(From our special correspondent.)

NEW LONDON, June 24th.With one exception Yale's crew this year is entirely composed of new men. Early last fall a number of candidates were got together, and since then the men have been working hard and faith fully. During the winter the work has been very much as it is with us, - four or five hundred strokes on the rowing machines, and a brisk run of a mile or two, being the daily exercise. As spring came on, and the men began to row on the water, the need of a good coach became more and more apparent. A meeting of boating men was accordingly held, and it was decided to employ Chainey, an English Coach, who was said to possess wonderful qualities as an oarsman and trainer. Chainey accordingly came, but it was soon found that he was not what he had been cracked up to be, and that the men were not improving under his care. He was therefore discharged. "Bob" Cook was then called upon, and he has had charge of the crew ever since. Under him the men are said to have been doing much better work, although hardly up to the standard of former years. Last May, in the Yale class races, the 'varsity was defeated by both '87 and the freshmen, but it is more than probable that the men were not exerting themselves to their utmost.

The Yale crews will not arrive in New London until this afternoon this delay being occasioned by examinations, which are not yet over at New Haven. Upon their arrival at New London, the men will immediately go to their quarters, which are just beside Columbia's at Gale's Ferry, four miles up the river. It is the same house that they have occupied for the past six years, and is certainly an excellent place for a crew.

On the ground floor are four rooms, consisting of two parlors, a dining room and a bed room, which Captain Cowles will occupy. Upstairs there are eight bed rooms connecting with each other, and having windows which command a beautiful view of the river. Although well suited to the needs of a crew, the outside appearance of the quarters is not at all prepossessing, reminding one more of a common tenement house than anything else. Just below the quarters is the boat house. As I passed it the other day, two or three men were painting the roof of a brilliant coat of crimson; which seemed strange, to say the least. It is now being used by the University of Pennsylvania.

The Yale crew is now rowing as follows:

Position. Name. Age. Weight.

Stroke. E L. Caldwell, 28 150

7. C. W. Hartridge, 22 166

6. A. Cowles, Jr., capt., 21 174

5. G. W. Woodruff, 24 170

4. F. A. Stevenson, 18 165

3. J. W. Middlebrook 22 166

2. John Rogers, Jr., 21 163

Bow. Robert Appleton, 21 156

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