text:  In the presence of a great number of gentlemen representing two-thirds of the wealth and intelligence of the city of London thus spoke Mr Baring on the 6th October 1843:--"I rejoice that Sir Robert Peel did not hold out to the country the fallacious hope that by any particular measure he could restore prosperity or cure sufferings which were beyond the reach of legislation and that he patiently relied upon the resources and energies of the country to set trade and commerce right