The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-10 00:00:00

2'.HE UNIVERSITY BOAT RICE.

' Both crews are continuing their daily practice
over the course, and the beneficial result is markedly
apparent, especially within the last two days, in the
Oxford crew, who were generally considered to have
had a little too much flesh on them. They were
first out yesterday, and having gone up from Put-
ney to Mortlake, rowed down on the first of the ebh
against a crew of picked waterman. They started
from the Ship with the Waterman about a boat's
length ahead. The latter only held them to 200 or
300 yards below Barnes Bridge, when the Oxonians
left them in gallant style, and arrived at Putney 50
lengths ahead or more, The time in this trial is stated
to have been 21 min. 2 sec., and the closest time to that
recorded of late years is the Cambridge victory in
1858; but in 1846 a crew of the same university
rowed the raced (down) in 21 min. 5 sec.; it is, how-
ever, not probable that in the presentstate of the river
it will be accomplished up on Saturday in anything
like that time. Although the Oxford pace yester-
day was very fine, they seemed to row a little short,
but they are evidently in better condition than
when we last noticed them, and are of the highest
credit to their university. Their average weight
is now about list. 91b per man, and they are de-
cidedlym followed
minutes,
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altogether excellent ; the most critical observer
could find no fault with the crew, but they were
stated by some, who timed them, to have occupied
from 12 sec. to 15 sec. longer in doing the distance
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difference ; nor is it expected they will,
have no superfluity of weight to disposef
exerciseo, and
therefore only need the ordinary
the result of
to keep them in condition.
the race may be, there is butW
will be a fine contest, and should t
favourable, will doubtless attract a
match from Putney Bridge
spectators. it is at present
da • but as it is ".
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race w, who
will has
start
the chartered
be a Citizen
t trifle
ifl
at twelv e o'clock
improbable that it may.
d alt
the •
those who wish to witness race to be half an-
in order to prevent di!appointmeneta,LrevrlaetisoectreaMmen
hour earlier than they had intended.

1
FIRES AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND
AT HOXTO.
N..—Yesterday morning, between ono and two
o'clock, some alarm was for a short time caused at the
International Exhibition, in consequence of a firo being
discovered in the north end of the western annex. An oil
lamp was left burning, and the sparks from the wick fell
upon a Prussian case containing agricultural implement'
and fired it ; the fire was, however, soon extinguished.—
Another fire happened in the manufacturing premises of
Mr. J. Golding, scale-board cutter, High-street, lioxton,
by which the buildings were extensively damaged by water,
Sco., and the whole of the contents of the drying-house
were consumed. This fire was caused from the overheat-
ing of the drying-stove. '1 he building and contents wero
insured.

URSES IN FRANCE.—The nurses are for the most
part country girls of the lower class, who have gone astray-,
or poverty-stricken mothers who eke out their scanty earn-
ings by taking strange children to nurse. They contrive to
retain their capacity for wet-nursing four or five r:ars, and
but for the interference of the police (who cut the part when
these women are disposed to play it too lung) would per-
haps extend it for even a longer period of time. They often
have four or five children at a time, and as some of theso
roust be fed by the bottle, the chances of mortality are greatly
increased. These nurses are brought up to Paris by men
who make a trade of it, called viencurs. They receive the
monthly wages of the nurse, carry all packets destined to
her, and visit nurse and child once every month, and report
their condition, Of course this report, like the reports made
truth,to shareholders
leotrf someuhy and nothing but the truth. All the
joint-stock companies, is rarely the
nicticurs is transacted by
called
businessßureaux l
)Paris
s °f
tire
do j‘-olcrrices, where the nurses are lodged agencies,
when in Pflris, where themencur may be found once a mouth,
and where the wages are paid monthly,--Once a week.