The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-27

feelings of the public are about him. tCheersl TINS
general public In the neighbornood-I mean In this
neighborhood-is decidedly In favor OF our friend
thew are satisfied as to his identity. (lienewed
cheers.) The general public look upon MS case as
In which & play G we * nsw him he
went away, and therefore with you " Is case Oh
actual Identity Cheersl am my mend s cSsy
good round sum, but this will be very ex.
penslye lawsuit, and i is very necessary s; y saae
should have the best advice and counsei-lA
Voice, $50 he shall, '')-and therefore ! nope
the public will not stop III their efforts to supply
the fund and to meet the expenses OF a prosecu-
ton for which we have no precedent. ii the gov
eminent are sincere and really DESTROYS TO see Iar
play both sides, 1t is very
necessary-they should bring nom Australia George
Orton, the brother of Arthur orion, whom they say
Sir Roger lichborne IL. Let us have him over rom
Australia and hear what he has to say. (Cheers)
We are preparing a petition to the Treasury FOR
that purpose, and II It is refused, that, think, will
show that they are not sincere We hope next
week to visit Bristol, AS IL was from there we re-
ceyed the FIRST invitation. | am sure Sir Roger
the efforts they have made In subscribing towards
his delence and think can assure them, In bis
name, that we mean to fight out his case to the
very end. loud and prolonged cheers.)
The claimant then came forward, and was VASE r.
tenants and neghbors, have not very much 70 say
but to thapk you kindly for the invitation WHOM
has sSss sr5n o so@s n s5
who knew Inc In former days, ana VINO know am
not the impostor, the villain, the Bc0undre!, az
branded by the Attorney General great cnserlngs'
and which he has certainly not yet proved snatl am.
cheers.) hope that my days mere WIZ De many lsst
more than they have been for ! LOOK forward Will
hope and confidence to regainng my estates, ana
living once more among you. tCheers.) II, as the
Attorney General stated am an impSsntoI s9ruS my
1 out, for ! have lived among you with my Iamny
| for nearly twelve months. You nave seen ING On
tinually with you who knew me In former days
cheers and yet here has ventured to call me
aAfV
are Interested In 40 doing. also hope you WIN re,
member that when nrst returned to England
tor, Mr.. Hopkins, who Is well known to and very
much respected by you all. 1t IL not necessary
cause YOU Know hin almost better than do %yself
| Now, II had been an impostor he llad IN ms pos,
session during all the time documents wnicn Woui,
| have convicted me at once. He would nave Iouno
out II I was an impostor, and no one could nave
lived in his house fortnight, as ! did, Wi,hou.
moiSer's evidence be ienorcds Is Mr.. Hopkins,
who did all my business before left England, - ne
to be ignored Are all those who lived IN TINS
neighborhood and knew me before left England,
are they all TO be ignored, because lord comes
nnS erc a"a of A SumSus Them again.
there was the military cvidence-t,v rvIuence
Of my brother otcers-men who were
and the working men on the estates-they are men
aud honorable men, although they work for their
lVing-Mny should not their evidence be as good rs
Lord Belew'sG Great chcerng.) | distinctly tell
you, gentlemen, that the tattooing business was
neither more nor less than conspiracy concocted
at moments notice, when they found they could
not beat me In any other way. Cheers and
"shane.'D thank You kindly for the great inter-
est you have taken In me and on my behalf ana for
the fair play which you Insist shall have, and
which Is al ! ask. Again thanking yo9 for your
kind invitation down here, will conclude by saying
hope the time VIII shortly come when shall come
and live among you again. loud cheers) l will
tine Villain 70 and he yagab ,e tba, e
branded by the Attorney General Great cheering)
ME- Mr.. G. ,onsow MP, again came forward and ad;
took place to The assembly room 81 Tie swaii wh6fe
! the claimant received deputaton from Southamp-
ton Of the local defence fund. Mir. Guilford Onsow,
MP, with few words of welcome, introduced the
| deputation TO the claimant who was received with
the warmth which had characterized the previous
proceedings. He said he was glad to be present to
acknowledge the great Kindness he had received
rem te people u sgu.eampton After ter he lew s more
T inn No =, geness, Ella, S;..~s,. aSs "sa
had left his case. One night, after going to the
theatre, he and some friends had supped at Evans
Me w s o tSa ne heard that MT Rose had
firm firm, Of Baxter, Rose ana Norton would retire
morning he went to Baxter, Rose and
Norton and had an interview with Mr.. sponorth,
telling him what he had heard and that under no
circumstances would he again allow Mr.. Rose to
appear on his behalf Mr.. Sponorth entreated him
TO reconsider his decision but he reiterated his de-
termination, and that was the reason why Mr., Rose
mad withdrawn from the case, and that withdrawal
aa been followed by that OF his father He Thought
drawal referred to had somewhat prejudiced him In
dhe eyes OF the public Although he had called
eighty witnesses the fact was to be borne in
NINA That he had the sworn testimony OF $50 wit
nesses ana Il was only the lack OF funds that had
prevented him calling the greater portion OF them.
Aluson mad been made during tho trial by
the Attorney General to the fact that he
had given 200 gulneas for u horse That
was Intended to prejudice him In the minds OF the
public Tor eXtravagance, but he would tell them
that he had bought the horse on the condition that
1t was not to be paid Tor until he obtained his es.
tates, and he would only say further that q capital
horse she-for 1t was mare-turned out Ua,lrh-
teri Referring to the fact that he used to come to
the Court in carriage, while Lady Doughty used
to come In cab, he said he would inform the At
torney General that the carriage had been provided
by his friends, and that Lady Doughty, no Doubt
might have come In u carriage II she was 30 dis
posed. He then thanked the deputation from
southampton, and especially Mr.. Gray who had
supplied means to his wife and children while he
was In prison. 80,