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

Ids Sovereign ; lie accordingly atlar,F,sed to 11111•Graee
following letter :

(No. 7.)
Downing-street, 25th May, 1828.

My dear Duke,—On Tuesilay last I wrote to the King
to solicit an audience. His Majesty has not yet been
pleAsed to grant use this honour.
In the expectation (not unnatural for me to entertain in
the situation which 1 hold) of being afforded an opportu-
nity of waiting upon his Majesty, I have deferred acknow-
ledging your letter of the. 21st, which passing by altogether
all that is stated in Mine of the same date; you conclude in
the following words:—" I must, therefore, consider
the resignation of your office as your own act, and' not
as mine."
I will not' revert to the full explanation which I have
alreadi given you on this 'subject. Not denying that my
first •letter might be capable of the construction
.whieh you
put upon it, I would ask you whether it the usual, after a
construction has been from the.first moment explicitly dis-
avowed, to persist that it is the right one? It being, how-
ever, the construction to which you adhere, I must assume,
as youlaid the letter before his Majesty, that you advised-
his Majesty upon.' it, and that his i%lajesty is, therefore,
under the same,:' Miiiipprehensibn n 'as yourself of what I
meant ; the mere especially, as I have no means of know-
ing, whether any subsequent letters have been laid before
his Majesty.
It was for the purpose of setting right any 'erroneous
impression on the Royal' mind that I sought to be ad:nit-
tett, as soon as possible, into his Majesty's presence.
I was then, and am still, most anxious to assure his Ma-
jesty, that nothing could have been further from my inten-
tion, than that the'letter in question should have been at
all submitted to his Majesty,—to make known to his Ma-
jesty the circumstances and feelings under which it had
been written,—to point out to him that I had' taken the
precaution (usual between Ministers in matters of a deli-
cate and confidential nature, when it is wished to keep the
subject as much as possible confined to the respective par-
ties) of marking the letter "private and confidential :"
that I understood that this letter, an marked Specialty to
guard its object, had been, without previous communica-
tion of any sort With me, in respect to the transaction re-
ferred to, _but not explained in the letter itself, laid before
his Majesty, as conveying to the foot of the Throne my po-
sitive resignation.
I should further' have td'iltate to his Majesty the great,
pain and concern which I felt at finding that a paper
should have been submitted to his Majesty, and described
to Lim as conveying mrresignation of the Seals, in a
form so unusual, and .with a restriction so unbecoining to-
wards my Sovereign at is Implied in the''words " private
and confidential ;" that in a necessity so painful (had I felt
Such a necessity) as that of asking his Majesty's permission
to withdraw from his service,' my first anxiety 'would have
been to lay my reasons, in a respectful, but direct, commu-
nication from' myself at hie'Majosty's feet; but that,* most
certinly, in whatever mode conveyed, the uppermnst'feel..
ing of my heart would have been to have accompanied it
with those expressions of dutiful attachment and respectful
gratitude which I owe his Majesty for the many and uni-
forin proofs of confidence and kindness with which he has
been graciously pleased to honour me since I have helttihe
Seals' of the Colonial Department "

If I had been afforded an opportunity of thus reljeving
myself from the painful position in which I stand towards
his Majesty, I Should then have entreated of his Majesty's
goodness and sense of justice US permit a letter, 'so impro-
per for toe to have written (if it could have been in my
contemplation that it would have been laid before his Ma-
jesty as. an act of resignation) to be withdraws. Neither
should I have concealed from his Majesty my regret, con-
sidering the trouble Which has unfortunately occurred, both
to his Majesty and his Govefnment, that I had not taken a
different'thOde of doing what, for the reasons fully stated
in nsy letter of the 21st, I: found myself bound iii honour
to do, so as to have prevented, perhaps, the misconception
arising out of my letter, written immediately after the
debate.

I have now stated to you frankly, and without reserve,
the substance of all that I was anxious to submit to the
King. I have done so in the full confidence that you will
do me the favour-to lay this statement before his Majesty;
and that I may be allowed to implore of his Majesty that he
will do me the justice to believe that, of all w'ho have a
right to prefer a Claim to be admitted to his Royal presence,
I am the last who, in a matter• relating to myself, would
press that claim in a manner unpleasant to his Majesty's
wishes or inclinations. I bow to them with respectful de-
ference, still retaining; however, a confidence, founded on,
the rectitude of my intentions, that in being removed from
his Majesty's service I may be allowed the consolation of
knowing that I have not been debarred from the privilege
pf my office in consequence of my having incurred his Ma-
jesty's personal displeasure. Believe me, my dear Duke,
your's very sincerely.
(Signed) W. HUSKISSON.
His Grace the Duke of Wellington, K.G., &C. &c. &c.

