The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-07-09 00:00:00

Our fonbrin Corretyonbtnt.
We dei m it right to state that we do not at all Uinta identify
ourselves with our Correspondent's opinions.]

The laying by the Queen of its foundation
!AQUA on Monday last commences the Imperial
Institute under the most . favourable, auspices.
For al leng time after the- project was first
placed before the publia it did not seem as if
completesuCceisawaited it. There could be no mis-
taking the a general•suspition prevailed
that the undertaking would come under the
control of certain influences at South Kensing-
ton, of whichthe public had;grovrn more thap, a
little tired. This idea so serimisly.threatened
the iiiosiierity of the scheme that itiVati not
until it was dissipated by the pledge of the
Prince of Wales himself • that the original idea
_ began to take root. But when it once had
taken root, its growth was speedy. Subscrip-
tions. poured in from all parts of the country,
not, perhaps, in the volume originally expected,
i but yet in sufficient ambunt to provide
~fill Pet Wielfultv*Writke visql.woe;:tAnd
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'Even nliw,ltithbtittf the 10triadlitioh; Babe has
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it wiirtatitpro`lileictriatioal4lll4**44-41re.;$
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; $ sticutly'Freiteinbtia- the:. picture!: Nyht6Paiii iio i
44, oppettri,no in •the,i-austried)&vivolUti.: -;
itinutoit.:o4i-toyoic.,*lo,ls44:iii.TAgi"
stlai,iinial*S'Adition.,46. the'-archilligti*/-;.
leatnies of London, and that it may be eirpe6tect
to render good service to the Empire, whose
unity it symbolises.
,c -- - It was pleasant enough for the holiday-makers
throughout this recent Jubilee season to have the
most glorious of sunshine and the finest of
weather, but the unusual drought which lasted
all over the country for weeks, was a matter of
serious concern to the farmers everywhere, as
well as the dwellers in many of our towns. In
several districts the crops languished sadly, white
--: in others the graips.rops eared prematurely, and
the hay crop was estimated to be twenty per
cent hghter than-the average, Most pi the p9TOa
and wells in .elevated positioni havilietseConie :
exhausted, water had 'in some - COllntleil
to be fetched„long-, distances for dk!
mestic and stock pirposeek ' which- - esti-lied
not only a seriotts hindrance but a great
additional ...,- expenite--t4to agricultural opera-7
t .ni. The experience of several towns was
even more unpleasant. At Swansea, the reper,l4
voirs having tointtletely failed, forty tarts with
water-barrels had to be engaged in perambu-
lating-the' towtf.•`! At: Derry, near Cardiff, where'-'
about six hundred navvies are employe&on some
- new 404 v.49.404,-.--"4,000 to-MO.o)l4oin cartzt*,
-•ria.balfppnnyvg, .hueliet,-, 4414.verfordwest—and'
' it is 'aitegtilietlittit ts -Tid-tritlisi alone that
. '4she-istkestrilitineAssiiTts'tef thledionttliCias regard
the towns, should be gathered-,thesater in the
reservoirs a few days since,_was only three feet,. '
-as agAint6 'sixteen feet} at thet'OeirMponding '
- period of last year. Doubtless Wei -instances'
could be. multiplied; but sufficient . has been
- stsiteXioSheitir to what sitialti.a population may
be reduced by the unexpected °mitre-I*e of a
,-„:drouglit in,Tuue. -,--- ,--i. 1 z:i. .-. CT', clt --,
-:
Yachting is 'pro-eminently C pastime- of the
summer, and this year we have heard more about
it than. usual .becttaise_of the international cha- ,
rioter that has been ir.ifuSecl, inlets the races. Thei.;,l
contests late Year its..K.S(4l4itis lz.etive
the Genesta and the Mayflower, the former being
tbs, rePresetitatite of.,,Englandititel thttlatter ofi
the United States, hi& by the fit of
_fhe May-4
flower winning, impelled the English owners and
builders to greater efforts; and the -retitilt hat'
been the construction of the Thistle, which is
-.. . rEKaraekas the finest specimpvtracipg,cri.ifb
n
- -- '. British builder has produced. -.-.. The Aniecanso.
no ways daunted, and determiiiid.iibtlp lose,
the fruit of their 'Water/ by any slackening of.
effort, have launched the Volunteer, which is to
. , . ,
. . compete,for Piffill-ternatißnal Rl* This last...-
tamed-Yacht-18 said to be -unlike any previously
4Vdn in American waters. One wheiAtts inspected
avers that a more rakish, pitatical-loaking
-itt.Aft never was seen, ..for isii-v,the weir .she re-
sembles nothing se much as a floating Sword
fish. Full in the body, she-, it fine at the ends,
and is as keen at the prow as a razor. With
two such champions as the Thistle and the
• Volunteer, it may-be imagined how keenly tthst ;
yaohtsmSh of both' Continents vv.% watch ftlitli .
contest between them, and with what eagerness
they will await the *adult: !arty the( bat&
yacht win, howevet, will be the-Ivistiltf every
true yachtsman, to,wh.iatever„ powitry Or: may .
- beloog., i, 4,..., a:44..,.... :. ',... ''-':, ors.„.i., _ a :L., " ...-
By the slat "..b1 sticli -a match as this:, the
contest a hje,k,bea....jp&L.haan...., _,
iiiiii767€' of yachts around the clast of
-p 0 .4riPtr 1 Alftits* Kilibtlan apti,e: ti* '.•4lliewhat
- ?... vitithall.i.3 * lied bee* jooked
.14. poi lif the
'4l /-','"; '.;:lirst 'aB ;it :SUM, _thing ;lot. 'the ' (mesa 9011
the result justified the general stiticiW#.o. :
„,hi ti,,,,:• t,.. .:811.4 tliere,were.voints or
vi inttere4. Asgtit iMeO,.
t. 6.41 .rrn4vertheitettedittlieVit'Oilsq;eo2l4, ,frio
1115 Na ,
;10W7 'll:tted ig.,:t VOria Orkkstiff4,-,, t 1 Er
W 410 • Mlrtt
444,4, -,6h vgig'lsresiiined to followitirli iiMilittl'''
seem, the - - saw a - leliAlt

