Copy of a letter : "Camelford House"[London], to Mr. Perceval, 1809 Sept. 29.

Declining to participate in the formation of a new administration "being satisfied that it could not under the circumstances there mentioned, be productive of my Public advantage. I trust I need not say that this opinion is neither founded in any sentiment of personal hostility, nor in a desire of unnecessarily prolonging political differences. To compose, not to inflame, the divisions of the Empire has always been my anxious wish, and is now more than ever the duty of every loyal subject. But my accession to the existing administration could, I am confident, in no respect contribute to this object, nor could it, I think, be considered in any other light, than as a dereliction of Public Principle. This answer, which I must have given to any such proposal if made while this Government was yet entire, cannot be varied by the retreat of some of its members. My objections are not personal; they apply to the principle of the Government itself, and to the Circumstances which attended its appointment;" asking him to deliver "in the most respectful terms, his opinions to the King.