Star.
London, England, 1813-05-12 00:00:00

S'i;Ait OFFICE, TW,O O'CLOCK.

Letters *have been this instant received in Town
from Heligbland, dated on the Bth instant. They
state that the Russians and French have had several
severe engagements On the Banks of the Elbe, be-
tween Lttneburg and Bremen, which tertininated in
favour of the Russians. It was reported at Heligo-
land, that the French had entered Cuxhaven in con-
siderable force.

An account was brought to Cuxhaven that the
Prince of SmoLENsxo was dead, and that Wrrtmnr-
STEIN had been appointed to the chief command of
the Russian Armies.

This morning, Captain BEDFORD, of the CHILDERS
sloop, from the American station, atrived at the Ad-
miralty with dispatches, but they do not relate to
matters of public interest.

Yesterday closed the funding of the Four-per-cents.
and Debentures, when 03,700,000 were funded, and
880,000 Debentures ; of course, there is a deficiency
of 12,300,000.

All the personal Legacies of the late Duke of
QUEENSBURY, which are of great amount, are ob-
jected to by the Heir at Law, Marquis DOUGLAS,
on the alledged ground, that the Duke had let the
principal of the entailed estates at low rents, in order
to raise fines on the tenantry, from which his Grace's
immense moneyed property is supposed to have been
accumulated.

Thursday morning, Mr. James Hendry, midship-
man, was sent off from Glasgiv.v, under an escort, to
Edinburgh, to stand trial before the High Court of
Justiciary. He commanded a party, belonging to
an impress tender, that landed at Campbeltown on
15th March, and impressed some seamen. A mob
collected to attempt a rescue, and pelted the press-
gang with stones ; and they, in defenctk fired, when,
unfortunately, —MgLean, a girl 14 years of age,
was kilted.

On the evening of Friday last, another attempt
was made by some of the prisoners to escape from
the depot of Perth. They had promised a soldier of
the Durham Militia a considerable sum if he would
favour their project, and the man, with great pro-
priety, pretending to acquiesce in their proposal, gave
immediate information of it to his superiors. By
these he was directed to carry on the delusion, and
he accordingly permitted six of the prisoners to get
over the walls, by a ladder of ropes which they had
prepared. Four were fairly out, and one of them
even upon the burial-ground ; btit they were received
by a strong party of soldiers, who had been privately
posted at that place, while the remaining two were
at the same time apprehended in the dry ditch. The
whole were lodged in the cachot. In this affair it
seems to have been diamond cut diamond ; for the
prisoners had intended to cheat the soldier of his re-
ward. What they gave him for doubloons, as they
passed his station, were only three-shilling pieces, and
the Bank-notes only waste paper.
Monday evening a man servant in the family of the
Earl of DUNDONALD, Stafford-street, Lisson Green,
being somewhat impertinent to his Lordship, Lord
COCHRANE, being in an adjoining apartment, hearing
high words between his father, the Earl of DeNDO-
WALD, and the servant, hastily entered, and ques-
tioned the servant as to the reason of his impertinence ?
when in return the man turned round to his Lord-
ship, and gave him the most gross abuse. It came to
blows, when his Lordship received two or three cuts
of a stick, and was knocked down. The rest of the
servants hearing the noise, immediately hastened to
the spot, a constable was sent for, and the man was
taken into custody, and lodged in the watch-house all
night. Next morning Lord COCHRANE ordered him
to be discharged, as he did not wish to prosecute him,
he being: an old servant, and upwards of sixteen years
in the family. His Lordship received several severe
cuts and bruises, but we are happy to learn that none
of them are dangerous.
A few days since, a poor infirm man, aged 103,
from Yorkshire, was delivered into the custody of the
Marshal of the King's Bench, for a debt of Twenty
Pounds!! The poor man's apprehensions were so
great on entering the prison, that he was seized with
a sudden and violent illness, which induced the Mar-
shal, on a representation of the case, to have him re-
moved to a comfortable apartment in Belvidere-place;
but notwithstanding every alleviation which humanity
could suggest was promptly administered, he expired
the same evening.

ANOTHER Two THOUSAND The Ticket No.
16,341, a Prize of 5e2,000, being the largest Capital
yet drawn, was shared by WEBB, in one Quarter, one
Eighth, and ten Sixteenths, at his truly fortunate
Office, 17, Ludgate-street, near St. Paul's. This, it
is confidently hoped, is only the precursor of still
greater luck that awaits those who have already given
WEBB's Office a preference, or those who, availing
themselves of the present rich state of the Wheel,
purchase a Ticket or Share before Tuesday next, being
the Second Day of Drawing, when the first-drawn
Prize above £2O will be entitled to £20,000.