Star.
London, England, 1812-01-24 00:00:00

. WAR WITH RUSSIA AND FRANCE.

The rumour of an approaching war in the North
of Europe is still kept up. Indeed we do not see how
it is to be avoided, if the sources from which the sub-
joined accounts are taken can be relied on.

" HELIGOLAND, JANUARY 13.

" By *a passenger just arrived from the opposite
coast, and who had every means of procuring infor-
mation, we have been informed, that immense pre-
parations have been making by the French for some
time, in the prospect of a war with Russia. They
have purchased, or put in requisition, in Holstein,
6,000 head of cattle, and immense quantities of
grain, which they are conveying into the interior, and
have sent from Hamburgh towards the frontiers of j
Poland, a numerous train of heavy artil!ery.
" Every iregiment is to be provided with five field
pieces, and the plan for the commencement of hosti-
lities is so formidable and so far advanced, that it is
confidently expected Bonaparte will make himself
master of Poland within two months, should the pre-
parations made not strike dismay into the Russian
Government, and induce it to accede to the wishes of
the French Ruler : every appearance justifies the opi-
nion that Bonaparte had determined upon a war with
Russia twelve months ago, and that his negotiations
have had for their object only to gain time and tem
porise, till he was in readiness to strike a decisive blow.'
4, HELIGOLAND, JANUARY 14.

a We are extremely concerned to learn from ac-
counts brought by a flag of truce from Husum, the
disastrous loss of the Sr. GEORGE, of 95 guns, and
DEFENCE, of 74, on the coast of Jutland, with three
brigs and some merchantmen. The Sr. GEORGE is
said to have gone to the bottom, and every man on
board to have perished, and only 17 of the crews of
the other vessels to have been saved.

" By late accounts from other parts of the coast we
have been informed that a war between Russia (in
conjunction with Prussia) and France is more confi-
dently looked for than ever, and that hostilities may
be certainly expected to commence by the beginning
of next month. The brave Prussian General BLU-
CHER is, it is said, to have a command in the Russian
army.

4. The batteries at Cuxhaven and other parts on
the coast, have been entirely dismantled of their
guns, with a view, it is supposed, of preventing
them falling into the hands of the English, should
circumstances render it necessary to march off all the
troops at those stations, to the scene of the exi-ccted
campaign.

" The hospitals in Hamburgh are stated to be
crowded with sick of the French army, consisting of
troops %ho have been marched thither from Spain,

and who are dying (ram 20 to SO every day, in con:
sequence of diseases brought on by excessive exertions;
fatigue's, and famine. T.‘e dead are ;nil in 'sacks and
buried in the sands on the sh,,i s of the Elbe; during
the nizht; to conceal their numbers from the inha-
bitants;

Several regiments have lately been marched fiord
Hamburgh towardi the Prussian frontiers:
By every thing we can learn, th- Danei have
begUn to lay aside iheir rancour and animosity against
the Engtsh, which they have sheo•n on every occa-
sion since the rupture; and to pen. ive and acknow-
ledge that Engtand, in the p' licy which led to a war
with Denmark, was actuated by m"tivcs forced upon
her by the irrtsistible ambition of the French Rukr;
and the peculiar 'circumstances of Europe at the
time, and dictated by a wise and prudent regard to
self preset vation."

On the subject of Eccksiastical Law, brought
under discussion last night in the I louse (of Commt;:tt;
we believe there can be but one general sentiment
throughout the country. It is high time that the
evils resulting from the retnains cf monkish ignorance
and ecclesiastical usurpation should bevnirpated.

REPORTED DEFEAT OF THE FRENCH
BY THE S2ANIARDS,
UNDER GENERAL LAPENA.

The following communication has reached us from
a most respectabh liouze at Dartmouth :

" Dartmot.tli, January el, 1814.
• " Ste—The following communica:ion has just been
made me by the Master of the Lord Cochrane, which
vessel is in Tot tilt! particulars are entered on
their log-book, but the name exactly the master does
not carry ist his memory :—you may rely nn the
truth of the information, as it was given the Lord
Cochrane :
'‘ His Majesty's hired brig Lord Cochrane, Lieu-
tenant TINDALE Commander, spoke with the Ketch
letter of marque called the Ceaeral, of 10 guns and
20 men, on Saturday, oil' the St-irt, the Master ot
/which informed Lieutenant T. he was from Cadir
six days ; that he had dispatches on board for Go-
vernment, and that the Spanish General LATENA had
had an engagement with the French, and that Gene-
ral LAPENA had defeated them and taken 1800 pri.
sorms."

To the above we have to add the knowing letter
from Dover, as a strong corroboration of the above
intelligence: :

" Dover, January 23.

Arrived in the roads the brig General Potbet, of
and for London, with wool and logwood, from Co.
runna, and landed Senor CARLOS MOTPIA. She
sailed from Corunna on the 19. th Instant. A re•
port had been, two days previous to .their sailing.
is circulation, and generally credited, that one of
the Spanish Generals in Castile had had an action
with the French, and taken 1800 prisoners.—The
name cf the Spanish General, nor the time when or
where the action took place, Senor MOMu could nut
recollect."