26 RECORDS AND REMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD 



formed nearly square, witli a stack of cliimneys in 

 tlie centre, so that the flues from some of the rooms 

 might run through the walls to keep them dry and 

 the house warm. As I have before stated, nothing 

 escaped his observation. The labour he employed 

 in completing such great undertakings was con- 

 siderable, as may be imagined. He often had as 

 many as 1200 men at work, divided into various 

 companies, over each of which was a foreman, who 

 daily took his instructions from his Grace, frequently 

 before seven o'clock a.m., the hour for commencing 



work. 



So complete was the Duke's knowledge of building 

 construction, that he furnished a plan for a new prison 

 and gaoler's house at Petworth in 1775, which was 



adopted. 



The following appeared in a local newspaper at 

 the time : "To the judgment, perseverance, and 

 public spirit of the Duke of Richmond, and to the 

 effectual co-operation of the magistrates of the county 

 of Sussex associated with his Grace, the public is 

 indebted for the earliest establishment of a system 

 which is destined, we believe at no distant period, 

 to shed an honourable distinction on those who were 

 instrumental to its first introduction, and which is 

 calculated to confer lasting benefits on our criminal 

 population." 



