The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-13 00:00:00

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THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.—
CHANGE OF OXFORD STROKE.
OXFORD, Thursday Evening.

' The objections which have, during the last week or so,
been made to the rowing of some of the Oxford crow ap-
pear to have been well founded, as some very important
changes were made this morning and afternoon, when Mr.
M. Brown, of Trinity College, a former victorious Oxford
stroke, visited the river side in company with Messrs. J.
11. Forster, University, and A. H. Hall, University, two
distinguished past and present Oxford oarsmen. Mr.
Willan, the president, had the men out early this morn-
ing, and relinquished his place for the nonce while he
ran down towards Iftley and back twice with the gentle-
men above named. On the first occasion of the boat
going down, Mr. Darbishire, of Baliol, stroke of one
of the last Trial Eights, rowed 6, in the place of Mr.
E. S. Carter, who occupied Mr. Willan's seat, Mr. Marsden
taking the stroke oar. The result was that Mr. Marsden
was shifted from the post of honour to No. 6, Darbishire
rowing stroke the second time, and Mr. Willan still coach-
ing from the bank. In the afternoon Derrington was dis-
placed from No. 4 position, to which Mr. Marsden was
changed, and Darbishire again rowed stroke, this time
taking the men to Sandford and back, Mr. Lipscomb, Uni-
versity, steering pro tens. The change is considered highly
satisfactory, although it cannot but be felt it must at this
late period somewhat militate against the chances of the
" dark blue" on the 4th of April.
The following gentlemen now constitute the Oxford
crew, who will row for the last time on the Isis on Satur-
day week, and appear on the Thames on the following
Monday —Bow, R. Benson, Baliol. 2. A. Yarborough,
Lincoln. 8. It. Ross, Exeter. 4. R. G. Marsden, Merton.
5. J. C. Tintns, University. G. E. 5, Carter, Worcester
7. F. Willan, Exeter. Stroke, S. Darbishire, Baliol. Cox-
swain, C. R. Tottenham, Ch. Ch.

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Mr. Elliott said the men in most of his pits were not
members of any union, but he found them equally as
troublesome to manage as union men. The Welsh colliers
were not so independent or intelligent as the men in the
North of England. He thought the men had a right to
have a union amongst them if they wished it, and that as
a rule they were none the worse for it.
Mr. Kane, who had been examined at great length on
a previous , day, was then re-examined in explanation
of some of the statements made by Mr. Jones, but was
repeatedly interrupted by Mr. Roebuck with an unfavour-
able running commentary upon his evidence. He asserted
that until the lock-out in 1866, the wages in the North of
England had als6ys been regulated by those of S taffordsli i re,
and it was then only for the first time that a reduction was
attempted in the North, without any corresponding reduc-
tion in Staffordshire. The strike in 1863 was not in
consequence of the formation of the union, but, on
the contrary, the union was formed after the
strike. The union did not give the slightest
encouragement to men to leave their work unfi-
nished or without notice, unless the committee were
thoroughly satisfied there were attendant circumstances in
favour of the men, and this was found to be the case in
the instance brought forward by Mr. Jones. There were
not any publicans acting as secretaries of lodges,
but some of the lodges did meet at public-houses,
having no other convenient place ; and letters or
other documents were sometimes left in charge
of the publican for the secretary. He gave explanations
on many other points, which appeared, on the whole, to
be satisfactory to the majority of the commissioners.
The commissioners sit again on Tuesday next.