Star.
London, England, 1809-10-13 00:00:00

in ti•c War Department was to take place, Mr. CAN

);ING was induced, in the first instance, to consent to
isp,stponement till the rising of Parliament, partly'
by iiae representations made to himself of the incon-
N,liencies Of any change in the middle of a Session,
but principally from a consideration of the particular
circumstances under which Lord CASTLEREAGH stood
tlic House of Commons after Easter ;—circum-
stances ,Allich would have given to his removal, at
ttat p• •1 of the Session, a character which it was
'4l3'n:7 Lo part of Mr. CA. NANG'S wish that it should

M•••• howeve:•, received the most posi.
'''e Forr;=,c, th:.t a change in the War Department
s: place immediately upon the close of the
5.,:=11. When that time anived, the earnest and
er.trcatic; of most of Lord CASTLEREAGH'S
Tht t;l•• Cal:met, were employed to prevail upon
to consent to the poctponement c,f' the

'' At le:lgt-n, and most reluctamly, he .lid glve
its'ci;g postponed to the period proposed

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7,!CA:".l.xitEntal's friends, viz. The termination
L.:pelitie,n then in- preparation ; but he did so
Tien tl mo,t distinct and solemn assurances, that •
14hatever :night he the issue of the Expedition, the
(h:,nge .11,.iald take place at that period ; that the
f•ci::10 of the War Department should then be offered
to Loid WEI.LitiLIY (the person for whose accession
" Ifie Cabinet, Mr. CANNING was known to be most
anxious), and that the intcrcal should.be diligently
e!npli'yed by Lcrcl CAsTLEREAcr's friends, in prepar-
ing Lord CALTIAIILAGAI'S mind to acquiesce in such
an :.rranzr:reent

a a wi, thc•refore matter of astonishment to Mr.
CAN!:INf•I then :it the issue of the expedition, he re-
minded 1:12 Duke of PortmAxn, that the time was
row COIN: for Grace's writing to Lord WELLESLEY,
to find, CIA sc, far from the interval having been cm-

i)loyed by Lord CAsTun*A.isn's friends, in preparing
Lord CASTLEREAGH for the change, the same reserve
had been continued towards him, against which Mr.
CANNING had before so earnestly remonstrated. Being
informed of this circumstance by the Duke of PORT..
LAND) and learning at the same time from his Grace,
that there ~ere other difficulties attending the pro-
mised arrangement, of which Mr. CANNING had not
before been apprised ; and that the Duke of PORT-
LAND had himself come to a determination to retire
from office, Mr. CANNING instantly, and before any
step whatever had been taken towards carrying the
promised arrangement into effect, withdrew his claim,
and requested the Duke of PORTLAND to tender his
(Mr. CANNING'S). resignation, at the same time with
his Grace's, to the KING. This was on Wednesday,
the 6th of September, previously to the Levee ,of
that day.

'1 All question of the performance of the promise
made to Mr. CANNING being thus at an end, the re-
serve which Lord CASTLEREAGH'S friends had hitherto
so perseveringly practised towards Lord CASTLE..
REACH, appears to have been laid aside. Lord CAS.
TLEREAGII was now made acquainted with the nature
of the arrangement which had been intended to have
been proposed to him.
66 What may have been the reasons which preven-
ted Lord CASTLEREAGH'S friends from fulfilling the
assurances given to Mr. CANNING, that Lord CASTLE-
REAGH'S mind should be prepared by their communi-
cations for the arrangement intended to be carried
into effect ; and what the motives for the disclosure
to Lord CASTLEREAGH, after that arrangement had
ceased to be in contemplation, it is not for Mr. CAN-
NING to explain."