That. letter was carried to Apsley House at five o'clock I
Sunday afternoon. .At half-past seven o'clock ou the same
evening, he received the following letter from.the Duke of
Wellington :,7•••

(No. 8.)
London, May 25, 1828..

11Iy,dear Huskisson,—lt is with great concern that I in-
form you that , I have at last attended his Majesty, and
have received his instructions respecting an arrangement
to fill your office.
I sincerely, regret the lois of your. valuable assistance in
the arduous task in which lam engaged: -
Believe me ever your's most sincerely,
(Signed) WELLINGTON.

The Right Hon. W. unskisson. (Loud laughter.)
This letter, as he had stated, was received on Sunday even-
ing. • His (Mr. Huskisson's) letter, written at two o'clock
on Tuesday morning, had been taken up hastily, and on
the moment had been construed into an actual resignation.
No explanation was asked for, but the letter was forthwith
transmitted to his Majesty. -The explanation afterwards
offered would not be received, "and yet five clays were suf-
fered. to elapse before au arrangement was entered upon for
the purpose of filling..the office which he lied occupied.
Where was the courtesy in all this proceeding ?—(Cheers.)
—Why such breathless haste incatching at his letter, when
five days are let to pass over before his successor is thought
of?—(Cheers.)--Such Were the facts. After his letter
had keen so hastily seized upon as an actual resignation, he
was not a little surprised, at the end of five days, to receive
this letter from the Duke of Wellington. With respect to
the letter which he (Mr.
.Huskisson) addressed to the Duke,
for the purpose of being laid before the King, he forwarded
it by his Noble Friend, the Foreign Secretary :h.it was
left at Aspley-house at five o'clock : it. was. subsequently
sent back to him unopened, and so returned to Mtn (Mr.
Hoskisson,) His (Mr. Itluskisson's) name was on, the, back
of it, and he had sent it to Lord Dudley, as the proper
channel for conveying it to the Noble Duke. It was re-
ceived at Apsley-house at five o'clock. It had .been al-
ready intimated to him (Mr. Huskisson) by his Noble
Friend, the Foreign Secretary, that
.up to two o'clock on
Sunday was allo:yed whim to make whatever communica-
tUm he had to mike to the Government. It appeared,
then, that the Noitle Duke, feeling that th.s communica-
tion bad not come within the time prescribed-and intended,
conceived that he could not answer it, and accordingly re-
turned it unopened. It had come too late ; the clock had
04)4 !...(Cheers.)--.-On obtaining the information, he
(Mr, IWkissort) wrote to, the Duke of Wellington, begging
that he wool(' do him the boiloqr to open his letter, which
he forwarded to his Grace throogh Lord Dudley. The
following was the note with which he accompauied the
letter . . , . •

(No. 9- )
P9Wol,4loitreet. ft p. 25th May, 1828.
ly dear puke,--Itorti pndiey has just sent to nR, un-
opened, my letter to you, which j forwarded to Apsley-
house about five .',clock this afternoon..
This letter was written as soon as I was given to under-
stand by Lord Dudley, who called here after an interview
with you this morning, that his Majesty had not signified
ai.-4 intention of granting me the honour of an audience.
No Other mole, Aprefore, remaining open to me of enn-
4eying 'iny sentiments .td the ad4ress myielf to you,
for the purpo,e of bringing beinie his Majesty, in the
shape of a written conimunicathin, what I am prevented
from stating to his Majesty in person.
Y feel con den; that you will not deny me this favour,
Linii P. 41 Wig IN aatifli.dl;ylllB eor4ata of my letter (which
I now return), that in writing it, nothing WO further from
my intention than to Intrude myself beteen you and the
syrangements which, upon my'removal from Office (for
siach f 4a,ve considered xlie yesultof our correspondence since
your letter of 41,01'4 4), you have received his ISlaiesty!S in-
structions to make. "

Your letter, communicating this fact, reached me about
half-past seven this evening. I thank you for the inlorma-
tion, and fur the kind manner in which you advert to any
feeble asJistance which I may have been able to give to your
Administration, as well as for the expression of the concern
With which you have advised his Majesty to place my office
in other hands.—Believe me to be, my dear puke,
Ever your's very sincerely,
(Signed) W. HusmssoN.
The letterf was 'thus returned to the. Duke o Wellington,
opened by him, and laid before the ring. The next day
his (Mr. Huskiasim's)SuccesSOr was appointed,'—the bat ries.
was now removed,—and on Monday be was admitted to
the audienee.—(Hear, hear.)—He could only say that he.
was received on that occasion by his Majesty with the most