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THE AKM1DALE EXrKESS (ESTAB. 1856), SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1871.3THE GREAT TICHBORNE CASE.rewind-,I from Ihr European Mail. July U.JIs the li»t of your creditors filed in Bankruptcy true I—True, yes. Yon instructed your attorney'-No, I believe no found out his instructions—that is, I gave him the names of the creditors, and he found out the amount. Did you not know the amounts yourself I—So. Will you swear you have not had your attention called to tlio schedule over and over again I—To tell you the truth, 1 don t remember evor scoing it. If you Bay I have signed it, 1 suppose I have dono so. I have the schedule hero now. Did you owe F. F. Adams £300 I-Yes, 1 think so. No doubt these amounts are quite correct j but if you were to ask lue particulars now 1 doubt whether I could toll you. My attorney, Mr. Moogins, drew it up. li„t y„„ would not take Mr. Moogms s mere statement, would you, for this entry, Illoxnm, £15,000 f-1 knew all about tlmm. I gave him a bond for £15,000, which ho now holds. How much have you had out of it ?—Do yon mean how much in money I Why, not a shilling. Wo had a paper here tho other day von know al-mt tlio Tichbomo Joint Stock Company, capital £11X1,000. Who suggested it 1—I don’t believe there was anything at all aliout a Joint Stock Company in tho pajier. I beg your pardon, here is the paper, anil the words are “ Mortgage Debenture Loan but 1 dare say you know very well what I moan I— Oh, yes, perfectly well. (Laughter.) Now, then, who set it on foot I—On foot I Myself, I suppose. That paper was printed tor Messrs. Fcaron, Clabon, Fearon. Do you moan to say that Fearon, Clabon, Fearon raised this loan I—No; they wore to get it for me, and that pajier was printed in consequence. Has the Hank of England taken much of them I—That I can’t say. A number of discarded chequebooks, a bundle of used cheques, and a passbook were produced, and after someexamination it was found that the cheque for £30, upon which the witnesB had been questioned, although it was entered in the pass-book as “ Carter,’’ was, as shown by the cheque-book, for a person named Carter, an Australian friend, to whom money had been lent until colonial remittances had been received. Sergeant Ballantine : This is an illustration of my argument. The paw-book and cheque provo nothing. The Solicitor-General *nowed that, notwithstanding this ad-nutted error, cheques for T. Carter were continually drawn. Sergeant Uallantine, who had been rummaging amongst tho puo of cheques, here found out a cheque upon which was written “ Thomas Carter, for selfand after some little altercation between tho learned counsel, during which tho Solicitor-General said ho was not satisfied, because ho was conducting the cross-examination in hia own way,and possibly did not believe tho claimant b explanation, the disputo was ended by a remark from tho Chief Justico virtually supporting Sorgoant Ballantine's view. Thereupon the Court adjourned.Upon the cross-examination of the claimant on July 5, the Solicitor-General applied that the witness might be medically exominod before ho had done with him, in order to verify certain marks which wore known to have bocn upon the person of Roger Tichbomc. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine strongly objected to such an examination at this stage of the hearing, adding that when tho case was ripe for the jury he would accede to his learned friend's suggestion. Ho stigmatised the whole Orton story os a deliberate conspiracy, founded upon utter falsehood, and ho protested against the claimant being examined before the witnesses who were to speak to his identification as Orton had bocn called. The Solicitor-General retorted that ho considered the claim a conspiracy, and the plaintiff an impostor, to which Sergeant Ballantine replied, “ That you hsvo said from tho beginning.” Tho Judgo reserved tlio point. There was not much in the replies extracted on this occasion. Many of tho questions put to tho claimant during tho day sought to elucidate the moaning of somo passnges in the letters which had possod between him and others since his return to this country. He was also pressed to tell the names of thoso who hail known him in Australia ; but he declined to do so on the ground that he had very powerful evidence in his favour, and ■t ho supplied the Solicitor-General with this information the other sido would take advantage of it during the adjournment in the long vacation.On tho opening of the Court on July 0, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said My lord, a communication has been made by tho foreman of the jury to uieand my learned friend on the other aide upon the subject of the convenience of sitting to-morrow. My learned friend the Solicitor-General says it is not likely his cross-examination will last for more than an hour longer. I expect 1 shall be very well able to finish my re-examination by the ordinary time to-morrow ; but if not, I shall, with your lordship’s permission, continuo it nntil a later hour in the evening, in order to accommodate the jury by finishing to-morrow. Tho Lord Chief Justice : Within tho last few days I have been very much better in health, and as far as I am com-corned I shall be able to ait as late as anybody. Mr. Sergoant Ballantine:There was a letter mentioned yesterday as to which the plaintiff said it “ caused him a sleepless night.” Mr. Holmes has a letter-press copy of the letter, and desires to produce it. The Lord Chief Justico : lie suggested two letters. Sir. Sergeant Ballantino : They are both hero. The Solicitor-General: I asked you yesterday for tho rosary which Miss Doughty gave you. Do you produco it? Mr.Snofforth handed to the Solicitor-General oads of the or or crucifix attached. It that the rosary Miss Doughty gave to you I—Yes. (It was sent up to tho bench, and then passed on to the jury.) Now, have you got Mrs. Pitting-dreigh'to ask whether either make any application about sitting after to-morrow, but I don't ask you to make any observation on tho matter at present. