The Sun.
London, England, 1814-10-03 00:00:00

FRANKFORT AND BRUSSELS PALTRS.

GHENT, SEPT. .`26.—The best understanding
and intimacy continue to prevail between the
two Legations at the Congress. On Thursday
the Americans gave a grand entertainment to a
hundred persons, to which the EngliSh Ministers,
and a !lumber of the principal citizens, were in-
vited. While we see the Ministers of the two
nations behave to each other with the greatest
friendship, and remain constantly at their post,
we cannot but wonder at seeing, continually, both
in the London and Paris Papers, articles which
state, among other things, that Lord GAMBIER
has asked leave of his Court to return to London,
because his presence is no longer necessary at the
Congress; that the Ministry have consented; that
the American Ambassadors began to assume a very
lofty tone; that the pretensions of England are so
extravagant that an arrangement is impossible ; that
the Neptune is to sail in a fortnight, to convey
the American Legation home. All these asser-
tions prove how little the writers are acquainted
with, the affairs of the Congress.
On the other hand, we have seen, with still
lin more astonishment, in one (dour own
extract of a letter from Ghent, saying,—" Two
Strangers of Distinction had been introduced into
the hotel of the American Ambassadors, and that
they were certainly the Russian Mediators so long
expected." It is well known: that the British Go-
vernment has long since refused the mediation of
Russia, declaring its resolutions to finish the affairs
of the United States, without tile intervention of

any third power. The two -strangers were no
Other than the Secretaries of State, Messrs. Falk

and Baron de Capillan, who, as we said, were
present at the entertainment given by the Ameri-
can Legation in their Hotel of Loverdighem.
BRussELs, SEPT. Royal Highness the
Prince Sovereign, utter visiting Maesti•icht, Has-
selt, and a part of the left bank of the Meuse, ar-
rived on the 26th, at noon, at Namur. The
Prince reviewed the Dutch garrison, commanded
by General Stedinan, and then examined the for-
tifications of the Castle, which is to become one
of the bulwarks of Belgium.
On the 27th, early in the morning, .his High-
ness left Namur, and arrived at Mous in the after-
noon; the brilliant reception given him in that
town, the joy and enthusiasm that animated its
inhabitants, greatly affected the heart of a Prince
whose sole object is to make us forget the mis-
fortunes that have afflicted our country for these
twenty years. In the evening his Royal High-
ness honoured with his presence a magnificent
Rte, given by the City at the Hotel of the Mayor.
On the 28th, in the morning, he rode on horse-
back to view the canal from Mons to Conde, and
returning soon after, left the capital of Hainaut,
and arrived in the evening at Brussels.
SWITZERLAND, SEPT. 20.—Her Royal Highness
the Princess of %Vales arrived on the 17th at
Basle, and set off the -next day for Berne. The
Cantons of Schwitz and Underwald persist in re-
fusing to join the Diet. On the 17th, the whole
Council of Schwitz, and 32 Deputies fron► Un-
derwald, after high mass, swore in the church to
observe the alliance of 1315. Afte7r the oath, a
Teti tn was celebrated.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

" Patuxent, in the Chesapeake, Sept. 2, ISM

" Since I wrote you on the 30th ult. I learn
that the stand made by the Yankees was on a very
fine military position, called Prospect Hill, near
Bladensburgh, leading into Washington. The
light brigade, composed of the 85th and 21st,
had the honour of putting them to flight. They
were commanded (from casualties) • by Captain
READ, of the 3d West India Regiment, who was
in the fleet, for the purpose of enlisting blackS.
He had the temporary command of a party from
tl►e Albion, consisting of what we call Colonial
Marines, being men enlisted from the emigrant
slaves of the. neighbouring States. We have about
220 of them, and very excellent soldiers they
make. They had the honour of being in the ad-
vance, and are spoken of in the highest terms
in tr►th, our Black Aaxiliaries were the admira-
tion of the European Regiments. A depot of a
temporary nature had been formed for them on
the island of Tangier, in the Chesapeake, by Ad-
miral COCKBURN, where there are now about 300,
including women and children. The estates of
Virginia and Maryland have suffered materially
from these desertions.

Sir T. HARDY joined yesterday, in the Ramilies,
and taking the place of the Albion in the fleet,
will be the means of sending that ship, ;t is under-
stood smmediately' to Bermuda, to which place
the Bulwark will be ordered to receive admiral
COCKBURN'S flag. The battalion of marines, that
carne out under the convoy of the Tonnant, has,
in consegnence of Colonel MALcomses arrival here
to command them, been divided by Sir Ar.nxAN-
DER COCHRANE into two battalions, one of which
has very properly been given to Major LEwis,
who is to add the Colonials (Blacks) to them :
his Staff are also appoi►►ted, viz. Lieut. ADAMSON,
as Paymaster, and Lieut. JAS. MLLES, Adjutant.

Charles Ifuske "Men, a sorter of letters in the
General Post-Office, has been committed by the
LORD 111AYon for trial, charged with embezzling
letters, containing property. Several Bank notes
were fosnd in Lis possession,