The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1881-07-23 00:00:00

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(We deem It ri,ght to state that we (lo net r,t all firse9
Identify ouiselves with our Correspondent'? oi iniolis. various districts of the kingdoi
which is being made in the eh
means for the cultivation
more especially of late ye
- been marred by the ra
The departure of the Queen for her marine resideaw exceptionally brilliant . w
i in the Isle of Wight is invariably the signal for the the visit of the Prince of
flight of large numbers of her people from the crowded the Show at Derby with r
. , town to the seaside. Some prefer the fashionable of this society. In a cotint
watering.place ; others seek "the melancholy Marge land open to cultivation
of some neglected sea," where, far from the busy every effort is made to ge
haunts of men they recruit their exhausted strength, the soil, the work of such
and recover their flaggsng energies. The develop- Agricultural is impose
inent of pictorial art as an advertising medium Farmers coming frorkoi
: - S., .. l'eceiveesresneont„
men,
striking
.d illustration than thhandin leheaarnn.geso-id-m-e-emt-hi-wnigti:frtolt .
t the p i'C'
the walls of the railway stations. On some of neighbours; and, if n
r '
,I these sweltering days-witen -the seqbatorial wave of leaetcare ears of-corn
t is not merely-a direct
-
,
'
I
heat has been most sensibly felt, the very sight of those
pictures of Brighton and Hastings, Margate and the entire communit
Ramagate, Worthing, and Herne Bay, Lowest:At and
in
Eaetbourne, Folkestone and Harwich, Walton-on-the- people. "
.....
- - Naze, and Ciacton-on-Sea, with the light green
,
- rippling waves .refiectiee; the passage of a sparkling DEATH
- _ breeze, has seemed to cool the perspiring traveller who
lie 'Very
. ,
[ mentally resolves to take the first opportunity of
' ahimself Westminster, on 3i
bringing acquainted with the reality, whether o'clock.—
said :
upon the shores of the English Channel or upon the
We reclourdn°t; f
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er 14 coasts of the German Ocean. of the Dean of
The Volunteers who have been accustomed to Dean preached
enjoy the pleasures of a fortnight's camping out at obliged to re
attacks of mm:
heve experienced many vicissitudes of
more pronoun
climate on that shadeless and unsheltered plain. Some- to vi-,it the li/
tunes. they
~have been nearly drowned out of the •trated by his
place, on other occasional the scorching heats of an his chamber
. English summer have been theirs. But they never and during t
- • before carried on their shooting, as they have done this aulatreiner, as
year,
a in f rnoon
E-
I with the thermometer standing at 97 the . o 1
t attend
shade—where there was any. That torrid temperature moned, be
, •
but seldom • passes - over these , islands, where the conscious.
sea breezes so constantly blow. It is higher than On Mc
11 the normal shade temperature of Calcutta, and of sleep,
h tint " t/
exceeds that under which the black Cingalese live and Later i
, . move and have their being. We are accustomed to much I
, associa.te the mention of Canada with frost and snow the bu/
F I and ice which locks up the great river St. Lawrence mom,
for half the year; so the Canadians who have come fFTirt
over to compete at Wimbledon have this year had a
very nice taste of the extreme of heat of which the The
