The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-08
lose PORTION
OF SLATEQUARRlEs
Enormous /. Succession Duties
Work Hardship on Lord
Peurhyn.
CONCERNED AT OUTLOOK
Sultan Abdul Aziz Used Scissors
TO Commit
P%cnrhyn.
By La MARQuIsE DE FoNTENOY.
= ORD PENRHYN is decidedly IN
%fortunate. for after having boon

By La MARQUIsE DE ~FONTENOY.
ORD PENRHYN is decidedly un-
fortunate. for after having been
obliged TO sell TO Lord Granard
beautiful London home, formerly Nor
timer House. but now Forbes Houae.
in lialkin street, owing to the enor-
nous succession duties which he had
TO pay. on the death of his father,
and the charges on the family prop
ertS In connection with the late earf's
fourteen other children. he Is now I'm
very serious danger of losing 4 por-
which his Income is derived.
The Bethesda duarries. which are, l
believe. the largest and most import
ant slate quarries in the world. lay.
when originally started. entirely with
in the boundaries of the then recog-
nized Pennant estate. In plans and
maps of 1883. the quarry Is shown to
have advanced up to the so-called
Mountain Wall. the boundary between
the estate and the crown lands be-
obtained from he crown q lease of
mining rights in the parishes of
Llanllechid and Penmaenmawr , which
WAS granted for and during three
end fifty years ago., in return for a
nominal rent and n royalty OF one
twelfth In value OF everything quar-
r!ed, dug up or raised Within the
9L"o PARISHES HleIlliOneu. NO royal
or rent was ever paid.
Nor is this all. The quarries have
been pushed forward to such an eX-
tent that the largest, most important
and valuable portion thereof now lies
in the parish of L~iandcgai, which Dor
ton. II is claimed. was appropriated.
without any shadow of right by the
late Lord Penrhyn and by his father.
the first lord. but which belongs In.
reality to the crown.
XII Tn - "a ~ Won N ~ ~ ~ y, Tsnn pnilE ha
now appointed q special committee,
with William George. brother OF the
Chancellor OF the l~2xchcquer, as chair
man, to investigate the question of
session OF crown lands In the shire.
and to take steps, not only for their
recovery. but also for an accounting
of the revenues derived thercfrom. 1t
Of crown. property, the statutory limi-
Penrllyn. especially If the Liberals
happen TO remain in office, stands a
very fair chance of being not only
Obliged to surrender tho most import
n and valuable part of his slate
SQuarries, but also to pay up a ruinous
amount OF money for arrears Of royal
Lies, and of damages for unlawful APP
preparation of crown property.
That Lord pcnshyn is very seriously
concerned by the outlook is apparent
from the fact that, not content with.
selling his London residence. he has
place in North Wales. for ras rent a on.
long lease. It is probably the grandcst
mansion in tho principality. It is In
part a modern building, and partly q
very ancient ~construction, the fine
Castle. dating back TO the time of the
and once the home of Piers
Cryffydd, ore of{the national heroes OF
Wales. u commands superb views III
4 lx-EaI s.. -. - - IN n -, - E -. -. IL..-J
OF the Menai straits; and al tl,e newer
assumes a black tint when polished.
The park, which is seven miles in
circumference, is surrounded by a
lofty slate fence. 4
81 The most remarkable feature of the
place Is tile celebrated Airlas, a his
torie relic, in the shape or Il huge
buffalo horn OF great antiquity and
Viii Wine, It must Be drained 1iifss; BY pit' IL.
lustrlous guests on their arrival at
the castle, and If not hold correctly, is.
70 spill. It's entire contents down
s sns y nG naS:, Of tie driplssr = Is The He
poet l1emans,,sin the stirring line:
"fill high tho bloom nirlas. that
shines like the wave
While. the Fenrhyn @pecrnge Is of
relatively modern origin. having been
created by the late Queen Victoria, yet,
AN,HS HuNsStIS Sot ILOTu4# FenflNnElS 8OTs
the most bluc-blooded description, for
the first lord was az brother ofs4tlie5
eighteenth Earl OF Morton--that Is to
SAY. he Was a scion of-the{ historic.
Scotch house OF Douglas, the name
az Whien, however, ho abandoned Tor.
Ina 81 MS wife, whcnAhe4marrted the
eldest child and principal hrlress of
George lFnnnant or penrhyn Castle,
owner ,n OF the bethesda slate quarrics..
and descended from Tudor Trevor,
founder o. tho Tribe of the Marches.
The4present LORD Penrlayn has as wife
g sister of l.eyl Southampton, thar
from King Charles IN. and Ills ia
vorite., barbara Nilliers, puchess of
Cleveland,
The late Lord Penrhyn remains q II
record as havi1s. nut upA one&of the
higgest fights that has eyer5 been
Waged against union labor, tho VIC
remaining with him, Phe tirst
Lord PIenlrthyyn, nnSlous to deal fairly
with dn' Me- m ia xna'H,mena ! e l,o wpf I !.
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