Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-09


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Assford ths pakS of Sutherland, the Marquis st
Ws.,nins.ar. and the Earl of Dudley, neither OF
,hosa incomes Is less than t2O0 900 year, while
seine exceed it BY half"
Tbs writer must have meant pounds sterling, anunot
doans. Two hundred thousand dollars make but Q
HstS more than forty thousand pounds and that would
indicate very poor Duke, and not very rich hsIque
We think Il vary certain that the nOblemsn Of that
rank here set down WORTH EACH ct least the annual
sum indicated, and probably great deal more.
In 1859, @ may be seen BY reference to the letters
Of Juuius the Duke Of BedfOrd's estate sas rated at
$50 900 Stsrlrg that l., fraction lees than 100000
Der anHa Money then was ct least Ave TINES a. VAL
ulbs 90 it il RoE OF course then, suppOsng that Inc
,dlord estates have not increased In value (which
lupOssbe) they must bring in annually ESOooOo. Ia
1873, We cav catalogue OF the richest nooemsn, Oh
that day, in England. Tie Marquis OF STAFFORD ('ne
saus with the Duke Of Sutherland Of this paragraph
va then ratsdai EsSo 900 PsrG""'S, or about TOO
600 Lord GrOsVenOr (uoW Marquis OF Westmin'
sterl In that catalogue was placed second, ana
rated ct $500 900, or 81. 100000. Since thSt
TINA the MaIuuis OF Stafford has added the enormous
estates Of Sutherland 70 biz possessions BY marriage
They extend nearly across the land, IRON sea to sea-
IN sootland The Duke has converted the whole coun-
ny into plsurAgs for sheep, rendering thereby en0i
mousy prOduc i've and turning out Of their little arm
in order to accomplish II sons ten thousand human
beings, probably great many more. These poor cres-
tures have been compelled to &ATVs or enigrate, and
have gone In large numbers 70 Australia and OanAdA
o. course, the author Of this inhumAn outrage is
treat Humanitarian. he fess deeply for the negroes
Of The South although he has no bowels Of compassion
for hs unhappy tenants. TIE Duchess OF Sutherland
vas the great pAtroness Of Mira Bsecher Stowe during
ths Uncle Tom" fever and Glands high With Exeter
Hal. DuriSg tas visit OF kr. S.oWs, she WroEe, or
Cad written an address 70 The Ladies of the South, OIL
,hs subiecs OF slavery, in which represented TO
them toe great sin OF which they were guilty in hold
log GAvss AID encouraging slavery. We d.
not reOOllscs that she said anything about the
AIN Of expening thousands OF Helpless families
from the homes which they and their fathers
nAd inhabited for hundreds OF years, with 10 Other
motive and upon other pree1s Than tho dstsImnS-
uOu 10 make out Of land than theJ could a.
lord TO pay Tor G. The Dake Of Sutherland exclusive
Of what lie could make by these lands IL the re-
csp Al toe time, IT several hunersda Of thousands OF
pounds sterling, and had therefore, no pea TO Alege
ous dOWtrghI AVGEos h, came in possession OF thess
northern estates in right OF his wife. HIS own, In ISIS,
made him the richest nOblemsn Of his day. a. We sus-
pecl he Is ut present He is the descendant in direct
line from that Earl Cf Stafford who executed in the
lime of Charles 1.-The last and the Innocent victim Of
the infamous conspiracy known the POpsh PlOt-the
innocent victim aud known TO be innocent by that base
10 k,I Ia hnnd In
stretch on! his hand that he might cave him.
Toe Marquis Of Westminster formerly Lord GrosVt-
nor was pus down in the catalogue We have alluded
10 "a the next in wealth to the then Marquis of Stafford
We have Ieen it stated since that in consequence Of
large leases for lOpg terms In London and Liverpool
filling H. be has become the WeAlthest Of tho nobility.
son and heir Lord GrosVenor, about ten ysars ago,
married the daughter of the Duke Of sutherland Lady
Constance LsVson Cover. The newspapers made q
grand h1uri.h about il at the time
The Duke of D,von5hire Is one Of the Wealthitst
among the gish nobility. We have seen his income
esimated ct 100000, about million OF dollars per
ana I'm. There are many others o. El0O 900 par al
num- The Duke CT Bueelsueh, when he came OF ago
in 1929, Was said to have taken possession Of estates
Yielding an annual rental of e25O 600. The peculiarly
such an enormous estate upon attaining his majority
was said to have suggested TO DsrAe his novel Of The
YCurg Duke" He was very unlike the hero of the
tale hoseVef for he could neTer DO seduced to the
gaming table, and in other respects conducted himself
with great PROF. riety.
If hess I5glish nOblemen should take to boarding 10
q body, We suppose they would soon create money
pressure Bat ne believe they mako 1t point 10 spend
tho grsatsr part of their incomes among the tenAny
RON whom they derive them.