.. mother country's clithate is capable. Long after they the 7
have gone back to their /and, and in short days of int
winter, when. the oblique rays of a powerless sun fall F
I , upon the frozen streams of the Dominion, will the rifle-
men of Canada remember the equetorial heat upon hi
Wimbledon Common.: -, , of
When the fierce sun ot- the trOpics comes upon the c
s t
- residents of the lands lying nearer the equator, it finds 7
'the people there prepared to meet it. The heat which
,t falls upon the Pagan temples of Cairo, or upon the
Moslem mosques of Mecca, radiates through wider
streets than those of London, and through houses '
- which are apt cosittructed as ones are for the possibili-
I ties of an Arctic winter. The people in Oriental
climes, too, adapt their style of dress to the flamini
warmth of the torrid season. They know when t
1 - expect the het period, the rainy period, ti
monsoon, and so on. In this country no au
1 preparation can be made. With a large p
, .
portion of the population the same clothes
worn all The year round, whether in the blinc
i • snow•atorm or amid the scarlet shafts of
Afriean sunlight. True, additional wraps al
requisition in the former case on issuing forth
1 one's habitation, but ' within the house the a•
worn is just the same, as is the house itself, or
- the narrow streets. If it is colder on the /
Januaiy than it has been for years, it is a m
-• universal conversation; if it is hotter on the
July than has ever before been recorded in tie
'
, Isles, everybody is again talking about the
But a storm very soon breaks up the fery
r '
4 and we find our clothing, our houses,
'
i streets very well adapted to the ordinary rut
' pheric coneitions. When extraordinary cis,
; arise we have the satiAction Of knowing t
not last lohin and meanwhile they affon
very great -public interest.
The French have the reputation of
v enjoying themselves in the matter Of
they have perhaps more of these times
than any other people. In the reie
Emperor Napoleon a great national fe,
. blished, which, however, disappeared 1
i at Sedan, but with the French it one
away another cometh. They not
anniversary of the destruction of the
1 state prison which stood in the ver
and embodied one of the most scar
tyranny under which a civilized pe
1 It was not only an engine of opp
ministers of the day to silence po'
consigning them to a dungeon f
lives; but private malice wa
itself by obtaining what was
racket, and incarcerating al
, ..
dual who had excited the
person procuring such a dc
terrible walls of the Bit/
until death released him. 7
telligent and high-suirited •
r , - rebellion against such an ahr
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'a fine July afternoon in 1:78,
r stormed this gloomy fortrete
Tie news was taken to t'
- XVI. in his Palace at Ver
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surprise, "Why, this is a
- the messenger, "It is a
e - , proved, and was ultimate
monarch hiniselt as will '
_ - The Tower of London
state prison and it fort
i the same purpestee er to
Had it so been a deer(
,
- • . forth for its demoli
witnessed the rule 0
Commonwealth, the
been razed had tie
impression in the
a symbol -of dc:
the gratification e
its grim walls 1
,
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the. Bastille, if
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,
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Our fonban Ccirvisvrit,t+

