The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-26 00:00:00

'ME DUKE OF WELLIN'GTON'S SPEECH

An -._:vening Paper has published the follow-
in; version o'f the famous speech of the Duke of
Wellington, in v."..liich he declared himself unlit
to be Prime Minister, with an assurance that. the
Duke himself caused the " copy of his Speech
to be printed for private eil-culation—as the re-
ports of it (on account of the crowded state of
the Bar of the House of Lords at the time he
;poke) were many of them inconiplei;i.7—
" But it has been stated, that. I withdrew, myself
because his Majesty would not submit to my dicta.
don and threats in case I should not myself he ap-
pointed his Minister; and this accusation mN,t
curiously coupled with another; namely, that his
Vlajesty offered to make me his Minister,: and that
I refused.

" My Lords, those know but little of his Majesty
who suppose that any man dare to dictate to Mal,
much less to threaten him. My Lords, bis Maje3t7
never offered to me to make me hls Minister. his
Majesty knew as well As I did that I was and must
be totally out of the questio:i; and 1 so stated my.
self repeatedly; and I was nd party to any sugges.
tien that I should be the persoi: to fill the vu.
cancy occasioned by the mi4ortune which r-e al!.
deplore.
" Do your Lordships suppose, that having raised
myself to the highest rank in the profession which
had previously followed from my youth; that, having
been appointed to the highest situation in that pro-
fession, (for I may say I raised myself Ivithou:.
indicating any
my Noble desire Arm Army, by
bu; dweiriroantle
Imyamoblsiztoiouiti;sciet:
and Gallant Friends), the Gelisral
h I owe to his Maje.ty for
and
diesetirlril
loefssthtehose
whit.
his most gracious favour and kindness, I may sztfey
say that his Majesty could not have placed me %viler&
I was, if I bad not rendered some service to the
State deserving of his approbatifin ; 1 say, then,
that having raised myself to such a station in Ir:7
profession, I could not be desirous of leaving it, irt
order to seek to be appointed to the head of ihti
Government; a situation for which I am sensibte
that I am not qualified, and to which, moreover,
neither his Majesty, nor the Right Hon, Gentletnan,
nor any one wished to see me called. _

" Do your Lordships think it possible that
not gratified by being restored to my old relations of
command over my old friends and companions, and
to have obtained the power of recommending then/
to his Majesty, for the professional rewards-of their:
services, after having passed my life in exciting ant:
directing their exertions ? Does any man believe.
that I would give up such gratification, in ord,,r to
be appointed to a station, to the duties of which f
was unaccustomed, in which I was not wished, and
for which I was not qualified ; as it must bd obvious
to your Lordships, that not being in the habit of ..td.
dressing your Lordships, I should have been four 4,
besides other disqualifications, ineapable of display-
ing, as they ought to be displayed, or of defending
the measures of Government, as they ought to ha
defended in this House, by die person thus honour.
ed by his Majesty's confidence? M'' Lords, I shoo:c.l
have been worse than wad, if I had thought of sucb
a thing."

We arc informed by a correspondent, that the
Duke of Wellington, soon after the nomination of
Mr. Canning to the post of Premier, displayed to
several Peers and leading Coinmoners, a letter writ-
ten to him by that Statesman on the subject of the
appointment. The letter contained a forcible ao
peal to the candour of his Grace, whether from hip
previous avocations and habits he could consider
himself qualified for the situation of Premier. The
writer also set forth, in a strong light, how highly
unconstitutional it would be: for aAy subject, what-
ever might be his qualifications, to hold at the same
time the situatiene of Commander-in-Chief of the
army and Prime .Mnitter. His Grace, we are
formed, whelktie_,displayed the letter to fiends,.
expressed hia assent to the conclusiveness of the
reasonin:„; which it contained, on both the points ‘t. .a
have mentioned.—Tintes.

The noble and frank affability of the
Grand Duke of BAnn: has more influence on his e•,'
than the morgue, the disdain, or the ifrei•tcd conclave,i'ziou
which are seen elawbere. The free access which every
body has to his prei-cnce keep, in check those.
might be disposed to be either oppreF.sivc or untaithfu!,
unveils the mystery el- the falmehoori of Hulas oracleg which
are easily imputed to Grand Latm9.—Beltrami's Pil-
grimage.

The EriLish side of tilt: north-east inpandar7
question amounts exactly to this. They acknnwledge that
the iinu was to run north till it came to the highland;
which separate, the waters which run into the St. LAC.-
rence from those which run into the Atlantic; but they
say this was stipulated in ignt•rance on butte side., for
io
running north from said source, it never does nor never
Can come to such highlands or such division of wattr...
Boeton Palladium.

But a few posts back we announced the- that,
riage of a fellow-citizen, Lieut. Wat, ST:.A. FrrictsAm
late '7ed Regiment, and brother to Capt. FrrzGrltAtz,
Riehmend-place. He was married at the British Amla4-
eador's at Parif, on the sth of December, to 17' 'Nets,
eldest daughter of the late Major LEAVIS, Northumberland
Militia, a truly amiable, interesting, and accemplished
young lady, and possessing in an eminent degree all those
inestimable qualities which could net fail to have rendered
their union a happy one. On New Year's Day, that if,
but three weeks and two days from their bridal one, loth
bride and bridegroom were consigned to the same watery
grave, in the Fanny packet, which was wrecked in Aubin's
Bay, island of Jersey, and not far from the " haven wheLe
they would he."—Limerick Chronicle.

On the 16th. inst. an inquest was held at
Revesby, by C. MASTIN, Gent., Coroner, on the body of
ELIZABETIt WIIARRIE, whose death had been au fully
sudden. Mr. JosErir Wilatentr, son of the deceased,
went to Revesby to fetch his aged mother to spend soma
time at his house at Friskney, for which purpose he had
procured a tilted cart: having proceeded as far as .ICe\c'
Bolingbroke, he stopped at an inn there, and gzve the old
lady a little refreshment ; the landlord, Mr. SHAW, their
went out to invite her in to warm herself, but she replied,
(which, it appeared, was accompanying thew.) 'file c:ld
" I am quite comfortable, and so is the infant on my knee,'"
LAmBET 1.1,_ A !nett-
lady seemed then in her usual good health and spirits, bit
before they had proceeded a mile and a half, Mr' WRl.l.'ne,
.3tl3attersea, for the purpose of
ll brid
on speaking to Isis mother, received no answer, awl, upot
the propriety
getting into the cart, found her Ileiese, and the little child
upon her lap, unconscious of the sw1"1 change, verdics...
between
tDni,
ee de
nby the
Westminster visitationd of
aGuods
11
NEW BRIDGE tI"
ogfes.erectAinfteg
after
harvidcf;
resolution was unanintou'i
tinakginug-asinitioeheol
nyseisdtLradtaiya
at Lambeth to the HerFeferry at WestminKte:.
"pinion of the Vestry, tlis
the Intended bridge ;terms the Thames, from
alodriugpteddiec:_uss,i,oiTi,ht:te, following i_n g
westwinstcr-bridge v,„
beneficial to this parish." In the mite of
the discuown a
erectionxt
vhieliP ba
elal
icoi
~f,
.10.,,
gentleman present observed, that " when.
planned, it was supgeeted that tllo
erection of a bridge at Lambeth Palace would be the great.-
ot convenience to the public"—(a gentleman here said, that
the motion for carrying it was bat by oue vote erily). TLe
meeting was well attended.

u„
CITY TITHES.—On Thursday a special ge
eral
Vestry Meeting of the inhabitants of the la .rish c.St, Olave'e, Hart-street, was held to consider whi.t, (,:,
whether any alteration should be made in the. petitionc,
which the inhabitants, at a previous Vestry Meeting, had
resolved should be presented to both Houses of ratharnent
Henryset up
ipngby, relieftiiei
their Rector,
tuh
under as isi
all the
:l.ai claim of
Is.
(9 (eic.reeen the pound,
, rn,,cie
0,,,1,
formably to the Statute of the 37th 14 yin. The
meeting was, perhaps, more num.eroliF. than the nao.9t,
c0.....:7 were read, Mr. Causer
„oalitinclendfoirTnetrt.No. the motion for confirming the
stormy of the former vestrieson this subject. The Rector
3 .I..solution to the effect that, in cones,
(Dr. Ow EN), took the lhair. A 1 ti ,e A hen toe minutes of the.
moved,proce e d ian!as
was carried by
(11.41Lni'lecre nolintulietesConciliatoty conduct of Dr. OWEN, the ahli,
and eflicieut manner in which ha discharges his aerial
duties, together with his advanced age, it Is the opinion
of this Vestry, that the petitions submitted to the Let
tVi,emstrhyavihnogulbde
ennotsecboenpdreedsebnytei‘dirt.o
IP3l4l,,ciNi:::ent. The ni o -
an overwhelming majority, there Using but three hand,
held up against it.