The National Register. — London, England, 1809-10-15 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER; Gait erea for the change. the same reserve had been continued towarts him, against which Mr. Canning had before so earneilt iy remanstrate& Being informed of this circumstance by the Duke of Portlaud, and learning at the same time from his Grace, that there were other difficulties attending the promised arrange ment, of which Mr. Canning had not before been appri3ed ; and that the Duke of Portland had himself come to a determine ation to retire from office, Mr. Canning instantly, and before any step whatev'er had been taken towards carrying the propos ed arrangement into effect, withdrew his claim, and requested the Duke of •Portiaod to tender his (Mr. Canning's) resignation, at the same time with his Grace's, to the King. This was on Wedbesday the 6th of September, previously to the Levee that day. All question of the performance of the promise made to Mr. Canning being thus at au end, the reserve which Lord Castle reagh's friends had hitherto so perseveringly practised towards Lord Castlereagh appears to have been laid aside. Lord Castle reagh was now made acquainted with the nature of the ar rangement vihich had been intended to have been proposed to him. What may have bees the reason which prevented Lord Castlereagh's friends from fulfilling the assurances given to Air. Canning, that Lord Castlereagh 's mind should be prepared by their communications for the arrangements intended to be carried into effect; and what the motives for the disclosure to Lord Castlereagh after that arrangement had ceased to be in contem plation, is not for Mr Canning to explain. CORRESPO,IVAEACE RESPECTING THE LATE OPERTURES. No. I.—(copy,) "LIOTTEE SENT IN DUPLICATE TO EARL •REY AID LORD GRENVILLC. • " MY LOOP, . " Windsor, Sept. 23. 1809. • " The Duke of Portland having signified to his 1 - .lajessy his intention of retiring from his Majesty's-service, in coti.equence of the state of h is Grace's health, his Majesty has• authorised Lord Liverpool , in conjunction with myself, to iotratuiii'eute with 'our Lordship and Lord Grey, for the purposeuf furlong an e‘tended pod combined - Administratiou. I hope, therefore, that your. Lordship, in consequence of this communication will come to town, in order that .as little dose as possible may be lost in forwarding this important object, and that you will have the goodness to inform me of your arrival. am ulto to acquaint yohr Lordship, that 1 have received his Majestv's commands to make a similar•cOmmunication is Lord Grey of his Majesty's pleasure. ' . • ••. 64 I think it proper to add, far your Lordship's informatioli, that Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Secretary Canning have intimated their intentions to resign their offices.—l have the honour to be, &c. &c. (Signed) " SPENCER PuncavAL." No. 11.—(copy.) . ANSWER FROM EARL GREY. " SIR, " Hotvick, Sept. 426. " I i►ave this evening had the honour of receiving your letter of the_ '2,1 I, informing me, that in consequence of the Duke of Portia:nib intention of retiring from,his Majesty's service, his Majesty bad authorised you, in conjunction with the Earl of Liverpool, to communicate with Lord Grenville and myself, for the purpose of forming an extended and combined Administra tion, and expressing a hope, that in consequence of this com munication 1 would go to town, in order that as little time as possible may be lost in forwarding this important object. " had his Majesty been pleased to signify that he had any comma►'ds for me personally, I should not have lost a moment in shewing my duty and obedience, by a prompt attendance on his Royal pleasure. But when it is proposed tome to communi cate with his Majesty's present Ministers, for the purpose of forming a combined Administration with them, 1 feel that I sh►►uld he wanting in duty to his Alajesty,and in fairness to them, if 1 did not frankly and at once declare, that such an union is, with respect to a►e, under the present circumstances, impossible. This being the answer that 1 find myself under the necessity of giving, my appearance in London could he of no advantage,: and • might possibly at a moment like the-present, Ge attended with some inconvenience. " 1 have thought it better to request, that you will have the goodness to lay my duty at the feet of his Majesty, humbly in treating him not to attribute to any want of attachment to big 601 Royal Person, or to diminished zeal' or his service, my &chit" ing a communicati o n, w hi c h, on t h e terms proposed, could lead to no useful result, and which might be of serious detriment to the country, if in consequence of a less decisive answer frotu tae any further delay should take place in the formation of a settkd government.