(We deem It right to state that we 40 net at all firees
Identify ourselves with our Corresponder_t's opialoas.

The departure of the Queen for her marine residelop
in the Isle of Wight is invariably the signal for the
flight of large numbers of her people from the crowded
town to the seaside. Some prefer the fashionable
watering-place; others seek "the melancholy Fargo
of some neglected sea," where, far from the busy
haunts of men, they recruit their exhausted strength,
and recover their flagging energies. The develop-
ment of pictorial art as an advertising medium
receives no more striking illustration than in
the representations of waterside resorts which adorn
the walls of the railway stations. On some of
these sweltering days-when -thueqtatorial Wave of
heat has been most sensibly felt, the very sight of those
pictures of Brighton and Hastings, Margate and
Ramsgate, Worthing, and Herne Bay, Lowestoft and
Eastbourne, Felkestone and Harwich, Walton-on-the-
Naze, and Ciacton-on-Sea, with the light green
rippling waves ,reflectli4_ the passage of a sparkling
breeze, has seemed to cool the perspiring traveller who
mentally resolves to take the first opportunity of
bringing himself acquainted with the reality, whether
upon the shores of the English Channel or upon the
coasts of the German Oeean.

The Volunteers who have been accustomed to
enjoy the pleasures of a fortnight's camping out at
Wimbledon havil experienced many vicissitudes of
climate on that shadeless and unsheltered plain. Some-
times they have been nearly drowned out of the
place, on other occasional the scorching heats of an
English summer have been theirs. But they never
before carried on their shooting, as they have done this
year, with the thermometer standing at 97 in the
shade—where there was any. That torrid temperature
but seldom passes - over these Islands, where the
sea breezes so constantly blow. It is higher than
the normal shade temperature of Calcutta, and
exceeds that under which the black Cingalese livea:nd
move and have their being.. We are accustomed to
associate the mention of Canada with frost and snow
and ice which locks up the great river St. Lawrence
for half the year; so the Canadians who have come
over to compete at Wimbledon have this year had a
very nice taste of the extreme of heat of which the
mother country's clithate is capable. Long after they
have gone back to their /and, and in short days of
winter, when. the oblique rays of a powerless sun fall
upon the frozen streams of the Dominion, will the rifle-
men of Canada remember the equatorial heat upon
Wimbledon Common.)
When the.fierce elan ot the tropics comes upon the
residents of the lands lying nearer the equator, it finds
'the people there prepared to meet it. The heat which
falls upon the Pagan temples of Cairo, or upon the
Moslem mosques of Mecca, radiates' through wider
streets than tlion of London, and through houses
which are apt cosittructed as ours; are for the possibili-
• ties of an Arctic winter. The people in Oriental
climes, too, adapt their style of dress to the flaming
warmth of the torrid season. They know when to
eiPect the het period, the rainy period, the
monsoon, and so on. In this country no such
preparation can be made. With a large pro-
portion of the population the same clothes are
worn all The year round, whether in the blinding
snowArtorm or amid the scarlet shafts of an
Afri,an sunlight True, additional wraps are in
requisition in the former case on issuing forth from
one's habitation, but 'within the house the apparel
worn is just the' same, as is the house itself, or as are
the narrow streets. If it is colder on the 18th of
Januaiy than it has been for years, it is a matter of
universal conversation; if it is hotter on the 15th of
July than has ever before been recorded in the British
Isles, everybody is again talking about the weather.
But a storm very soon breaks up the fervent heat,
and we find our clothing, our houses, and our
streets very well adapted to the ordinary run of atmos-
pheric conaitionst When extre,.ordinary circumstances
arise we have the sitittraction of knowing that they do
not last low, and meanwhile they afford a topic of
very great-public interest.
The French have the reputation, of thoroughly
enjoying themselves in the matter of holidays, and
they have perhaps more of these times of recreatroi
than any other people. In the reign of the late
Emperor Napoleon a great national fete day was esta-
blished, which, however, disappeared with the Empire
at Sedan, but with the French if one holiday passeth
away another cometh. They now celebrate the
anniversary of the destruction of the Bastille, a huge
state prison which stood in the very heart/of Paris,
and embodied one of the most scandalous systems of
tyranny under which a civilized people ever groaned.
It was not only an engine of oppression used by the
ministers of the day to silence political opponents by
consigning; them to a dungeon for the rest of their
lies; but private malice was able to gratify
itself by obtaining what was called a lettre de
cachet, and incarcerating any unhappy indivi-
dual who had excited the
.animosity of the
person procuring such a document Within the
terrible walls of the Bastille he languished,
until death released him. No. wonder that an in-
telligent and high-soirited people at last rose in
.rebellion against such an abuse of their liberties. On
'a fine July afternoon in 1.789 the population of Paris
stormed this gloomy fortress and utterly destroyed it.
Ti, news was taken to the astonished King Louis
XVI. in his Palace at Versailles, and he remarked in

surprise, "'Why, this is a revolt !" " Sire," replied
the messenger, "It is a revolution !" And so it
proved, and was ultimately fatal to the unfortunate
monarch himselt as well as to his Queen.
The Tower of London, although, like the Bastille, a
state prison and a fortress, has never been used for
the same purpease er to ahything like a similar extent.
Had it so been a decree would have• long since gone
forth for its demolition. In the decade which
witnessed the rule of Cromwell and the time of the
Commonwealth, the-Toiver vroulel certainly' have
been razed had their been any strong, or. lasting
impression in the popular mind that it was
a symbol -of despotism or an instrument for
the gratification of private animosity. No doll',
its grim . walls have witnessed scenes which at
this time of day are held to be indefensible;
but there is this to be said for it, that, unlike
the. Bastille, it is not continually obtruding its
presence upon the busy crowds in the very centre of
the capital. Far away in the east of London, and
overlooking the river, it is out of the ordinary run of
the traffic of the metropolis. The smoke-begrimed
exterior of Newgate is familiar to the vast multitude
which daily passes between Holborn and Cheapside,
_ _