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine repeated that whatever had been done with respect to the adjournment had been on counsels' responsibility, and that the applications on the subject had come from them, and from no other quarter. His Lordship observed that, as far as he was personally concerned, he was willing to give any timo, to sit any time, and to do anything in his power within the limits of his health and strength, to facilitate any proposal which might be submitted to him. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine wished to call his lordship’s attention to the date of the last latter from Mrs. Pittingdreigh. The Lord Chief Justice : The dates of the four letters are June 11, June 17, June 27, and July 7 respectively. The Solicitor-General read the copies of the four (otters from Mrs. Pittingdreigh to the claimant, and then said ; Are those all the lettersyou received 1—I am not certain that they arc all. They are all that I can find. Are those the begging letters you spoke of ?—Yes, decidedly, la the signature to tlist (July 19) in your handwriting I—Oil ! You acknowledge tho body to lie a forgery, do you 1 (Laughter.) Don’t speak to me. Answer tho question.—No ; I swear most positively it is not. Did you ever go to Mr. Pitting-dreigh’a house at all f—I most solemnly swear I never went to her house at all. Tlio Solicitor-General read two letters from Mr. Holmes to tho claimant. Is that your handwriting I— (Paper produced.)--(No answer.) Is that your signature f-It looks very much like it. Is it 1—11 it is, it must have been written before 1 came to England. I did not say it was not. — I don’t think there is auy doubt about this signature. Tlio Judge : What is the date I The Solicitor-General : My lord, it is merely an early signature torn off an early letter for comparison. Tlio Judge: 1 shall number it 1300. (Tiiis is the number of the documents put in during tho trial.) The Solicitor-General: Is the receipt at the bottom of those threo bills yours I (They were receipted by Castro.)—Two are, but one is not. (Due, “Received on account tor R. J. Higgins, Thomas Castro.) They are butcher's bills. Do you know whother tlio man to whom the bills were rendered was a customer of Mr. Higgins ?—This one (signed “Thomas Castro”) is Mr. Broomhead’s Bill. He was a customer of Mr. Higgins. Have you any doubt they are your receipts f—1 have no hesitation in saying that one I havo before alluded to is not mine. It must have been done by some ono who wished to imitate my hand. The Judge : I think it right to suggest that with the magnifying glass my eye perceives somo pencil marks nnder the writing. How long didyou allow Charles Orton £5 a month t—I sent Charles Orton from £15 to £20 altogether. I did not regularly allow him £5 a month. July, 1807, would bo about the dnto of the first time 1 sent £5. I sent him one chequo only. I generally sent a £5 note. In the Chili commission there is a letter from Mr. Holmes of September 1, 1808, in which ho says :—“ Tho three sisters and brother of Arthur Orton (hia only relatives) distinctly declare that they never saw him before, and that they are in no way oonnected with him.” The “ brother must have referred to Charles Orton. I don’t know how long before that letter ho had made a declaration ; 1 can’t say whether he made it in 1807. Havo you l»een in communication with tho Due do Brissot 1—No. Is there a lake within six miles of Romo ?—Perhaps you sre going to catch me. (Laughter.) Thore is water there, I know. It is a lake, 1 believo. Were you ever at Rome ? —I was never at Rome. At Yalentia I— Not to my knowledge. Were you ever at Cashel I—I was not there for any time, if I was there at all. I have no recollection. Have you ever had tho sinall-pox. Is your brother George Orton in this country I (Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant Ballantine : What I The Solicitor-General : Oh, 1 should say, Is George Orton in this country 1—Tho Claimant (laughing with the rest): I really don't know. Have you seen him here ?—No. Have yon got Arthur Orton hore I—No. Or any survivors of the Osprey or the Belia l—Not that I am aware of. The Judgo: Tho “survivors” of tho Osprey is hardly the right term. The Solicitor-General : I mean any of the crew or passengers on board the Osprey, or any of the survivors of the Bells I—1 understand you—no. His Lordship : Yon have not any knowledge or any tidings of any of them I—No. 1 think not. Tho Solicitor-Gencral : When did Kate Doughty give you the rosary ?—In 1850. Where at ?—Tichbomo. Can yon tell at what period in 1850 ?—I think it was the commencement of the year. What do you mean by that ?—In January. The Judge : In the same state I—Yes, with the exception of two beads which have gono. I suppose they havo been lost. This concluded tho cross-examination of the claimant, and the Solicitor-General resumed his seat. The Claimant: My Lord, 1 think the rosary had better be given in chargo of tho officer of the court. His Lordship handed down the rosary to the officer, and addressing Mr. Sorgoant Ballantine, said the jury wished to put a question or two to the witness, and asked him whether they should be asked now or after his re-examination. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said he thought thoy had better put the questions at once. The foreman of the jury then put the following questions : You stated that you wore the only cabiu passenger who was taken from the Bella on board the Osprey I— Yes, that is so. You stayed threo months on board that vessel, and during part of that time yon were ill. On your recovery, was any entry in the log read to you recording the picking up of the Bella ?