APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 525 



On Wednesday morning, Sep- 

 tember the 20th, I received from 

 lord Castlereagh the letter, which 

 produced our meeting. 



From this series of facts it ap- 

 pears, 



That, in April, I made a repre- 

 sentation to the king's first minis- 

 ter, on the general state of the ad- 

 ministration; and that in the course 

 of, the discussions arising out of 

 that representation, I proposed on 

 public grounds, not as lord Castle- 

 reagh appears to have been inform- 

 ed, his removal from the adminis- 

 tration, but the alternative of a 

 change, either in the war or foreign 

 department. 



That on the 10th of May, the 

 duke of Portland submitted to his 

 majesty the subject of my repre- 

 sentation ; and informed me, that 

 his majesty would be pleased to 

 take it into his consideration : 



That, from the lOth of May 

 until the 8th of June, I was wholly 

 unapprized of the result of that 

 consideration ; but that, for fear of 

 misapprehension, I had, in person, 

 during that interval,— viz. on May 

 31, — humbly repeated my repre- 

 sentation, and tendered my resig- 

 nation to his majesty ; 



That, on or about the- 8th of 

 June, for the first time, an arrange- 

 ment 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 signified 

 my acquiescence in that arrange- 

 ment, so far as I was concerned : 



That, on the 18th, another ar- 

 rangement was stated to me, 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 de- 

 cided 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, 

 either to execute the intended ar- 

 rangement, or to apprise lord Cas- 

 tlereagh of it. I remonstrated 

 against the delay, and against the 

 concealment from lord Castlereagh; 

 and that on the 28th, I again ten- 

 dered my resignation ; and that on 

 the same day your lordship received 

 an injunction to communicate the 

 intended arrangement to lord Cas- 

 tlereagh. 



That, on the 5th of July, a new 

 plan was stated to me to be in con- 

 templation ; a plan originating with 

 your lordship, and depending for 

 its execution upon a step to be 

 taken by yourself: that this plan 

 was, on the 13th, announced to me 

 as settled, and as intended to be 

 substituted for that which had been 

 first proposed : 



That I at that time renewed my 

 remonstrancesinthe strongest man- 

 ner, both against the delay and 

 against the concealment; but that 

 it was stated to me to be an indis- 

 pensable condition of this plan on 

 your lordship's part, — that it should 

 not be acted upon till the termina- 

 tion of the expedition 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 representations and in- 

 treaties of the duke of Portland, 

 and of others, lord Castlereagh's 

 friends, and upon the most solemn 

 assurances that lord Castlereagh 

 should in the mean time be pre- 

 pared by his friends for the change, 

 and that the change should posi- 

 tively 



