The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-23 00:00:00

he courts every varied opinion, he. seeks in-
formation wherever he can find it, hut no
man is able to tell, not even his most confiden-
tial friends, what impression these opinions
make, or what line of policy he will pursue.—
Hints may emanate from the highest quarters—
inference may be drawn by shrewd men from
casual expressions, or from the nature of the in-
quiry ; but still the mind and the measures of the
Duke of Wellington are as impenetrable and
obscure as ever. This fact is so well known
that it has only to be repeated to restrain the
public from forming any opinion from what they
see stated officially in the official journals.—
During the late Mr. Canning's oratorical career,
we were not so kept in the dark. The -London
politicians knew as well what that Minister in-
tended, what he would say, as he did himself
before the delivery of the splendid speech in
which his views were to be publicly explained.
The Duke of Wellington, however, is not the
god of the winds. He does not send forth
in gentle and hollow murmurs what he . in-
tends to do in the storm. it he should
find it necessary to restrain the march, or
curb the pretensions of any power in Eu-
rope, we may rest assured he will not, even
in the first instance, do it with a Speech
in Parliament and an article in the News-
papers. We must not, therefore, flatter our-
selves that because he is silent he is inactive,
or that because he cannot fulminate words, or
let loose this or the other leash of a spirits,"
that he is not anxiously watching what is passing
around us, and preparing himself, if circum-
stances should require it, to protect the interests
and assert the rights and power of the Empire
confided to his charge. \V do not point invi-
diously at at any of our contemporaries, but we
make these observations merely to temper the
air which some of them, from habit or vanity
perhaps, assume, when denying this or affrining
that, of and concerning the measures or the
policy of the Duke of Wellington. These re-
marks will accordingly satisfy our readers that
what we have lately stated, and are about to
state, has no pretensions to what is termed
authority, But we take leave to assert, that
what we do state, touching past or passing events,
we speak upon information of the very highest
character ; and information, too, which few, if
any, of our neighbour Journalists have access to.
Various reasons have been assigned for the re-
signation of his Royal Highness the Duke of
Clarence. But we believe the facts to be these :
The Duke of Wellibgton felt the inconvenience
of an office of such grave importance as that of
the Lord High Admiral being filled by an irre-
sponsible agent. However well qualified the
Duke of Clarence might be to discharge the
duties of his situation, still he was an irre-
sponsible officer. He was under no controul—
he was amenable to no superior—and his
power was as unlimited, as his errors, if he might
be led into any, were beyond the restraint of
the Executive. The Duke of Wellington felt
the force of this objection, and the irksomeness
of au uncontrollable responsibility which fell
upon himself, and he was naturally desirous to
be relieved from it. He, therefore, proposed
that all the orders of the Lord High Admiral
should be countersigned by an Officer appointed
by the Ministry, and responsible to them and to
Parliament. In short, he wished that his Royal
Highness would confide his power to a deputy
exclusively under the restraint of the Govern-
ment. To this arrangement, upon the repre-
sentations of the Noble Duke, . his Majesty as-
sented. But to this arrangement his Royal
Highness demurred, and his resignation followed.
These are the facts of the case, which led to a
secession which has caused so much speculation
in the liberal world. We do not state them
upon (ffcial information—but they are true !
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