The Sun.
London, England, 1809-10-05 00:00:00

stice which was to expire on the 20th nit, had been
prolonged for one month, and that in case of a rupture
of the negotiations, hostilities are not to he renewed
till after six weeks notice. This arrangement con-
hrtut other proofs that BUONAPARTE is not permitted
to di&ate with a high hand, after he had vauntingly
said that the Austrian armies were annihilated, and
justifies a hope that the Emperor FRANCIS is animat-
ed by a consciousness of the strength he possesses, as
well as of the justice of his cause.

Lord MELVILLE, it is said, has been sent for,
and is soon expeEted in town. •

Yesterday, about twelve o'clock, his MAJESTY
came to town from Windsor, and was received at
the Queen's Palace, by the Dukes of KENT and
CUMBERLAND.

Soon after two.o'clock his MAJESTY held a pri-
vate Levee, wl•iclh was attended by

The Lord Chauc slur ; the Lord- ut the Treasury and
Chancellor of Lie Lxcliequer ; the Lord President of the
Council ; the Lord Privy Seal ; the Secretary ot State for the
Dep.irtnient ; the Ma,rer-General ot the Ordnance;
the F irst Lola ut the tAdnuralty ; the President of the Board
et "Trade; the President 01 the Board of Coot roul ; the Com-
mander to Cinch ; the I udge Advocate the Archbishop of
Canterbury ; the Bishop of Bangor; ;I,:arls Dalhousie and
Coventry ; Lords Arden (in waiting), Heatlitield (gold stick),
and Decriturst ; Generals Sir luhn Cradock and Stewart ;
Colonels Torrens and Nichols; Major Montalembert ; Cap.
fain beaver, Royal Navy ; Mr. West (greens in waiting).

The following had the honour of being presented
to MAjesty :
Mr. Perceval, upo.l his being appointed First Lord of his
Majesty's Treasury, in the room of the Duke of Portland,
resigned.
Major-General the Earl of Dalhousie, upon his being ap.
pointed to tile command of the 6th Garrison Battalion.
Lieutenant-General Sir lolin Cradock, upon his return
from Gibraltar. . .

The Earl of Coventry, upon coming to his title, by
Viscount Deerhurst.

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Lieutenant-Colonel Torrens, upon his being appointed
Military Secrztary to the Commancier in Chief, by Sir David
Dundas, the Commander in Chief.

The Ilion. Major-General Stewart, upon his return tram
Zealand, and upon his being appointed to the Coloneley of
the 3,1 Eattalion at the 95th Regiment.
Major Nlontaiernbert, Pet inaneiit Assistant Quarter-Mas-
ter-6eneral, upon his return train iOreign service.
Captain Beaver, R. N. upon his return train the West
Indies. _

Lieutenant-Colonel Nichols, of the 14th ReAinient of Foot,
upon his return from Walcheren.

Dr. MAJENDIE did homage before his MAJEsTy,_
upon his being translated from the Bishopric of
Chester to the Bishopric of Bangor.
His MAJESTY gave audiences to the LORD CHAN-
CELLOR, Earls WESTMORLAND, LIVEttFOOL, CAM-
DEN, CHA.TLIAM, and HARROWBY ; Lords Mtn-
GRAVE and HEATHFIELD ; Sir DAv:D DUNDAS ;
Messrs. PERCEVAL and RYDER, who laid before his
MAJESTY the proceedings of several Courts-Martial.
His MAJESTY did not hold aPI ivy Council.
Soon after six o'clock his MAJEs-:Ye set off on his
return to Windsor.

A Gentleman arrived in town, yesterday morning,
who left Flushing on Sunday last. He states that
all the French troops had lett that place for the
Danube ; that on the day he left Eushing he spoke
with a gentleman who hadlust arrived from Rotter-
dam, who informed him that a report was very cur-
rent of a great battle having been fought on the
Danube ; that the Tyrohaus had obtained a new and
splendid victory over the French, who had pene-
trated into the heart of the country, and who were
almost entirely cut to pieces. The sickness among
our troops at Flushing, he adds, had almost totally
subsided.

Extratl of a private letter from Ensiling, dated
29th Sept.-- It is quite plain that the French
think us in a complete state of difficulty; for it is a
well known fad, that in Antwerp and its neigh-
bourhood, scarcely a single soldier is to be tound.
I do not vouch for the truth of the statement ; but
I have heard it said here that South Beveland has
been abandoned by the French; but whether they
are one to Spain, or to the Emperor on the Danube,
we cannot know. I have myself been ill of the
fever, which has prevailed so much that I was un-
able to write to you, but I am much recovered, as
well as most of the troops. The disease is said to
have been caused by the soldiers, after undergoing
fatigue, drinking large draughts of stagnated water.
Those who were first taken ill used to drink the
gin which was provided for them separately, but
those who mixed it with water escaped the disease.
The water is said to be very pleasant and very
healthy here; but I do not anticipate much pleasure
from it. We do not hear much from the opposite
coast of Holland. We have had it reported, that a
battle has been fought on the Danube ; but we do
not know how to believe it. I wish it may be so.
J.ing Louts is at the Palace at the Hague. The for-
tifications at Flushing go on well. The works are
grand.

The sick Officers brought to Harwich by the
Lord Duncan Packet, Captain
,HAMILTON, from
Flushing, are upwards of 30, among whom are the
Inspector-General of Hospitals, Mr. WEBB ; the
Rev. Mr. HORMSBY, Senior Chaplain to the Army ;
Assistant-Commissary-General RUGLAND ; Assis-
tant Quarter-Master-General PIERREPONT, and se-
veral other" Staff and Regimental Officers, some of
then-`so very ill that they were landed with great
difficulty. Transports, with 2000 sick, left the
Island on Sunday last, for the Downs.
The remainder of the second battalion of the 3d,
or Old Buffs, marched from Plymouth on, Monday
for Berryhead Barracks, Torbay. .
The 250 of the same Corps, who sailed in a
transport from Plymouth on the preceding even-
ing, under convoy of the Orestes; sailed dire& for
Portugal, and not for Plymouth, as stated yesterday
by mistake.
Dr. BLANE of the Navy, and DoCtors BORLAND
and DEMPRIERE of the army, are ordered to th..l
Island of Walcheren, to form an opinion ,jointly
with Dr. M‘GREGOR, as to the expediency of keL p-
ing Our troops in that unhealthy conquest.
Parliament is not expected to meet until after
Christmas. The finances of the country are in a
very flourishing state. The Customs, it is as.,erted,
have produced within the present year, upw,-irds of
a million more than they did it] the corresponding
period of the las,t year. The Stamp duties also have
been produaive in an equal proportion ; while, front
the improvement in the collection of the Pi operty
Tax, that great source of revenue is becoine,more
abundaa. and less oppressiveihan heretofore.. •