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To the unworthy, liis advice was often the cause of 

 a reformation, and he would even employ them, in 

 the hope that, urged by his injunctions, they would 

 endeavour to establish for themselves an honest and 

 industrious character. 



Considering his Grace's delicate health, it must 

 have cost him many a pang to enter so thoroughly 

 into applications for help, which many others in his 

 position would have ignored or treated with indiffer- 

 ence. The last time his Grace addressed " the House " 

 was on the 1st of August, 1859, when the report of 

 amendments on the Divorce Court Bill was considered. 

 He supported Lord Redesdale's amendment, which 

 was to the effect that the Court should sit with open 

 doors. 



As I have stated, the Duke never was blessed with 

 a very robust constitution, consequently the priva- 

 tions he endured in the long and arduous campaigns 

 in Spain, Portugal, and France, and the severe wound 

 he received at Orthez, told upon him as he advanced 

 in years. Each successive attack of gout increased 

 his weakness and impaired his constitution, causing 

 the greatest anxiety to the Duchess. 



In the following year, viz. 1860, the Duke came 

 to Goodwood a few days before the races, where the 

 usual preparations were being made to receive the 

 distinguished company. Although he had been un- 

 well before leaving London, he made every effort to 



