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and character would be from that 

 moment in the discretion of persons 

 wholly unauthorised, and known to 

 you to be unauthorised to act for 

 me in such a case. It was there- 

 fore your act and your conduct 

 which deceived me ; and it is im- 

 possible for me to acquiesce in be- 

 ing placed in a situation by you, 

 which no man of honour could 

 knowingly submit to, nor patiently 

 suffer himself to be betrayed into, 

 without forfeiting that character. 



I have no right, as a public man, 

 to resent your demanding, upon 

 public grounds, my removal from 

 the particular office I have held, or 

 even from the administration, as a 

 condition of your continuing a 

 member of the government. But I 

 have a. distinct right to expect that 

 a proposition, justifiable in itself, 

 shall not be executed in an unjusti- 

 fiable manner, and at the expense 

 of my honour and reputation. And 

 I consider that you were bound, at 

 least, to avail yourself of the same 

 alternative namely, your own resig- 

 nation, to take yourself out of the 

 predicament of practising such a 

 deceit towards me, which you did 

 exercise in demanding a decision 

 for my removal. 



Under these circumstances, I 

 muit require that satisfaction from 

 you to wliich I feel myself entitled 

 to lay claim. I am, &c. 



Castlereagh. 

 The Rislii Hon. Geo. Canning. 



Gloucester- Lodge, Sept. 20. 

 My Lord — The tone and pur- 

 port of your lordship's letter, which 

 I have this moment received, of 

 coursepreciudeanyother answer on 

 my part to the misappreliensions 

 and misrepresentations with which 

 it abounds, than that I vvill cheer- 



fully give to your lordship the sa- 

 tisfaction Avhich you require. I 

 am, &c. 



George Canning. 

 Lord Viscount Castlereagh, Sfc, 



Thejblloiving detail of the original 

 cause of the animosity between 

 Lord Castlerea<rh and Mr. Cati- 

 ning is supposed to be rvritten hy 

 Mr. Cooke, the private secretary 

 to Lord Castlereofrh : — 

 It is undoubtedly true, that Mr. 

 Canning, during the Easter recess, 

 did make a representation in a let- 

 ter to the duke of Portland, with 

 respect to the war department, 

 founded upon differences which had 

 prevailed between him and lord 

 Castlereagh ; but it is not true that 

 this letter was shown to the cabinet, 

 or that the subject was even stated 

 to the cabinet, however it might 

 have been secretly communicated 

 to some of the members. It is 

 also true that a suggestion was 

 made for appointing the marquis 

 Wcllesley to succeed lord Castle- 

 reagh. It is likewise undeniable, 

 that a decision upon this point was 

 postponed till near the close of the 

 session. It is further ascertained, 

 that towards the close of the ses- 

 sion, when lord Grenville Leveson 

 Gower's writ was to be moved for, 

 on account of his coming into of- 

 fice, and the cabinet, that Mr. 

 Canning called upon the duke of 

 Portland, as a condition of his re- 

 maining in the government, to give 

 him a decision upon the proposition 

 for removing lord Castlereagh, and 

 appointing the marquis Wellesley 

 his successor: and the duke of 

 Portland having given Mr. Can- 

 ning a specific and positive promise 

 to this effect, Mr. Canning pressed 



that 



