Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-13
..E,r1 PFFKrNTs'' IN ENGLAND.
How Time is Dealing Nlth the SONNY
Warwick CastIe-Ths Old BILL On
the Avon.

Ho,v Time i DeaIing with the Nobility
-warvriclr castIe-Ths Old Mill on
the Avon.
Special Corrsspoaaencs az the 4orala9 Se'0s.
WARWICK CASTLE, ENGLAND, june
2S.-Sir Walter Scott, in speakingof War
wick Castle, said, s'it is the finest mOnu-
ment Of ancient and chivalrous splendor
remaining in England" The castle is
occupied BY Lord Warwick, as far as my
castles nowadays are occupied in Eng
land. I find the English nObihty-hke
Lord Warwick and tie Duke Of Devon
shire, who occupies ChatswOrth Castle
do not occupy these old castles the way
the nobility occupied them a hundred
wears ago. Time is making great changes
in England. The nobility are becoming
poorer and poorer. To be sure, they have
their lands. but these yield no revenue.
Two thousand acres of land west OF War
wick are going begging now at 81 20 an
acre. and no takers. so, the owners
living in the great castles par
tition off a respectable fat IN them,
in which they reside at moderate
expense. The rest is thrown open as
museum, Welding revenue large enough
to nav the wages of servants. In visiting
Warwick Castle it costs twenty-five cents
to pass the porter's lodge, fifty cents to
the servant who shows You through the
rooms, and twenty-five cents more 10 the
servant who takes you to the top OF Ce-
sar's Tower. In all about 81. As there
are about fifty paying visitors a day, the
castle paws somebody at least $50 day.
A snug revenue, SURELY The porter over
at Chatsworth Castle told me he letin !, SVO
visitors in one day. But" he added,
s'they were bloody trippers on on
holiday, and / didn't make
bloody guinea" The native English
from the American that the English por-
ter. servant and guide reaps his rich har-
vests. This continual feeling other peoples
servants in England Is one OF the
nuisauces of the nation. The other day
was invited to dinner at a rlch gentle
mans house. When l came away the
servant handed my coat and umbrella TO
me, and then stood as if expecting lee.
He was so plain in his demand that gave
him a crown (61 cents). He took It as
quick as lightning. When told a friend
about it the next day, he said:
ssWhy. YOU ought TO have given MN
half-sOyereign 80 500. That's what we
give the servant after a swell dinner"
ssWhy," said !, II could have bought
the whole dinner for half that at Delmon-
ico's in America"
The idea of being invited to a gentle
mans house to dinner, and then paying
for it afterwards in fees to the servants,
strikes me as very queer hospitality. No
more invitations to dinner In England Tor
me!
HOW THEY STEAL CASTLES IN ENGLAND
Warwick Castle has come down from
feudal times. Five times 1t has reverted
to or been confscated by the Crown, and
been given as a bride to stay the loyalty
of some powerful ally of the existing SOW
ereign. The famous Guy, who died at
GUYS CIiffe in 500, was the first Earl OF
Warwick. William the COnquerOr kicked
out the descendants of Guy, and gave the
castle to Henry de Newburg, who was
made Earl of Warwick. The castle was
held by the Newburgs and the Beau
champs. which family they mar
ried into. for five hundred years.
The last descendant Of the Beau
champs, Edward Plantaganet, was ac-
cused of treason by Henry VII, who had
him beheaded in London Tower in 1899.
The castle remained without an owner
for forty-eight years. 1t was now given
by the King TO John Dudley. Queen
Mary had Dudley beheaded for treason in
1903. The castle now reverted to the
Crown again. Cromwell now had the
castle given to John Rich, whose grand
son married CromwelPs daughter. The
Rich family died out, and the castle went
to the Crown again.
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