The daily gazette., 1877-11-07

moods Of silence and reflection Tmme>
diately adjoining it is Trinity Church,
not quite 80 large and from not 80 bold
a design, but none tie less etl llH
IMPRESSIVE AND BEAuTIFuL.
To properly describe it would be impos.
sible. It cannot be contemplated with |
out emotions Of pleasure and wonder. A |
Comanche would hesitate before he |
ing beauty proclaims a sombre moral. |
There is no hope for genius. There is |
the rude spoiler before whose silent adj
vance all the mountains OF our toll must |
molder and perish. Ev3ry bright crea-
ton, every triumph of art, every miracle
OF skill, every wonderful conception,
every unrivaled execution, must sooner
or later bow before his power. Decay is
the unalterable f 1T. Go where you
choose you will find 1T written in indeli-
BILE characters. The chief manufactures
OF Coventry are ribbons, silk and watch
es- The textile art at this city can be
traced to very remote period, wcav-
er having filled the, office of Mayor in
1925, The ribbon trade was introduced
by French refugees driven abroad by
the revocation of the edict OF Nantes.
The number of operatives employed in
these three branches is about $4,000.
Near the city is a tract OF land contains
1 ig 2 500 acres, on which each freeman
Is allowed to feed three head OF cattle.
The numb,r of freemen is 8, 400. The
country around Coventry Is rich in
places of interest, TO which the railway
gives easy access. Five miles to the
south is .... -,4. ,.......r. r.,... ... ...
~ KEEILwoRTH CASTLE, -.
famed in history and romance. 1t was
once taken by Henry I'll. after a. siege of
six months. During reign of Edward l..
it was the scene of a splendid tourna-
ment,in which hundred mailed knights
participated. Queen Elizabeth gave it to
| her favorite, Robert Dudley, Earl OF
Leicester, who expended on 1t, and the
domains surrounding, the sum of f60,-
900, and on one occasion entertained his
| august patron there with magnificent
pomp a fine description of the castle as
it appeared in its best days will be found
in Sir Walter Scott's novel entitled
"Kenilworth." The outer walls of the
granite structure inelosed seven acres.
The structure itself rose near the centre
of this spacious ipclosure, and was com
lposed of huge pile of splendid castelia-
ted buildings of different ages. Queen
Ehzabeth's visit to KenilwOrth lasted
seventeen days, at an expense of ten thou
.(sand dollars per day to the Earl. Among
other items of the entertainment that
might be mentioned, three hundred and
twenty hogsheads of beer were, consum
ed per day. The Earl died of poison
some years afterwards, which he had pre-
pared for somebody else. During Crom
wells time, Kenilworth was considerably
Injured by the cupidity of various public
officers, and it is now a melancholy ruin
Where Princes feasted and heroes fought
; now in the bloody earnest of storm anC
siege, and now in the bloody earnest o.
! chivalry, all is desolate. The bed of tht
: lake is but rushy swamp, and thu
massive ruins of the castle only serve Il
show what their splendor once was, ant
! | to impress on the musing visitor thu
transitory value of human possessions
Six miles from Kenilworth formerl.
l stood. +, s'. 'i,...
1 WARWICK CASTLE,
sthat fairest monument of ancient an
chiyalrous Splendor. An accidental fir
totally destroyed it about a year after IN
visit. Tt crowned q rock that frowne
over the river Avon, and whether on az
lcount of the antiquity of Its architecture
! the magnifcience and costliness OF th
q objects of art which it contained, tn
a beauty of its grounds, or its old histori
/ and poetic associations, it had no equf
: in England. 1t is said to have been bui
A by daughter of Alfred The Great, nearl
q a thousand years ago. One of its tower
q was one hundred and forty-seven fet
. high, and another one hundred an
h thirty feet Its destruction caused wid'
; spread regret among scholars, tourist
/ and antiQuarians. In one ofthe churcht
of the town of Warwick are entombe
d the remains of " arwick the King-make
d The open and undesigning frankness {
n Warwick's character rendered his col
Is quest over mems affections certain an
l. lnfalli BILE. His presents were regarded {
q sure testimonies of esteem and friendship
IL and his professions as the overtiowln
of his genuine sentiments. No less tha
900 persons are sad to have daily live
at his board in the different manors an
g estates which he possessed in England
d The military men allured by his munit
q oence and hospitality, as well as by h
;, bravery, were zealously attached to h
+ interests. The people in general boz
d him an unlimited affection. His name
|. Gus retainers were moredevotedto his WI
r than to the King or the laws, and he wa
Y the greatest rs well as the last OF thoS
Is mighty Barons who overawed the Crow
& and rendered the English people incapi
a Bile of civil government. Fifteen mile
y from the town of War wick Is
% sTRATFoRD oS-AvoN,
" The birth place of Shakespeare, quit
d and pleasant old English town that yea
d ly attracts literary pilgrims from ever
t. cline.
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