146 RECORDS AND REMINISCENCES OF GOODWOOD 



CHAPTER XIV. 



PUBLIC LIFE OF THE FIFTH DUKE. 



When tlie funeral of George IV. took place at Wind- 

 sor, on tlie 15tli of July, 1830, his Grace was selected 

 as one of the pall-bearers, and in speaking of that 

 solemnity pointed out how different was the mourning 

 and the unfeigned sorrow which characterized the 

 funeral of Princess Charlotte, " the loss of millions." 

 I may recall the fact that when the case of his 

 Majesty George IV. v. the Queen was brought before 

 the House of Lords, after a debate of four nights, 

 and the motion against the Queen was carried by 

 a majority of twenty-eight, the Duke of Richmond 

 was a dissentient. 



In November, 1830, King William IV. and the 

 Queen had promised to honour the Lord Mayor's 

 feast at Guildhall by their presence, and great pre- 

 parations had been made. On the 7th of November, 

 however. Sir Robert Peel wrote to the Lord Mayor, 

 stating that the King, following the advice of his 

 Ministers, had resolved to postpone his visit to a 



