The Sun.
London, England, 1828-06-03 00:00:00

tention than to eitptEir4 an opinion that the occasion was
not one,in which you might fairly consider it your duty to
advise his Majesty to withdraw from me the seals of office,.
on the ground of this vote. Ido not, therefore, complain;
but I cannot allow that ray removal shall he placed on any.
other ground. I cannot allow that it was my own act ;
still less can I admit, that when I had no otherintention
than to relieve the question on which yon had to decide from
any personal embarrassment, this step, on my part, should
be ascribed to feelings the very reverse of those by which
alone I was actuated, either towards you or his Majesty's
Government. _ .

Believe me to be, my dear Duke,
Your's very sincerely,
(Signed) W. HUSKISSON.
It was in that spirit that he Appealed to the candour of
the Noble Duke—it was with such feelings he was actu-
ated in addresaing nis Grace; and to the foregoing letter
he received a ciunmunication. ctiukhed in the following
words :

(No. 6.)
Louden, Aloy 21, 1828.

. _
My &Ili Musltisson.--In consequence of your last letter,
1 feel it to he aecessary to recall to your receection the
circumstances under which I received your letter of Tues-
ilay morning: . ,
It is addressed to me at two o'clock in tne morning, im-
mediately after a debate:lnd divlsitni in thellouse of CoMmons.
It informs me that you lose no time in affording me an Op-
portunity of placing your office in other hands, as the only'
means in your power of preventing atl injury to the King's
service, which you describe. It concludes by " regretting
the necessity for troubling me with this communication."
Could I consider this in airy other light than as a formal
. tender of the resignation of your office, or that I had any
altermitiiie but either to solicit you to remain in office con-
trary to your s:Jtse of duty, or to submit your letter to the
King?
If you had called on me the next morning afteryour vote
and had explained to me in conversation. what bad pas*d
in the House of Commons, the character of the communi-
cation would Lave been quite different