..
as y.. —, . y. y . yacli.
• the time they started from Southend,
,anii
voyage resolved itself simply into a cruite
the three kingdoms. ' Elrell in this fashi Nit
~itifilirvi
~,, ~ • . , full ,9gionjoyment, and, to ',those; in _need pii l.tti
- conveyed an excellent geogtalibi4r 1ei5e1.:2...V
-Odd tinitfir'.iiisep)4/.ey'en ii f 11164 who oprisytegzr:
; themselves well-informed, would be puzzled 4,6.1
~ - say off-hand what were the bays,. headlands, /a2ind,
:,- •:- seaport towns Of the: kingdom, and eveu rtiotkilf.
nuzzled to 'tell 'exactly', . where they f. Were-
-1 mitred:, :-, Cohg,4lnistAiys' w' i ',17)? 4iiiii,''kik4 filligkil
. tto.4yribthibv:of its-:be th*Miag, liitVertteer-
,, . :
~.` and OctereArejnore and.racire, sgrettvg, i,.that i ,
'..,SartiP...i,,s 041a.4the best .medicineaent 'of --the'
''• phatmacopceiar-mnet have been a goo(I: " object
.. ~ • • .lesson' in geography. And yet, despite all this, ,
--7.-.. , ~daubtless.saany on board would rather have geen .
--
,:, 'more of the-yachts. '' , -' ' '. - ' ";.•
-,..' We are becoming so accustomed irt-t.biase (lapis
to What not So very long ago Wonld' litive been
..colaii<irecl gr. 41., leati., of ".engfp'eagi,44that the
.. ' ,:. '." announcement that the -big promoted by the
Metropolitan' VOirod of Af Oka kW powers to con-
struct another "Thames Tunnel" has passe4
. both Houses, does not create any lively sense of
. emotion in any outsider's :breast. 4,411,.._nevt nnder-
-1 Iri -7! tikinttici 'designed to ritinifArciAllerS4d of the river
. ,batween Bla,ekwall'and Greenwich Marshes, and
*ivy, 4tstr.totsok leregthdinding ftherf. aplastali roads,
.411..,.,111*{"14_85, fOSt 'of,rai 4ittia,;, (War two miles.
Witeceilit: lb' isiestireated krill:lSe rather more than
a Noliimanokii,,imiand the tunnel-16103e con-
.lst rneted}uwvtlimii- ifnltiril, as-1141i4umatic
,7 alield trin pie ii
,4.40.411.cc.,-`VOid 'interference with
,invea.,4md. to:Prevent %ikny:4 danger
IleuPS 'Aiseitiurfrtioallubisiderfot, of the soil. There -14 '
.I,l4trtiN/#440,4#41, fg Aim' ' : -:. oael'..: the :! 4 stheme
„34.vitest, .sli tat t been -sst , iroAsivt. it ',will ,be 'Aecuted"
----.--ft,rofwittik*:. i...4siii etli..ifi(d%P." .sitfOyf'..' Engineering
..:• science Vd4,:.ticttlirfnlly, :,p,r9gr.ewirefl.' since
... ril3runerfabk,t4 *4146 le;;ooniitrizet, -thiik inigintal.i
44 V4..Tharase Milne], TM liiiatotly4ofithat- etilterpritie;-i
with ita-mliTtitudia- of diffienltieso4 hair- breadth
' 4r* -4 --to-aa Ike- . " " VAlat *lf ti
.040.,.. „,,osualz . ,
,ra a y, ...4. spina:lee:4, . . 0
