New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-25
CHANCES At EUROPE. No. XIV. |
Editorial Correspondence Of TIL Tribune
London 20 Pnriz.


PARIS. Monday. Jua, .. 1881
LEyr London Bridge At III on Saturday tor
this C.;y. IA South Eastern Railway to Dover,
Steamboat 10 Ca.ais and Railroad again 10 Paris.
This Is the dearest and quickest route between
the two capitals and it, advertisements prom
iscc for Sl3t TO take US Through IN Eleven
Hours. which was a he. rs Is quite usually the
ca,e with such promises We came on quite
rapidly 90 Dover very mean, old toWn-5ut
there los, about an hour N the transfer OF our
baggage 70 the steamboat which was on, OF
those long, black, narrow, Scow contuvances.
aho-, equal TO bu,tonwood dug-out,' which
England appears TO delight IN. They would not
ae tolerated rs ferryboats on any OF our Western
rivers. yet they are made to answer Tor tAe con-
yeyance Of Mails and Passengers across an arm
Of the sea On the most important route IN Europe
n this wre,ched concern, which was TOO inSig
niicant to be slow, we went cob5ling and wrig-
Cling across the Channel OF niles m something
less than two hours. often one gunwale nearly
under water and the other ten or twelve feet
above It, with no room for half our passengers
under deck, and the spray frequently dashng
over those above It, three -fourths OF the whole
number deadly sick, thlS individual OF course IN
cluded.) when with decent boat the passage
might be regularly made IN spite of such a smart
Ish breeze as we encountered, IN comparative
comfort Perhaps we felt glad enough to reach
the shore to pay Tor this needless misery. and |
readily believe that an hour or two of Sea-slck-
ness NAV be harshly wholesome, yet | do think
that good boat on such a route might well be
afforded and cannot repuably be withheld
That par; of England through which We
passed on tins route Is much Ike that have
already described on the other side OF London
The face OF the country Is very moderately undu
ating, there Is fair proportion OF trees and
shrubbery. though no considerable forest that
noticed perhaps an eighth Of the land may b.
sowed with Wheat, bot Grass Is the general
staple should say three .tOurths OF all the land
in sight from this railway Is covered with It.
while very little is planted 81 devoted TO GARDEN
ing after the few miles next TO London. Hops
encross considerable attention and ! presume
nav well. being demanded by the national adiIc-
ton to beerArinking Still, Grass, Cattle and
Sheep are the staples and these require so much
less human labor per acre than Cram and Fege-
tables that | cannot see how the rural, laborng
population can find adequate employment OF sub
sstencc 1t looks as though the gradual substl-
tuition OF Grass for Gram since the repeal of the
Com-Laws must deprive a large portion of the
best British peasanty OF work, compelling them
10 cmlgratc to America or Australia for a suhslSt-
ence. Such emigration Is already very active
and must increase if the present low prices OF
Breads,uifS prov" permanent
i was again disappointed IN seeing 50 ll.tlc
attention to Fruit Culture. | know this Is not
the Fruit region Of England, but the de~tliuuon
of fruit trees is quite universal Since "a Is plain
that an acre of choice Apple trees Will Yield at
least hundred bushels OF paaable food, with
little labor. and grass enough beside 10 pay Tor
all the care It requires cannot see why Fruit
IS so neglected The Peach, hear, does poorly
throughout The Kingdoms, requiring extra shelter
and sunshine, yet yielding poor irult IN return, |
which is reason enough for neglectine II but |
the Apple is harder, and does well IN other To-
calitie, no more genial than this. think 1t has
been unwisely neglected.
An important and profitable business, think.
might be built mp IN our county IN the pFoduc-
ton Of Dried Fruits, especially Peaches and
their expectation TO Europe, ~ al any rate 10
England was among those Nh0 sat al good
mems feasts. both rich and poor, )thc men, not |
the feasts) during the SIX week was m Eng
land. vet / cannot remember that Dried Apples
or Peaches We're ever an element of the repaSt
though Gooseberrles Rhubarb. RaIsIns, Cur
rants. &c. are abandantly resor,ed to. If some
4 al
would embark Ia the growth and curing OF Ap-
pies, Peaches, &c expressly Or the English
market. driving them perfectly, preparing them
with scrupulous neatness, and putting them zap
I'm clean wooden boxes of twenty hye, hity and
one hundred pounds, ! think he might do wei
by H. For such a purpose, cheap lands and
cheap labor Chat of aged persons and young |
children might be made available while IN /
years of bountilul Peach haUests, ike the last
even New Jersey and Delaware could be drawn |
upon for an extra supply The miscellaneous
expectation Of any Dried Fmts that might hap |
pen To be on the market would probably involve /
loss, because time and expenditure are required |
TO make these products known 20 the great ma-
lorty OF British consumers, ard assure them |
that the article offered them has been prepared |
with scrupulous cleanliness. With proper ex-
ertion and outlay I believe II advantageous |
market might thus be opened for several Jill |
hons worth Of American products of which mt
lie OF nothing Is now known IN Europe
We were detained long hour m Cahis-a
queer old town. with little trade and only his
torical mporance-although our baggage was
not examined there, but sealed up Tor custom
house scrutiny az PARIS. The made few
dollars ont Of Us by charging tor e1iia bag
gage, one OF them out Of me, though ny trunk
contained only clothing and three or four books.
Small business this for a Railroad though It viii