DUKES AND LIBERALS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 645, 23 October 1909, Page 5

DUKES AND LIBERALS.

■;),..■■'. A'EEirABK,.BY-MR;; BIRRELL.. ; .(By. Tclograph.-Prcss ; Asßociatfon.-CopFrlßht.) '"•'•"■ : .. '•'■;' V; ■',:'.'.■ ;.London, .October 21. . Tile; Ijiarl of Derby,' .speaking at Preston, indignantly, resented a statement by. Mr..Birrell. '(Scoretary/for Ireland)' that .Chatsworth 'House (the Duke 'of '.Devonshire's; seat',' hoar ■ Chester- , field).' and; Knowstey .'.(the Earl i .of. Derby's' seat at Prescott)': would be'suitable:for lunatic asylums.iif closed by ■■itb.p" present occupants, and that they, would bo monuments'to the two last Dukes.'.".:"'' i .':'';' ' ''■'-. ■'■■.'.':'■:■' , 'The Earl gave .'the lie direct: to Mr. BirreH's. statement 'wherein it was that those. cities owed' nothing ■to the Dorbys,. , ■ '•'' iy CHATSWORTH; ANd'tHE ;PUBLIC: \.''', .Some members of the Biislow Urban. District' Council having waited upon the. Duko'of Devuashire,.with, regard to;tho opening.to'the public 'of. Chatsworth > House; which has been closed for 'alterations, 'the Duke .has. written as.follows to" the Vicar ,of Baslow, .a village' adjoining Chatsworth :r- ,/. .'■'.' :..'.,., '■.'. :'.-'. .''.;;.. : ; "I propose to open tho. house from .the first Tuesday in May till the .first Friday in August, on Tuesdays,"Wednesdays,• and Thursdays. A charge of; one shilling'will .be mado for each person, a short, guide-book -will. bo provided free of charge,, and competent guides will bo ready to. take parties round.'' Grants''will 'be made to the.local hospitals■ out of the proceeds. :Ijiarticularly hope that no gratuities! will be offered to tho attendants.' ■••'■■■.•■.;■ ;.j. : "I am;.afraid that, some inconvenience' has :been felt in the.neighbourhood owing, to the closiug of the house.'during tho'past year,: bitt I cannot but: hope*:-.that, as a result of the-ex-penditure of a considerable Bum on the necessary alterations; that' iriconv'enienco has been somowhat.mitigated" ;...,.. '.-'.:■ .'./ The Duko of Devonshire mentions in his letter that "it is generally reckoned, that the number of i tourists has been : about 80,000 a year." , Ho: says ho!must,, "of. course, reserve full liberty'to close tho house at any time and for any period, although I-hope, and I think, that it;is. not, probable.: that] shell have to do 50.".'..•...'•■.■,.■':'■. ■.'■.'.''.'■; -~'■/: