The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-20 00:00:00

,THE
,AORPOLK ELECTION PETITION.

In the matter of the Norfolk petition, the court pro.
• ceedecl, yesterday, to hear further evidence as to treating.
The case of the petitioner, as regards the Wells district, was
completed, and witnesses were then called to prove similar
treating in Stalham district. It was proved that adinner
was given, 'after the election, at the Crown Inn, at
Catfield, to about twenty persons. Some of those present
were, however, not voters. The dinner was given by Mr.
Lubbock, of Catfield Hall,who canvassed the landlord of the
Crown on behalf of La,con and Walpole. The landlord said his
Principles were Conservative, and Mr. Lubbock afterwards
ordered the dinner. It was ordered about three weeks
after the election. Mr. Lubbock stated that the dinner
was given for the parishioners of Catfield, but he only
invited such of them as had voted for Lacon and Walpole.
He had paid about eight pounds for the dinner, and had
not been repaid. Mr. Hammond, the landlord of the
Crown, said this house had always been " Red," and he
had accordingly at once promised his vote to the Conser-
vatives. An unwilling witness, named Clarke, was called
to prove that a similar dinner had taken place at Happis-
burgh. This witness spewed such hesitation that Mr.
Justice Blackburn threatened to commit him.

THE INTERNATIONAL BOAT RACE,

The international boat race is being prepared for both
at Oxford and Harvard. The Oxford University Boat
Club have already made a selection, and practice has com-
menced. Mr. VT. C. Crofts, of Brasenose College, the
champion Oxford University sculler, steered the following
crew:—Bow—R. D. Benson, Balliol College; No. 2—A.
C. Yarborough, Lincoln College ; No. 3-J. C. Tinn6;
University College ; .Stroke—S. D. Darbishire, Balliol
College. The crew is made up from the victorious Oxford
eight of this year, Mr. Darbishire still occupying the im-
portant position of stroke oar ; while Messrs. Tinne, Yar-
borough, and Benson were respectively 5,6, and 7, in the
recent victory of the Dark Blue. The " hour" rowed
steadily down to Iffley and back, but their uniformity
at this early stage created a very favourable impression.
and there is every reason to think the Dark Blue will
have four excellent representatives in the above-named
-gentlemen. The selection of coxswain has not yet been
made, but it is probable Mr. Neilson, of St. John's, who
steered Oxford against Cambridge this year, will again be
entrusted with the rudder lines. The preliminaries of
the race have not yet been Settled, but it is understood
it will take place in August, when the Cantabs, and
probably the London Rowing Club, will encounter
the Americans. The London Rowing Club, although
not challenged Ly .A.. 1.10., have thrown down the
gauntlet to our American cousins, on the ground
that Oxford and Cambridge do not represent the
amateur talent of England, and have instanced their
success at Ilenley-on-ThameS against the two universities,
but this is hardly fair to the Light and Dark Blues, as
their strength has hardly ever been put forth at that
pleasant annual gathering.
The New York Times thus describes the American
meet :—" William Hammond Simmons, of Concord, Mass.,
is a member of the Senior Class. He has rowed almost
daily during good weather ever since he entered college,
pulling number three in the Freshinen Crew, which beat
all the other class boats in 1863 that were willing
to try them ; number two in the University six
in 1867, winning both-. the Boston City Regatta,
on July 4th of that year, and the college race
at Worcester; and number three in the University six in
1868, which was defeated twice by the champion profes-
sionals of the country, the Ward brothers, but easily beat
a strong St. John party, all the best New England crews,
and the Yale men of that year. This year he was
appointed stroke and captain of the club, but he freely
resigned the former position in favour of Mr. Loring,
when he consented to row in the four to go to Eng-
land. Alden Porter Loring, of Boston, has a name
familiar to rowing men. Of finer mould than. Mr.
Simmons, he stands exactly as tall, weighs, trained,
about 155 pounds, and is nearly 25 years old.
He is the only man who ever rowed in a Harvard
University crew while a freshman or a first-year man,
and he is now a senior, and has rowed stroke in every
race mentioned above where Mr. Simmons took part. He
can at once with his practised eye detect the slightest
irregularity in the rowing of any man, and all may feel,
when they learn that this post has been entrusted to him,
that the chances of turning out a team whose action shall
be most polished and harmonious could not have
been better than now. The English captain, in
order to ' coach ' his crew, deemed it necessary to leave
the boat and view and correct their motions while on
horseback on the bank. The advantages of Mr. Loring's
plan are sufficiently obvious to anyone experienced in
rowing. Though the men for the two waist oars are
not yet fully settled upon, of the fur or five standing
a good chance for the places, it is safe to say that Messrs.
Rice and Bass are as likely as any to prove themselves
worthy of them. George Bass, of Chicago, 111.,
is a member of the Sophomore Class, '7l, is 23 years
old, stands nearly five feet ten, and will weigh, trained
at the time of the race, about 163 pounds. He rowed
starboard waist in his class six last year, his crew winning
with ease. Mr. Bass is freely acknowledged to be a man
of unusual staying power. Sylvester Warren Rice, of
Oregon Territory, will likely have the honour of a place in
this important tour. He, like Mr. Bass, is a Sophomore,
and with him has rowed four races. He is next to the
heaviest man in the boat, weighing nearly 180, and will not
train below 165, pounds. He stands the tallest of the
four, bcinz six feet and half an inch in height, and is now
26 years of age, He is a lithe, quick fellow at his work
for one of his weight, and skewed himself a man for a
tight place when the stroke oarsman of his crew last year
having been sunstruck in the middle of a race, he did the
work of almost two men for quite a distance, and suc-
ceeded in plaeng his crew a good second. A man con-
siderably acquainted with steering has already been found
for the post of coxswain, and he will underweigh with
Mr. Wilson, of Oxford, or Mr. Gordon, of Cambridge,
England."

