The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-30
GREAT FORTUNES.
WHO OWNED THEM AND How
THEY WE'RE MADE,
from Chambers Journ,I,I

The richest subject In England In 1895 had
Estates which little exceeded IaU. 900 a year.
1hh Dixie OF Ormond had .gs3 900 year !:
his Grace the Duke of Buckingham, sl9,6 500:
and Monk, Duke Of Albemarlp. left property
which would yield like sum. hIacalllay,
quoting Kings Natural and Political Con-
cl"s'ons, says the average income of a tenn
poral peer was about $4,000 year: of a.
baronet, G9O0; member of the House of
! Commons. eSO0 lHistory Of England, /. 30d).
Fir N'l'ian: TrHiiIe observes: The reve-
nues of Il House Of Commons have seldom
exceeded G4oO,000" (Memo,rs, p. 3).
| Passing up to the eighteenth centur', it
has been said, no doubt with truth, that
| hardly any Englishman could have produced
inlf million Of money i'm 1850. We pre-
sulne Alderman Beckford could have done
so, as in l71O he left bis son Fonthll. which
| had cost E240,000, 100000 a year and a
million of ready money. How RAPIDLY that
| Fortune was dis:imted! The aulhor of
ldthch. ut the age of tllirty-six. in 1896
came TO resiGe ut Fonthll, and began TO
build new house in the Gothic style. The
following description of the house, by Il
| visitor, Is given IN the preface to recent
edition of Tdiheh -" To give yoti an Idea OF
| the place. You must think OF York Minister
| placed on Il commanding elevation in the
midst of d Woodland t'aradise of many miles
In extent. Although at this spot the interior
OF FOnthitl has not the vastneSs of York
Minister. yet think the whole buiI,lng
stands on more ground. The dazzling effect
Of the stained glass in the lofty windows.
wien the sun throws their cGiors on the
crimson carpets, c0ntra>ted with the vivid
green lawn seen In the distance through the
lofty entrance doors, themselves aS high as
modcrate-siZed house; the galleries a hun
| drcd feet above you the magnificent mirror
1t the enid Of the room rejecting the prospect
of the grounds for miles, present Il s,ene |,
shall ne, er see euliled. Lnokng right aud
lett. you have clear view Of three hundred
| and thirty feet, not bare stone walls but q
magnificent apartment. furnished with the
most valuable books. cabinets, paintings.
mirrors, crimson silk haneings. and thou
| sand things besides you walk the whole dis
tancc on superb carpets, and ut every step
your attention is arrested by some beautiful
work Of art or natural curio>ity.' In 1872,
the whole, in consequence of the depreciation
cf hi- West India property. combined with
| reckless expenditure, was sold to Mr.. john
Farqllliar Tor $50 600; and its former owner
went to Bath, and there built an ilIincn,e
| tower. from the summit OF which be could
see Fonthill, though seventy miles distant.
THE RISE OF TIE GREAT HOUSE OF RoTusCuILp
belongs to the eighteenth century. Meycn
AnSclm. Il jew. Was born in I743, aud was
| established It's Il money lender, &c., in Frank
| fort. in 1922. From this poor shop, bearing
| the sign OF the Red Shtcid. he acquired The
Gamc of Rcth>cbid. lie tounda good friend
| in William, LandyIavc of uessc; and wheu
| the Laudgravc. in 1906. had to flee from
NapDleon, he inrll>ted the banker with
| about L330.0n0 tH take care Of. The careful
| Jew traded with this; 80 thai, in 1872, when
| he died. he left about Il million sterling TO
| his six sons. Ansrlm. Solomon. Nathan,
| Never. Charles. and james. KNOWN. the
| tlutn of the old motto. Union is strength
| lc charged hi, SONS that they should conduct
| their financial operations together. The
| third son, Nathan, was the clnVcreSt oi the
| family and had settled in England. coming 10
| Manchester in 119I: and to London in lSN3.
| Twelve year, after we see him ut Waterloo,
watching the battle. and posting to England
as soon a> he knew the issue, and spreading
everywhere !hc defeat OF thc English The
clever lst unscrupulouS spccnlator thus de-
| pressed the funds. and his agents were emit
bIcd To buy at Il cheap rate; and it is said
| that he made Il miliion 10y this transaction
| lie tllpu III iStD. Dul tlf ltdt dllhliil VI III:
wealth never tral>pircd. II has hccu said
Nothing seemed too gigantic for bis grasp,
nothing too minute loi-hi> notice. His mind
WIS rs capable of contracting Il loan for mil
lions as of calculating the lowest possible
amount on which II clerk could exist
| Chron,cic$ rnI Characters Of tie Stock Ec'
change.
A RICH PRINTER.
| p,,.i, lur
| fortune IN The latter half Of III" eighteenth
century. His third son. Andrew. VIII" >tlc-
crc,l,d him in the business lett more than Il
million when hc died in 1881. Thirty years
after, the Duke OF buckingham died. who,
| like his father, stIuandcrcd Il vast fortune at
stowe, and had TO sell the contents OF the
mansion. This sale occupied forty days, and
realized sG15. .162 T.. Cd. (Rumley Forster 5
| Priced and Annotated Cataloguc.) What i
ptv such dispersion SEEMED. His Grace
! was. saws Sir Rcrmrd Burke. after the pres
! cnt rciruiu- family. the senior representative
! of the rov:,l hul,Sr< of Tudor aud PlanI.Crnct
! nALF A MILLION FROM rII.S.
| jaime, Morrison. "thc hygeist.' whp died
| in 1910, made half million hy the sale "i
his vegetable pills. According to Mr. Grant
Gli.lurv of the Newspaper Press. Holloway
In" inventor of the celebrated pills and olnI-
mcn, which bears his name. has allla,>od i
fortune Of from one and Il half TO two mn
lions, and intends following III the Steps ol
Mr.. Peabody. iiano-tortc-nakin- Would
also scrm to ir II profitable business. since
Mr. Thomas Broadwood, who dlfd III lSo2'
left G3JU.0g0 personally. William Joseph
Dcnson, the banker. lett one oI The greatest
fortunes of modern limcs-namesy. Two ana
hnn
| banker died. in ISL. he left his uitr tor
mcrlv Harriet Mellon, the a'trrS>) EG0o.ooo
ms wcll as Estates to "A lirgc amount. One
instance out of many will suffice to show the
rood Use his granddaughter, the present
| Baroness Burdctt touttS, his made OF tO.:
wealth; al Il cost of .cja, ,OhO she endowed
the colonial tishoprics OF Adeaidr and BTi-
fish Columbia. The Earl of Brid"cwater.
who died in 1925, lett property amounting to
/ about r. 900 900 to the then Lord Afford,
! ON condition that if be should die without
! having attained The rank Of marquis or duke
| the property wa, to so to his brother. bni
the question was raised. when LORD Afford
died without having ASSUMED these dl@llltlc>,
| whether his son WIS not rntItlcu to the pro-
| ucr,y. and the House uf Lords decided that
Tie condition was contrary 10 Tue principles
| of thr Eu-li.h Constitution, aud Lord Al
| lord, son was confirmed i'll the title. An
other will. which was
| THE SUBJECT OF MUCH LITlGATloE,
WAS that of Mr.. Peter Theusson, W no dice
iu London in July, 1871. After leaving III
wife flU0. 900, the residue [about t64'ooo.
he committed TO the care OF trustees ~ at
c,lnuIale during the lives OF his sonS ahu
their sons, TO be divided. when they were III
dead, among their survivors. IL WAS oe'i.'.o ~
that the property would then amour. - u
-, n nno nnn IN 4 q O00 ono But legal anC