The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-11-13
LETTER FROM EUROPE.
Some Of the Wonders and Pccsa-
liarilies Of LOndOn---TlAe Itch.
born Trial and Muzzlcd
Press--The Famous Crystal
I'alace-A few Last words
Correspondence of the TIpton ADVERTISER
LONDON, ENGLAND.
Sept. 25th, 1873.

~ Oii Sstl
for New York on Tuesday next.
expect to be i'll our own good Ian,
before this is printed. have seel
London under more favorable circum
stances than any other city in Eng
land. TIE weather has been delight
full; we have had almost no rain thi
week. We have had, though, Lon
don fog every morning so thick on,
could not see many rods down tn,
street. 1t is a little piece Of polite
ness to call it fog. In plain term.
it is simply a London smoke. VIII,
it is so much worse in the morning
can't say, but have seen it so thick
one could hardly breathe il withou;
coughing. A story for election day
or barn-raising some one may say
but it is simple statement of fact
Please remember then, SO far as my
observation goes. London fog is only
a cockneyism for London smoke.
fused TO be puzzled by London L. @
directions-the names Of two streets
are nearly always given. For in
stance,I am stopping at | ] Agar street,
Strand. But it is quite plain when
one sees a little Of the city. There
are in all 400 streets in the city: OF
course il would be impossible for any
one to remember the names of all
these, and it would be almost impos-
sible among so many TO avoid repeat
ing some of them. But there are a
few principal streets, like Strand and
Fleet street and Oxford street, that
make mp the skeleton of the city. and
all the unimportant streets open into
these. TO made sure then OF finding
a place you must not only know the
and street, but the name Of
the greater street into which the one
opens. Knowing we'll where
you want TO go it is as easy 10 find
your way in London as in Upton;
the only difference is. here YOU will
probably have to ask great many
more questions.
| presume London is the best po-
Iced city in the United Kingdom.
Policemen are eve, vwherc: and. not
withstanding p, mh caricatures them
] think II is safe to say
they do their duty. ! have seen less
evidences Of crime, less public disor-
der here than in any place where
have been. OF course we under
stand that there is plenty OF il: more
perhaps than in all the other large
towns combined. but i, is suppressed.
It is not rampant. When was in
Edinburgh two drunken men got into
! quarrel under my window and
1uarreled aud fought at their leisure
Tor half an hour with policeman as
spectator good part Of the time. \
few nights ago the same thing oc-
cured under my window here: my
next door neighbor raised his window
and called Police and ia Il few
minutes one of the parties was walk
I'd off to the station.
| wonder il our American papers
Are saving anything about the Itch
borne trial. II is one of the stock
subjects of the papers here, 50 much
20 that one half wonders what they
would do should it come to an end.
There is no immediate danger Of that
however. TODAY was the lo3d dav.
Ia} ,,,l : ,1,.,.
which one could base conclusion
hat il will not last as many more.
The counsel for the defendant spoke
twenty-five DAYS in his opening adj
lress. and they have been taking tes.
imony for the defense for some weeks.
They seem to have a regiment Of
men all willing to swear TO the same
hing. Probably your readers re
the outlines of the story.
Roger Tichborne lett England some
wenty years ago and was supposed
o be dead. Some years ago man
.ame to England claiming to be Rog-
r Tichbornc. and after sometime he
suit for the recovery of the
Tichborne estates. This suit failed.
lis friends say. for want oi money 10
it: his enemies say because
t was clearly shown that Roger was
attooed on the arms. and the claim
mt had no such marks. Tn the with
travail of this civil suit '.the claim
ut" was indicted for perjury. That
S the trial that has been going on
03 days and seems likely TO last the
ear out. There is a good deal of
,opular feeling in favor Of the claim
nj. ! thought ! would spend one
lay at the Court when ! came 10
london, but one must 80 nearly
hrec hours before hand aid stand in
great crowd at the door, in order
0 get in. and /! can't afford that
rice.
AS to the merits of the case | think
,ood Sir Roger DeCoverly's decision
5 the safest for the present. \ good
|eal can be said on both sides. The
ase stands on record as "The Queen
ersus Arthur Orton.' But unless
here has been downright perjury the
laimant is not Arthur Or,on. Orton
vas an Australian with whom the
cal Roger had some acquaintance
,ut there has been an abundance of
violence to prove that he was quite
different man from the claimant.
lis shoemaker swore that he wore
No. lis. and the claimant wears SIS
strong evidence Of non-identitv one
would think. There has been plenty
If direct Identification Of the claim
mt as Roger Tichborne also. 1t will
,ear straight construction in favor
If the claimant, but unfortunately can
,e explained in some other way. 1t
$ this way: Many persons identify
~ what he remembers; but the
,ross-examination often brings out
he fact that just before the witness
aw the claimant, he had a talk with
he claimants agent, and of course it
would not be hard for an adroit man
o find out what the witness knew
md post the claimant accordingly.
But it is fair to say that some Of the
evidence is very pointed, and does
,ot seem to allow of this explanation.
did not read the evidence for the
prosecution, so | am not competent
uror. In my present state of mind |
should be very sorry to have to ex-
press an opinion. ....
Ifyou were editor of an English