while the Tower,like 13illiagsgate Market, is approached
by narrow streets and tortuous thoroughfares. Per-
haps if itha.d borne the same reputation as the Bastille,
and occupied an equally prominent situation, it would
have been levelled in one of those stormy scenes which
in the courie of eight hundred years have passed over
English history; but landward it has never obtruded
itself upon the public gaze; and with portcullis and
battlement, balliurn and scarp, frowns upon the river
to-day to tell the passengers on that ever-moving
tideway of the dark times it has seen, and which have
now happily passed away.
Mr. Donovan, a daring and adventurous corre-

spondent of the Daily News, has been letting a flood
of .light in upon a part of the world which is as little
known to us as though it were a part of another

planet. He is the first white man who has ever pene-
trated to the jealously-guarded city of Merv, - the
_ _

Turcomin capital in Central Asia, and a place which
bas been de,scribed as the "Queen of the World." When
-
we consider that we have instantaneous telegraphic
communication with America, it does seem extra-
ordinary that a letter written upon the Continent of
Asia, at one point separated from Europe by only four
miles of sea, should be more than four menthe in reach-
ing London. Dated on the Brd of March, it appeared
in print on the 16th. of July. Mr. Donovan's descrip-
tion of his marvellous escapes and of. his experiences
at Merv, where he is still detained as a 'prisonei on
suspicion of being a Russian spy, have been much
commented upon, and are amongst the most interest-
ing pieces of journalistic romance ever penned.
The Day Census of the City of London shows the
enormous number of persons who daily pour into that
liOit-4 tea from every part of the suburbs, and
istAirAfat night. Meanwhile the actual population of
the city is decliniog rapidly decade by decade. It
decreases by an average of rather more than 20,000
every ten years. In 1871 the inhabitants of the city

proper, within Temple Bar and London Bridge, were
74,000 in numiser ; in 188 l: they are not more than
Z)2,000. Even these are in large proportion caretakers ,
of the warehouses and other places of business, the
household preferring the more freely moving
air of suburban London. Meanwhile the city
chnscheT, which were cinstructed centuries ago
for a population then living within the city
boundaries, now send out their peals Sunday after
Sunday upon a deserted town. The bells, which once
summoned by their chimes the inhabitants of the City
to prayer and pre, now ring out upon the emPtY
air. The churches are in great part eongregationless ;
they afford accommodation for ten times the number
that attend them; and meanwhile the migration of
the citizens vontinues, and' itpon
.the bracing heights
of Highgate, is well as in the pleasant neighbourhood
of Sydenham and other suburban dbgricts, seek that
relief from City life which the comparatively rural
scenes of such places afford.
041. •
The Royal str,--41)14-Ssci0etY is -ono-of the moat
important and valuable of those organizations which,
acting upon the peripatetic principle, go from town to
town, year by year, and thus scatter infomition in

• various districts of the kingdom, showing the progress
which is being made in the development of improved
means for the cultivation of the soil. Oftenr,
more especially of late years, has its exhibition
been marred by the rain; but thil year the
exceptionally brilliant weather, comUied with
the visit of the Prince of Wales, will long mark
the Show at Derby with a white star in the annals
of this society. In a country like our own, where the
land open to cultivation _is so valuable, and where
every effort is made to get as much as posbible from
the soil, the work of such an organization as the Royal
Agricniaris impossible to be over-estimated.
Farmers coming froter one part Of theiking,dom inter-
change ideas with .th'Ose from other 'Tarts; all may
learn something from rubbing shoulders with their
neighbours; and, if more blades of grass are grown
aentrinnreears of-corn-are raised as a result, the benefit
is not merely-a direct one-,- but.one indirectly affecting
the-entire community, which has a perpetual interest
in any ques!.tiop, -affecting the supply of food for the
people.