The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-08-13
ENGLISH WEALTH AND Iux1rR1o1rsNpec

some OF our New York Fifth Avenue swell,
make very respectable attempts to do the ..pnI,
fi, IN Their houses and style Of living. and nm,
forth ambitious erurts to imitute Ent,Iisl ronn
try seats, in the possession Of what tie Enol;sh
would call "snug box on the Hudson R;'or
and ten, twenty, or n hundred acres. An NO.
!coun'' before us of the luxurious style Of living,
among the English aristocracy throws or, ny ny,
venue pretendcrs considerably into the shade.
About sixty miles from London is the estate of
The Earl of Spencer. which comprises ten tLou.
sand acres, divided into parks, meadows pastures
woods aud garens Ills library contains tiftv
thousand volumes, and is said to be the fines,
private library in the world The Duke of H;ch.
'nond's homo farm consists of twcnty.thrce tbou
sand acres, or over thirty five squire miles onJ
this III crowded England, which las in all an
are" oi only "n,oOD square miles, or Just thirty
two millions of acres, giving, were the land Jy.
-ded, but two acres to each individual
ne residence OF The Duke is fitted up with ori.
entail magnificencc. Twenty-Five race horses
stand Ill his stables, each under the care Of n
special groom. The dishes and plate upon the
table, are all of porcelain silver and gold. Ills
,avlary is supplied with almost every variety of
rare and elegant birds. and large herds of cai,lc
sheep and deer are spread over the im,nsnso
lawns.
>, The samo authority, from which we gather
these facts says that the Duke OF Dcyonsl,ir.'s y
palace ut Chatswortl excels in Inagnific ce any
other OF the kingdom He spends the whole of
MS enormous income In The grounds about the
house, are kept four hundred head Of cattle and
fourteen hundred deer The kitchen and po rden
contains twelve acres, and is filed with almost
every species Of fruit and vegetables. A vost
aboretuin, connected with this establishment ia
designed to contain sample of every tree that
sIhs5esi&eiso glassseonscrvatory, 3s7 feet IN
ienga Jset in Meadth, 67 in height, cover.
Led by 78O80 square feetof glass, aud warmed
ny seven miles Of pipe, conveying hot, water
One plant was obtained from India sbE a snec;al
,aessenger' and is valued aeS Q, 900. ne Of the
fountains, near the house. plays feet high
said to DO the highest Jet in the world. Chais.
Worth contains $500 acres, but The Duke owns
.hinety.six thousand acres in the county Of Der.
byshire. Within, the entire is one vast scene
.of paintings, sculpture mosaic work, carved
~ainscoting. and all the cIegancics and luxu-
rIes within the reach Of almost bouadless wealth
and highly refined taste.
Five sixths of Tho soil in England are divided
among SC 'rcely thirty thousand proprietors.-
Where are twen!y-nne bankers in London, whose
sransactions yearly embrace six or seven hundred
millions iterng This is one side of the picture.
Tue struggles between capital aud labor are
fearfui-the ldeh always becoming richer, and
tho poor pnorer. Three hundred thousand per-
soRs die of famine in year, and three hundred
hossapt voluntarily emigrantes. to escape the
s"mo dispal doom-Riehmoad Dispatch