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my feeling at the memorandum which accompinied it was
still more nopleasing_,, that I must try the effect of
Vale," Ice,
Without one observation at having deceived yourself, and,
consequently, most fatally deceived me as to the period of
time I might have returned to England, for the purpose,
by myself of settling those domestic concerns which are of
fir more importance to me than my pecuniary interests—
then it was I sent for Mr. Gibbs ; I gave him the list of
annuitants who bail signed the arrangement proposed to
them. He expressed his satisfaction at its equity, and he
distinctly stated to me his belief that all the annuitants had
not signed, because they had not been properly applied to.
He said lie might require information upon some points of
detail. But I, being blind, and as unwell as a man could
be ;Jive, dictated to him that letter, at which yan have
chosen to take so much offence. _ _

1 have, in silence, with the greatest forbearance, with
the utmost degree of confidence that one man can place in
another, risked my hopes and faith for months in you: and
in return for this my propriety of conduct,,you adopt to-
wards me a mode of communication which no man of
character and self-estimation can allow to be used towards
him. . .

.....
You must excuse my adding, your communications to
me are of a nature to assume that I have placed myself nu-
tlet the most unbounded obligations to you; now, if I am
willing to admit my obligations to you, I must observe,
in justice to myself, as far as obligations can be reciprocal
between a father and a eon, they are so between you and
me, with the balance of advantage of real and substantial
still standing on your side, as I wish to remain. •
After all the disappointments which I have met With,
ald • atter all the communications and conduct which you
have deemed it expedient to adopt towards me since our
last interview, my resolution is, to relieve you from that
burden you complain of, and to request you will give up
the trust you are engaged in. I could enter into mueli de-
tail upon various subjects which belong to my present com-
munication, hut as I am resolved from this date, never,
with my free will, to seek the benefit of your experience
and abilities in my affairs, I will not unnecessarily occupy
your time.
It will save time, Upton will be good enough to state to
Mr. Yerbury your having given up the trust.

COPY OF THE MICE OF WELLINGTON'S ANSWER TO MR.

WELLESLEY'S LETTER OF THE 21ST OF MARCH.

London, March 24, 1827.

My dear William—Your letter followed me to Windsor
and back, and I received it yesterday. Since I received
it, I have had reason to believe that you are still thinking
and talking of making " disclosures," in case your recon-
ciliation with your father should not be effected.
As long as you hold this language, you are deceiving
yourself in thinking that you entertain a sincere or serious
wish to be reconciled to your father. In expressing such
a wish, you are led away by the feelings of the moment ;
you would act upon a different feeling in the following
week if the occasion should offer ; and even if the recon-
ciliation should have been effected, the heat between you
and your father would revive, and would he more invete-
rate than ever.
I really don't know what you can have to disclose about
your father ; and my firm conviction is, that you have taken
an erroneous view of your father's conduct towards you,
as you have of other matters. .13nt if your father's con-
duct towards you had not been kind, affectionate, and me-
ritorious in every point of view, as I believe it has been,
I could not recommend to him to be reconciled to you,
while I should know that you hold out to others threats of
making " disclosures," unless such reconciliation should
take place.
I entreat you. to consider this subject maturely. If you
are in earnt, let me have a dear, distinct, disclaimer of
these threats, and all groom! for them ; and I will then go
to your father, and do every thing in my power to prevail
upon him to be reconciled to you.
Ever, my dear William, vour's most affectionately,
(Signed) WELLINGTON.

TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

Hall-place, March 25, 1827

My dear Duke,—l have never intended, nor have I hell
out any threat respecting Lord Maryborough : I wish most
sincerely to be reconciled to my father ; therefore pray go
to him as you have promised, and attempt the reconcilia-
tion which I so sincerely wish.' Believe me, soy dear
Duke, most affectionately your's, (signed) W. L. W.
To the Duke of Wellington.

