New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-15


| was clothed with saIntllest beauty saw '"O
pic,ures AZ passed one. the noble Godiva,
trembling with shame, yet upbo.ne by her hoiy
purpose. as her palirey clsItered through INC
hushed streets the other. an idle poet, loansins
with grooms and por;ers on the bridge, ana "e@'-
ing in his brain the fit conservation OF ina' Gee"
The branch road for bennington here lett 'ne
great highway to London 1t IS a KIND Oh '-ii-
way-lane-a single track, winding by country
WAYS, between quiet hedges, and WIN the grass
growing up to the edges OF the rams Every
| snare shred and corner OF ground clipped from
the fields. is little garden-plo,, gay with now
ore and So with less regret than the sentimental
reader would suppose, first saw the heavy pile
| n mined Kenilworth from the windows Of a rail-
road car. The castle Is more than mile dis
tant from the station, but an omnibus was IN
waiting, for passengers. Ny companion and l.
| however. preferred foot-path across the helds,
| leading to a gate IN wall which formed Inc
| outer defense OF the place AS 1t happened we
struck Oh the fitting ground, the green level OF
| which we followed TO Morlmer's Iower enter
ing the Castle by the gate selected for the recef
| ton of Queen Elizabeth. Passing the ancient
| stables which now shelter the stock OF the Tar
| NOR who takes care of the property for the Lord
| Lieutenant f Ireland, It's present owner, we
reached the porterS lodge castle IN ITSELF ana
| still in admirable preservation. Asuperannuateo
| door keeper admitted US into the grounds and
| then went to call the guide, who was working IN
| the garden. The latter parsonage, little man
who had grown old in the business, changed his
smock- frock for rusty blue coat, and took US IN
| charge.
He was proper guide, and so familiar with
| his points. that doubt whether he would show
round the Lord Lieutenant (whom ne never
| named without touching his hat,) IN any but the
regular way. Taking US to the center OF the
| lawn. where the shattered, iyy-grown front OF
the Castle rose grandly before US, he pointed ont
the different groups Of buildings and gave Us the
| date of their erection Then he bld us note the
| thickness of the walls il the Casar's Tower, Che
| Oldest part, built in remote and uncertain pc
| rod.) after which he led us 10y rough path into
| the dungeon where Edward II. was prisoner, and
| then by a well-won staircase to The top OF the
tower, whence we looked down on broad stretch
| of the loveliest meadow land, dotted with ilocks
| of sheep There" said he, I'm the Earl Of
Ieicesters.time was lake two miles long, and
all the land YOU see to the right SITS, thirty miles
| from the Castle, was the chase; and down there.
where the hawthorns and crabs Is, was the
pleasure.g garden "Who owns all the land
now ?" IL asked "The Earl of Clarendon,
Lord Lieutenant OF Ireland touching his hat,)
and he gets 1llOOOO year from it but he
never comes anigh IL"
Keniworh has been described so often, that
shall spare you an account OF what was once
the banquetlng hall, and Queen Ellzabeths
dressing.room, looking down on the Lake, and
the Leicester buildings The most ruined Of all,
though the latest built. All parts of the Castle
are mantled with the most superb ivy, thrustlng
its heavy arms between the shattered mulllons
and climbing the towers and topping them with
mounds and overhanging cornices of dark, bril-
liant green | noticed one trunk three fee. IN
diameter Our guide did not permit us to lose
a single feature Of the rum. After finishing the
building, he took US the round Of the moat wall,
and pointed out the most picturesque effects He
knew the positions to a hairs breadth, and it
was in vain that attempted to disregard them.
| must stand with my back to the wall, and my
feet IN Just such spot. Now said he, " look
between John o Gaunts building and the Leices-
ter building, and you'll catch nice bit of Ca
sar's Tower" He could not go wrong, for the
runs are beautiful and imposing from every d.
rection, they are the GROWING charm and glory
of one OF the most delicious pastoral landscapes
| ever beheld
Warwick Castle, only SIX miles distant, offers
a remarkable contrast to Kenlworth. Like the
latter, the date of Its foundation is unknown,
and It's most ancient part bears the name OF Ca
sar's Tower; but while kenilworh Is fast tum-
bling 10 pieces, 1t remains entire and is still in
habited IN every part. The father of the present
Earl expended immense sums IN restoring and
improving IT, The grounds have been so Land out
and planted that the Castle is not seen from any
part of the town, but by walking to the bridge
over the Avon, one may obtain grand view of
its embattled front The presentation of a card
at the porter's lodge was sufficient 10 procure us
admission. 4 carrage-road cut through the
solid rock, with fringe of fern and an arch OF
elms high overhead, leads to a narrow lawn in
front of the Castle. The only perceptble change
in the exterior is the substitution OF light stone
arch for the drawbridge and the draining OF the
moa, which is now trough of velveiy grass,
with Towering shrubs, leaning over it from the
sides The portculhs still hung in the gateway,
snarlng at us with It's iron teeth.
The inner courtyard, however, has been
turfed over and new flight OF granite steps
leads TO the entrance hail. IN the southern wing
of the Castle The suit Of state apartments In
this wing is 1888 feet III length, and bull, with so
much precision that when the doors are closed one
may look straight through all the key-holes to the
further END. We were met at the door by the
ard, Mr. Williams, who conducted Us through the
rooms The old housekeeper died recently, after
| having amasSed 100000 from the fees of visit