opinion WAS attracted to the sim
gnlar claimant. His story was canvassed
In oil circles. And, as is no often the
case, one class, the mobiles aud ceutry.
denounced him as an impostor, while
the other classes felt that he was nn Oh.
pressed, outraged man, aud that there
was no justice in England unless Sir
Roger could come to his own. The va
gHbond was poor, of course, but his par.
tlsans furnished him with money. Bonds
were exe,uted to be paid out Of the re-
venues OF the Tichborne estates, when
tho law took its course, and these were
purchased by his friends and those who
believed his story and felt that English
Justice demanded his reinstatement in
the baronetcy. So in time it camo to
trial. The leaders OF the English bar
wore arrayed against each other. the
Attorney General. Sir John Coleridee,
leading the case for the defence; Mr..
Ballantyne for the claimant. The trial
has been going on, with q few intervals,
since May. During the proceeding the
claimant went upon the stand aud told
his own story. For several weeks he
was cross examined by the Attorney.
General i'll what certainly was the most
extraordinary examination known in any
trial. All the resources Of legal skill,
handled by tho leader Of the English
bar. were exhausted in this controversy
When this was concluded, it was felt
that whio Sir John Coleridee might
have shaken the case, he had not de-
stroyed it. If Tichborne was nm impos-
tor, ho was certninly q most remarkable
impostor, for ho mud submitted to an
ordeul that would hnvo tried tho most
profound and accomplished intellect.
lie held to his story, aud the trial went
on until the defence presented its case
and advanced q part of tho evidence.
The result of the evidence has been to
convince the jury that the claimant is an
impossor. to throw him out of court,
and to send him to Newgate rs an al
legged perjnrer, awaiting bail in ESQ, 900
This is sudden and dramatic close Of
tho case. if it really ends here. We do