128 RECORDS AND REMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD 



in which you have received me on the present 

 occasion, but for this splendid and magnificent testi- 

 monial of your personal goodwill towards me) I have 

 been acquainted. I am happy to say that in early 

 life I was acquainted with many of those whom I 

 now have the honour to see around me, and that 

 I always regarded them as friends and brothers. I 

 trust, my Lords and gentlemen, that this splendid 

 testimonial will descend to my children's children, 

 and that it will be an additional reason to them to 

 take advantage of their position to undergo the 

 privations and fatigues, and to share the dangers of 

 their fellow-subjects. I hope and trust, too, gentle- 

 men, that they will not forget the important services 

 which the army and navy of this country have on 

 all occasions rendered ; and I hope that it will be an 

 inducement to them to take care that the heroic 

 deeds in times of war are not to be laid aside 

 and forgotten in periods of peace. Gentlemen, my 

 humble services in obtaining your just claims have 

 been by my noble friend overrated. 



" Gentlemen, you well know the kind and feeling 

 heart of our Most Gracious Sovereign Lady, the Queen. 

 I was aware of the deep anxiety which her Majesty, 

 from the period of her accession up to the present 

 moment, had evinced in doing justice and promoting 

 the happiness of all classes of her subjects. Gentle- 

 men, I felt certain that it was impossible but that 



