The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-07-13
The English Arislocracy.

csnce Of Liring-Jereis. -Spirndid STUDIES
and an impoverished peopis.-Wr find III a
digest Of Mr.. Colman'S recent book on En-.
rope, prepared Tor the Boston Transcript,
some interesting particulars Of the wealth
Of several Of the noble men Of Great Brit.
iAp:-
Al;horpc, the residence Of the Earl Spen
rer, consists uf lO,OOD acres, ''all lying To-
erih-r in wood, meadow, pasture, gardens,
parks, and ever, thing in a style at superior
brauiy aud ordrr.' His hu,i,r contains
: sleeping rooms for seventy eue.t>-'hr en-
iric> aud room. are filled With picture, and
.,atu,rs. a gallery "i plciuirs, "nv hundred
feet long contains many ii the works al the
fret masters. HIS library comprises mere
than 5DOOD volumes, aud j.. sand iu br the
fu.,' nbrar, IL the word.
TIE Dake Of Ri.hm0nGS home farm
(G""dw consists 81 l3.ODO acres liz,
whole domain NJ G,",nIn I, ~ tWJ acres.
IL has summer retreat ~ Sc"lii"d II Ne
tnr,u 2OD and W .WDD acres. % IA" hrs'.
" aud na.ni;ic-nr- "f this e.'ahl, hnrn'."
saws Mr.. Cniman. Icaunot givr you Az, al
cqIie iira'-rsiru>,ve park. thrnneh
{ winch you ride i.r miles and miles herds
oi deer, sheep aud cattle. twenty five race
h"r>rS ~ the stable. aud II cr"om Tor each
al AWAY, filled wrh a'ar",y al spl,nhsd
biId.. fish ponds, cr"it'.. &c.
The au,.usl income "f the Duke Of Dr on.
shire. the lr 'lris'oI II Cha',worih, u ,aIh
I" b- E2N.WU, ur one mllli"n "f dollars.
This II sad To h. the m,nsi splendid n"''!,.
mans seat IN the Kingdom. His aI6Or e.
tHm, covering many acre., contains ue or
more sI,rimrnS ut every i,er that can to-
acc limaeh--th kitchen gardens covers y
acres-a conservatory, 1851 feet long, ~
wide, % high, with carriage way THIS
conservatory is covered with 10000 square
feet of glass, aud warmed with hot water,
passing through an extent Of several miles
The fountain II Chatswnrth throws the
!, water To the height Of GIG feet. Here the
. Duke owns $500 acres, nnd Sc 900 in Der.
by,hire. For minute description 81 these
sumptuons residences. anh full accoun, OF
, their interior arrangements, style Of living
&C., the reader is referred to the letters 81
Mr.. Colman.
On page lO8, Vol. |, Mr.. Colnan gives al
account If several nohlpmrn Nhose anuma
inc"in. varied from GlO0 600 to GlJ,,lDo
thai il, from 500, 900 to S7jO,OOO. Speak
!. of LOrd Marlborough, he say,t At hi, Lord
) ship has an lnd- finite number 1T hunters, &c
!. aud adhs-"It was the custom at this plac,
Q for his Lord.hip, aud his guests wpie al.
Il ways invited Ia accompany him at nine a.
= clock precisely, in the evening, To- visit tn
4: stables, where the hunting and riding hor
X SEES were kept, which were reached bv
:. covered passagc.way from he house, Ih'
n stables presented all the neain-ss oi a hou>t
i pailur,, and the grooms wrrr more than ,
= dozen IN number, all draw n up III a line I,
e receive the company" Lord Marlborough
u has more than 1000 acres in his plantation
" he has GOO tenants, aud you can ride ihir
~ miles IN ditec, line upon his estate
"Mary "f the tenants oi Lord Marlborough
pay 1870 and 400 pnineasa year r-nt, ant
several Of them live like noblemrn, kerpiui
their dogs. horses, carriages aud servant,
&c III livery"
= OF the Duke Of Richrnond'S style uf liv
r. ing, &c, Mr.. Colmnn sayS-"Thr ervir,
d a, DINNER, was always silver or gold throug II
= out, plates and dishes, except for the jrlIir'
Re aud pudding, aud those the most hr-u'!'
:, china" IL truth Mr.. Culman'~ hook re
10 srInbles the rrolio oi Au'ipnrn,. the cliilr
l. ol whose illuminated statistic, drr> not >ur
pas. the splrndnr of the gold and silver, an
!" diamonds, and pearls, which were display
nj cd before him. ln certain srn>e, dpsi
IS from the valuable and curious ininrms iiu
which 1t conveys, this work may fifty =
nouph he calird-"Thc Ladies own Book .
The Duke has muie than i"riy race horse
aud sixty groon,> aud h">'l,rS. Iii. saline
fishery At the Gordon Castle used 10 he /,
h. for ElO.O0O, aud now lets for Ct 900 per an
A., mum ~ S35.OOD.
IL II the reader i DESTROYS of knowing SON
ur thing at the style at surpa>>ln. Spl,nd"r i
which British har"nrt may live, win Ia
30 800 tenants around him, l- will he ahuud
anily eratliied. nv Tuning tn MIR. Culman
account of SIR CnNilr. NJ rgau'. establish
mcut AT Iredrrar, Vol. /. page .93. Tr,
~ LEI HIM turn Ia the account f W"huin A.
IL hey. T.. 80, the rrSidrrrr al the ID Ike Z.
' h afford, whICh, says Mr. & "m II, ma.
- uhcrncr distances any thug haze yrt.r.
Hni. nrN To- the Royal Palace. MA, be- cor
>d,r,d the arH'r at elegance and pr'ul,u
At'-ra!hdu. Ia r"',It BAH. At Wnirh
lnl, were $50. Mn,r S"MlOW Wm'h'td
r tn"ndS. Me-. & rr,nark. ,-."rhr ~ rN - ,
R'xrursh whnn IL MT kuhN, appr,r'
wr>i ,p.nd'dly, aud we'll >hr might, y, III
annu.I income oi tr Duke i stated ia Il
S,OI,OW."
20, Upon mi. POINT these statements must Su
I" flee. There air very few at nir wraitnic
III men, whnSr entire estate l. equal In the ~
u, come 81 tin, nnblrnan, for sInr IT. year
10 lathe eyes otihm>- nnbrn.,, our uerchal
70. pr'ncrs mN'>t spprar I" le a set al b"egarI
) irlsws. The comparative estimate "l veal
We II wei, -xhibi'rh III the rrnark at John T.
;" cob A>,or, Of New York, VIII" i, rrp,rl-
= To have sad, "thai riches were not -.>rnn
10 hap,i'ue,s,and that h- wlm hai only $jt
-oi WW, was As well elias If he were a rc
Is man"
81 Mr. Colman'S account Of the poverty AZ
To- misery of IRELAND are MT surprising. IL
w many years We have heard tins sluiy fro
every traveller who has visited that unha
-, py country. His statements of the Sq,ai
10 pnvrrty aud intolrrabe filth Of Ehnburr
IT, aud Drndee bonnie Dundec-are rath
n startling.
In connection with the poverty Of Trelar
:, Mr.. Colmsu presents an extract from u
probates of fortunes, lett by irish bishoi
- laid before the House oi Commons, 1882
meaning bishops Of the Protestant EpI,c
- pal Church, whose Sees were IN Ireland.
:" The aggregate wealth Of eleven deoras
,,. bishops amuunir, to cne million eight In
,en bred aud seventy five thousand pounds ste
the llng-or nine millions three hundred al
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