The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-03 00:00:00

OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

" Lien r. PoosoN, of his Majesty's ship Brainb/e,
is arr:ved in town from America. lie s%iled I'l'o°l
the Chesapeake so late as the evening of the 12th
of January. ,The dispatches of which he is the
bearer are said to relate to the negotiation pr°'
posed some time since by the American Govern':
Their content's have no; been permitted to
•anspire but the Lieutenant has brought Arne-
can. Papers to so hate a date as the 10th Jill"

lent.

uary, which contain very important intelligence-
, 4' On the 6th, the PIiESIDE'NT laid before t"
Con ;Tess the Answer of Lord CASTLEREAdIi'

dated November 4, 1813, io the proposition for lig
negociation tinder the mediation ,of Russia, 'ill
substance declining the mediation, hut professiq
a readiness to treat directly with the United State's'
either in London, or if that should in objected tu).
at
7i Goftcol)urgh.
" TliO PRESIDENT also laid before Congress the
Reply" which he had ordered Mr. Alobruos "
make, of which it may be supposed Lieutenant
PocsoN is the bearer, acceding to Lord COTO:-
REAGII'S proposition, and selecting Gottenburh
as the place of negociation. In the'Message wUll.
which the PRESIDENT transmits these documents,

Le urges Congress to vigorous preparations f°‘
ivar, as not likely to impede the progress of o'4

negotiation.
• " The National Intelligenar also contains the
official account of another defeat suffered by ifre
Americans on their own frontier. On the- l9t1"
early in the morning, a British 'regular and Lodi:l';
force crossed the river, and completelysnrprizet
Fort Niagara, which they took, and -put to tjje
sword, or made prisoners, the. whole garrison'
'except twenty men. ' General MAcLuaE, n'h°
writes this account to the American Secretory °
War, gives an'account of.some other less:afillirs
in which 'the British were also successful.
Major-Gen. HALL writes to Governor TOgr'
KINS, dated Buffaloe, the 25th December.„stql4;
that on receiving information of the
capture °
Niagara, be had set out for the frontier. 'rile
force which lie had collected to nice.: another at.
tack 'which the British threatened, anioante'
to about 2000, besides a-xpected_reinforcenlents'
He states, the American loss at Niagara to
be immense, ,thougb the actual number SI
not known. On the 30th December, GencP
"'ALL writes again to Governor Tomf;FuNs, II"'c
he had suffered 'a complete defeat from tl,
enemy on that da"7: The British, supported'l4 il'.
strong party of Indians, passed over near:Vac-1
roak early on that morning. They were met hYf: (
the American Militia with spirit, but'or ercolne' I
the General states, 'by the nuinber and disciplive. !I
()tate British, the Militia gave way, and fled °n
every side. The flourishing village of Buff"l°e
was taken and laid in ruins, and tl4e wholeathe -
Niagara frontier was laid open. . _
" Another letter, dated- from Buffaloe, on tbe
26th December, states the American force then
assembled at that town, at tniwards of 3000 Pl'll'
•
and that in three days they were to be a' 00.- :
strong.

" Four American schooners, which had 1)=.611
used as gun-boats, were taken and destroyed.
" Since writing the above,-we have learnt t'l3t
Lieut.,PocsoN has brought no other dispatollee.