ABSTRACT
Sir Robert Peel said, having given on the earliest day on which it was possible notice of his intention to submit to the consideration of the house measures connected with the commercial and financial affairs of the country. His firm determination on this occasion was not to anticipate discussion; his desire was to disconnect a great political question from a mere personal and party one; to keep the personal matters distinct from the great question itself. The name of Lord George Bentinck was not even enrolled in this society: with the exception of some of his intimates at a country-house, he had communicated to no one his intention of resisting the government schemes. He too had only just arrived in town, and sat below the gangway at the head of the third bench, with a stern look and a glittering eye, watching the treasury bench as an eagle would his quarry.
