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London, England, 1809-11-28 00:00:00

se2l\the Unice ot Vortiand) ; taut he h 3.4; ellio.lled LE
to all those with whom he
_had comniunio
motivas'Which he was at all times ready tojus-
tity ; and that Ire was des.roos. of mg Whatever
blame might have been, 9r might at any titre be,
incurred by it, upoti him Self."
This,.as I have said, was my fiist kncw!edge of
any resttiaton sxhatever upon yotir:Lordskp's corn-
munication to Lord Castlereagh..
• VI am asked, why I believed . your Lord-,itipto
have aelually made the communication ?-1 answer,..
because it was natural that you .should 'nuke it ;' be-
cause the etpeetation of your making it vies the•mo-
Live which induceditne to:desire (and I did destre.),„
that tire' communication should be made to your
LordshiP ; because
.the manner in Which you 'first
received that communication (as reporied to, 'Me b
the Duke of Portland), tended
,F) ennfirip
lief th yonr Tvordship was the fit chatm,.:.l of:corn-.
munication to Lotd Castlereagh ; and ly.rcause '1
knew not Of the ek:stence of any impediment ta.
your pursuing what appeared to' me (and does
.011
appear to me) the natural and obvious course to be
pursued upon Such an occasion.
It it be.obleacd,that I otght not to have been
contented with preSurning the discloStue to have
been made, but ought to 11,Lve diligently a6cettani,d
that it was so ;—first, I antwer, that no persun na-
turally' setS abotit ascertaining that of S.vhich he en...
tertains, no 'doubt ;—and secondly, I answer, that
the., moment that my suspicion of the fact was
excited,Jdidiascertaininget about ascertaining the truth;
_and
that, upon 'ascertaining it, I dud.: remonstrant-, Iry
the strongest manner, against the concralment ana
enforced that remonstrance by the tender ot my re.

signation. •
It was on the 98th or t.-,7th of Jung ;five or sit'
days after Pal-liar-dent rose) that. ,I discovered toy
suspicidn to be founded.—On the 27•11-1 -re,noo
straied.—On the :Atli I t-t-nder6id nay resigo:,;ll.ll 5
and in. the' Cotirstt of the sortie yoor -.(scfl, to?
(as I 'have already stated) received at, iniUncoon_t4
make the communication as soon as the Expcdoioia:
bad sailed.
The second 'of the two periods to which yoor •
Lordship's statement refers, • begins from the •
ofJoly, the day of the tender of your Lokship's rem
stgnation.
It does .not appear, tior does your Lordship's state. 6
ment aver, that at any time during this secondipe-;'.-
riod the I eitilaioll Whitt] had been originally
posed upon. your' Lordship was renewed; or that,,,
-any other existed, except that Which VO'or
had imposed upon yourself, and-which was titere'' •
fore no longer binding upon your Lordship, ,thati.-,
while you might yourself be willing that it should
bind you.
Of the extent to which this self-imposed resttic..
lion appeals to have gone, I had not, goy suspieion.
I knew indeed that your Lordship had stipula.ted Is, -
keep the time of the disclosuo to Lt,:rcl-castleigh..
in\ your own hands : girt subsequently to Lily ochre;
made. -aoquainted.' with that stipultion, I • had.le.:-
ceived the assurances, which I have already clescrib-,,
ed, on behalf of Lord.Castiereagh's ft iends';" and.
had relied upon those assurances,
It was not till the 6th of 'September that I learnt
:that those assuritices had not
.been carried into_etfecii
It was not till the 19th of Septmber that I letkr"t..
that -YOUr Lordship had been bo pair:to then';
Theft, indeed!. I learnt that your Lordship 11:1e.
••• not etigageti- to mz..tLG tho
previon4ly to the " issue of the Expedition• being
known here"—but that itt July you tad `f,stSted to •
one of our colreagues" • (not the,-•Duke'.of Pottl:lnd).
who was-ui•ging an'earlier communicatiotb-that:
the time of cOmmunicatiisti; -so, far as you were en,
cerned, wag for you to-decide ; buttliat no one
a tight:to say you 'did not- perform that part in th':;
..trati-Saaion in which you were concerned,' if you (I`
not open .'your lips to • Lerd tastlereagli before ttl
'issue of the Expeditiorriwas known here."
ThiS information I received friy.m your Lorclsh:o
a latter dated the. 19th' of September. It
Allen perfealy'new to me. " • -
I 3eaVe your Lordship-to judge what most havis'
been my surprise, wheiii • after receiving from. your
Lordship, on the evening of the 9th of September•
this frank avowal of the real .origin of the oonce,tl
ment.tinaintalueci, during this latter and .most haver'
• Ora period,- towards Lad Castlereae;lo• recei,v'
on the following morning, Lord Castkreag-li's leivf
of the same date, responsible for ti':lta
concealment. - • .
-,, I haVo'notto trouble your Lordship with any ftv-
ther observations. •
,
I have confined myself to matters growing .not
ox
Lord eastlereagh's letter, and out of yontoLordships
statement -; 'og these alone have,l alight. to. clattn
your .Lordship's attention'. - • •
To. this. Address to your- Lordship I haste beef'
compelled to resort, however reluelant iv,
cate private honour. As to any charges,aginv't
my public conduert, this is not the mode to.reply
2lc
Ahern. If any -such shall be,brouallt.against me,
the proper time, and in the proper place, I shall bl
prepared. to meet and to repel them.
I have the hon6ni to be, with •great reipea,-
.
My -Lord, your Lordship's
. .
Most obedient humble servant,
GEORGE