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of Wellington. During this interview it so happened that
tke answer of the Duke arrived, couched in the following
terms :—.-

(No. 2.)
London, May 20, 1828.

My dear Huskisson..—Your letter of two this morning,
which I received at ten, has surprised me nine!), and has
given rue great concern. -
I have considered it. my duty to lay it before the King.
Ever your's, most sincerely,
(Signed) WELiINGTON.
The Right Hon. W. Huskiison.
Upon Earl Dudley's reading this letter, he said
the Duke must have mistaken Mr. Hnskisson's in-
tenthni,_and that he (Ea& Dudley) would go instantly
to the Duke,: and explain the mistake. Earl Dudley ac-
cordingly Waited on the Duke, and on his return stated
that he had not met with the success that he had antici.;
pated, and .that the Nike said, in reference to Mr. Hue-'
kisson's letter, " there is not, there cannot be a mistake,
and (we understood Mr. Huskisson to say, for he dropped
his voice just-atk this instant) there shall not be a mis-
take."—(Loud laughter. )=He (Mr: Ildiskisson) was
not aware that the Duke of Wellington knew what had-
pawl! -in the.. House of "Commons !on the preceding
evening, and having sent for his Honourablo Friend- the`
Secretary for War --(Lord Palmerston), he asked him
to wait on the 'Noble Duke, and, if he was not al.
ready aware, to apprise him of what hail taken place in
the House of Commons, and of the course he
Huakissoid) felt himself positively called upon
to pursue. Lord Palmerston waited on the Doke of
Wellington accordingly, but the Duke appeared to view
his (Mr. H.'s) letter of Tuesday morning as an absolute and
positive resignation; and thought it impossible that it
could be received! otherwise.—(Hear ! and laughter. )
Thus, in a few hours after receiving the letter, without
asking whether that letter was- private and confidential, the
Noble Duke laid it before his Majesls; as a positive and abso-
lute resignation. !Ittuline, this course had been adopted,
by the Noble-Duke, he (Mr. H.) thought it necessary to
write this explanatory letter
(No. 3.) .

Downing;street, May 20, I S2B, half-past 6 p.m.
My dear Duke---having understood from Lord'lludley
and Lord Palmerston, that you had laid my letter of last
night before the King under a different impression from
that which it was intended to convey,. I feel it dne both to
you and to myself to say, that my object in-writing-that
letter was, not to expres4 any intentions-of'my own, but
to relieve you from any delicacy- which you might feel to-
wards me, if you should think that the interests of his Ma-
jesty's service would be prejudiced ,by my remaining in
of6e, after giving a vote,• in respect to which, from the
tutu whio-the latter part-of the debate had taken, a sense
of persOnal honour left me no alternative.
Believe rue, my dear Duke, your's very sincerely,
(Signed) W. HUSKISSON.
When he wrote this letter, he was actuated by the same in-
tention as that which had dictated his first -letter, not to
throw any obstruction in the way of the Administration,
buf to do away with any difficulty which might oppose his
(Mr. Huskisson's) removal from ihe Cabinet, if that should
seem fit to the head of his Msjesty's ,'Government. To
this•second letter the following reply was written by the
Duke of Wellington; It was dated Tuesday evening, his
wag not received by bins (Mr.' Huskisson) until the follow-
ing mosnin

(No. 4.)
London, May 20, 18213.

