Copy of a letter : "St. James's Square"[London], to George Canning, 1809 Sept. 19.

Expressing his displeasure with the circumstances surrounding Canning's role in forcing his resignation; stating that despite the fact "that you pronounced it unfit that I should remain charged with the conduct of the War, and by which my Situation as a Minister of the Crown, was made dependent upon your Will and Pleasure, you continued to sit in the same Cabinet with me and to leave me not only in the persuasion that I possessed your Confidence and support as a Colleague, but you allowed me, tho thus virtually superseded, in breach of every principle of Good Faith both Publick and Private, to originate and proceed in the Execution of a new Enterprize of the most arduous and important nature, with your apparent Concurrence and ostensible approbation. You were fully aware that, if any situation in the Government had been disclosed to me, I could not have submitted to remain one moment in office, without the entire Abandonment of my Private Honour and Publick Duty - You knew I was deceived, and you continued to deceive me....It was therefore your act and your Conduct which deceived me, and it is impossible for me to acquiesce in being 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 publick man, to resent your demanding, upon Publick Grounds, my Removal from the particular office I have held, or even from the administration, as the Condition of your remaining 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 unjustifiable Manner, and at the Expence of my Honour and Reputation, and I consider that you were bound, at least, to avail yourself of the same alternative, namely your own Resignation, to take yourself out of the Predicament of practicing such a deceit towards me, which you did exercise in demanding a decision for my Removal. Under these Circumstances, I must require that Satisfaction from you to which I feel myself entitled to lay Claim."