The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-04 00:00:00

guard will consist only of 4000 men until further
orders.
The Duke of Abrantes has passed several days
here, during which he has appeared to h; much oc-
cupied. His Excellency has had frequent confer-
ences with the Minister at War, and has tisited our
Ifortifications, and all our military establishments.—
All Saxony, is comprehended in the territory occu-
-1 pied by the Bth corps'of the grand army, which his
Excellency commands in Chief. He has returned
from Baireuth, where his head-quarters remain es-
-1 tablished. _ _

The division of the Bth corps, which will be sta-
tioned in Saxony, will be composed of French and

Saxon troops. It is estimated at more than 16,000
men. General CARRA ST: 'CYR is the ,superior
chief of this division, and at the same time Corn-

mandant of Dresden. General THIELMANN, who
commands under his orders the Saxon troops, may
dispose of 7 or aOOO men of new levies, who are
exercised in the different towns of the kingdom, and
who will without delay join. their tespedtve corps.
Thus, besides the two Saxon divisions which are
with the grand army under the command of Gen.
RRGNtER, at present.at Presburgh, in Hungary, we
shall have on foot a sufficient number of troops to
defend Saxony, should there be occasidn".
The ramparts and all the out-works of the city of
Dresden are now . repaired, and furnished with .56
pieces of heavy artillery. The works which 'are
carrying with the greatest activity, will render
this place as strong as it was in the Seven years war.
Measures are taken to convey at the instant the
war shall break out anew on the banks ,of the
Danube, the most valuable - effeels, -and among
pthers, the_gallery of pidures,- to the fortress of
Konigstein, near. Pirna. This fortress is.in the best
state of defence; and considerable magazines are
established there.

We have in. the neighbourhood 'of this city, a
camp, composed of : French, Poles and Sa:conS.
The troops -destined to-occupy it are successively
'arriving.--(Abeille du Nord, Sept. 22.)
BOHEMIA, SEPT. 14.—According td some ac-
counts, her Majesty the Empress of Austria is much
indisposed.
.1-lAlkiovEß, SLrpT. J7.—The Royal Westphalian
Guards are still' here, an& have as yet received no
orders to march; they were yesterday reviewed by
the Inspector VON GRUEN,—(Correspon4ent, Sept,
SO.)

The following is given as a correct statement of
the.circurnstance.s which attended the recent negn-
ciations

The overture was made.-:-.by a .Letter from Mr,
PERCEVAL, "hid), in substance, stated, that in coo-
stquence of the Duke of P9RTLAND'S resignation,
his MAJtc,TY 'had anthuried Mr. PERCEVAL and
Lord LIVERP,OL " to communicate with Lords
GREY and GRENVILLE, 1-0( the. purpose of fainting
an extended and combined Administnition ;" for
that purpose Mr. PERCEVAL expressed a hope that
the Noble Lords would" come to town ; stating to
each respeEtively, that he had by the E.. ING's com-
mand macic a .imilar conitnunication to the other;
and adding, that Lord CASTLEREAGH and Mr. CAN-
NING had also resigned.
. Lord GRY, who received the letter in Northum-
berland, immediately acknowledged the receipt of
it, btit declined coming to town, stating, that if
his MAJESTY 'had had any commands for hits per.-
sonally, he would have obeyed instantly, but that as
it was proposed to him to communicate with- his
MAJESTY'S present' Ministers, for the pu.pose of
forming a combined Administration with them, he
must at once declare, that such a union' was, with
respect to him, under present circumstances, im-
possible.
Lord GREY'S refusal. to come to town 4as been
represented as disreskeEtful in itself; we hive been
anxidus to ascertain this point, as well as others,
and we feel ourselves fully authorized to state, that
it was in the manner of it, as would natnrally have
been expeaed, perlealy respectful to his MAJESTY,
free from every sort of asperity or incivility to Mr.
PERCEVAL Or Lord LlVesizroot, ; seeming to have
been dictated by a determination 'formed on public
arounds only, out to comply with the invitation to
communicate with them npoti' such a subjed ; and
that he iherefore thought it his duty, out of respect
to the !LING, and in idirness to them, not to leave
them for, a moment in doubt,
.when he had,nd doubt
in his own' mind.

Lord"GagsviLLE was in Cornwall; he also im-
mediately acknowfedged the receipt of Mr. PETICE- •
VAL'S letter,' and stated, that understanding it as an
official significat,ion of his. Majesty's pleasure for his
attendance in town, he.-would lose -no time in re-
pairing thither in obedience to his MAJESTY'S-COM-
mands,, deleiring until his arrival, all observations on
the other matters to which the letter ieferred.
We understand that his- Lordship (witit Lady
PRENVILLE and Mr. rrHONIAS GrRENVILLE), arrived
in town accordingly on Thursday night •; and on
Friday morning wrote another Letter to Mr. PER.
CEVAL, in which, after noticing his arrival in town
the preceding night, he stated, that he thought it his
duty to low no time in expressing the necessity un-
der which he felt of declining the communication
proposed, as not likely to be Prodnaive of any public
good.
The letter •proxeds to state in civil terms, that
his opinions were not founded in any feeling of per-
sonal hostility, nor in a desite of unnecessarily pro-
longing political differences.
That his objea has always, been to conipose,
not to inflame, the divisions of the'Empire, which
Was now More than ever the duty of every loyal sub-
jeet ; but that " his accession to the existing Admi-
nistration" could not contribute to that objet}, and
could only be considered as a dercliaion of public
principles.
" That his objeaions were not Rersonal ; that