teot years now te.ettpie,itiot .-.40.4:t00rt Months,
Pd 1-titni4n,lifela tilmOK-1" 10i,1*.:1*-441 Oril,
4
ii.,...4Wie Procesaa .po,llstrnaion . stiad at-heing . nit -
~-eanstant peril: o*li awaited the workmen..
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iT('m below bndgett4l*-iaosot aklioa34 rosh.o4,
„•,..,,, /,... ;' • , that, after LonderOarike;-:LthiiilasV 6* * iriPerg't- •
zi*-' 'itriii:tatiko: itlogatiotnikftveWittii; ni6 4 ;
t 4 '4he tliall'itiaf-Misiit liiiia ' 'Ali ' '. . . .., ..... ,
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..,Ti_. , . -an quarter,,
lif.7=r*-01',''..44.0"tro516:.t4%avirtowTsii,Ifthw 4'
4, ;14..' and' , iiiiishestiirt! ' 4ii uAine.....,14,04' iklitt4oll444',.
, -&-; • huge number there has b4F*lO - :,,, . ,
imale, 4c66,iihocliitiatliiirer4iiiiiMOwriiiiiit Thiri44-4
-, Thames --"Ptinnel'-kfa1,,!..,,,ahnt,, :`,4134 -fapt pas-
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"senger.f4'llteen „,, ~.., 4
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„. betas' -then:,
„made overto aSiailw.4"7oompanY,, and thetiaiett;
; • subway, opened about
,the same period, is not'.
' far enough da)r)lo.4lo.lVarritliA its .p ,ilicer ._, . Th:.::
Tower-:brto4s, *Mali.* qi"r*fil 47616.4 Ptet'n'''
..,strnstioni`;*ill 160! ii.,Viiytrat--$46,0., _ . Aet, inhabi- .
4 • jr'c'', -all td- of 00 eroded sluit'lr.leAdi svpa ,-4 ci of. it;•
' _ aild,"--:asiglittiflitEtifitt',6sittillA,*,46l)4oweaA.'
f,tlt4, itottxose-ifotiekitioN bridge/aia 0;b0i14,0 .
)11:1'.4 tie*Oiriac-0.14:111 ()bolo*"
~ who want toerossji'cirth'egre,ati3iilkofili+e,there
' -' 1: are only two reethei?yorth Conaideringi--steam
ferrie# and subways. .dme fit are excellent co):1- :
triviatbes, but theiiialiiiiriously diminished
by the•lia'ility of'Leriddiii to heavy fogs, - which .
render th4r running impossible:, ;Fogs cannot
affect a subway, and although the ferry would be;
.. . ~. -
. , -, much pleasanter .:m summer, the subway is safe
all thayear tound;46twhieh'reasou stbways are
- ,'lbeing t.referred, 0,,,,,,,thi.,,,15-4*-64 that, :be,!'and the'-
one between BlaAwailltnii-Greenwiah will be a
practical beginning in what may become a
series.
Much discussion has recently taken place as
to the feasibility of establishing a mail service
between England and China by way of Canada,
instead of by way of Suez and India, as at
present. The opening of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, which runs straight across the American
,lontinent from the Atlantic to the Pacific shore,

it mw

scarce"

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