17 JUNE 1871, Page 3

The Tichborne case has dragged on wearily through the week,

the cross-examination bringing out that the claimant, educated at Stonyhurst, does not remember the meaning of quadrangle, or who Virgil was, or the difference between Latin and Greek, and having been an officer does not recollect what is the difference be- tween open and close order. No doubt, some explanation will be offered of the condition of his memory, which if really as incom- tplete as he maintains, presents a most curious and interesting problem to physiologists. The interest in the trial seems abating, but there is no sign as yet of a conclusion.