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serious loss to him but also a great inconvenience, 

 as it crippled him in the conduct of his business. 

 A few days after the occurrence Lord George came 

 to Goodwood, and was apprised of it. He sym- 

 pathised warmly with my father, and immediately 

 placed 2000 to his account at another bank. 

 The consumption of oats in the Goodwood stable 

 was about 1500 quarters per annum, and they 

 were obtained twice a-year in consignments of 

 700 or 800 quarters at a time. They came 

 generally from Scotland or from Wisbech. A few 

 months after the stoppage of the bank, the usual 

 half-yearly supply of oats had to be ordered, and, 

 with his usual considerate kindness, Lord George 

 said to my father, " Kent, I am sure that you 

 must need a further advance to enable you to 

 meet all your requirements ; here is another cheque 

 for 2500." Neither of these sums would Lord 

 George allow my father to deduct from his account 

 until July 1845, so that he had the use of 4500 

 for three years without paying a shilling of interest 

 upon it. The July (1845) account amounted to 

 4704, 16s. Id., which sum appears in my father's 

 ledger with " Deduction of 4500 received on 

 account," written under it. This will be admitted 

 by all to have been a generous and considerate act 

 on Lord George's part. 



At Harcourt House Lord George kept about 

 half-a-dozen harness - horses, and a couple of 

 travelling carriages, one of which he made use of 



