The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30
lw1RMICx CASTLE.


From the New YUrk Times
One OF the oldest military buildings In ex-
istence an heirloom and chronicle OF Inc
cesnhs4 psecious 20 al I'm Enkil4 spt4k,
ing race, has Ietely been destroyed. The out
line of the pstastrophe gigsa. BY tie telegraph
Is now lled up By the details ~ mna s,,ss %s,
spared, has fallen . victim 70 IRE, and War
wick Castle Il among the things that were.
The flames were said TO have originated In
the private rooms Of the Countess, On the
morning OF Sunday, December 5, and Il was
found impossible TO arrest them until the
venesaBle edifice was practically r1in- HE
great antiquity and fsme q Wsrylf ga! 1917 !.
quite q public calamity; and Americans will
share the regret of RngiishTaen for the de-
struction OF an object In which they have an
equal historical and national interest.
The origin Of Warwick Castle, or u least OF
the first Buildings that stood on Ne STE, IL so
remote as to be quite Obscured by the mlsts OF
had stronghold here, TIE eommandh9 pofi-
tion Of the spot, oseflOokihg The Atoh and
the surrounding country, enabling them 70
make q bold stand against the Roman In
vader When the Saxons came they built, a.
with York Minister, . fresh structure on the
old foundations. Trees yet exist Of the rude
towers erected by Etheineda, tue Mefcfan
N[uceu. AuOlllOub N6Tc uduC " tuAD 40 sAAhC
flowed on, until the momentous change OF
1896 came, when the standard q Harold went
down at Hastings, and the destiny OF England
was changed forever. Not long after Edith
OF the swan neck" sought her lover among
the slain, the Neuburgs, followers Of William
OF Normandy, got for their share the castle,
since called Warwick, with the neigh
the reign Of Henry Ill. Changes occurred
through female descent and the property then
came into the hands Of the Beauchamp fam
lly One Of these. Guy, was noted ~ the
Blayer Of Edward ii. 3 favorite, Piers Gave
ston. The son Of Guy Thomas Beauchamp,
was more famous still. He 1t was who led
the van at Greasy, and covered himself with
glory at Poictiers, lie too, was one OF the
founders Of the Order of the Garter. The
well known Cesar Tower at Warwick was
his contribution to the noble pile. This Ia
said to have been completely Quilted by the
fire, although the walls which were, or are,
of prodigious thickness probably yet remain
A Thomas Beauehamp who came some time
later built the Guy Tower" and made
other fine additions TO the castle. The son Of
this Earl WAS made Duke Of Warwick"
childless, and thus 1t was that the domain
passed into the possession Of the celebrated
Richard Neville, better known as the King
maker"
The King-maker" thought more Of build
ing up thrones than castles, and did little to
the edince that had fallen to him. It's lac 1t
important improver was that Inflated
Clarence who ended his woes In Malmsey
butt During his occupancy, preparations
were made for the first time to mount cannon
at the castle. LoophOles were constructed
for the purpose, remains Of which used to be
conspicuous on the northern gateway. From
this Is said to date the downfall Of military
architecture. GunpOwder was henceforth
destined to revolutionize the practice Of ages,
the picturesque aspects Of feudalism began
to fade away, and castles, which had once
been all but impregnable became mere man
traps. In the time Of Henry VIII, Warwick
was built by the Audleys. Ambrose,
of that name, elder brother to the
luckless favorite Of the Virgin Queen
spent large sums ON the building, hoping "a
leave il to his pOsterity. He, too, however,
died without issue, and his title lapsed to the
crown. That title was subsequently bestOw-
ed on Lord Rich, but soon became extinct
hgan, to be revived under James l., in 1859
when Greville, Lord Brooke, was created
Earl Of Warwick. Queen Elizabeth had
however, previously granted the castle and
estates to that Fulke Greville, who was sty-
he'd on his tombstone the Servant to Queen
Elizabeth, Counsellor to King James, and
Friend to Sir Philip Sydney" This person
age WAS Tic LOuuucT VI L1c pTcocut IAulu T.
He greatly beautifed Warwick Castle, and
since his time its fame has continued to
spread throughout the world The ari
treasures that have been swallowed
up BY the fire never can be re
placed. Pictures BY Holbein, vandyke, Sil
Joshua Reynolds, Romney and Sir Peter
Iely, by Murillo, Titan, Raphael and Ru
bens were among the giories Of the place,
and many of these have been consumed In
h. If he dnaQf nnllorfinOa
Of early weapons in the world. A helmet
Of one II Xerxes' sOllieis snd the iron
skullcap Of Oliver CromtelE aFns from Boo
worth and from Nodden revolyers of the
18th century, and B,itrdiLLeatrs OF an
earlier date; ancient armOr Of every
successive epoch; and innumerable standards
and trophies falling 70 dust with time, but stii
glorious In their antiquity and associations,
have been blotted out forever. Besides these
q noble library, especially rch In medieval
literature, u lost, together with quantities. o.
elaborate French carving Of the tine ol
Louis XIV. XVI; while many pieces Of
sculpture, ancient and modern, have gone
with the rest
some yaluables were saved, among which
are famous table lowered with lapis lazuli
and once the property of Marie Antoinette
Vandyke's painting Of Charles !. on herse
back, attended by his equeny, considered
the most valuable picture In the castle; the
splendid tapestry that hung in Queen
Anne's bedroom; and . considerable mum
Der Of fine works BY Guercino, Wander:
velde, Rubens, Teniers, Caracci, and
others. 1t appears that, SUI stantially,
the interior Of the private apartments,
the bsroniAl hall and the bsNsueting hail
were totally destroyed: Npt that the state
apartments and other portions Of the castle
were saved. No doubt the work Of restoration
will be attempted and worthily carried out.
The burning Of Warwick Castle, however, h
an event that has the air Of severing the con.
nection between the modern and medieval
world, and Ike placing Z gulf, Is i were, be
The habits, the policy, the costumes, the
whole colosing Of NE, hat were locked down
upon and commemora1ed by thOse lofty
towers. are rapkdly bec5miAg more and tnors
foreign and uninteiiigibie to the humanity OF
to-day, and, TO. the great mass, win glide
with q few years more into the dim region.
of tradition