318 HABITS OF LORD GEORGE BENTINCK. 



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 



