The Sun.
London, England, 1865-03-30 00:00:00

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(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
RIO DE JANEIRo, Feb. 14, 1864.
We have dates from Monte Video to the 7th, and
from Buenos Ayres to the 6th inst.

The blockade of Monte Video was intimated on
the 2d, and reorganised by foreign Ministers, seven
days being granted to those who wished to leave
the place. The bombarding was commenced on the
9th by the Brazilian squadron and the allied armies.
The besieged have 25 pieces of cannon and 3,600
National Guards for the defence of the city. Gen.
Flores occupies the port of Buceo, which is open to
commerce.

A complete exodus has taken place from Monte
Video, more from fear of the rapacity of the de-
fenders than of the assailants. The Government
seized all the bales of wool in the place to employ as
ramparts, this brought forth a representation from
the English residents to Mr. Letts, the British
Minister, which concludes by asking if they could
count on the protection of the British forces to de-
fend their persons and property, or if they were to
rely entirely on their own efforts for protection ?
The bandits under the blanco Colonels, Munoz
and •Apparicio, attacked the Brazilian town of
Jaguarao, and were repulsed by the inhabitants,
with a loss of between 20 and 30 robberies. One of
the inhabitants who fell into their bands was
gouged, shamefully maltreated, and then de-
capitated. Before crossing the frontier they
pillaged the fazenda of a Brazilian in
the Banda Oriental, and cut the throats of all the
family, previously ill-treating the women. On
their way to Jaguarao they fell in with a party of
eight Brazilians and some women and girls ; the
men were maltreated and the women and girls
abused. Their career of iniquity will probably not
be long, as four detachments of allied armies are
on their track, and will not fail to meet them soon.
The Paraguayan expedition to Motto Grosso
appears to have met with a check somewhere, be-
eause, after advancing some way into the interior,
it returned to Coimbra, and the fleet has also de-
scended the river, and is at anchor off Coimbra, but
little positive can be known, as the only news we
receive of their movements is through their own
official reports.

The officers and men, seven in number, of the
Anhambahy who were made prisoners, are in chains
at Assumption, and shown about like wild beasts.
Senor Carneiro de Campos and his companions in
captivity have been sent into the interior, and no
news can be obtained of them. The mate of the
Anhambahy, being severely wounded, had his throat
cut.

About 9,000 troops of Lopez are reported to be
at San Carlos, where he is said to be concentrating
25,000 men to invade Rio Grande by San Barja, or
to relieve Montevido.

Senor Beaurepaire Rohan, Minister of War here,
has been replaced by Viscount Camamu.

The University Boat-Race.

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Notwithstanding the inclement state of the weather
yesterday a great number of sporting gentlemen and old
University hands found their way to Putney, it being
whispered that the Oxford men would row a trial ; among
them were the following :—Hon. G. Denman, Q.C., M.P. ;
Messrs. T.S. Egan, W. B. Woodgate, amateur champion of
the Thames; George Morrison, of Balliol; H. C. Smith,
and Risley. Nothing was done in the morning except the
usual walk on foot before breakfast, and till the afternoon
the gentlemen were at their quarters. At ten minutes past
three exactly they rowed from the London Boat House
down to the aqueduct and turned. There was a swinging
tide and the water was without a ripple, although snow fell
at the time. Kelly, the ex-champion, sculled up in advance,
and the gentlemen were timed to do 39 strokes per minute.
The swing of the bodies was excellent, and presented the
appearance of a good Oxford eight ; but the rowing in the
boat, with the exception of bow and stroke, manifested
that a vast amount of improvement was necessary, the
general opinion of competent judges being that the work
in the boat was so irregular that it did not at all realise the
hopes of the Oxford friends, and as a consequence the bet-
ting went to evens on Cambridge, the latter University
having many firm supporters. The style in the boat was
defective ; there was a good reach forward, characteristic
of the Oxford rowing, but the oars did not get anything
like a firm grip on the water. The stroke set by Mr. Brown
was excellent, and the time good. One of the best features
of the rowing was the activity displayed after the finish of
the stroke and the forward reach for the next. With many
shouts from the coxswain to the bow side they went at a
rattling pace along the Willows, and were cheered well
round the point. Time to Crab Tree, five minutes ; and
Hammersmith Bridge a little over eight minutes. The
crew continued at top speed to Chiswick Church, where
"easy all" was the coxswain's order, and after a short in-
terval they turned for the downward passage. Messrs.
Morrison and Woodgate, who were on the towing path,
gave them some desperate spurts down, and, on arriving
at the London Boat House, it was evident that the want of
style in the boat had told its tale, some of the men appear-
ing rather distressed with the exertion.
We append a list of the names and present rowing
weights of the rival crews.
OXFORD
1. Mr. R. T. Raikes, Merton
2. Mr. P. Senhouse, Christ Church
3. Mr. E. F. Henley, Oriel ...
4. Mr. G. G. Coventry, Pembroke...
5. Mr. A. Morrison, 8a11i01...
6. Mr Wood, Pembroke

st lb
... 11 1
... 11 2
... 12 12
12 2
12 10
12 2

7. Mr. A. Schneider, Trinity ~. 11 10
8. Mr. M. Brown, Trinity ... 11 3
C. E. W. Tottenham, Ch. Ch (cos.) 7 13
CAMBRIDGE. st lb
12.. WiLaßtneeeyb,ee!ts. John's
t.John's
1111 32
3.
4. Mr. E. V.
Mr.
R.
A. Piggott,Kingiak eCo ,
Trinityipus
1121 1122
5. Mr. D. F. Steavenson, Trinity Hall ... 12 8
6. Mr. G. H. Borthwick, Trinity 12 5
7. Mr. W. R. Griffiths, Trinity 12
8. Mr. C. B. Lawes, Trinity ;
Arr. F. H. Archer, Corpus Christi (cox.) 7 8
From the above it will be seen that the average weight
of the Oxford crew, exclusive of the coxswain, is just over
list 121 b, while that of their opponents is rather better
than list 131 b; the difference in the total weight of the
two crews being 101 b in favour of Cambridge. The bet-
ting still continues to be quoted at 5 to 4 on Oxford, but
at the University clubs even money is currently laid and
takee.

THE LOCK-OUT.—The meeting of the North
Staffordshire iron-workers and their masters in the
presence of Lord Lichfield, took place yesterday at Stoke.

It seems to have ended abortively. The masters insisted
as a sine qua non that the men should go to work at the
reduced rate of wages, and that then the differences between
them should be refereed to arbitration. To this the men
declined to agree. They would not go to work at the wages
the South Staffordshire men had accepted, and the quarrel
seems now as far from being healed as ever. The masters
will now probably introduce men from other districts to
North Staffordshire, and thus get their works open again.
Meantime, the London trades delegates met last night,
and passed resolutions approving of the conduct of the
North Staffordshire men, and promising them support.