— Nothing wsa read to me. You being the only educated person among the men of the Bella, and being in the position of a cabin passenger, were you asked to attest any entry of the boat being picked up I—No. Were any of tlis Bella s crew asked I— Not to my knowledge. What became of the Bella a boat I Was it taken on board the Osprey to Melboumo I—I think not, for I did not see it on board ship. What colour was the boat ?—Black, I believe. Had it the Bella's name on it I—Yea. If it had been on board the Osprey it would have boon a conspicuous object?—Yes ; that is my reason for saying 1 did not see it. Do wo understand that the boat was abandoned ?—1 do not say that, because I do not know. Were you insensible when taken on board ?—No. You were on board the Osprey three months. Yon were tho only educated man upon the Bella. Were yon asked by any of the Bella's boat's craw to communicate with their friends I—No. Did you write yourself to your friends?—I did not. Was any vessel spoken with ?—No j I don't remember. On your arrival at Melbourne, did a ahore-boat put off to the Osprey ?—Yos. And sought intelligence ? —several boats came. What are recognised as port-boata I—Yes. Was any report of the voyage made to a' port-boat ? —Well, I did not know of my own knowledge at that timo ; but 1 believo there is to bo brought forward, or peoplowho remember it being stated, tliat tli crow of tho Bells had been taken up. Were there not representatives of the local press in the boat I—I am afraid I cannot answer that question. Was a report made in the newspapers of the picking up of the boat ?—1 did not see any. Were tho fittings of the boat removed on board the Osprey—the oars, the rudder, and the tillorhead 1—1 am afraid I cannot answer that question. You were four days on board the boat. Is it within your knowledge that the oars and fittings were branded with the ship’s name ?— Yes, I think they were. Then are wo to understand that, although you and the others were on board tho Osprey for throe months, no settlement was asked for, no receipt given, and no acknowledgment made by you to the captain in the courseof the voyage, or on your arrival at Melbourne I—No, because, you see, I went suddenly into the country without seeing him. In addition to the £17 or £18 you(the chefor.skedsign an}' document I—No. Did you take the captain’s address ?—No. Were the £17 or £18 expended by him fortlie three months’ maintenance of yourself and party ?—No. I think it was merely for wine. I think yon said before wino and clothes ?—Then the owners of the vessel will havo a considerable claim for things taken from tlio ship’s stores. Were you asked for any acknowledgment or receipt for tho owners ?—No ; because I did not inform the captain 1 was leaving the ship. He might have askod if lie had known 1 was going. You said on your arrival at Melboumo your first visit was to the Custom House I—I said two different places, and I said 1 believed one was the Custom House. Did the captain of tlio Osprey make a rejiort and lodge a crew list I—I don’t know what he did. I did not go with him into the inner offico. How did the captain explain having on board eight sailors in oxcess of his regular number ?—Inasmuch as 1 did not go in, 1 cannot explain. When you parted with the captain did you leave him under the impression that you were going to return /—Yes, that 1 would return to the ship. Then you took no actual leave of him ?—No. Tho Foreman, after consulting with liis brother jurors, said these were all the questions he wished to put to tlio claimant. The Lord Chief Justice : Did you obtain any clothes at Melbourne on landing ?—No ; 1 was going up the country, and they have stores of clothes at the different stations. The re-exami-nation was then begun by Mr. Sergeant Ballantino : My acquaintance with Mrs. Pittingdreigh commenced by her coming to my hotiBO and saying sho could giveme very valuable information. 1 never before heard of her namo or her husband's. I was then living at Wellesley Villas, Croydon. Sometimes I had there eight or nine, and sometimes ten or twelve. I first saw her in the front drawing-room. She asked me if 1 knew a person named Bromhead. She said ho had made a scandalous and dreadful statement about my wife, and that as one woman to another sho felt she ought to inform mo of it, that I might prevent it getting into circulation. Sho then said that her husband was clerk to Messrs. Dobinson Geare ; that the old man hail promised to make him a partner; and that although some years had elapsed since his death, he had never had tho offer of a partnership ; that ho was determined to remain no longer with them ; and that he was going to Switzerland. Upon my oath that is tho first occasion 1 ever saw the woman or heard of her. I think nothing passed between us about Orton. 1 have no recollection of having written a letter with hia name in it. I first heard it alleged I waa Arthur Orton through Rous, who had heard it from a detective. It was at the latter end of 1867- 1 waa more intimate with Rous than any one else. My mother took a great filling to him, and he stayed for weeks and weeks in my house. He knew the whole of my correspondence and the whole of my business, as I reposed in him the utmost confidence that one man could place in another. Under the order of tho Court of Chancery I handed over all my mother's correspondence, os well as money and various articles, to the custody of that court. Charles Orton’s declaration was upon a photograph. Is that the declaration (handing a large photograph to witness) ?—Yes. