The Tichborne Claimant.

Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 196, 12 August 1873, Page 7

The Tichborne Claimant.

The London correspondent of the Inverness Conner writes : —ln appearance and demeanour the Claimant is better than can be gleaned from the photographs. Though there is that nameless indication about him which reveals that he lias not. been reared in polite society, there is nothing about him which is at first sight expressive of vulgarity. True, his immense size gives him an air of dullness and stupidity, which naturally does not belong to him, but which in a large measure, vanishes when lie is moved by a conceit. One’s first impressions on getting a view of his huge proportions is that of a great dumb inarticulate creature whose intelligence is imprisoned in flesh. His eyes have something of the weak bovine character, expressive of softness of character, and there is a certain rude placidity about his fa e. His. hands are remarkably small for one of such stature, ami they may be said to he, the redeeming feature of his general grossness. No trace of canning is to be discerned in his features, but, on the contrary, the prevailing lines seem to be those of simplicity and overgrown childness. When he laughs especially, there is an unaffected boyishness in his manner that strikes one as painful when regard is had to much that has transpired during Ids wondrous trial. Evidently lie is a living martyr to obesity. His suffe rings on that account are apparently at times acute, and he is inflicted with inordinate thirst, which he strives to quench by long draughts out of the deep soda-water glasses. Ho smokes cigars that are nearly a foot long, which are now known as *' Claimants.”