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LONDON- 1!!c FRIDAY, MAY 14. Vcston. Vhe JCat ion af TnleWgcncer of Friday last stales, that I lie ofTW- of mediation had not been made bv the Russian Govern- ment, until since the adjournment of Congress, and Hial when made it was promptly accepted on the part of our Goverinnent This offer of mediation amounts to nothing more than an oiler to he Hie medium for transmitting a .proposition for peace, from one of the belli- gerents to the other. The acceptance of this is merely a promise, either to make., or to receive, such a proposition. We arc sorry to say, that we see in this transaction no new prospect ot peace," liloclwdin^ Squadron.—Accounts from Xor- fuik are to the 11th, at night It was thea reported, that 300 men had been landed from -thesquadron on Old Point Comfoit; that the town was in a hustle, and every one trying fo his properly. The Consteflation, and about 90 pin-hoals, were at Crancy is- land. It was ascertained that the fleet had no iroopson board, except the usual complement of marines. The iurce to he employed ou the ecuiheirn station, consists six 74's, twelve six sloops of war. and six tenders, Mos: of the ships have bombs, carcases, and rockets on board. AGe tlemau wholcfi the Chesapeake squa- -dron March. 8, informs that they intended to tuke possession of Ninth's Island thai day, "Wilh detachments of 150 from each ship. An ■expedition against Smith's Island, we should conceive, would not require a very formidable 4rre. A letter from Norfolk, March 9, mentions ■the alarm at that place,,and that a gentleman fro./o.the iieet says one of the 74's has rockets and.-bombs on board, and that another cxnc. -dilion was tilting out at Bermuda. The Nor- folk bank* have removed their specie. A postscript says tne alarm has somewhat sub- -?;idcfl. From the Albany Gazelle of Fcb. 25. We are indebted to the politeness of General to we tender our thanks, tor the following exlract of a letter, convey- ing the distressing intelligence of the capture of Ogdenslnngh, by the British, ou the 22d Instant. •Exit •net of a Letter from Colonel Malcolm, com- manding at Suckctl's Harbour, to Gen. Dear- born. SackdVs Harbour, 9, A. M. February 23. I have this moment received an express from Forsyth, informing me of the enemy's liavHif-u eeecied in driving-hirri out of Ogdens- bursrh. yesterday morning, at nine o'clock. It ■was not done without a severe conteit, in which the enemy suffered very considerably. The ene- my attacked in two columns of fiOO men each, at about eicht o'clock in the morning-. The Capf. -reports '20 men killed anrl wounded among the 'la'rer LicuI. Haird; and trom the coolness with "which his r-igettien fired, that the eiieitilv in is- t liave lost three times that number. The Captain retreated with all his force to Black Lake, about .oine mileslhis side Ogdensburg. N. B. The enemy had m >re than double the •number under Captain Forsyth. There were no stores of any c.<msequenee at Ogdensburgh." Albany, Feb, 28, Albany is all in confu- sion.— An express has arrived from Col. Pike, but I cannot ascertain its contents. Tliis morning Gen. Dearborn,slat ted from Sackett's Harbour in a coach and four, and the troops stationed at Greenbush, amounting to about 500, commence their march tomorrow morn- i»vg..General I'revosl has adjourned the Le gislatureof Canada, aud has inarched with all his force to Kingston. SoIllcthliig of iiiot-neiit is certainly about transpiring. This moment forty sailors have arrived in stages from Newport on their way to Sackell's Harbour. i¥mhiri%ton City, March 9.—Two en tie ttien arri ed in town last night from thefarmy, and bring the important information that Gen. Harrison had gone on to Maiden with 3,000 men, for the purpose of destroying the Queen Charlotte, aud other vessels there, some t>f which are said to be building. Fast Sailing. — His M-sjesty's ship Cossack, 'Captain I'rancis Staufell, sailed from Gibral- tar on liie 22d of January, with eleven ves seis bound !o the West Indies, Ac. and after proceeding to Surinam, Demerara, Barba- dues, Antigua, St. Croix, and Curacoa, ar- rived al Jamaica, in only forty days in run- ning- down the Trades, the Cossack in twelve days went 2500 miles. Between St. Croix and Jamaica, fell in wilh a small privateer, under independent colours, fitted out at Carthagena, with a Sliatiisii If) company, her prize; both of them Captain Staufell carried to Port B oy a J with him, and, on examination, the privateer proved to be an American. Many of the same description were cruising off Ja m\¡ra, hy ¡he last <l(lvtcel!. Extract of a-letter dated Hamburgh, April 18:—" General Morand's brother and another were 'executed yesterday, by way of retalia- tloll for the murder of Messrs.-Ftink and Berger by the French General Vaudamme. A French spy was shot a few days ago. I am hnppy to tell you thai provisions are much cheaper Ihati I expected to find them. A single gen tleman may live well and drink a pint of wine every day for IOOl, per annum. There are now In Hamlwrgh a thousand Cossacks, and the singularity of their appearance excites the attention of every one indeed, it is difficult to restrain OHI--risible faculties whenever they make their appearance, but not without en- tertaining the highest opinion of their valuable service. Not one of Ibcm has Ihe smallest I remnant of his native clothing* all wcarin°' uoexreptiouabiy <>-»e dress or other of those who have fallen Hy their hands. One is seen dressed cap-a-pceina French Marshal's coat, another in a General's others, of course, more numerous, with the dress of officers of lower rank, privates, &c. but anything like a fit of tihl clothing being foreign to their native habits, they cut a curious figure. The hreast plates and various French insignia at- liched to their dresses, tend also to render them so uncouth in t'eir appearance, that I I 1 11 cannot omit noticing it. They are indeed a brave and hardy race of men. They refuse both quarter for themselves, and stabling for their horses, aud the horse and rider sleep in the streets together, side by side. They are ext rf-tileil orderly, and seem particularly au- xious lo cross ittu Rhine."

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