rt Peel to be
desirable to take such a course, though I shall not now proceed to make
any motion on the subject, I will give my willing support to a proposal
for conferring the same honours on his remains that was awarded to
Mr. Grattan and Mr. Pitt. I may, perhaps, be permitted to add, that I
thought it right to obtain the sanction of the crown before I made this
proposal, and I feel assured that anything which could do honour to the
memory of Sir Robert Peel, or which could add any further tribute
of respect to his name, would be unhesitatingly acquiesced in by her
majesty. Sir, I wish, therefore, in concluding these few words, to say
that, in disposing of this proposal, I place myself entirely in
the hands of the friends of the late Sir Robert Peel. Having had no
political connexion with him, this proposal comes from me without the
tinge of partiality; and I may say in conclusion, without any fear of
a charge of insincerity, that I do feel, that this country, as well as
posterity hereafter, in recognising the claims of individuals deceased
to the title of eminent statesmen who have adorned the annals of this
country, or contributed to its lustre, those of the late Sir Robert Peel
will be amongst the foremost."

Mr. Goulburn, while acknowledging, on the part of the family of the late
lamented right honourable baronet, the high honour shown to his memory
in the offer made by the noble lord, begged gratefully to decline it,
as opposed to the wishes of Sir Robert Peel, as expressed in his will,
which was dated May 8, 1844, and in which he stated, "I desire that I
may be interred in the vault in the parish of Drayton-Bassett, in which
my father and mother were interred, and that my funeral may be without
ostentation or parade of any kind." Nor did this sentiment undergo any
alteration; for, not later than six weeks since, when alterations were
made in that particular church to which that memorandum referred, Sir
Robert Peel pointed out to Lady Peel the very spot in the vault in which
he wished and trusted his body might be laid, without any of that parade
or ostentation which he so strongly deprecated, and the absence of which
gave him such great satisfaction in the case of the funeral of the late
queen-dowager. Under these circumstances, therefore, he was sure that he
(Mr. Goulburn) had but one duty to perform, and the family of the late
Sir Robert Peel but one wish, and that was the thankfulness with which
he (Mr. Goulb