COTT THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S ANSWER TO MR.
WELT,ESLEY'S LETTER OF THE 25TH MARCH, 1827.
London, March 26, 1827.
My dear AVilliam—On the 24th I wrote you as follows:
If you are in earnest, let me have a clear, distinct, dis-
claimer of those threats, and of all grodnds for them; and
I will then go to your father, and do every thing in ow
power to prevail on him' to be reconciled. to you."
Io answer you tell me, " I have never intended, nor
have I held out any threat respecting Lord Maryborough.
I wish most sincerely to be reconciled to my father ; there-
Ibre pray go to him as you have promised, and attempt the
reconciliation I so sincerely wish."
Is this a disclaimer of " these threats, and of all ground,.
fir them ?" Upon what groUnd then can you claim the
performance of the promise which my Teter contains?
But I will go further, and tell you, that since I wrote
my letter to you on Saturday, the 24th, I bave seen a letter
from you to another person, in which you distinctly state,
that unless this reconciliation is effected, discussions of the
most unpleasant nature must take place between you and
your father.
This is exactly the temper of mind which I have endea-
:roared to describe in my letter of the 24th. Aslong as it
exist', there can he no solid or permanent reconciliation
nvith your father. I should act unfairly by both parties,
and particularly by your father, if I were to attempt it.
Believe me, ever your's, most affectionately, '
WELLINGTON.

TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

Hall-place, March 26, 1827.

My dear Duke,—lf You will he good enough to refer to
my original conversation with you, and ail my letters, you
will not discover the scintilla of an expression which can
bear the construction that I wish to hold out a threat to
Lord Maryborough.
I stated the consequences of my going into the House of
Lords, urging my suit for the restitution of my parental
rights, being at variance with my father, as being calcu.-
lated to produce, as they must do, most painful, and, I fears
most scandalous expositions of family secrets; this is no,
llireat! it is a consequenCe which I apprehend, which it is
soy duty to point out to my family, as one which will occur
unless a reconciliation takes place between my father and
myself.
I really feet that I have acted in this correspondence tripi
your Grace with all truth and good feeling towards 'Ay
.sarents ; I have done my duty ; and if all hopes of a re-
„conciliation are at an end, I shall feel myself at full liberty
to use every possible• means to explain and justify my

conduct.
I enclose you an extract of, I presume, the letter you
allude to—one I wrote Colonel Slime; it was not worded
as you quote it. Most affectionately your's,
(Signed) W. L. WELLESLEY.
To his Grace the Duke of Wellington.

COPY OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S ANSWER TO MR
wrt.trst.ry's I.ErrEr. 01' THE 26TH MARCH, 1827.

My dearWilliam,—l have been at the Lodge at Windsor,
and otherwise !midi occupied, which has prevented rue
*cm answering your note of the 26th.

_ .
There is no use in taking up your time and mine by the
definition of a threat.
You think That there exist family secrets as between
your father and myself ; anti you point these out to your
family ; and you state these disclosures as the consequence
which must ensue, unless a reconciliation takes place between
your father and yourself. Then you say, this is no threat !
Now, what I say is this—that as long as these supposed
family secrets exist, there can he no solid reconciliation.
I conclude that nothing trill prevent your appeal to the
House of Lords from the decision in Chancery. In pro.
seeutiug this appeal, the family secrets must come out
equally, whether titers should be a reconciliation or not.—
Even if I could believe, then, that these secrets relate to
facts upon which you have reason to complain of your fa-
ther or your family, which I do not, as I firmly believe
you are mistaken and misled, I could not advise your fa-
ther to be recorwiled to you, with the certainty, to my own
conviction, that the quarrel must break out afresh, and
must be more deeply rooted than ever. You had much
better clear up the supposed ground of complaint—in other
words, the family seerets—hefore you commence the recon-
ciliation. As you are yourself convinced that von have no
reason to complain of your father, or, in other words, for-
given him, there will be no difficulty, I doubt, but in re-
conciling him to you. Believe me ever your's, most affec-
tionately, WELLING TON.
P. S. When I wrote to you last, I had not before me
the letter to which I referred ; but there is no material
difference between the terms used by me and those which
you used.

TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
London, April 2, 1827.
My dear Duke—l perfectly agree with you that there is
ipo use in taking up your time and mine in the definition of
t 4 threat; my object; which I hoped I had sufficiently ex-