My dear Huskisson,—l have received your letter of this
evening, I certainly did not understand your letter of two
o'clock this morning as 'offering me any option; nor do I
;:ederstand the one of this evening as leaving me any, ex
cepting* that of submitting myself and his Majeety'st Go-
vernment to' the necessity of soliciting you to remain in
your office, or of incurring the loss of your valuable as-
sist:llWe to his Majesty's service. However sensible I may
be of this lay, I eta convinced that in these times any loss
is better than that of elieraCter, which is the foundation of
public confidence.
In this, view of the case, I, have put out of it altogether
every consideration of the discredit resulting from the
Acene of last night:, of the extent of which you could not
but hive lu'vii eeneible when you' thought proper, as a
remedy for it, to send me the eller of ", placing your office
in other hinds." Ever, my dear Huskisson,
Your's most sincerely,'
(Signed). WELLINCITON,
The Right Hon. W. Huskisson.
When he received this letter from his Grace, taking it
to be an answer to that which had been sent by him (Mr.
1-lu.kisson) to retrve a poviblp misunderstanding, which
he then thongtit, and which he must say he still•thought,
exited in the mind of the Noble Dole with regard to his
(Mr. licsl;isson's) first letter, it was rather a strange pyre.
—Meer, hear.;.,—His Grace appeared, in the first inf.-lance,
to have acted upon th,e understanding that he '(Mr. Hus-
kisron) had left him no opthin; and, in the next instance,
he sea* to have taken up the idea that he (Mr. Huskis-
eon).had- copteMplated that which would have been un-
worthy in the highest degree,—that he; in fact, solicited
to be•allowed to remain in office, with a loss of public .
character, which, as his Grace truly observed, was the
foundation of public confidence. How was it possible for
the ;fable Duke to arrive at this conclusion ?'. ( fond Fries
of " h..Kr, bear.") He
,(Mr.Huskisson) could perfectly
well underatapAl ouch conduct, if he had :said to his cal-
leagues and" to the Otilce of Wellington, " I have sustained a
grievance from
,you, arid unless yen redress it, I shall
'sign," and
,if such a grievanee were made the ground
.of h.i.4 removal ft ow office by those same eolle;gues. He
could pereegtly understand the impression which was gonyey-
ed in the secorol4,stter of the Noble Duke, if he (%lr. Huse
hisson) had beppenerlio have entertained a difference of opi.
Ilion with the other membeo,of hie Majesty's Cabinet upon
some important subject. and if he. hj.d said; " Unless you
come over to iey opinion, I will resige/' ;,?..nd that upon.
their refusing to make the concession, he should still con-
sent to remain in office..,,,,(llear.) But what was. it he
said to the Noble Duke ? " i adioaii :hat I have done that
at which you may take offence ; and if you do, Jam ready
to pay the price." What he (Me..HuSkiseuo) bed done
might h‘e ponsidenAl as a wrong by the Noble Duke, hitt.
not such a ttrrg.W: as to induce him to require the reaigna'.
don of the individnel w.kp had so acted.—(Hear, hear.)—
His (Mr. Hutkissoles) first let+.er was written contiden.
tially to the Noble Duke, and for r4owg instructions under
tleeriecuinstancee. .It was couched in those kip' s of re-
spect av4e3.e.h. he should always evince towards One whe 441
rendered sugb :49port,ant services to the country, and whose
character had in to k.-'Fame public property ; and what-
ever might have been the ,toe of his Grace's reply, and
though he (Mr. Haskisson) eoris.Wered himself injured by
that reply, lie trusted the House would .ipe;) ,tpet in his an-
;
swot., Which be should now read, lie hid avoiel4 Oiiy.;.)ljni
ve)aieb eaott,l he construed into an angry or an improper
tone towards tili,-; Noble Duke at the head of his Majesty's
Government,-,(Hear, hp 4.1. .) . On Wednesday morning he
received the Noble Dalcis let,ter, and returned to it :the
4. Wowing sue we :

(No. 5.) I
Colonial Office, May 21, 182f4.
My dear Vie:,--Iti justice to myself, I cannot acquiesce
for a moment in-thocestruction which your letter of last
night puts upon my conduct.,
You cannot-refuse to me the rigid of knowing the mo-
tives of my. own actions, and I solemnly 4,eclare that; in
hcib joy letters, I was actuated by one and the same feesling.
It was stilly. this :—That it was not for me, but Gw yox,
as the head a he Government, to decide how far my vote
Made it expedient to .I:cmove me from his Majesty's service.
I felt that I had no alternaktyp, consistently with personal
honour (in a difficulty
not of my oW,ki ,seeking or creating),
hul to give that vote ; that the question je"?;ite.elif was one of
minor impaytance ; that the disunion was iwoor.e in ap-
pearance than k. ,reality; but I also felt that, possibly, ybn ,
might take a 'different le* 'of it; 'and that, in case you
should, I ought
Lor4Liverpooi)(a I
tos
relieve
d iteee'ungfilaa s4imyildairffiociciclatysi,oaneissviiiithg
out ofyersoir.;;,4l consideration towards me, :fnciccWiag upon
a, step .to whin you might find it your- publiZ: duty to
rectal on the occilsiqp.
, _..
It was wilier this Onpres4o# Sops that I wrote to yoll
persuaded g9l MI;
retwu from the House pf Commons.
immediately upon my
If you hsd not usiei,:ocinind.celievteretirt,i4tte,;:p,,:essi9'n, 0 well'
us
arrogance of expecting
the purpOrfof my
his Majesty's Government should subueit
c::;/•,Pasity of soliciting me to remain in my
,04.1.4 not stippose me guilty of the
y"otuhrieathco:tp:itdhe
office." or do 'me thet*,,;!:', of believing that I could be
c of placing you in 0,..e alt.iviative of choosing be..:
"Paiii
is the foundation of 'pub.
it°iiininsitYratsieornno7en(ep'articlteheol: are)
and the ritityi:4::tianAede
and the loss to
raater, which, :I agree
:V,i,trl) rib
sic C'o,4d.f.nge• •
intimate' tp me,
. If, understan.ding my coinnlP:PiVOon 441 intended it to
be understood, you had, in any liqty,
either that the:occurrence, however unfertunate, was scot
sue of sufficient moment to renl Which I bad der It necessary Inc you, on
public oTounds to act in the manner in ci.ii
, , ., .
as-
sumed that yon possibly might think it necessary, or that
you were tinder that necessity, in either caselhere would
have been en end of the matter. In the first supposition,
I should have felt that ihaddrifi:e what, in honour and fair-
ness towards you, I was bound to do; but it never could
have entered my imagination that I had claimed or received
any sacrifice whatever front you, or any member of bid
Majesty's Government.
On the other hand, nothing can be further from my 41-