THE TICHBORNE CASE.

Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 984, 21 September 1871, Page 3

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 noith. whose testimony, if trustworthy, would be found very valuable in this remarkable trial. 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 heard him say, they state that he came to the Colony' about eighteen years ago, which is nb'tf very far from the date at which De Castro, alleges he came to Victoria, : and that hV was one of the seamen on board a ship on . a coast, which they believe to have been:! that of South America, which was wrecked' or abandoned near that; "time, and offwhich a vessel picked him with others^' amongst whom he thought was Ec Castro. It is stated that when tal|s: was indulged in some time ago abou| the truthfulness of De Castro's stated ment, the man to whom we refer described the person who had suffered with him and entered the Colony with him, and that his description was a good ore ot De-. Castro. About two months since he lert' his friends, and has not since been heard of, and it is thought hs 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 one remembers the name of ; the vessel said to have been the one from ; which he was rescued. In addition to this, we learn from undoubted, authority, that Burgess; concerning whom so much has been said of late, died at Castlemaine in 1864 or 1865., Our informant states ithat 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, whose name is Whitlock, came to Ballarat with the* widbw, his Bister, and remained here for some time, and there is good reason to believe* that Wbitlock has been mistaken for his brother-in-law. A son of Burgess was seen in Ballarat some time ago, but it is not known where he is now. It appears, also, that there are two brothers named Orton living near Castlemaine, and some persons suppose that, they may be related to the Orion who « so much wanted. The Courier says:-^ " We have already announced that Burgess, who is wanted in connection with the alleged horsestealing case at Castlemaine, in the interests of the Lushington family, died some years back. This statement has since been confirmed, but from' whatitranspired yesterday, his death is of no consequence from this point of view. It seems that after the horse was stolen, Burgess died, and that when the case came on,for hearing at the Police Court, the principal witness for the prosecution was Mr TVhjtlock, Mrs Burgess' brother. Thai person now being hunted up, and as he now resides in Melbourne, no .difficulty is likely to stand in the way of his being found. With regard to our announcement a few days since, that we expected* before out-going mail left to publish some valuable information touching tte- claimant's identification with Orton, we have since received this information, and handed it over to the detective making inquiries, into the case in this district. We may state that though valuable^ it is not half so sensational as we were led by our, first informant to expect ft would prove." Councillor Ives, of Ballarat (says the Evening Mail), it Beems, was well ac,qusanted with the* Orton family, iti Was-' ping, twenty years, since. George Orton , $ncl Mrlveg: were brother officers of the same sHipt and made several trips to- ; gether <( .;Jußt previous to his' leaving; England in 1852 or 1858, Mr Tves learnt from the Orton family that Arthur Orton had been shipwrecked on the South American coast, but at that time nothing further^was kridwti of his subsequent pro-' ceedings. On arrival in Melbourne, Mr Ives fell; in with sn old 7 friend, a seacaptain, who informed him amongst other items of news, that ; Arthur Orton had goi safely ' to Victoria. Mr Ives and Arthur Orton, it seems, were well known to each other as boys ; Orton at that time delivering meat on board the vessel in which Mr Ives was a sailor. Mr Ives is well acquainted with the family likeness of the' Ortons, and has mentioned to us several striking peculiarities of feature, etc. Be is of opinion that he would at onoeknow Arthur Ortori's likeness were he 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 to 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 resemble the peculiar development of the mouth of the Ortons.] „ . ;