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine : 1 propose to put this photograph in. The Solicitor-General objected. The Lord Chief J ustice : I may remark that the jury will pay no attention to it unless Charles Orton is called to provo tho declaration. Charles Orton, I supposo, is living, and no doubt he will be called bv ono side or the other. Mr. Sergeant Ilal-lantinc: I don’t think your lordship, with all your experience, can anticipate what will take place in this case. (Laughter.) Claimant: Tlio last time I was weighed I waa 26 st. 4 lbs. I went with Mr. Villiers, member of Parliament, to be weighed the day 1 stated my weight in court. The Judgo : Which Mr. Vil-liere I Mr. Sergeant Ballantine : I think he means Mr. Vickers, who is more likely to havo a weighing-machine. (Laughter.) Claimant: When I was iu Paris I weighed 18 stone. In 1865, at Wagga Wngga, I weighed 11 st. 4 liis. I have no tattoo marks about my body, and never had any. Were you evor as a child, or at any time of your life, tattooed 1—1 wore not. (A laugh.) I never had any artificial blue mark upon my arm, or any black mark made artificially. I never said such a mark was made upon me on board ship. Until 1 went to Stonyluirst I never went to school. I am certain I did not go to the school of M. Dupan-loup. One of tho Brimonts, my cousin,I think did. We occupied four rooms in Paris, and had three servants. One was my father's servant, ono was housemaid, and tho other cook and housekeeper. Besides the places I have montioned, we lived in the Rue Castigliono. When 1 said we saw the Hotel de Louvre from the window of our residence, 1 did not mean the present hotel, but ono of that name which formerly occupied a part of its site. When I was last in Paris I could not find tho Hue de Ferme, Paris is so much altered. Mr. Sergoant Ballantino : I propose by-and-bye to produce an old map of Paris, showing tho names of the streets at tho time the plaintiff resided there. Claimant: My parents received few visitors during my childhood, and gave no receptions. They did not keep much company. I did not, as a general rule, get on well with my father. My mother did not get on well with my father. I never saw much company at homo, ar.d I was very willing to go to England. My mother objected to my going, because she had an idea she should never see me sgain. Is that the fac-simile of a letter yon wrote when you were at Stonyhurst? The learned counsel said tho letter waa in French, and his object was to show the bad spoiling, as a teat of tho plaintifTa education at tho time. The claimant having looked at it for aome time, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine said—I don’t supposo if you road it all it will improve your mind. (Laughter.) Ia it your writing ? —Yes. Tho letter was written tho day after Roger Tichbomo went to Stony-hurst, and deciphering portions of it ballled the skill of the counsel on both sides, and oven his lordship. Tho Judge : Do you know sufficient French to tell me the last two words of the postscript I— Claimant: I cannot understand them. Do you understand anything about tho letter I—1 know the letter, f know what I wrote about at the time. Have yon any knowledge of French I—If this was a strange letter I should not have. (Laughter.) Mr. Sergeant Ballantine asked the jury to look at the letter and consider that it was written by tho plaintiff when lie was sixteen years old, after he had been under tho tuition of CliatiUun forseveral years. The Judge: It is sufficient at present to Bay there are several mistakes in the letter. Claimant: Since my return to England 1 went to Paris to see my mother. I remained nine or ten days. M. Chstillon only devoted to my instructions a couple of hours in the morning and a couple of hours in the nftemoon. I don’t know what 1 loamt. I did not learn English nor Greek, nor algebra nor mathematics. M. Chatillon principally taught mo reading and writing in French. Ho did not teach me the classics—not oven cyphering. (Laughter.) I can’t account for not knowing Lucy Nangle, except that she had been in a convent for many years, anil 1 had forgotten her. When I wont to my grandfather’s funeral my father wished me to remain in England. My mother wished me to return to Paris. There were disagreeable scenes between my father and mother in Paris. They wore continually connected with Miss Nangle. I associated more with my mother than my father. When 1 waa at home in Paris the conversation went on entirely in French. 1 did not know English at that timo. My father had £390 a year, and my mother had the interest on £1560. They had no other sources of income. If I had wished to have dono so I could havo learnt from her the whole history of my childhood. That is a portrait of my mother taken in Paris in 1867. (Photograph given in evidence.) Mr. Sergeant Ballantine requested tho photograph to bo handed to tho jury, and said he should not have totrouble them with so many photograplisas his learned friend. Is that a photograph of youraolf (another large photograph) I—Yea. Let that be put in also (photograph shown to the jury, by whom it was exnmined for a considerable time, during which tho learned counsel observedthat ho did not think he should have todetain them a very long time). Claimant : My mother died on March 12. Tlio re-examination was continued after tho adjournment. The only language I talked was French. I was instructed in English grammar. I was not allowed at Stony-hurst to correspond in French. I was along time in learning English ; perhaps fully six or eight months, and during that time 1 was not allowed to speak French. The boys were principally English, but thore wore somo foreigners. I have beenin Paris a few days since. Up to what time were you ablo to keep up a conversation in French I—Up to the time I left ltio Janeiro. Yon havo sioken of an illness at Stonyhurst; 1 don't wan't to go into details, but who attended yon I—It was one of the priests who was doctor. Was a communication made to you afterwards ? —Yes. And how soon aftorwsrds did you leavo tho college ?—About a month afterwards. Was it intondcd you should leave bo soon ?