Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-03-06
sKErCaED - 9EcENr FonencS
TRAvELs

Three miles from the venerable city Of
Chester. England, is the paia.ial residence
o. the Marquis Of Westminster, called Ea-
ton Hall. THIS is most beautiful country
mansion, erected in the early part Of the
present century, ct . cost Of tvo millions of
dollars Il is Of pointed Gothic, and il re-
garded the finest modern specimen Of that
style Of architecture in the United King
dom. From whatever quarter the buiIding
viewed, Il presents . very imposing APP
peasance. Ii has . center and fvo extend>
ed wings and two fronts. There are Bumer>
ous bat&leDents, pinnacles, turrets, end
psrsPets. II u construclsd Of light-color.
ed stone brought from Deiamere Forest, and
the edect 10 very pleasing to The eye. II Is
situated in the midst Of an extensive park.
most beautifully and tassefully laid out. and
abounding With deer and other snimals, and
tho river Dee fo~s along through The
grounds, winding its serpentine way To-
ward the Irish Sea, into which il eupties.
The entrance TO the grounds 10 not far from
Chester, and is through maeni6cent gate
way, which.of it,elfis 6se, stately bssldiua,
and cost many Thousand dolIass. Ii i oc
cupied By the gaae-keePsr and family.
The intssier of Eatoa Hall Is Of surpas.
sing splendor. The door of Tie esaod en-,
trance ball alone eoss 1900 guinsas. The
capacicas drawing g-soom is highly ornamen>
ted, AID contains some superior paintings
The library u spacious room, 100 feet
long, and . person standing st one esd of
tkis room, the door being Opea, can look
through the vaulied corridor 70 ~ opposite
extremity Of the palace, distance Of 4so
feet
At the end Of . gravel walk in shs psrk
s.ands small Gothic temple, which has
been erected to receive % old Roman sltas.
that was discovered near Chester il 1921.
This temple is pased with mosaic stone,
which Lord Robert Grosvener, m ancestor
Of the present Aarquis, bropghs fron . pai-
ace Of the Emperor Tiberius Cesar, on tbe
Island Of Capri, 1t The entrance CT the Bay
of Naples. TIE Romans made Chester :
colony Of the empire, A. D. IS, and held il
in undistusbed possessiou for Two Or three
centuries, aad the idolstrous ALTAR spoken or
absse. ard many othsr things discovered in
snd around Ckestee, isdicaas their res;dence
and suIs. And I nay here sav. thai in alI
ny journey through the countries 0f Europe,
al also in Syria and Asia Misos, aud
Eeypt, sas constantly meeting With esi.
dencea of de exaeneiss doninion ard von>
dedul power e aasisnt Rome, when lis
ssay uas almast asis1ssally acknowledged,
and . world vas tsibutasy to il. Theatres
and castles and city walls, sad osnamsnted
gstsuays and stsdis and statues, and many
other things Of Roman origin, found almost
evervwhere from Yosk and Chester, England.
70 Ephesus and Dsnascss. in ths distant
Eass, gave - - idss Of ths grsssaess aud
poser, ~ veil - Of The ~ and civilisasios.
Of that grsatest empire Of antiquity, which /
had never had before.
The Marquis Of Westniuiseer resides in
his palace during few months in he year,
aad q Ia Loudos ard elsewhere the rest Of
Tie time. He L said to be the richest ma
| in England. He owas satire blocks Of
| buildiaKs n the mstsoeolia. and much prop.
ersy in Liverpool and other places and he
| hAs the psospeet of : vast increase Of il.
Some assert that be is not liberal. while
others assert the contrary. One Of the EN-.
ployees Of he palaesAOId me thss che knew
him 70 b very ssoescas, hind ard good and
that 10 nasifss1s u in nany wsys. A. is
the cae with most Of the nobilisy Of the
kingdom, he i connected uith The Church
of England, and has regular services 10 his
| private chapel, and when no clergyman i
present be conducts them himself, 10 lhe uss
of the English Book Of Common Pssyes.
Ths aaeestry Of this noblenaa q yery
illustrioaA He il The twenty -secosld in de-.
scent from Gilbert y Grosvenor, Who vas
coGpanioni in -anns of William TIE Conc oeror
vhen he made cosquest Of England IN the
eleventh century. Il i called the noble
houss Of Grosycnos, SD traces its eariier
'sAesreof through = 1on1 linz of .euo~c>I