" I perceive that the Whig-Radical journals, and amongst others
the accurate' Spectator, are already beginning to speculate upon the probable result of the elections ; asserting that Ministers will gain at least 50 votes, which, added to their present numbers, will give them a snug majority of 70 votes in the new House of Commons. At this early period, it is, of course, quite impossible to disprove the accuracy of this comfortable calculation ; but, judging from present appearances in all parts of' the kingdom, I am firmly convinced in my own mind that the majority will be quite the other way. There is a strong Conser- vative feeling now in active operation throughout the country ; and if that feeling be properly directed in the coming struggle, Whig. Radi- calism is destined to receive a heavy blow,' from which it will riot soars recover."—Letter of Zeta in the Morning Post. [This incorrigible blunderer never seems to comprehend the simpleet statement. The Spectator took some pains to show that no evidence had been produced to justify the belief that the Whigs would gain as many as .50 votes by the new elections.)
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