ABSTRACT
Lord George Bentinck ultimately resolved that it was impossible for him to refuse to vote for the removal of what are commonly called Jewish disabilities. This vote and speech of Lord George Bentinck no doubt mortified at the moment a considerable portion of his followers, and occasioned great dissatisfaction among a very respectable though limited section of them. The numerous communications which he received must have convinced him that the assumed circumstances under which he acted had not been accurately appreciated by him. If Lord George Bentinck were inexorable to the entreaties of his friends, it must not be supposed that he was influenced in the course which he pursued, as was presumed by many at the time not acquainted with the circumstances, by any feeling of pique or brooding sullenness. Lord George was supported in this debate by Mr. Thomas Baring in one of the best speeches ever made in the House of Commons.