—No, I believe not. After leaving Stonyhurst I kept up no communication with any one there, and havo never been nearer than Preston since. When I joined tlio army I had at times difficulty in making myself understood when 1 talked English. Some of my brother officers called me Froncliy, and others Ticli. Practical joking was common in tho regiment, and 1 was n good deal subject to it from the outset. Tho mill spoken of in connection with tlio soalcd packet still exists. It adjoins tho village at Sevington, and is a mill now. Do you remember any incidents while yon were courting Miss Hales I—I don't think you should use so strong an expression os “ courting.” (Laughter.) Well, “ paying addresses” then ?—Yes, I used to keep tho men waiting outside an hour or two—(laughter) when 1 inarched them to church. Since my evidence 1 wrote to Miss Halos apologising for making use of her name in court, but have had no answer. 1 liavo obtained no Information whatever to frame my evidonco about Ireland, and have not been tliore. If I had it would havo been better. Upon my oath I have not sought nor obtained information as to any of my early days from any living soul. The letter put in is respecting a drawing-room in Dublin, and not a ball. Upon second thoughts it was a ball. I think it would bo after Lord Clarendon's timo, but Lord Clarendon was lord-lientenant when I first went there. Now just one other question about the scaled packet. Did Gosford know its contents ?—Yes, because I wrote it in his room, in his presence, and I read it over to him, sealed it np, and gave it to him. Then unless he communicated the contents to somebody is there anv living being besides your two solves who knew what was in it ?—None, unless he told them—that is, up to the time of the trial. Sergeant Ballantino : In respect to a letter (from Roger Tichbomo), gentlemen of the jury, which I hand you now, 1 havo been imitating the industry of the Solicitor General, and I find “ My Dearest Kate,” occurring thirteen times, but I have not succeeded in finding fifteen. (Laughter.) Re-examination continued : When I came homo from Australia, had some conversations with my mother about the card-sharping at Brighton. (Tho Solicitor-General objecting to any further information on this joint, the subject was dropped.) There were communications between mo and Hopkins respecting the settlomonts, extending over a considerable time, and during their continuance I saw him frequently. I had no conversations with him about my will, and I employed Slaughter in preference to Hopkins, because I thought the latter would tell my father. Mr. Slaughter was engaged as solicitor to many Catholic houses, and was himself a Catholic. None but him and Gosford knew of tho contents of tho will, and Gosford knew tho object I had in making tho will. I hod discussed the will with him and fully explained my motives, which 1 have described in my evidence. My object was to benefit my cousin. My object in going to South America was merely sport and to view-foreign country. I was always fond of sport. When 1 left I provided myself with several gnns, rifles, pistols, and ammunition. 1 had two Irish rifles, which 1 bought in Dublin ; I think in Curzon Street. I bought somo of Blisset, in Hol-born. The rifles were of tho ordinary description. I was not a very good ritlo shot at first; but 1 became a good shot afterwards, and am a pretty fair shot now both with tho riflo and fowling-piece. Before starting I went to Paris. Upon consideration, I am still under the impression I was only in Paris three or four days. I certainly was not there three or four weeks, and I do not want at all to alter the statement I made ujkiu that point. I don t remember how much money I telegraphed for from Havre to Paris when I went over. Before leaving Paris my mother cut off a lock of my hair, and before my return to England 1 found it amongst somo letters, with a memorandum attached to it. “Tho hair of my dear Roger ; cut the 28th of Jan., 1852. There was another piece of hair later on. This piece was cut off a year before I loft, when 1 went to Paris and stayed thore threo or four weeks. The second lock of hair I havo also produced in Chancery. It was found amongst mymother's effects. To the Judge : Neither of the locks of hair was in my possession. They were found by Mr. Holmes, and handed in with the other effects of my mother. I never myself opened the ]:qier containing those locks; but Mr. Holmes showed them to me while makingsted Iand the wi1 whether heknew them. Witness: Yes; thoy are Orton's sisters. Have you ever seen them liefore I—Yea, once before. Anil at no ether time I—No, at noother. Tlio Judge requested that any arrangement come to between counsel as to the adjournment ought to bo made known to the jury the first thing in the morning. Sergeant Ballantine said ho should have finished his re-examination next day in good time. Tlio Court adjourned.On July 7, the Solicitor-General applied to the Lord Chief Justice to proceed with the case do die in diem. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine asked liis lordship to hold to the arrangement that had been made relativo to the adjournment. The Lord Chief Justice renewed tho arrangements that had been made with referenco to the progress of the trial, and stated that liis aim had been throughout to meet the convenience of all parties engaged in the case. If the trial were to bo continued they would all require somo degree of rest. An arrangement had occurred to him, which he proposed for the consideration of all parties. It was that the Court should now adjourn ; that he aliould proceed to discharge his duties at the Central Criminal Court next woek ; that he should propose to the Home Secretary to make arrangements for judicial dutios on circuit; that upon that being done they should all take three weeks’ rest and recreation, resuming the trialabout August 8. If tho proposod measure became law they might then proceed for six weeks, then take a further short interval of rest, and then endeavour to bring the case to a conclusion. This arrangement did not moot with the concurrence of the learned counsol engaged, and, after somo discussion, it waa agreed that, at the close of the day, the Court should stand adjourned till Tuesday, November 7. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine then proceeded with the re-examination of the claimant, liis enquiries were to some extent, however, but a recapitulation of what lias already been reported, and were made, as it would appear, with the object of rendering the details of his ex-amination-in-chief more clear and explicit to tho jury. In concluding the re-oxami-nation tho learned sergeant said .-—You arrived in London on Christmas Day, 1866 ?—Yes. What detained you st Panama ?—My mother wished mo to come home iu a French steamer to St. Nuzaire. I was detained threo weeks by the delay of the French steamer. My children were ill, and I proceeded in an American stenmor to New York. I took apartments at the Clarendon Hotel. I went into the smoking-room, and, on taking up a paper, I found myself referred to as “ a baronet or a butcher. Up to that time had you any idea you were denounced as an impostor I—No. When you arrived iu London you tried to communicate with the Ortun family ?—Yes. Had you ever in your life been into Wap-ping before tliat night!—No. Did you know where it was I—No. Or the distance 1—No. You say that upon your oath ?—Yes. You went there from Manchester Square in a cab ?—Yos. How did you get the direction /—It was on a paper which I gavo the cabman. Do you know tile course you took to get to Wapping ?—No. Can you remember any part of it I—No. Did you see any walls I— Yes. I did not know anything about them. Did yon drive by any high walls I —Yes, I thought them the highest walls I ever saw, and that made me notice them. How long did that part of the journey last I—A long time. I should think it was half or three-quarters of a mile. Do!ou know the Tower of London I—Yes. lave you over been close to it ?—No. You passed the Tower that night I—I don't know. Had yon over, in the whole course of your life, been there, except that night 1 —I was onco in the Tower when I was a yonng man. 1 went to see an officer. 1 was then in the army. I went in a brougham, and came back in one. Waa there any water I—We wont over abridge some short way before wo got to it. It ia suggested that you must have known Wapping thoroughly well. Was that the very first time you were in that place ?— It was tho first time and the lust timo I was there. You saw those three persons yesterday. Do you deliberately swear that, except on one occasion, you had never seen them previously ?—Deliberately, and on my solemn oath, I never saw them except in Holmes's presence. Mr. Sergeant Ballantino : This, my lord, concludes tho re-examination, with the exception of one question which I willceeded with. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine There was some quostion asked you about the bonds which you obtained money on, and the rate of interest you paid. Tell me whether bofore any loans wore negotiated you had been to several offices to insure your lifo ?—Witness : Yes, four or five, who refused. There was ono office that wanted 25 per cent, for one year. That being the case, was tho opinion of the actuary of the Norwich Life Office taken as to what would bo the proper terms for a loan to be effected I—Yea, it was. A discussion hero arose as to a letter which had got into the shorthand writers’ notes, which had all the words written as briefly as possible, with all kinds of abbreviations, which Mr. Sergoant Ballantino characterised as an attorney’s letter written in short legal phrases and words. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine handed in seventeen letters written by Roger Tichborne previously to going abroad to Mr. Hopkins. The object was to give the jury an opportunity of comparing the spoiling. Tho Court then adjourned.Chung How has not had an over-pleasant time of it in Franco recently, if private accounts are worth anything. One of his snite waa very nearly being massacred by the Communists, as a spy. Tho French Government will very shortly bo prepared to enter seriously into tho subject of the massacre of French subjects at Tientsin, and a largo pecuniary indemnity ia, according to rumour, to be demanded. If report speaks true, as much as 200 million francs will be required to atone for Chinese misdeeds. If so, evidently our Gallic neighbours are prepared to seize auy opportunity of robbing Fetor to pay Paul, alias Prussia. Chung How has recovered his health, but is very home-sick, and his friends are half afraid that if ho do not soon rotnrn to Cathay, he will pine and die.It is reported that Mr. Soward intends to pay another visit shortly to China and Japan, but at his advanced age this hardly seems credible.GOSSIP ON THE GREAT TICH-BORNE CASE.Thr 1 European Mail' says:—The Tichborne case has continued to excite general attention, and the evidence, which is of a very romantic nature, has been eagerly read. On a recent occasion the cross-examination of the Solicitor-General was mainly directed to the object of proving the claimant and a man named I rtun, the son of a butcher at Wapping, to 1st one and the same person. In ono of liis replies, however, tho claimant said that he and Orton had been tried at Cas-tlcmaine for horse-stealing, but having proved the horso to bo their own they were acquitted. On June 26 the cross-examination had reference to the claimant’s residence in South America, and on J une 27 to what took place in Australia. Tlio claimant lias throughout maintained his equanimity with wonderful sang froid. His cross-examination, which commenced on Juno 2, was brought to a closo by tho Solicitor-General on July 6—the longest cross-examination on record. His re-examination was then proceeded witli by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, and on July 7 the further hearing of tlie case was postponed till Nov. 7. In the course oi his remarks tho learned sergeant said that, great as had been his Lordship's expor-ionco, the evidence yet to be adduced in this case would surprise him more than anything he had hithorto heard.The long adjournment in the