New-York tribune., 1868-02-17


lease Of power, postponed Reform, and put back
all over the world the pyogress OF Democracy; Hg;
From Their point OF view, view, tney were were s;na rgnt
the duplcity of their means, or the stupidity of q
large part OF the Liberals To try now, Mr. Hall
does to cover up the facts and offer make-belleve
excuses, wln prove of little avail in reaching com
promise, OF in bringing on that era OF mental good
win which Mr.. Hall no doubt honestly desires. Let
MS be good-natured If we can, but above all Things
let us be honest.
There is a doubt whether the University boat race
Will be rOwed. Cambridge seems almost disheart-
ened The time is past when the challenge ought to
have gone to Oxford. and il has not been sent Old
rowing men at Cambridge affirm that 1t Is hopeless
to struggle against the disadvantages which every
year tell more and more against them The Isis is
river so much bigger than the Cam that the styles OF
rowing of the two Universities necessarily become
different and when the changes TO the Thames
a Cambridge crew find themselves literally out OF
their depth and can neither pull their own shall
low river has taught them nor remodel their style
in the few days Of practice which they have before
the race at Putney. The boats have grown lighter
yearly, thus adding to the difficulty, and rowing
men bethink themselves that the greater part
of the Cambridge triumphs were won in
the Old-fashiOned heavy boats. Add TO all
this that of the men most relied on
for the Cambridge eight this year is i'll and forbidden
TO row. feeling seems TO have got possession OF the
beaten University that il is impossible TO win, aud
useless to 90 on year after year with deieats-sl 1t
is not yet resolved to succumb nor can believe that
Cambridge viii be content to settle down IN CON
fessed inferority Mr.. william, President of the Ok
ford University Club, has been hard at work with
bis trial crews, and, after numerous changes, the
eight are now composed as follows Bow, ID. Benson,
Balhol; No. 2, Cunningham Corpus; No. 3, +. S.
Carter, Worcester; No. d. j. e. Time, University;
No. s. T. j. Derington, Oh. Ch; No s. S d. Dar6i.,
shire. BaOl; No 2, r. Ross. Exeter; Stroke, r. G.
Marsden, Merton; Coxswan. f. william, Exeter.
1t appears that a challenge or proposition of some
sort has actually been received 10y the Oxford Club
from Harvard College. AS an American suppose
may be expected 10 rejoice in this exposition of
pluck, but am heartily sorTy for it. Rowing ia
art which here has arrived at perfection In America
II has made great progress within ten years, but Is
still IN crude state. Is there no rowing man among
Harvard graduates who has seen eght-Oar race at
Putney Let him frankly tell his ambitious young
friends that they win laures in such contest
Has Hamllls eXperiece taught them nothing he
was champion of all America, and beaten here so
easily and hopelesSly that his rowing at all could
only be excused the ground of perfect ignorance
of what he had TO contend against. What reason
have the Harvard men 10 think they are better men
than Hamnll or likely 10 make a moro credltable
in an elght-0aT than he did with SOULS would
not say a word against their plan If IL was only
question of being beaten. A crew need not be dis
graeed because II is defeated, but may justly incur
the reprOach of presumption in coming 5000 miles to
row against men whom they have not the remOtest
chance of beating. Harvard aud Yale have n great
deal to learn before they can meet an English crew
the Thames terms and | for one hope
they will pursue their education at home rather than
here. If they would send one or two good men over
here TO look on they might learn enough to reward
them for the voyage but they will pay dearly for the
lesson if they prefer to take il by means Of public
defeat that Will be sure TO be diSgraceful
buckingham County is, for England, large, long
struggling shire. One end peaks mp near London
another scrambes down to OXfordshire. 1t ought TO
be model bucolc county, for II sends Mr.. Dsraeh
TO Parliament, and the noble owner of Stowe tthe
famous seat of the Temples, near the county town.
