[In November 1834 the King called Sir Robert Peel to power; after having of his own accord dismissed the Whig Ministry.

Parliament was dissolved, but the Tories did not succeed in obtaining a majority.

After three months of constant and angry fighting, Peel was driven from office in April 1835.] As to what passed in the interval, we are quite in the dark.

I will not plague you with comments on events which will have been driven out of your mind by other events before this reaches you, or with prophecies which may be falsified before you receive them.

About the final issue I am certain.