Tichbomo case has not yet put an end to tho excitement about it, and there is said to be very heavy betting on the result; not a very edifying tiling, certainly.Tho ‘ Illustrated London Nows' of July 8 gives its readers a spirited illustration representing the Tichborne trial ; and also a view of Tichbomo Pork, Alrosford, Hants.In the House of Lords, on July 3, theEarl of Derby presented a petition from tho defendants in the Tichbomo case against any postponement in the hearing of the case, and urging tliat measures be taken to continuo tho trial. Tho petitioners [minted out that several of tho witnesses were very old and in a feeble state of health, and that if thore wore a long postponement it was just possible that they would not live long enough to bo ablo to givo evidence. Ho hoped that tho noble and learned lord on tho woolsack would be able to give some assurance on tho point. Tho Lord Chancellor said that the matter had been taken into consideration. He believed that a Bill would be introduced into tho other House which would enable all courts to ait at any times and in overy esse thoy may consider expedient to the administration of justice, notwithstanding any orders to the contrary.—A similar petition waa presented by Mr. A. Seymour in tho Honse of Commons.A correspondent writes donying that the length of the Tichbomo case will be unexampled. Ho mentions that some few hundred years ago there arose a dispute regarding a bearing in tho coat-of-arms of the Rutland family and the right of another groat house to its adoption. On this trial Cliaucer gave evidence. It lasted through one whole century and tho latter part of the preceding and former part of the succeeding one.A correspondent states that there is no foundation for the rumour that the claimant in the Tichborne case is suffering from fatty degeneration of the heart. If ho were a victim to that disease, ho would be entirely unable to stand a cross-examination. He certainly does not givo the idea of being a dying man, or of one seriously ill. He is a most inordinate smoker, and may be seen every afternoon driving away from Court in hia carriage, and with a hugo cigar in hia mouth, it is understood tliat the Solicitor-General has before him what the defendants declare to bo a complete history of the claimant's life, and that Sir John Coleridge is basing his cross-examination upon the statements there set forth. The claimant has found a champion in Mr. Whalloy, M.P., who recently mado a speech at Alrosford which has excited no little attention hore. It will bo fortunate for the memlier for Peterborough if he does not hear of his spoech from Chief Justice Bovill. It isborne is the result of a Jesuit intrigue.— In a telegraphic report of the close of tho sitting in tho Tichborne Case on June 29 the following sentence occurs : — “ Even Billy, he complained of tho excesaivo heat, and the Court adjourned.” We presumo “ Even Billy” should bo “ Eventually. We do not think tlio luckloss telegraphist meant any irreverence, although the judgo trying the Tichborne Case ia Sir William Bovill.The following amusing sketch is from tho pen of the London correspondent of the ‘ Dubbo Dispatch':—The great Tichborne trial ia adjourned till the 7th of Nov. to tho chagrin of most of ns. Lady Doughty and the trustees of the estates were naturally vory anxious to go on, as well as the claimant, who hopes to get possession of £25,000 a year. The postponement has also roused the ire of thoso who are finding money for the claimant, as they must keep the witnesses ad interim, so as not to lose sight of them when the case is resumed. Their maintaintance for the noxt three or four months while the case itself is not advanced one step, ia no doubt a grievance, and some idea of tho money spent may bo formed when it is known that the Solicitor General received a fee of 100 guineas, with a “ refresher” of fifty guineas every while the trial las tod. Sergoant tine got a feo of 700 guineas, and also an every morning “refresher” of nearly equal amounts. Hawkins £750 with his brief, and Mr. Giffard £600. The interest in this remarkable trial is by no means exhausted by the extraordinary length of the proceedings. “Society” is as much divided as ever in its opinions, and betting on the result is everywhere rife. Never before has partisanship entered into tho discussion of any public matter to so great a degree. The dispu-tanta, both from the butcher and the baronet points of view, rage as if thoy were friends or relatives of the contending parties. Tho greatest antagonism is to be found among those who have a professional interest in tho case, and have watched it from beginning to end. We read that, during the trial, tho reportcra’ dining room at the House of Commons— where many of tho most experienced press-men meet—was the scene of daily tumult. It is not generally known that tho male line of baronets in the Tichborne family, leaving aside the consideration of the present claimant, depends solely on a child aged 5 years. The wife of tho Australian claimant ia at present engaged in improving hor “ broughtage np.” She is taking lessons in tho useful art of writing. It is said tho task proves decidedly troublesome, and that tho progress made is not considered satisfactory. Her portrait, which has just made its appearance in the shop windows, represents her as a buxom, good looking, dressyBallantiwoman in a rich moire antique gown, a smart bonnet, and fashionable mantilla. Fresh caricatures of the claimant are coining out daily. One of the latest represents the Iwick view of on enormous fat man walking down a street in “ Waggy Waggy' —underneath is written his mother's description of him. “ He was tali and thin, with light hair and blue eyes, ami delicate constitution.” At tlie theatre any sly allusion to tho case is received with a round of applause. For instance, nt the Vaudeville, in a song which alludes to passing events, Sir Roger is dragged in by thu head and