is the Duke of Buckingham, and Chandos Lord Pres
ident of Her Majestys Council, under Lord Derby
The territorial aristOcracy of England, champions OF
the agricultural interest ought to be able If anybody
is, to present to the world model specimens of the
finest peasantry in the world" as the world at count
less farmers dinners is annually told Whereas the
finest specimens of a lean nfaced, shamblng, poorly
.l.Il kn11 l.ofl
in England. crawl around the dOleful villages of Buck
ingham shire. You that the poor people hun
CRY when you meet them on the road. Some articles
appeared III The Morning Star two three years ago
entitled Rural Life in Bucks Prof. Newman made
reference TO them in an article on Land Tenure in
Frazers Magazine. and hr. John Bright referred TO
them in one of his Birmingham Orations, and advised
that the labOTers of hopeless lot should turn their
eyes 10 the Par West and seek the subsistence there
impossible in their own land From the description
given of the Tamshackle and rheumatic cottages on
the Duke of Buckingbam's own demesnes, and in
sight Of the gates of the lOrdly Stowe pubc atten
tion pretty well used 20 pictures Of agricultural dis
tTess got eXted, and the duke promised that amend
ment should take place 1t would be impossible TO
find on any prairie in America in the irSt month of
location hOmesteads desOlate these in the rich,
historic, and b0astful county of Buckingham To es
cape the charge OF poor rates IN then parishes the
farmers had destroyed all the cottages they could ad
labOrers compelled TO walk four and five miles
morning and night to their work. making in many
cases distance of 60 miles a week TO earn their
eight nine or at most eleven shillings a week. An
act of Parliament regulating the ehargeability OF
parishes 10 poor rates. since passed. has removed the
base temptation TO do this. But n0nct of Paramsnt
has yet compelled the cottages to be restored and
there remains the penalty upon laborer TO perform
these wearying journeys in search of food for families
which never yet had enough 10 eat.
The noble Lord, President of Her Maiesty's Conn
ell has, however, discovered method of his own for
multiplying these desperate and wearing distances
which the helpless laborer has to travel The Duke
of Buckingham has resolved upon shutting out the
villagers from the Stowe roads. Stowe itself is dis
tant but two miles from Buckingham the old County
town and the noble of trees that leads 10 the
gates 'of Stowe reaches all the way 10 Buckingham
town. England, they say, does not present inner
vista than tli5 splendid entrance 20 Stowe. An ave-
nue. to the mansion, which is two miles in length, in
a straight line. will give some idea OF the extent OF
have necessarily existed to enable villagers
and pedestrians to cross from one village
to another The Duke has resolved to close nearly
five miles of these roads now legally open TO the peO
ple and his Grace in his bounty gives them half a
mile of new road in exchange. The roads to be abO
ished constitute anet-wOrk of paths which the inhab
itants of Buckingham have from time immemoria
been the habit of frequenting for recreation and
exercise, while those which remain seem carefully
designed to prevent any passenger from having
glimpse of the beauties OF Stowe, or even coming
within sight OF the mansion.
Nobody in the entire county will dare tOinterfere
and the poor people themselves Will be absolutely
helpless to hold their rights There is only one man
in Buckingham manufacturer Of spirit and enter
prise independent enough to protest publicly against
the proceeding. The Duke has appealed 70 Quarter
Session. AS matter of course the magistrates there
were complasant to his Grace. There rs no entilus
asm among country squires for the common people
II has been proposed to the people to send apetion
to the Duke praying him to stop his hand. They
might as wen petition the moon 20 postpone an
eclipse. The lawyers were consulted, with view to
appear on behalf of the people at Quarter Sessions
and oppose the Dukes proposal They heard the
suggestion with shudder They could not be ex-
pected to peril their local connections within the area
over which the shadow of the Duke extends. The
Hampdens Of this neIghbOThOOd are no more. The
race Is extinct and the people have nobody TO make
q stand for them.
Great rivalry between the magazines has brought
out unusual number of frst-cass men as con-
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