—( Hear, hear, awl laugliter.)--Might not the Noble Duke
have sent for him (Mr. lauskis,on)?=--(Loud cheers, and
cries of hear, licar.)-alle did not know what reference
that had to the meaning of his letter, nor could he see
what difference there was between a written communica-
tion marked' " private and confidential,'" and stich a con-
versation as the • Noble Duke alluded to.—(Loud cheers )
—But to proceed with his Grace's letter a--
and I might have felt myself at liberty to discuss itaawhole
subject with you, and freely to give an opinion upon any
point connected' with it. But I inust still think that if I
had •not considered a letter, couched in the terms in which
that letter is• couched, and received 'tinder the circumstances
under which I a'eceived it, as .a•tiniler of tesignation, and
had not laid it before the King, I should have expoied' the
King'i Government anil`myself to very painful misconstruc-
tions. My answer to your letter will' ave informed you
that it surprised me much, and that it gave rile great eon-.
cern. I must:consider, therefore, the resignation of your
office as your own act, and not as mine.
Ever youras most sincerely,
(Signed) ' • WELLINGTON.
The Right Hon. W. Huskisson.
He did not know.what further step there remained far him
(Mr. thiskisson) to take, after the Noble puke had stated
that he had felt himself bound lay a sense of duty to lay hie
resignation before the Kirig. The House would bear in
mind that all this had arisen from a misconstruction of his
(Mr. Huskisson's) first letter-Ltliat against such rniscon-
struetion he (Mr. Pluskie.son) had again and again remon-
strated ; but that, in spite of all, the, Noble Duke still ad-
hered to his original misunderstanding on the subject—" I
will bold him fast to -it," said his. Grace, " he sha'nt
escape=-and I will bind hits down to the resignation"—
(Cheers.)—He (Mr. Huskisson) received this letter 'from
his Grace early on Thursday morning, the 22d, and seeing
that his Grace used the words " I must consider the resig-
nation of your office as your own act, and not as mine,"
and that be appeared to consider his (Mr. Huskisson's) let-
ter as a final and complete resignation, he (Mr. Huskisson)
considered that the Whole proceeding Was at an end.—
(Hear, hear.)- Under that impression, he only waited to
deliver up the credentials of his office to those hands frotn
which he had received them. lie had, however, one
great object of solicitude ; as soon as he knew that the
4rst letter had been considered as a resignation, and hav-
ing reason to know that his Majesty had been advis-
ed so to receive it, and having received po commands on
the Thursday, he thought it necessary to take steps to show
to his Majesty that be had not acted in : any manner
unbecoming the good faith which he was bound to
preserve to 1111 colleagues.—(hear, hear, hear.)_-.
As soon as he knew front the communications_of a few of
his, Noble Friends, and from what occurred on Tuesday,
his first letter was cOrisidr,i-rd by the Duke of Wellington as
A •
a final resignaCion, 449 1441r.1Pg roason to know besides, that
in laying it before, the King, his,,Qrace advised hie Majesty
to consider it in the same point of view, he (Mr. Huskis-
son) felt it his duty, as one of his Majesty's servants, to so-
licitan audience of the King.--(Hear,.hear.). That he did
on 'rttestlayt and on the Thursday following he had recei-
ved no commands from his ,Majesty to wait upon him--
Neither on the Thursday nor, Friday had he: received any
snail commapds, He was still conscious that in the stepwhich
lie 44 Wien he liarl.been actuated by no desire to put
his advice upon hit Majesty, or to make au unworthy ap-
peal to the King against the advice which 41 been given
to bias. These were not the naetit'as which induCci him
to solicit that audience ; but lie felt that when it had been
stated to his Majesty that he had written a letter on Tues-
day containing his complete resignation, and when he athild
tell his Sovereign that it Inftl been written with no such in.-
tention,aaawben he weala have informed the King that that
letter was marked.private and confidential, and thatthe sup-
posed resignation. of hie office was not accompanied by
those expressions of gratitude for the favours which he laid
received at his Majesty's hands,—that the lettee in question
. did nut contains-tangle exaresaion of regret at withdrawing
front the service of his Sovereigra—that, in fact, there was
nothing in it of those genuine feelings which it became a
Minister upon such an occasion, and towards such a King,
attewhe should have stated suclicircurnstances, he (Mr.
Huskisson) helieved that he•should have set the Royal mired
right upon the subject,. and that lie should have made his
Majesty conscious that •he (Mr- Huskissual) was not
forgetful of the confidence with which he had been
honoured while in his Majesty's service.—(Hear.)—c'
tin
Friday J was informed (continued the Right Honourable
Gentleman) by icy Noble Friend late at the bead of the
Foreign Department, that the Duke of Wellington did
not consider the matter at ap awl aa-that lie said I
was a man of sense.'—(Loud cheers aud laughter,)
—I am obliged to reprat the plirase—(Laughter);._,
4 and that as such, I well knew what must be done
in piAer to settle the whole matter and brin4 it to
an ea.? '!_...(kmgliter.)—The Noble- Duke might have
i
given some nstructiaaa 9T hints to that effect; but he
contented himself with ethiveyiaig: aim (Mr, Huskis-
son) that be was a roan of. sense, and oifered not a single
Alfggestion. AS, then, he (Mr. Iliaskisaan) could not count
Atporit ad:,lF:e. front that quarter, lie was' thrown back upon
that quality for wlaiall it appeared the Noble Duke gave
him credit, and, puttiag iatp rauisition what little sense
he might possess, it struck Imo- that thoagb he was still
ready, to explain, he had exhatisted all the niraes aa sit-
planation iii trying to set the Noble Duke right. (Cheers
apd laughter.) Froth the first the Noble Duke' would not
be 34 Fight-,throughout he persevered ,in interpreting
what hi nieitay griutiffteif from all anxiety on his (Mr.
Huakieson's) part not t.a I>e wiNt4epi-tgp.q, ipt9 a positive
'and absolute resignetion ; and in the entire aoraeapaadepaa
not a step seemed to be Made towitrils 'bringing the I MP
Duke's tnind to a right understanding On the matter.
der these circumstances, what further ptoceedings.,could be
e gonqived necessary to complete his (Mr. Huskisson 'a)
retirement foal e Noble Duke suppose that 'ate (Ma-
fluskissen) was intened • to 0,7.7 r, volitietl laindanan'a
buff for the•amusement of the detarialcircaeta aid that
be groped his. way in the dark, those arountribti Noble
Dttt pight he indulged with a laugh at his awkward
tumhies?•:-.4-dreaa.e:) As he did not wish to exhibit hiineelf
in sue; a character, he let .tier; matter stand as it was.--
faritaal atke Foreign 50-
r:,C,ehtaerTers). )cailOedn kw tjiat I was 11.4
te,nde4 4.141 t ha should have the honour of an a,t'."ltetacc
BfajeistY, -04 e ;tasileeajexcluded from his Majesty during the
five days which Laid 4apci-d- {corn the comMeneement of
this transaction. He was sure that Like opiorAzi,f the canna
try would be with him, .in thinking there was, updeF
such circumstances, no other way for lain (Mr. Hus-
kisson) to act, than that milli& lie had adopted.--(Hear.)
During the interval which had elapsed since he had
received the'aeatee dated the 21st, from the Duke of Wel-
lington, in which Ilia Grata; daTI. declared his (Mr. Hua-
kisson's) resignation as final:and compleae, lie had had no
communication with his Grace. ''During those.two days
no atria was taken to fill hie place, from relish it seemed ex-
pedient to remove him ; and it was then conveyed to hiin
that the proceeding was.not as yet at an end. But hisVoide
Friend, the foreign secretary, would not draw him into the
tcirowter.ds_Whimliat(eAvierr. muitgishkti.b6ertih),Might,of the conduct pursued
be considered as confortnah!e tab ,11%,,vals1,4satgirees
otlfiattiiiteccoui4ilalsneor_t
Bear, hear, and. cheers.) Being thus eyented
from laying his reasons in person before his sovereign, lie
was driven to the alternative of addressing the Duke of
Weliinbrton himself such a letter as he wished to lay before