shoulders“ If over I cease to love,May Sir Roger Tichborne prove, to boan artful old dodger.If ever I cease to love.”The claimant evinces a taste for theatricals, and has been constantly to witness Offenbach's Fal-sac-ap-pa.” It is ex-pected that before tho trial is over the costa will havo amounted to much more than £100,000, and, if rumour speaks truth, tho enso will lie heard over again, on appeal ! Looking back upon the course of tho Solicitor-General’a cross-examination, people arc expressing diaap-| ointment at the mengrencss of ita reaulta. It ia aaid to havo rather furthored than hindered the plaintiff’s cause. This week’s ‘ Fun’ has a cartoon representing the Queen’s Bench during the hearing of the cose. Judgo, jury, and counsel, are entirely prostrated on the floor, whilo tho claimant, beautifully fresh, brandishes a bottle, exclaiming Should you bo surprised to find that I am tho innocent cause of all this T' This picture has been called forth partly by Sir William Bovill’s remarking, just before the adjournment, that his [lowers of enduranoe were noarly exhausted—and to Sergeant Ballantine's facetious observation tantamount to hishardly knowing whether he stood on his head or his heels—am well as to the expressed desire of the jury to get away into the country because they were suffering acutely from “ facts on the brain. The soi-diaant Sir Rogor, and hia family, are living partly upon the occasional issue of bonds u[Hn tlio Tichbomo estates, bearing interest at 5 per cent., aud issued at 65—and partly upon a bond for £15,009, which ho has given to a Mr. Bloxain to keep him in a stylo befitting his assumed rank.‘Judy’ says, under tho heading of “ The great whichone trial :”—Tho plaintiff's cross-examination was continued. Tho Solicitor-General: When you wore in Waggy-Baggy did you suffer from coma I 1 don't remember.—Did you not at that timo wear tight boots ? Not if I could help it.—Be good enough to answer my question. Did you not wear a tight boot, upon your oath I No, but I wore ono on my loft foot.—Did you not wear it on your right foot ? I never wore my left boot on my right foot.—You are trying to bo facetious, but 1 shall bring these boots homo to you directly. Yon may bring home as many pairs as yon liko, if you will leavo them without the money.—Yon mean that for wit I Yea, “ wit and wear.”—I'll try and bring these particular boots back to your recollection. I've got a pair on 1 should like make you acquainted with.—IIow dare you eay such a thing to my face I I was wrong. I ought to have waited till your back was turned.—Tlio Chief Justice : Shut up, both of you, and lot’s get on with the caso.Examination resumed : On your oath, now, you never hail a com in Waggy-Baggy I Never.—Would you be surprised to hear that Toger Whichono suffered from corns in Waggy-Biggy I No, I shonldn’t, if ho wore tight boots ; but 1 have 300 witnesses to prove he didn't. —One of the Jurors : Are we going to hear them all ? Tho Claimant : Every ninn Jack.—The Chief Justico : This is awful; let's adjourn and have a pipe.— Tho court adjourned accordingly.The will of her Imperial nighneae Princess Letizia Bonaparte, lately residing at Viterbo, in Italy, daughter of the late Lucien Bonaparte, I Vince of Canino, and relict of tho Right Hon. Sir. T. Wyse, K.C.B., formerly a Minister of tho British Cabinet, M.P. for Tipperary and Waterford, and doputy-lieutenant of Queen's County, was proved in Her Majesty's Court of Probate on June 19, by Signor Dominico Falcioni, the solo exo-cutor. The personal property in England was sworn under £4000. The will is translated from tho Italian, and bears date May 18, 1866. Her Imperial Highness was a native of Milan, and wo married in 1821 to Sir Thomas Wyse, by whom sho loavos a family. She be-quoathed her jowollery and other personal ornamonts to hor daughter Adelina, but her brilliants sho bequonths to her son Lucien, who she appoints her universal legatee and heir. She also leaves pecuniary and specific bequests to hor sons N apoleon and Ougliolmo, and hor daughter Maria. The will is signed Princess Letizia Bonaparte Wyse.There are 623,302 more females than males in England and Wales.Robert Houdin, tho cclobrmted conjuror, died on June 21, at Blois, his native place, where he retired in 1855. He was bom on December 6, 1805.Tho Earl of Alrosford was, on June 2, fined 40s. by the Richmond magistrates for disorderly conduct, in throwing flour in a public thoroughfare to the annoyance of passengers on his way from Hampton races.This Spring a blackbird's nest was taken in the neighbourhood of Hitchin, which contained four birds, two of which are white. They are now in tho possession of Mr. Joeves, at the brewery in that town.The longest and darkest day. It is a remarkalilo fact that June 21—the longest day in the year—gas was burnt nearly all day in shops and plaoea of business in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and many other towns in Warwick and Stafford. Daring the day rain foil at intervals in heavy drenching showers, thunder peals were now and then distinctly heard, and black ominous clouds flitted sullenly across the horizon.It is stated that the labours of the Royal Commission on Coal, appointed a few years ago by Sir George Grey, sre on the point of completion, and the result is tho demonstration of the fact that, assuming a certain annual increaso in the rate of consumption, sufficient economically gettable coal exists in Groat Britain and Ireland to last from 800 to 1000 yean.A widow named Susan Clay, aged 95, is now living at Ottery St. Mary, Dovon. She has eight children living, the eldost being 68 and tho youngest 48. Her grandchildren number 67, and her great grandchildren over 260. The eldost of tho fourth generation is 26 yean old. Mn. Clay is in tlio enjoyment of excellent health, and speaks with pride of the extent to which her descendants are die-pened over the earth.
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