Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1857-08-05
NO. XXXIv.
English Wealth and Lu1uriousnes..

Some of our New York Fifth avenue swels
make very respectable attempts to do the "pala-
tial" in their houses, and style ofiving, and put
forth ambitious efforts TO initiate English coun.
try seats, in the possession of what the English
would call 'ssnug box" on the Hudson River,
and ten, twenty, or hundred acres. An ac-
count before US of the luxurious style of living
among the English aristocracy, throws our par
venu pretenders into the shade.
About sixty miles from London, is the estate
of the Earl of Spencer, which comprises ten
thousand acres, divided into parks, meadows,
pastures, woods, and gardens. His library con.
tains fifty thousand volumes, and is said to be
the finest private library in the world. The
Duke of Richmond's home farm consists of
twenty-three thousand acres, or over thirty-fiye
square miles, and this in crowded England.
which has in all an area of fifty thousand square
miles, orjust thirtytwo millions of acres giving,
were the land divided but two acres to each in
habitant. The residence of the Duke is fitted
up with orieptal magni6cence. Twenty-Five
race horses stand in his stables, each under the
care of a special groom. The dishes and plate
upon the table are all of porcelain, silver and
gold. His aviary is supplied with almost every
variety of rare and elegant BIRDS and large herds
Of cattle, sheep and deer are spread over the i'm
mense lawns.
The same authority from which we gather
these facts, says that the Duke of Devonshire's
palace, at Chatswortb, excels in magnifcence q
ny other in the kingdom. He spends the whole
of his enormous income. In the grounds about
the house, are kept four hundred heads of cat
tie, and fourteen hundred deer. The kitchen
garden contains twelve acres, and is filled with
almost every species of fruit and vegetables. A
vast arboretum connected with this establish
ment, is designed to contain q sample of every
tree that grows. There is also glass conserva-
tory three hundred and eighty-seven feet in
length, one hundred and twelve feet in breadth,
sixty.seven in height, covered by seventy-siK
thousand square feet ofghss, and warmed by
several miles of pipe conveying hot water. One
plant is obtained from India by special mes
senger, and is valued at $4,000. One of the
fountains, near the house plays 276 feet high,
said to be the highest jet in the world. Chats
worth contains $500 acres, but the Duke owns
ninety-six thousand acres in the county of Der
byshire. Within, the entire is one vast scene Of
paintings, sculpture, mosaic work, carved VAIN
scotting, and all the elegancies and luxuries
within the reach ofalmost boundless wealth and
highly refined taste.
Five-sixths of the soil of England is divided
among scarcely thirty thousand proprietors.--
There are twenty nine bankers in London, whose
yearly embraces six or seven mil
lions sterling This is one side of the picture
The struggles between capital and labor are fear
ful-the rich always becoming richer and the
poor poorer. Three hundred thousand persons
die of famine in year, () and three hundred
thousand voluntarily emigrate, to escape the
same dismal om.-Richnaond Dispatch.-