There was reason indeed to expect a strong opposition.

That Littleton was a Whig was a grave objection to him in the opinion of the Tories.

That he was a placeman, and that he was for a standing army, were grave objections to him in the opinion of many who were not Tories.
But nobody else came forward.

The health of the late Speaker Foley had failed.

Musgrave was talked of in coffeehouses; but the rumour that he would be proposed soon died away.