New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-19
MIR. GLADSTONE.
,s IN A THREE DAYS VISIT TO
to'' pRECiIIN

IN StOtlAnts l' vas XIV 'h'''' '"'A ''Nf
GU. .,sol the House of Lords and most of the time
70 "'"Nr .,, the guest of ono or another of these
| ~" 'ls This is lust half true. lie has not come
"'S i'll 10 attack the House of Lords. hut there
l,,,ny that he h.s been STAYING with scot
Dr.. The Earl of Rosebcry at Dalineny Park.
~, Earl of Fife at Mar Lodge. the Earl of Aberdeen
'o me- Uonsc. and row tie Earl of Ia house at
81, Clstlc have excessively entertained nm
-, zoos hence 20 CLAIMS which - the seat oi Tie
-, Of strathmore, and will pass the last two
h"' % his STAY IN Scotland again at Dalmcny.
III these Peers are heartily supporting Mr.. Glad
a in his domestic policy. there would not, in any
sse he mach ncongruty in his spending his time
- their roofs. There may be people whose
- abort Peers are sucb that they hear with
- Of liberalism as great force in tie Scot
SUI pecrace But il is Beside those / lave
I'll ,here are tie Earl of Breadahanc, tie Ear
r,r;n tie Marquis OF IIuntly, tie Earl of am
.loun and othcrs-all young men and al
staneb Liberals
At, Gladstone had an answer ready for the
,ls IN his speech on the platform IN 81
V;a;au,s Suuarc IN Brechm. whore we left him
,an1ipg on Wednesday afternoon at half past to
To- ,be effort TO pass the Franchise BIZ. he Sai' Min
:a,or. members OF the House of Commons. and the
,le are doing their part. Many members, re-
.,sov of tlc House of Lords. have done and
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,a.aIly or with more enlightened Intelligence than
81 n,lhcusc whose guest have the privilege OF
-, and whose name is equally dear TO the
i;,,,sI friends among whom he moves IN the
: nth and ~ the community in the midst of winch
hoI;v.s in the North" Anil the answering cheers
90 the oeopc Of Brcchin showed that they were of
NJ Cladstoue's mind. Lord Dalhousie, 1t - true
helopcs 10 that wicked class which Mr. Henry
George Is forever holding mp to the eXecrtion OF
mankind He Is q landowner But If Mr.. Henry
Ceorre IN some sane moment. would come to scot
land and 20 over the estates which thls landlord
,os.esscs and manages and hear what his tenants
AVE 10 say hc would surely enlarge his conception
Of the relations that may exist between landlord
and tenant. He might even discover that thy
were equally profitable To the tenant and honorable
10 the landlord.
The drive from 81. Ninian's Square to Hrecmn
Castle is short one through the chief street of the
town ~ the new lodge at the entrance OF the park
whence IL is but a few hundred yards to LORD TAI
bon,r's front door, In old times the entrance was
more distant and a straight avenue OF noble trees
half mile long led from lodge To castle HE NOME
trees were Lard low long since. The road exists nul
Is not used The present drive is still charming 'he
whole mark il charming and charminely planted
trees enough and we'll grown. The castle as YOU see
II to-day is of the first half of the last century The
aid castie was of know not how early PERIOD hut
very early and parts OF this ancient fabric are sti
f. lie seen on the south side There are puaIrle~
somewhere in this part of the world of red sand
stone brnwnlsh-rcd. not very unlike the maternal
used for the palaces of merchant princes IN New
York and of this not only the castle but all lechn.
and l'rcchin Cathedral. and the famed Round Tower
of lrechin. are built II occurs rarely IN Scotland
or England or il used rarely. The Aberdeen
ouarrics supply a red granite which would bo not
much inferior to this in warmth of color hut tie
Aberdeen pcoplo have got II into their heads that
cold gray is the right thing and they nave nullt
their whole city in cold gray so cold and So gray
that Aberdeen Is perhaps 10 the stranger the most
,eprcSSing place M Scotland The weight "i All
that mass Of incso:abie gray stone burdens the
memory. aud the cheerful hue of lreehin ~ u con
trast aud relief.
Like many another castle of icndal ,imeH ana
illustrating feudai habits. Brechin has cluster oi
houses at its gates-in this ease at IT'S back gate
loppiIv. since the town of Brcchn dcyotcs itself a
GOOD deal 10 the making of linen, and there are
bleaching grounds and factories and tall chimhcJS
with unccasing plumcs of black smoke not far OF.
The story goes that certain Earl OF tins FANNY
gave broad space of ground 10 the village as II
then was on condition IL should be used solely Tor
recreation As generations went Ivy the condition
was neglected and the town sold the land. Inc safe
happened in tie time of that Earl who, not liking
his next heir. cut down the avenue, and who looked
m IN grim content while the land was sold and
while factories sprang up The factories are not
visible in front but they are visible where. nut or
them the Castle would look its best The southeast
vcens MAST IL curves of beauty bcl 9TH noble hills
come, rushing down III rapids, and then grows stl!i
before il reaches the lawn; flows s":oothly nndef
bridge. turns sharply away from the sheer wall oi
rock on which the castle stands, sumbers IN deep
pool below into which believe gOod diver might
Il krtt,lr 20
black stiffness of the tired flood. Shrubs cling TO
he rick wherever they can get foctho!d; the
xhoc Mace for n hundred yards l. anGlc OF trees
and vines Then the river With another bend takes
aplunge Of its own over a dam. parts company VITA
castle and the castles lord. and IS put in harness
and made to toll six days out of seven in the service
If Brechn millowners; disappears hndliy from
view beneath another bridge whose lofty arches
Themselves are lost on the further bank in forest
Ii the park has nothing to boast of III extent II mas
n singular charm everywhere. The gardens. which,
As is the rule in Scotland, at distance from the
bnnse are among the most brilliant in the ngdom.
The ground has every natural advantage and every
thing has been done for II by art IT IS 80 broken,
lies about in such confusion OF hill and dale, 81
wood and lawn. of rushing stream ANA glade and
ovcrhanging foliage, and spreading field, that ITS
five hundred acres broaden to the eye into twice five
hundred or more. The Brechin estate is not what
passes in this country for large; the buih OIL l40ru
Dahouslc's property is about Panmurc House a
vast mansion twice rs big Brechin not twice as
interesting You may drive, without think quit
ting the estate seventeen mics III one direction TO
panmure. which looks the SEA- or threc-and-
twenty IN another to Inverm9rk, which Is one OF
the finest gens and best deer forests IN Scotland.
Mr.. Gladstone was taken the former drive 10y
Lord Daihousie hut not the attractive one 70
hvermark which he doubtless knows. One OF his
three days here was devoted to sort of p grimage