THE MAIL.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 568, 4 November 1871, Page 2

THE MAIL.

I Th"B Tichbobke Baroxetcf..—lt will be remembered that on the re-examination of the claimant to the Tichbome estates he .let fall some expressions vtfiieb were understood to mean that news of Arthur Orton had been received. It now appears this Tien- is to be relied upon, and tbs reeentcieparture o£oneof the junior counsel for Australia was for the purpose of making necessr.-y inquiries, and bringing Orton to itngland if the information should prove to bs correct. The defendants, on theii" side, have not beeu idle, bat have despatched a gentleman to the antipodes for the purpose of clearing up the horse-stealing case at Castlemaine The agent -rriil bring back a certified copy of the inibrmation laid before the magistrates, which wil. show whether there were t-,vo mcv or only one man implicated. A rumour was lately current that the case had been compromised; but it mis been stated on good authority that when the court re-assembles in November the parties i*i!l resume the contest, as fiercely as before. In ad.'it in to the extraordinary evidence shadowed forth during the examinations already made, there will be the new Australian revelations ; and we bear

I that some curious facts respecting tatociug will be forthcoming. A contemporary publicl:es the following:—"Some years tiso a geulleman novr living in England, and following the occup ;tion of a eomaiercial traveller \v:!s a resident iv Australia. On oue occasion he lost his way when wandering in the bush, but ;rentua lv goi. to a moor, where he found a shepherd's hut. There was no person :in at the time, but he made himself at home, and determined] »s evening was coming on to pass the night under eov r. Ere long lie was agi'eeab.y surprised to see a man enter Lbe'tint, and had more pleasure in irecogoising him as an Englishman. The traveller, told the new arrival that he had loat his way anil had thought of remaining ia tlie hut all night, and the he dsman, for such he was, gave him a hearty welcome, and promised to make him as comfortable as ii 2 oould under the cireutns-ancos. They entered into conversation about the mother country, when the shepherd, amongst other things-, Said to the stranger, ' You would scarcely think that I belong to the aristocracy of England, would you?' The stranger replied that he should scarcely think he did, where' UjSon the herdsman said, ' I do, though. I am the eldest sou of a baronet.' They spent a pleasant night together, and on the followi'ig morning the traveller was directed on his way by his singular: host, and soon found himself at home. For several years he thought nothing of t ;is conversation, but in the meantime •he had. returned to England, and when the Tiehborne csse was being heard he bethou^iiL himseli of i.is Australian adventure, and determined to e;o up to London and o'iain a sight of the claimant to ihe title an i estate;. In this he was successful, for one afternoon lie saw the claimant leave the Court, and at once recognised him as the mau he had passed !lie night with in the Australian bush, and who nad told him that he was the son of an English baronet. An interview afterwards took place between them, and the commercial gentleman will, it is understood, appear as a witness for the claimant when the case is resuitted in November."

The lost colours of the 68th fool are now said fco lmve been stolen by t'-e Fenians. As ths fiVid of the fl;ig is green, they probably intend to make u?e ot it in their public displays, aud it. would not surprise iv to hear that it figured nt tiio banquet in the Exhibition Palace, Dublin, {,'■ o other clay, when there was no other bit of British bunting risible. There is cue comfort for the 68th. The exultation of the enemy over his spoil of war must necessarily be confined to his own bosom, as we do not hear that the fitg went clown in the heady incidents of a fight, and under the circutnstaneta if would only be producible in apoiit'C court like tin ordinary "flimsy" that hal accidentally changed hands. Should it ever come to light in the character of stolen property, we presume there would be no difficulty in reclaiming it for the regiment, but » ques'km" might arise whether ii ought to be re-consecrated, "Up with thesreea" must henceforth have quite another rwaning than its patriotic one. V