Memoir of the Chisholm

210 RESIGNS HIS SEAT.
The best consolation which I can promise to
myself is the earnest exertion of my humble
efforts, within a more limited sphere, for the
maintenance and advancement of the cause,
for which I sought and obtained the suffrages
of so large a majority of the constituency of
that county.
" I cannot but entertain the sanguine hope,
that in the return of my successor, the same
energy and exertion, on the part of the friends
of our Church and our Constitution, which
they have before displayed, will obtain a like
victory.
" It only remains for me to say, that. I ap-
ply for the Chiltern Hundreds, and shall in all
probability, by the time this letter is in your
hands, have ceased to be a member of Parlia-
ment.
" I have the honor to remain,
" Gentlemen,
" Your most obliged
" And very faithful servant,
" Alexander W. Chisholm."
"London, May 18, 1838."
The Chisholm left London very soon after