POSTSCRIPT.
SATURDAY.
MarquisIVrt.r.r.sr.cy resigned the office of Lord Chamberlain on Thursday. The Times announced the fact yesterday, and undertook to supply at second or third-hand from the Marquis's own lips, the rea- sons which had induced him to resign. On being questioned on the subject, Marquis WELLESLEY, according to the Times, declared,
"that he had not resigned from any inability to execute the duties of the office, but because if he retained it, he must support Lord Melbourne's Administration, and this, as a man of honour, he could not do, it being evident to him that the Government of Ireland had been delegated by Lord Melbourne, or through some irresponsible colleague of the noble Lord, into the hands of Mr. O'Connell."
This statement the Times professed to have received from "authority which entitled it to implicit credit ; nor," it added, "will any thing but gross ignorance or barefaced impudence-both of which, however, are sometimes put in requisition for party purposes-enable any man, jour- nalist or not, to deny the truth of it.' Lord MELBOURNE, however, is that "grossly ignorant" or " barefacedly impudent" person; for he de- nied in the House of Peers last night, on the Marquis WELLESLEY'S own authority, that dissatisfaction with the conduct of Government in regard to Ireland had any thing whatever to do in the matter of his resignation : on the contrary, Lord WELLESLEY approved of Lord MELBOURNE'S Irish policy. Thus, the only point which gave the least importance to Lord WEL- LESLEY'S resignation is disposed of. It would seem that Lord LON- DONDERRY was the Times' informant ; as his Lordship asserted last Bight that he bad heard from a person who had beard from Lord WEL- LESLEY, that his Lordship's reason for resigning were such as the Times gave.
The real cause of the resignation does not appear; but it ought to be avowed. In all these cases, Ministers lose much by mystery. Perhaps the King is not very courteous towards those whose duties bring them frequently into contact with him. It often happens that Monarchs as well as private men, who are thwarted abroad, revenge themselves on those who are forced to bear their ill-humour at home. But Lord WELLESLEY is not forced to bear any man's ill-humour-not even a King's.
But the Times asks why Lord Wellesley was not sent back to Ire- land ? Because (we presume) Lord Mer.Gnavs is a younger, more efficient, and more popular man than Lord WELLESLEY. In Ireland the value of popularity in a Viceroy cannot be overrated: it is in itself worth more than an army.
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