GENEROUS DISPOSITION. Ifi/ 



* I have jnst heard of the death of an old friend and re- 

 lative,' was my reply (mentioning his name), ' and I am now 

 going to see his son and hear when the funeral is to take 

 place.' ' Your relative, it is true, always opposed me in 

 the Craven Hunt ; but he was a bold rider and a gallant 

 sportsman. I hear his grandson is just going out to India, 

 so pray tell the boy's father I will give him .£100 for his 

 son's outfit, which will make your visit less painful to him.' " 



On another occasion, during a violent storm on his 

 return from hunting, Mr. Smith was standing under a tree 

 for shelter in the village of Chute. A poor man came out 

 from his house, or rather hovel, for it was in a miserable 

 condition, with a sack which he asked permission to put 

 over the saddle, while the squire retired under his roof for 

 shelter. Both offers were accepted, and the man was 

 liberally rewarded for his attention. His surprise, however, 

 was not disagreeable the next day on the arrival of a brick- 

 layer and carpenter, who, at Mr. Smith's expense, entirely 

 rebuilt his cottage for him. It was a remark of Dr. John- 

 son, that no man could be under a gateway with Edmund 

 Burke during a shower of rain, and not be at once con- 

 vinced that he was talking to the most extraordinary man 

 it had ever been his good fortune to encounter. Whatever 

 may have been the feelings of this poor labourer respecting 

 his visitor of the previous day, it may be safely asserted, 

 that no other man could be named, who ever did a more 

 generous act for so insignificant a favour. 



On being once thanked by a friend for a liberal donation 

 to a young man about to seek his fortune in Australia, Mr. 

 Smith asked, " Is the young fellow a lad of spirit 1 " and on 

 being assured that such was the case, he put his hand in his 

 pocket, and said, " Then here is ten pound more for him." 



During the short time he was on the turf, he was once at 

 Newmarket, wheie he had two horses training, Cracker and 

 Cantator. While attending a meeting of the Jockey Club, 

 to which he then belonged, a bill for £300, drawn by an 



