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Queen Caroline, by the Eight Hon. Thomas, Lord 

 Leinster and Earl of Pomfret. Both paintings had 

 suffered from decay, and were in parts defective. 

 They were restored by comparing them, as that 

 which was defective in one was almost perfect in 

 the other. 



Having enumerated a small portion of the valuable 

 pictures in Goodwood House, I will mention some of 

 its most interesting treasures. A beautifully worked 

 shirt, worn by Charles I., a tray which held his 

 clothes when an infant, a watch which he wore, 

 even a lock of the unfortunate King's hair, and 

 the cup and boat used at his christening, are here 

 preserved ; also a blue cushion, beautifully bordered, 

 upon which Queen Victoria knelt at her coronation ; 

 a cockade and marshal's baton, borne by the Duke 

 of Wellington ; and a silver breakfast-plate, used by 

 Napoleon on the morning of his last fight, and taken 

 from his carriage by our soldiers at Waterloo. A 

 bust of the Duke of Wellington, with many trophies 

 taken in the engagements in which the British forces 

 were commanded by him, are included. The library, 

 containing many thousands of volumes, is extremely 

 valuable. 



When the present Duke of Eichmond came of age, 

 on Wednesday, the 27th of February, 1839, one of 

 the most magnificent entertainments ever known 

 in West Sussex was given by his father, the fifth 



