PEEL ROBERT: (1788-1850) British Prime Minister 1834-35 & 1841-46. A.L.S., Robert Peel, three pages, 8vo, Drayton Manor (Staffordshire), 21st August n.y., to William à Court. Peel writes on parliamentary matters, explaining that he has been informed that ´they mean to press the Bill in the House of Commons (one stage at least) after the Committee shall have reported´ and continues to ask a number of questions of his correspondent, ´Can you tell me when this Proceeding in the House can take place? Must there not be a certain interval after the Report shall have been received by the House? And can the House, from want of time, adapt any proceeding on the Bill unless there be a motion made specially for leave to dispense with the standing orders? What will be the proceeding in the House if any proceeding be practicable? What [will] be the consideration of the Report after 3rd Reading of the Bill?´ Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

William à Court, 1st Baron Heytesbury (1779-1860) English diplomat and politician who served as an Ambassador to Spain, Portugal and Russia during the 1820s and early 1830s, and was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1844, remaining in the post until 1846.