The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-30 00:00:00

'should he carried into Oct, under e.freemetances
to me so unexpected; and instantly reverted to
that alternative" which, upon each successive
stage of difficulties and delays, I had uniformly
pressed,—that of the tender of my own resigna-
tion, which I desired the Duke of Portland to lay
that day before the King.
On the following day, Thursday, the 7th of Sep-
tember, I declined attending the Cabinet; stating
in a letter to the Duke of Portland (which I left
it to his Grace to communicate to the Cabinet if he
should think proper), that I considered my twig-
' nation as in his Majesty's hands ; and myself as
holding my uffide only until my successor should
he winged.

On Friday, the Bth, I heard from the Duke of
Portland, that Lord Castlereagh had sent in his
resignation. I have been informed since (but
whether correctly or not I cannot affirm), that he
did so, in consequence of's communication ►wade
to him, by your Lordship, after the Cabinet of tho
preceding day.
On Thursday, the 11th of September, your Lord-
ship called npou me at the Foreign Office., by your
own appointment, for the purpose of explaining
the cati.es which had prevented your making any
communication to Lord Castlereagh in the earlier
stages of the transaction.

On Tuesday, September 19, your Lordship, in
answer to a letter of mine of the preceding day, ex-
p!ained to me the grounds of your silence to Lord
Castlereagh, during the latter period of the trans-
action.

On Wednesday morning, September the 20th, I
received from Lord Castlereagh the letter which
produced our meeting.
From this series of facts it appears,

in April/ 1 made a representation to the
First .Minister, on the genera-I state of the
Administrat.
.; and that, in the course of the
cessions arising out of that representation, I pro.
posed on public grounds, not, as Lord Castle.
reagh appears to have-been informed, his remo►al
from the Administration, but the alternati►e of a
change, either in the War or Foreign Depart-
ment.

That, on the 10th of May, the Duke of Port.
land submitted to his Majesty the subject of my
representation ; and informed me that his Ma.
jesty would be pleased to take it into his consider-
atirin ;
That, from the 10th of May until the Bth of
June, I was wholly unapprised of the result of
that consideration ; but that, for fear of misap.
prehensi6n, I had, in person, during that interval
viz. on the 31st of May, humbly repeated my re-
.
presentation, and tendered my resignation, to his
Majesty ;
That, on or about the Bth of June, for the first
time, an arrangement was stated to me, which had
for its object a new distribution of the business of
the War Department ; and that, on the 13th, I
signaled my acquiescence in that arrangement, su
far as I was concerned ;*
That, on the 18th, another arrangement was
stated to me, as intended to be substituted for that
in which I had acquiesced ; but that, on the 21st,'
it was announced to me that the first arrangement
was finally decided upon ; was to be immediately
carried into effect ; and was to be communicated
to Lord Castlereagh by your Lordship ;
That, on the '27th of June, no step appearing
to have been taken, eitlrtr to execute the intended
arrangement, or to apprise Lord Castlereagh of it,
I remonstrated against the delay, and against the
concealment front Lord Castlcteagh ; and that, on
the 48th, I again teudered my resignation ; and
that on the same day your Lordship received an
injunction to communicate the intended arrange-
ment to Lewd Castlereagh ;

That, on the sth of July, a new plan %vas stat-
ed to me to be in contemplation ; a plan nrigi.
nating pith your Lordship, and depending for its
execution upon a step to be taken by yourself—
that this pl eu was, on the 13th, announced to me
as F led, and as intended to be substituted fur that
which had been first proposed ;
That I at that time renewed my remonstrances
in the strongest wanner, both against the thlay
and against the concealment ; but that jt was stated
to me to be an indispensable condition of this
plan on your Lordship's part ; that it should nut
be acted upon till the termination of the
tion to the Scheldt ; and that the time of making
the communication to Lord Castlereagh should be
left to your Lordship's discretion .
That at length, in compliance with the repre-
sentations and entreaties of the Duke of Portland,
and of others, Lord Castlereagh's friends, and
upon the most seleane assurances that Lord '
tlercagh should its the mean time be prepared by
his friends fur the change, and that the change
should posititely take place at the period fixed
by your Lordship, I consented to remain in
office ;
That on WeJnes'lay the r,th of ieptember, find-
ing that nothiug had been done towards preparing
Lord Caselereagie fur the arrangement ; and that
the execution of it would be attended with diffi-
culties of le hide I had not before that time been
appri4ed, I desired the Duke of Portland to lay
my resignation before the King.
Your Lordship will abercfure perceive,
That up to the nth of June, so far from being
in possession of any " promise for Lord Castle—
reagh's removal," and from his continuance in
Ace being made thereby " dependent upon my
pleasure ; no decision whatever had,.to my know-
ledge, been taken, up to that time ; nu proposal
had been maths to me by the Duke of Portland,
in any war affecting Lord Castlereagh's political
sitnation ; and nu intimation had been given tome,
whether my own resignation would be finally ae-.
ccpted or dec!incd ;
That the arrangement which was in contempla-
tion from the Sth of Jane to the sth of July, in
no degree affected, and was never intended to
affect, 46 the conduct of the Expedition to the
Scheldt ;"
That Lord Castlereagh's " removal from the
War Department" was first determined up& as
part of the plan of which your-Lordship's resig-
nation was the basis ;
That his " removal from the Administration"
was not at any time " demanded" by me ;


