... no further mention made by Mr. Thompson of having the validity of the election questioned, and it i 3 understood that the Whigs have abandoned all idea of getting up a petition. The tact is it would have been quite useless, as the conduct of the Conservative ...

... leaders a majority in the House of Commons turned out in reality far more successful than the most sanguine had hoped. The Whigs told us in July, 1841. that most probably we Con- servatives would obtain no majority at the election ; but that if we did ...