MORE ABOUT THE TICHBORNE CASE.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2692, 3 October 1871, Page 3

MORE ABOUT THE TICHBORNE CASE.

Ballarat continues to contribute its quota of incidents in connection with the case of which the baronet with such numerous aliases is the hero. Till within the last two months (understands the Ballarat Star ) a man was living in Ballarat North whose testimony, if trustworthy, would be found very valuable in this remarkable case. The man we refer to was years ago a sailor, and his Ballarat friends imagine, from what he has frequently said on the subject, that he could give valuable testimony. Not having any particular reason for examining him carefully, the man’s friends did not take much interest in his story. From what they now remember to have beard him say, theyjstate that he came to the colony about eighteen years ago, which is rot very far from the date at which De Castro alleges he came to Victoria, and that he was one of the seamen on board a ship on a coast, which they believe to have been that of South America, whicli was wrecked or abandoned near that time, and off which wreck a vessel picked him with others, amongst whom he thought was De Castro. It is stated that when talk was indulged in some time ago about the truthfulness of De Castro’s statement, the man to, whom we refer described the person who suffered with him, and that his desqriptjon was a good one of Ids' Castro. About two months since he left hjs friends, apd has not since been heard of pnd it is thought that he may have started to work his passage to England on board ship, as he has said that he would have gone there long since but for his wife and family. No person remembered tho name of the vessel said to have been the one from which he was rescued. Ip addition to this, we learn from undoubted authority fhat Burgess, concerning wh,om so much fias beep said of late, died af Cftstlemaine in 1864 or 1865. Our informant states that he knew Burgess well, and saw his funeral, so that there can be no mistake in the matter. It appears that the brother-in-law of Burgess, whoso name is Whitlock, came to Bal.farat with the widow, his sister, and remained here for some time, and there is good reason to believe that Whitlock has been mistaken for his brother-in-law. A son of Burgess was seen in Ballarat some lime ago, hut it is not known where he is now. (t appears, also, that there are two brothers named Orton, living near Castlemaine, and some persons suppose that they may be related to the Orton who is so much wanted. Councillor Ivis, of Ballarat (says the Evmlng Mai) it seems was well acquainted with the Orton family, in Wapping, twenty years siuce. George Orton and Mr Ives were brother officers of the same ship, and made several trips together. Just previous to his leaving England in 1852 or 1853, Mr Ives learnt from the Orton family that Arthur Orton had been shipwrecked on the South American coast, but at that time nothing further is known of his subsequent proceedings. On arrival in Melbourne, Mr Ives fell in with an old friend, a sea-captain, ■who informed him, amongst other items of news, that Arthur Orton had got safely to Victoria. Mr Ives and Arthur Oftop, i - - seem", were well known tq each other as boys ; OrUm, at the time, delivering meat on board flic vessel in which Mr Ives was a sailor. Mr lyes is well acquainted with the family likeness of the Ortons, and has mentioned to us several striking of feature, &c. He is of opinion that h,e wopM at once know Arthur Orton’s likenesses were

ke to see it. It seems that the evidence wanted is being supplied inch by inch. [Since writing the above, we learn "that Mr Ives has inspected the portraits of the claimant of the Tichborne baronetcy in the illustrated papers, and this is what he tells us respecting them—From the nose down, the features, as represented, are very similar to those of the Orton family. The nose, as depicted, is much like that of the sailor Orton. The prominent front teeth strikingly resembles the peculiar development of the mouth of the Ortons.]