that it should be immediately acted upon, and Lord Castlereagh acquainted with it. Lord Castle reagh, however, was not acquainted with it, and Mr. Canning ac quiesced in its being concealed from him.

Undoubtedly, Lord Camden was acquainted with the transactions; but it is not true that his lordship ever undertook to make the disclosure to Lord Custlereagh, nor did he ever make it. It is also true, that Mr. Canning was tho roughly apprised that it was not made known to Lord Castlereagh. And it is further true, that Lord Castlereagh, being kept in profound ignorance of the decision for his removal from office, was permitted, though in fact virtually no longer a minister, and in this state of delusion, to continue to conduct the entire arrangement of the campaign, and to engage in a new expedition of the most extensive, complicated, and important nature, under the full persuasion, not that Mr. Canning had supplanted him in office, and possessed in his pocket a promise for his dismissal, but that he really enjoyed (as during the period he in outward show and daily concurrence, experienced) Mr. Canning's sincere, liberal, and bona fide support, as a co-operating and approving colleague. It is further known, that Mr. Canning having thus in his pocket Lord Castlereagh's dismissal, and having arranged with the Duke of Portland that it should be carried into execution at the termination of the expedition, he did, on the 3d September, the day that the account arrived from Lord Chatham that he could not proceed to Antwerp, write to the Duke of Portlaud, de

manding the execution of the promise made to him. What were all the difficulties which were started from time to time against the immediate execution of this promise, it would be extremely difficult to detail; but there cannot be a doubt but the question of the writership, which it has been attempted to connect with this transaction, could have nothing to do with it; as Mr. Canning never contended for Lord Castlereagh's removal from the government, but from the particular office he held, and into which he wished to introduce Lord Wellesley. It appears that the demand of the fulfilment of the promise led to the resignation of the Duke of Portland, and subsequently of Mr. Canning. And it further appears, that as soon as the whole of this unparalleled conduct was, at this late period, disclosed to Lord Castlereagh, he immediately placed his resignation in his majesty's hands.

On the truth of the above facts the public may rely; and they can no longer be at a loss for the real causes and grounds of the demand made by Lord Castlereagh for satisfaction from Mr. Canning.

Mr. Canning's Answer to Lord

Castlereagh's Statement. The following has been ushered to the world as the statement of Mr. Canning, on the subject of the difference which led to the recent duel between himself and Lord Castlereagh.

It is perfectly true, that so long ago as Easter Mr. Canning had represented to the Duke of Portland the insufficiency, (in his opinion) of the government, as then constituted, to carry on the affairs of the country, under all the difficulties of the

times; and had requested that, unless some change should be effected in it, he might be permitted to resign his office. It is equally true, that in the course of the discussion, which arose out of this representation, it was proposed to Mr. Canning, and accepted by him, as the condition of his consenting to retain the seals of the foreign office, that a change should be made in the war department.

But it is not true that the time at which that change was ultimately proposed to be made, was of Mr. Canning's choice; and it is not true that he was party or consenting to the concealment of that intended change from Lord Castle reagh.

With respect to the concealment, Mr. Canning, some short time pre. vious to the date of Lord Castlereagh's letter, without the smallest suspicion of the existence of any intention on the part of Lord Castlereagh to make such an appeal to Mr. Canning as this letter contains, but upon information that some misapprehension did exist as to Mr. Canning's supposed concurrence in the reserve which had been practised towards Lord Castlereagh, transmitted to one of Lord Castlereagh's most intimate friends, to be communicated whenever he might think proper, the copy of a letter addressed by Mr. Canning to the Duke of Portland, in the month of July, in which Mr. Canning requests," in justice to himself, that it may be remembered, whenever hereafter this concealment shall be alleged (as he doubts not that it will) against him, as an act of injustice towards Lord Castlereagh, that it did not originate in his suggestion;-that, so far from desiring

it, he conceived, however errone. ously, Lord Camden to be the sure channel of communication to Lord Castlereagh; and that up to a very late period he believed such communication to have been actually made."

The copy of this letter, and of the Duke of Portland's answer to it, "acknowledging Mr. Canning's repeated remonstrances against the concealment," are still in the possession of Lord Castlereagh's friend.

The communication to Lord Camden, to which this letter refers, was made on the 28th April, with Mr. Canning's knowledge, and at his particular desire. Lord Camden being the near connexion and most confidential friend of Lord Castlereagh, it never occurred to Mr. Canning, nor was it credible to him, till he received the most positive asseverations of the fact, that Lord Camden had kept back such a communication from Lord Castlereagh.

With respect to the period at which the change in the war department was to take place, Mr. Canning was induced, in the first instance, to consent to its postpone ment till the rising-of parliament, partly by the representations made to himself, of the inconveniences of any change in the middle of a session, but principally from a consideration of the particular circumstances under which Lord Castlereagh stood in the house of commons after Easter; circumstances which would have given to his removal at that period of the session, a character which it was certainly no part of Mr. Canning's wish that it should bear.

Mr. Canning, however, received the most positive promise, that 003 a change

statement which has appeared in the public papers, that Lord Camiden withheld from Lori Castlereagh a communication which he had been desired to make to him, it is necessary that it should be understood, that, however Mr. Canning might have conceived the communication alluded to, to have been made to Lord Camden, it was never stated to Lord Camden, that the communication was made at the desire of Mr. Canning, and that, so far from Lord Camden having been authorized to make the communication to Lord Castlereagh, he was absolutely restricted from so doing.

As it may also be inferred that Lord Chmden was expected to prepare Lord Castlereaghs mind for any proposed change, it is necessary that it should be understood that Lord Camden never engaged to communicate to Lord Castlereagh any circumstances respecting it, before the termination of the expedi

tion.

Saturday's London Gazette.--Foreign Office, Nov. 11, 1809. A letter, of which the following is an extract, was this day received by Earl Bathurst, his majesty's principal secretary of state for foreign affairs, from Lieutenant-colonel Carrol, dated Army of the Left, Camp on the Heights of Tamames, Oct. 19, 1809.

I have the honour to acquaint you, that the army of Marshal Ney, now commanded by General Marchont, advanced on the morning of yesterday, in force ten thousand infantry and oue thousand two hnodred cavalry, with fourteen pieces of artillery, to attack this army,

which was most judiciously posted on these heights.

The enemy divided his force into three columns, which advanced against the right, centre, and left. of our line; it soon became evident that the principal object of his attack was to force and turn our left, it being the point in which our pos sition was weakest.

The enemy, at the commence ment, gained some advantage of position on our left, in consequence of the retreat of a small party of our cavalry, destined to cover the left of our line. This success, however, was momentary, as the vanguard, led on by Generals Mendizabel and Carrera, charged with the greatest spirit and gallantry, routed the enemy, and retook, at the point of the bayonet, six guns, of which the enemy possessed himself during the retreat of the division of our cavalry. The vanguard in this charge committed great slaughter amongst the enemy, taking from them one eight-pound gun, with a quantity of ammunition. After a long and obstinate contest, the enemy, being unable to gain a foot of ground, began to give way in all points, About three o'clock in the afternoon the enemy betook himself to a précipitate and disorderly flight.

The loss of the enemy, as far as we have been yet able to ascertain, exceeds one thousand, in killed and prisoners. The numbers of the wounded must be very considerable.

Our loss has been comparatively very trifling, not exceeding three hundred: one imperial eagle, one eight pounder brass gun, three ammunition waggons, twelve drums, with four or five thousand stand of arms, an immense quantity of ball 004 cartridges,