Norfolk Gazette And Publick Ledger

August 1.

By the ship Hare, captain Barry, from Bordeaux, we have received French papers to the 14th of June, from one of which the following interesting article is translated for the Mercantile Advertiser.

Frankfort, June 4.

The following details on the position of the Russian and Prussian army are given as authentic. The corps of Prussian troops from the right wing of the coalesced army. Its right is supported by Friedland, and its left extends to Wormditt. The Passarge separates it from the French troops; that river is very shallow, Prussian deserters often pass it over to the French army. From their reports it would seem that the Prussian troops are much too far extended, comparatively to their number. The Russians occupy the line leading from Wormditt to Schippenbeil through Allenberg and Bartenstein. They have strong guards posted in front of their wings and centre. General Platow, hetman of the Cossacks commands that of the left wing and carries his reconnoitrings as far as Osterode. A body of Russian troops separated from the Russian and main army is stationed between Bialystok and the Bug.

The communication between the French, Prussian, and Russian head-quarters continues to be very frequent; and a general opinion is prevalent, that negotiations for the re-establishment of peace are followed up with some hopes of success. The Prussians appear to be extremely desirous of it.

According to the Nuremberg Gazette, M. de Novosilzof and baron de Hardenberg have arrived at the French head quarters as plenipotentiaries.

Late Foreign Intelligence.

Received at Boston by the Savannah.

London, June 2.

Sun Office, 2 o'clock P. M.--We stop the press to announce the receipt of foreign papers of a late date, from which we have made the following extracts:

Augsburg, May 18.

We expect here to-morrow, the French horse chasseurs and Cuirassiers: they will be followed by the Spanish regiment of Guadalajara, and several other regiments.

So much has been said lately of negociation, and the reports which have been circulated are so contradictory, that it is difficult to know what to believe.

It is however generally believed that the negotiations are not so far advanced as was believed. They say, that Emperor Napoleon, always anxious to employ all the means in his power to prevent the effusion of blood, had proposed Peace to the emperor of Russia and king of Prussia, on very moderate terms: that the two sovereigns replied, they were ready to treat, but that their connexions with Great Britain and Sweden did not permit them to act without the participation of those courts. It is said that France did not oppose this proposition, declaring that she wished for a general peace. The principle of compensation was then proposed as the basis of a peace, and some general articles were even discussed; all these propositions have been communicated to the courts of London and Stockholm, but their answers have not yet arrived. The letters from Poland say, that these communications have been made through the medium of Aids-de-Camp, but that no diplomatick conferences have yet taken place. Baron St. Vincent, who represents the sovereign whose mediation has been accepted, had been made acquainted with what had passed--but it is feared that the intrigues of the English minister will frustrate the efforts of the friends of humanity.

June 3.

Upon Gen. Benningsen has the chief command of the Allied army been conferred. The emperor Alexander, after expressing in General Orders his entire approbation of the conduct of General Benningsen, and of the high sense and opinion which he entertains of his talents and his services, orders it to be notified to the army, that the supreme command is vested in that officer, and that all dispatches are to be transmitted to, as well as orders received from him.

June 4.

Major Morgan, who was the bearer of the last dispatches from Lord Hutchinson, is an officer no less distinguished for his intelligence than his bravery and skill. He was at Gen. Benningsen's head quarters the day previous to his setting out for England; the Russian Chief had then made all the necessary dispositions for battle, but waited to ascertain the object of certain movements of the enemy before he commenced the meditated general action, upon the result of which the fate of the Continent might depend.

It is stated, in letters from Vienna of the 14th, that the Emperor, on leaving Osterode, passed over the Carpathian mountains, to have a conference with the Emperor of Russia.

The French have devoted uncommon labour to strengthen their position in Prussia; the banks of the Lorge from Marienwerder to the Braunsberg lake, and thence to the Passarge, present a continued chain of batteries, defended by 300 pieces of cannon.