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And, lutly, that I did employ the tender of my
own resignation, tint to " enforce decision," only,
(as Lord Castlereagh's Lentsr supproes,) but
equally to " enforce disclosure ;" and that in fact
I did ultimately resign, rather than "enforce" the
intended change, under eircumqances so differ-
ent from those which I bad been authorised to
expect.

it cannot be expected that I should labour very
anxiously to refute the charge of my having " .^tp.
posed" your Lordship and others " to be Lad
Castlereagh's friends ;” and having, umkr that
impression, deferred to your opinion and '6 au-
thority," in a matter all,:utiug Lord Castlcreagh's
intercts and feelings.
That your Lordship, in particular, as well
from near connection as from au active and anxi.
ous partiality, was entitled to consultation, and
to deference on such au occasion...is a persuasion
which 1 felt in common, as I believe, with every
Member of the Government ; and which not even
Loid Castlereagh's disclaimer has induced me to
renounce. •

I should not have been surprised, nor should I
have thought myself entitled to take the smallest
offence, if your Lordship had,. instead of concur-
ring in the expediency of a change in Lord Castle.
rcagh's department, protested against it, and had
recommended to lthe Duke of Portlatti„ to advise
the King to accept my resignation : and it was
perfectly known by the Dnku of Portlani!, and I
am confident, not unknown by your Lordship,
that, at any moment from the beginning of these
discussions to the end, I was nut wily ready, hut
desirous to terminate them by resigning.
But when the opinion of the exiiediency of a
change in the War Department had been adopted
by so many of the immediate friends of Lord Cas-
tlereagh, upon the condition that it should be re-
conciled to L.ird Castlereagh's feelings, and when
they, and your Lordship a►nong the first, ha►l de.
vised and concerted with the King's first Minister
the mode of carrying that object into execution, I
cannot help thinking that I should have been much,
and justly blamed, if, I• had insisted upon taking
the communication. to Lord Castlereagh out of
your hands into my own.
I now come to your Lordship's statement. That
statement is as follows :

" As it may he inferred. from a statement trlt'x'a has op-
peered in the Public Papers, *At I.ord Camden trit!thrid
from Lord Casticreaghn comusuoicatioa whirls he hod tree
desired to make to ono. it i.s necessary that it should he un-
derstood, that however Mr. Closeting might have convolved
the communicatiow alluded to. to have beta en.trie to turd
Camden, it nas mover stated to Lord ‘..ftend.o. that tine cum-
Immieation was made ut the desire of Mr. Canning ; and. so
far from Lord Camden baring beet, authorised to make the
communication to Lord Castlereagh, he nos ah.tolutely re-
stricted from so doing.
"As it stay ash a lie .eerred that Lord Camden was ca-
pes-led to prepare Lord Ca stlereagh's mind for an proposed
change, it is necessary that Pt should he undetselod, that
Lord- Catittlete neser engaged to communicate to Laid l;:esle-
reagh any circumstances respecting it, before the ternsiaatioa
of tine Expedition."(.lforning Chronicle, Oct. 194
This statement appears to me to have been much
misunderstood. It has been construed, as if your
Lordship had meant to aver, that what you urre
restricted from doing and 4, hat you had not ca.
gaged to alu, weru one and dm same thin.;; :
whereas your Lordship's statement, in point of
fact, contains two different propositions, and re.
fern to two separate periods of time.
The period during which your Lordship stales
yourself to, have been " absolutely restricted"
from making a commun:e.ttion to Lord Castle-
reagh, est.'uds from the 26th of April, uti which
illy the first communication was' made he the Dike
of Portland to your Lordship, to the time at a hich
the proposed arrangement for the new distribution
of the business of the War Department was super.
'wiled by your Lordship's tender of your resigna-
tion.

The period during which your Lordship states
yourself " not to have er!gaged" to elake a
commutticAtion to Lord Castlereagh, extends from
the time of the tender of your Lortlshile.'s resign:t_
toot to the teruituatiou of the I..:%pe,:ititt to the
Scheldt.

It uu4lit, however, to be obscrvvil, that during
the fir..t of these twu periu:l4,—from the 2811 i ut
A aril to the lit h of J illy, —the tutu re of the coin.
munic.ition to be matte to Lord Castlerea4h, and
the nature of the restriction impust.tl upon your
Lordship, were riitire!y
Preohautly to the gilt ut J one —the ronimitica_
tion which your Lord-ship would have hAil to
make to Lord Castlereagh, was simply that I h;td,
represented the ekpediency of a change either
in his (kparoleist or mine ; and that no decision
whatever had yet been. taken upon this rupresen.
ration.

With rvspeet to this conuntinicatioli, it does up.
pe.ir that the ri•mriciiint 111,nts your Lordship uas
absolute and indefinite. But 1 knew nothing of
• • its existence.

[to be Cowladed To-morrow.]

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