BELL’S ENGLISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS _General Editors_: S. E. WINBOLT, M.A., AND KENNETH BELL, M.A. COMMERCIAL POLITICS BELL’S ENGLISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS. _Volumes now Ready. 1s. net each._ =449-1066. The Welding of the Race.= Edited by the Rev. JOHN WALLIS, M.A. =1066-1154. The Normans in England.= Edited by A. E. BLAND, B.A. =1154-1216. The Angevins and the Charter.= Edited by S. M. TOYNE, M.A. =1216-1307. The Growth of Parliament, and the War with Scotland.= Edited by W. D. ROBIESON, M.A. =1307-1399. War and Misrule.= Edited by A. A. LOCKE. =1399-1485. York and Lancaster.= Edited by W. GARMON JONES, M.A. =1485-1547. The Reformation and the Renaissance.= Edited by F. W. BEWSHER, B.A. =1547-1603. The Age of Elizabeth.= Edited by ARUNDELL ESDAILE, M.A. =1603-1660. Puritanism and Liberty.= Edited by KENNETH BELL, M.A. =1660-1714. A Constitution in Making.= Edited by G. B. PERRETT, M.A. =1714-1760. Walpole and Chatham.= Edited by K. A. ESDAILE. =1760-1801. American Independence and the French Revolution.= Edited by S. E. WINBOLT, M.A. =1801-1815. England and Napoleon.= Edited by S. E. WINBOLT, M.A. =1815-1837. Peace and Reform.= Edited by A. C. W. EDWARDS, M.A., Christ’s Hospital. =1837-1856. Commercial Politics.= By R. H. GRETTON. =1856-1876. Palmerston to Disraeli.= Edited by EWING HARDING, B.A. =1876-1887. Imperialism and Mr. Gladstone.= Edited by R. H. GRETTON, M.A. =1563-1913. Canada.= Edited by JAMES MUNRO, Lecturer at Edinburgh University. =A Source-Book of London History.= By P. MEADOWS, M.A. 1s. 6d. net. BELL’S SCOTTISH HISTORY SOURCE BOOKS. =1637-1688. The Scottish Covenanters.= Edited by J. PRINGLE THOMSON, M.A. =1689-1746. The Jacobite Rebellions.= Edited by J. PRINGLE THOMSON, M.A. LONDON: G. BELL AND SONS, LTD. COMMERCIAL POLITICS (1837-1856) BY R. H. GRETTON FORMERLY DEMY OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD AUTHOR OF “MODERN HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE” [Illustration] LONDON G. BELL AND SONS, LTD. 1914 INTRODUCTION