Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . ut the late riots inNottingham ; and I had a long conversation with him and foundhim to be a very shrewd fellow — but he told me nothing that1 did not know, and 1 dismissed him, ordering him some supperand 5/-for his nights lodgings as he had come so far. I thoughtthe man might be come for no good purpose, and 1 thought it fairto deceive him and ordered that the guard should be trebled, onthe road he was going, to make him report the number of guardshe met with, and how difficult it was to get in and out. My serv-ants carried this trick f
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . ut the late riots inNottingham ; and I had a long conversation with him and foundhim to be a very shrewd fellow — but he told me nothing that1 did not know, and 1 dismissed him, ordering him some supperand 5/-for his nights lodgings as he had come so far. I thoughtthe man might be come for no good purpose, and 1 thought it fairto deceive him and ordered that the guard should be trebled, onthe road he was going, to make him report the number of guardshe met with, and how difficult it was to get in and out. My serv-ants carried this trick further and disguised themselves and lay inhis way and got into conversation with him, when they foundthat he was a cheat and abused me dreadfully, and that he camehere as a spy. They managed to take him. I shall send himby a Constable to Worksop for examination before a Magistrate. 17th October. 1 went to Blyth to-day to confer with theGeneral of the district. Sir H. Bouverie. 1 have heard of nothingbut tranquility to-day, nothing has happened 159 ibo Clumber i8th October. The accounts from all sides is that all isquiet. This ends the account of the fortifying of Clumber againstthe Nottingham roughs, who fortunately never turned up ;- and1 think I should now return to the description of Clumber. 1cannot do better than to quote Throsby, in his additions toThorntons History of Nottinghamshire, in his description of thePark as it appeared to him one May day : The Duke of Newcastles dwelling in this place is trulymagnificent, although the building is neither lofty nor veryextensive. From the new bridge which spans an apparent end-less stream which waters Clumber, there appears a harmoniouswhole of grandeur; the proud chested Swans, which sail gentlyin numbers to and fro in the space between the bridge and thehouse, happily corresponding in complexion with everything ofart in view ; blended with the various natural tints of foliagewhich surround you (if 1 may be allowed the
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