The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-09-14

estates III Engla was no other than Ar
thur orion; that he was butcher, that he
went To Australia, that lac claimed to be
the rightful heir, that the trial went against
him, that he WAS lrcarccrated in prison and
set To picking hemp, that his counsel, who
had such faith in his clients cause. was
dtsbarrcd on account Of impertinence to the
conr', that great majority of the people
Of England believe that he is the rightful
heir To the estates, and have contributed
thousands upon thousands of pounds Of
money To assist him III the prosecution of
his cause. only To SEQ the object OF their
soilcltudc iucarceratcd and their money
gone to the winds But few DAYS ago |
saw in the papers that the true Arthur Or
ton has been discovered among the wilds
of Australia. II such is the case the ce..
bratcd trial will be renewed, and it may be
that the man now incarcerated in prison
aud sentenced to pick oakum until released
by death may yet prove himself to Ice the
rightful heir to the vast Tichborne estate:
and those people. who purchased the bonds
of the said Arthur orion or Tichborue,
may yet realize their full value No trial
has ever occurred in
THE COURTS OF ENGLAND
that created SO much interest The man
ner in which deeds for large landed estates
are held in England is peculiar. II differs
very much from the manner in which real
estate is held in this country. Here, we
have public record office in which are
books, wherein every deed is recorded, and
is open to the inspection of any one. In
these books are not only recorded the deeds
which person may receive, but also the
mortgages and other liens he may give
upon his real estate. But in England they
have no record 5 office, or at least they had
not a few years ago. When person de.
sires to purchase land in England, which,
by the way, is very rarely the case, lie must
apply to the solicitor of the party holding
the land, aud from him he can only secure
an insight into the deep mysteries OF the
title, and tins information can only be OBJ
tanned by another solicitor, who represents
the purchaser, and upon his solemn word
of honor that his client is a bona fde appli-
cant for the land i'll question. The title
papers are generally kept in large tin
box, securely locked, aud marked with the
name of the estate to which the contents
belong, and are lodged in the solicitors
office in full view of all parties who may
enter his office, for, by this careful expos
ure, two objects are gained-one is, that
they are not so liable to be stolen when so
exposed to view; and the other reason is.
II affords to the solicitor an advertisement;
for must he not be a man worthy of being
trusted. rhn has such vast estates under
control? II may seem strange, but it Is
nevertheless the truth, that the whole CT
En.land comprising tract of country not
quite rs large rs the State of Pennsylvania,
is owned and claimed
Br Just SEVENTY EIGHT OWNERS.
These owners rent out their lands To innu-
merablc tenants who subet them to other
tenants, and the whole management of the
landed estates are under the control of the
different attorneys, solicitors and agents
and the owners OF the estates know moth
ing about the management of them, but
merely receive the revenues, which they
pocket and spend, and get in debt and Dor
row more money on mortgage, and thus
worry through life's ii;ful fever with about
Is much contcn,ment and peace of life as
a toad under harrow.
When 60, on the side-wheel steamer at
OSteud 10 cross over the English Channel,
did it with many forgivings, for Iremem-
bered my first experience when crossed
to Calais. was assured that the voyage,
although longer than that from Dover to
CALAIS, was more pleasant, aud one would
well state here, that it is a fraud, gross
fraud; everybody was sick, deathly sick.
And instead OF having two hours of sick
ness, which you must experience in going
from Dover to Calais, you must suffer for
four mortal hours of death like sickness in
coming back again from Ostend. Don't,
for pity sake, allow any one to persuade
you that the longer route is the most pleas
ant one. 1t makes me almost sick to think
OF il even now. Having arrived at Dover,
a train of cars were awaiting the arrival of
the boat, and soon We were on our way to
London, the largest city in the world. l.
profess to understand the English language:
| was going to say to perfection; but will
defy any person, but a native born Eng
lishman, To understand what
LONDON CAEMAN SAYS To HIM.
He will come up to you, say something that
no native born American can understand,
although you can understand word for word
what he says; but what it all means, and
what he is driving at, mo fellow can find
ont For one of these cabmen came up
to me ut Charing Cross Station, Just after
| had arrived from Dover, and said some
thing about being handsome, which |
knew very we'll was no such thing. and |
told him so. too, but he still persisted in
saying handsome " among other things,
and beckoned me to follow him. which |
did. and he led me to the strangest looking
vehicle ever saw running on two wheels.
| understood what this Englishman then
meant by his expression of handsome
| soon learned that he was, what we call
in this country, a cab driver on a small
scale. He owned a two-wheeled vehicle
capable of holding two persons with lit
tie crowding. drove one horse, and lac the
driver sat perched away up in his perch
back of you, and drove his horse with the
lines over the top of the carriage This
vehicle is called hansom,' and he had
it to hire, and he was telling me all about
his " hanson " in the depot, while sup
posed he was endeavoring To inilct upon
me very doubtful compliment. went to
my hotel, about two miles from the depot,
i'll state.
WILL NOW DESCRIBE LONDON
collectively, and then mention very briefly
some of the places Of interest therein. In
the first place, never go out of your hotel