On Saturday morning the wife of a chemist at
Leicester gave birth to twin children (girls) which partook
of the nature of the " Siamese twins," having four arms
and four legs, and being joined together from the breast
to the umbilical cord. They did not survive above a
quarter of an hour, and their death was quickly followed
by that of their mother.

JMFORTANT TO COAIMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
Having received several communications from correspon-
dents who wished to know if it was necessary for. a
traveller who supplied a shopkeeper from his stock to take
out a hawker's liceme in England, the editor of the
Goldsmith communicated with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and received the following reply:—" Inland
Revenue, Somerset House, London, W.C.—Sir,—The
Chancellor of the Exchequer having transmitted to this
board your letter to him of the 4th inst., I am instructed
to refer you to the Oth sec. of the.24th and 25th Vic. cap. 21,
under which you will perceive that commercial travellers
selling to persons who are dealers in the goods, or buying
to sell again, are not liable to the hawker's license.—l am,
Sir, your obedient servant, War. CORBETT, Secretary."

SHAMMING! A Tumouit.—The Indian Medical
Ga:ette reports an extraordinary case of "shamming."
'The Indian pretender was a girl of 15 years of age, who
was brought by her parents to Dr. Cameron, the civil
assistant-surgeon of Monghyr. A tumour of the size of a
teacup disfigured her left cheek, and gave her great pain,
she said. It had begun a year ago in the shape of a small
growth at the angle of the jaw, and was
now so painful and irksome that the parents
were most desirous to have an operation per-
formed on it. The doctor looked into the girl's
mouth, separating her teeth a little way, with
difficulty, as she was continually starting back, and com-
plaining of pain. lie saw something like ends of pieces
of cloth, and eventually managed to pull out one piece of
cloth after another until the tumour had wholly disap-
peared. The girl then, says the narrator, looked foolish
and sulky, and• her. parents-on whom she had imposed
were stupefied with astonishment. Next day they brought
her again, and there was no difficulty now in examining.
her mouth, which was sound every way, and without a
trace of swelling. The left cheek, which had for so long
a time been strained over the ball of cloth; was flacid and
thin, the- centre of it being like the skin of a withered
apple. The ball of cloth weighed four ounces when the
pieces of which it was composed were washed and dried.
THE EMPEROR. NAPOLEON AT SCHOOL. —The
following " certificate" of the progress made, by the
present Emperor Lcuis Napoleon in 1821-2, when he was
a boy at the College of St. Anne, at Augsburg, will be

read with interest: "No. 21. Prince -Charles Louis
Napoleon, son of the Duc de St.-Leu, of -Rome; born at
Paris ; belonging to the Catholic religion ; aged 14 years
and 5 months. Ire is gifted with many good qualities, in
the development of which be has laboured with ranch zeal.
Fie has made good progress in the German language, in
Latin, and in arithmetic ; pretty good in Greek and in
history; in general, therefore, considerable progress. His
quiet manner towards his fel:ow•pupils is deserving

of all praise, as also is the respect and gratefulness with
which he has accepted even disagreeable tasks. Ito has
the 94th place; the difficulties of the German language,
of which he is not yet master, have prevented him from
obtaining higher rank. Besides, he is publicly com-
mended, and he can pass into a superior class.". The cer.
tificato for the previous six months is much the same ; but
to it is added a remark to the effect that " this pupil pos-
sesses an ardent feeling for all that is elevated, good, and.
beautiful ; and he Would have made great progress if
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