-11 am, &c. _ s (Signed) No. FIRST ANSWER. FROM LORD GRENVILLE. 46 SIR, " flocunnoc, Sept. 25, 1809. " I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of the 23d inst. and understanding it as an official signification of his Majes ty's pleasure for my attendance in town, I shall loseno time in repairing thither, in bumble obedience to his MaJestyls cons. mandsi. I must beg leave to defer until my arrival all observa tions ou the other matters to which your letter relates. " I have, • &c. (Signed) No. IV.—(copy.) SECOND •NSWER roost LORD GRENVILLE. 44 SIR, " Sept. 29, 1809. " Having last night arrived here, in humble obedience to his Majesty's commands, I think it now my duty to lose no time in expressing to you the necessity under which I feel myself of de-' • dining the communication proposed in your letter; being satis fied that it could not, under the circumstances there mentioned, be prwductive of any public advanta;,e. I trust I need not any, that this opinion is neither founded in any sentiment of penunai hostility, nor in a desire of unnecest.arily prolonging political. differences. " To compose, nut is inflame the divisions of the Empire has always been my anxious w inn, and is now more than ever the duty of every loyal subject: but my acces•!on to the existing, Administration could, I am confident, in no respect contribute to this object; nor could it, I think, he considered in.any other light than as a direliction of public principle. This answer, which I must have given to any such proposal if made while the Government was yet entire, cannot be varied by the retreat' of some of its Members. My objections are not personal—they apply to the principle of the Government itself, and to the cirr. cutustances which attended its appointment. "'1 have now, therefore, : only to request, that you will dQ me the honour of submitting, in the most respectful terms, these my humble opinions to his Majesty, accompanied by the dui i ful and sincere assurance of my earnest desire at all times in t. - tify, by all such means as are in my power, my unvaried zeal' fi:,r his Majestes service. I have, &c. . (Signed) No. V.—(copy). " Garr." " GISENTILLS." " GnENviLLE.." • LETTER FROM MR. PURCLYAL TO LORD GREN VII. I.V/ • "MY LORI), " Sept. 29, 1;.:09. , " I lost no time in communicating to Lord Liverpool your Lordship's letter of this day. •. It is with great cancers, that we'have learnt from it, that your Lordship feels yintrself under the necessity of declining the communication which I have had the honour to propose, . • " In proposing to your Lord-hip and Lord Grey, under his Majesty's authority, to communicate with Lord Liverpool and myself, n•t for the accession of your Lordship to the present Administration, but for the purpose of forming a combined. and extended Administration, uo idea existed in our m i n d s o f the necessity of any dereliction of public principle oo either side. " Your Lordship may rest assured, that in commut►ieutiog to his Majesty the necessity under which you feel yourself of de.. dining the communication which I bad the honour to propose to your Lordship, I will do every justice to the respectful (emu, and the dutiful and sincere assu ranee of your Lordship's uneasiest' zeal for his Majesty's service, with which the expression of that nocessity was accompanied. " I Cannot conclude without expressing the satisfaction of Lord Liverpool and myself at your Lordship's assurance. that the failure of this proposal is not to be ascribed to any /Mai. went of personal hostility. I have, &c. &c. (Signed) " Sr. PICRCSTAL. " Lord Grenville.' The . rage for sharing the Two Hawked Thousand Pounds Prise Money of Friday to he credited.—HOßNSEY & Cu. experience a sale a Tickets nexticltetseiidis scarcer Shscaamstioan unusual anent; &het) thrrefore the liberty of 164).• isg as much to the Public, in erderthat no disappointment should occur. to Osseo who intend having so valuable a cilium,. le 15U7 and 9, Moresby autl cLared 9.0 f ~t 90,000. 9of 140,600, Sof 1-60101, lof 4,000, lUt 1.4,001) of ,11,000, 6 of „CIAO, &c. &c. at Omit old ostal.4lsbed State Lottedwham. 41, aed St. Xacirara'a Bil. ab/09/11. QCT., 13. T