The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-11-07


were raising. and every preparation was ma.
king tn render the Island perfectly secure
| from any hostile attack.
, THE LATE DUEL
Bes,,een Mr.. Canning e Lord Caaiereagh.
A full explanation of the circumstance.
which led to this extraordinary disagreement
\ has now been handed abost i'm the high poll
! teal circles. together with the note contain
ing the challenge, and Mr.. Canning's answer
to that note. As the whole case is but i'm
perfectly known to the public, we shall en-
de vor. TO describe the facts from the repre-
sentation Of those by whom the narrative has
been read
| So long since as the Easter recess, il was
submitted by Mr.. Canning, and given as his
opinion in a meeting of the Cabinet Council
| (fr,m which Lord Castlereagh was sbsent)
that he considered it absolutely. necessary
that change should take place in the War
and Colonial department He assigned pow.
erftil arguments in support Of that opinion,
ard suggested that no one was SO fit to be
| the successor It Lord Castereagh as the
Marquis Wellesley. All the members of
the cabinet then present. concurred with
Mr.. Canning. for the immediate disclosure
ut the &c sentiments 20 Lord CaStlere.gh -
! The others, ,nHuenr-d by a regard to his
i.ordsh,p's feelings, and having the recollec.
ton of The then recently concluded inquiry
into East India patronage fresh in their me
n'"iy. agreed to postpone ihe delivery of
! their avowed sentim MS until the end Of the
parliamentary session This prop' sition had
Mr.. Canning unqualified appreciation Tha,
period arrived & Mr.. Canning again urg d
| The Dnke q Portland to enforce. the proppsi
ton submitted to the cabine'. His grace
still convinced that the necessity had not been
diminished, was at r loss TO devise he most
| delicate aud prhdent means of conveying tn.
sen iments f toe cabinet TO Lord Castlereash
| but after some few DAYS consumed in de
liberation. Lord Cambden- was selected as
the best calculated for the disclosure At
! this iunc'ure, however, Lo.d Castiereagh
and most Of his maies,,' MIS-. sters, were so
| busi!y occupied in the construction and ar
| Management of the expedition to the Scheldt
! that delay was again deemed prudent; and
| no communication was made to Lord Castle
reash until Mr.. Canning, ON the 9th instant,
| rendered his resignation. On this occasion
| he Duke ct Portland contriy ed to c ommun,
cate the original sentiments of MIR. Canning
with the concurring opinion of the cabine /,
70 Lord Castiereagh, who after a short del
beration wrote to Mr.. Canning a letter Of
conside rable length. in which he charges
| him win unfair and Liberal motives. accu-
! ses him If hypocricy demands the accu,
toned satisfaction, and names the place of
| meeting 4
| - To this note Mr. Canning returned la
comic answer. He iaments thatt informa
| ton given to his Lordship must have been
derived from very partial source; and
| that, had his motives been fairly inouired
into. it was impossible they. could bear the
construction so nnjns,iy put upon them AT
| ter declining all further explanation, Nj
aiming agrees to the meeting on Puthe,
! Heath. 49,.
| Yesterday afternoon, at two O'Clock ca
b:net council was held at the foreign Office
at which were present the Lord Chancellor.
Earls Liverpool, Camden, Chatham, Har
rnwby, Bathurst and SVcstmm Gland Lords
Muigrave and Levcson Cover, and the
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
! LONDON, Sept %
In the enumeration Yesterday of the names
# the cabinet ministers who retained their
situations, ne omitted the name IF the Earl
! OF narrowly, nobleman of acknowledged
! talents. The number of those who remain
! will then be seven-Lord Eden Mr. Perez
val the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of Har
rovby, the Earl Of Chatham, and Earl of
| Bathurst. The seceders are sx--tne duke
of "ortlan Il, Mr.. Canning. lord Castlereagh
Earl Camden Earl of Westmoreland and
! Lord Levison Cover. ,
The answers from Lords Grenvile and
| AT ;pe soonest. Their friends, we see, in the
capital, invite Them to accept the PROPOSE
tions made them.
| In tie mean time, we r.ust again desire i.
to be understood. that this state of afI,irs in
the cabinet has not been brought abo1, BY
any Consciousness felt or confessed of inca.
paciIy for mana gug the affairs If the nation
!, has been solely produced by the difficulties
consequent upou me resignation If the duke
| of POr.land MIR Canning clai ned his grace's
seat, and would not re main in the cabinet.
unless he was the preTlier. Mr.. Percevaps
ambition was not aspiring but having
| as chancellor of the exchcquer, led in the
| house ut commons ne felt that it \, ou'd be
| an acknowledgement of inferiority 10 Consent
to the demand made nv Mr.. Canning He
! would, however, as report asserts with much
confidence, have acceded to some other pre-
ject. The Marquis Wellesley (who had
been originally wished by Mr.. Canning to
succeed Lord Cas- lereagh, and whose stay
In this country so long after having been APP
pointed TO the Ebbassy TO Spain, was per
haps connected with that wish,) is said to
have been distinctly proposed 20 Mr. Can
ming as the successor to the Duke of Port
land. But this proposition ddnot at all square
with Mr. CaDning's claim to be his Grace's
successor, and the Marquis (whether &C
qualnted with the claim or not, we know not)
| is understood to have openly declared before
his departure, that he would not COME into
Office it Mr.. Cannir & resig ed Mr.. Canning
resigned becauSe he could not be prime mi
mister. The Marquis Wellesley could not
| he urine miuiste hscauea Mr. Eann;,,r l.. 4