Star.
London, England, 1831-02-14 00:00:00

ATTEMPT TO EXTORT MONEY.

Accounts arrived in town on Saturday representing tha. fellows have
been taking advantage of the confusion occasioned throughout the coon.
try by the late extensive forgeries, detected by means of the great acti-
vity of the Agents of the Rankers, and that numerous stump's have
been trade to obtain money upon the assurance of a disclosure of the
particulars of a conspiracy to commit forgeries. The following Circular
has been issued throughout the count!y by the e° nmittee of the Country
Bankers' Association :

" London, 10th February. 1831.
"Gentlemen—By direction of the Committee of the Country Bank-
ing Association. 1 forward you, annexed, the copy of a let:cr which
oppears to have been extensively circulated among the country banker .
The object of the writer is evidently to extort n:oney ; anti this cox.
tnunication is made fer your government, in the event of ynnr receiv,;
sz
a similar application. Those letters that have hitherto been received
are dated from Worcester, Kidderminster, and Stourport, and measures
have been taken to expose the authors thereof."
"To Messrs. ——, of the -- Bank."

r, Feb. 5,.11F31.

" Gentlemen—You will, no doubt, be surprised to hear that their
are parties near Birmingham committing a forgery on your Bank. It
is in the power of a person who is known to the writer of this letter to
give yru every information on the subject, so as to enable you to detect
them. lie will do so provided you give him bffi. the one-half paid in
advance, and the remainder afterwards : and you arc also to engage that
one of the party shall not be prosecuted. Inu may find hint useful as a
witness. It remains fur your consideration to advance the money or
not: if you do so, you may place the greatest reliance on having evcty
particular sent to you. His family is respeciable. and he will not have
his name brought into question.
" I am, Oentlenan, your obedient serval*,
" Please to address, post paid, Post-Office Kidderminster.
t•P.S. If you wish an interview with the person, and you will er-
n& 101. he will wait on you."
i We are given to understand that en intelligent officer was dispatched
to the neighbourhood of Stourton. with directions in what manner v.
deal with any of the persons concerned in this scheme of getting money ;
1 and that two men were apprehended by him while receiving a letter
directed to "H. H." and brought before a Magistrate. It is believed
ithat those of the " great gang" who have escaped committal are very
willing to give evidence for money, now that the usual sources are
stopped up.

" li. 11."

LOSS OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THETIS, TWENTY OF
HER CREW, AND A MILLION OF DOLLARS.
Falmouth Packet Office,
Saturday, Half-past Four o'Clock, rag.
His Majesty's brig Barracouta, Lieutenant James, has just
arrived from Buenos Ayres, whence she sailed the 21st of
November, from Monte Video 25th November, and from
Rio de Janeiro 15th December. By this conveyance we
have received an account of the loss of his Majesty's ship
Thetis. It appears that she sailed from Rio de Janeiro mi
the 4th of December, and on the following night she stnick
the Headland of Cape Frio, and sunk in five fathoms wntel .
She was bound to England with a large freight--one million
of dollars—the whole of which is lost; and, we regret to
say, about twenty of ber crew, among whom is Mr. Bing-
' ham, son of the late Captain Bingham, who met with a
similar fate a few months before. The Druid, Clio, and Al-
lgerine, under the command of Admiral Baker, were at the
wreck, to ascertain the probability of saving any of the
treasure.
I We, have received Buenos Ayres papers to the 20th.—
! The French tri-coloured flag was hoisted with great cere-
mony on the 21st of October. General Fructuoso Rivera
bad been elected President of the Oriental Republic of the
Uniguay, and his salary fixed at 9,0001. dollars per annum.
General Paz has also been formally installed by the nine
provinces of the interior as supreme military chief.—The
istate of Buenos Ayres appears to be still unsettled in the
interior.

Divine Service was performed yesterday, before the
Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, and their Royal
Highness's household, at their residence in Kensington
Palace, by the Dean of Chester.
The Duke, Duchess, and Prince George of Cumberland,
and their Royal Highnesses' household, attended Divine
service yesterday, in their residence at the King's Palace,
St. James's.
Prince Leopold is entertaining the Russian Ambassador,
Princess Lieven, Earl and Countess Grey, Sir Henry Par-
nell, and a select party of the Nobility and Gentry, at his
residence at Claremont. The Prince had a grand dinner
party on Saturday.
A deputation of refiners of sugar, headed by dr. Wood,
M.P. had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer on Saturday.
A deputation of the tobacco-manufacturers of London,
including Messrs. Hatfield, Caney, Vondethoyde, R. Lloyd,
and Alex. Grant, attended at the Treasury on Saturday,
and had a conference with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
A numerous meeting of members of the House of Com-
mons efts hold yesterday in the department of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, at the Treasury. About 150 members
were present; among whom were Earl Sefton, Viscount
Ebrington, the Marqi is of Tavistock, Lord John Russell,
Lord Duncannon, Sir J. Newport, Sir Geo. Warrender, Sir
J. Graham, Messrs. C. Grant, R. Grant, Littleton, Ma-
berly, Byng, E. Dundee, Cavendish, Bariug, Spring Rice,
Ellice, Esq. These gentlemen were engaged with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer nearly teo hours.
After the meeting had broken up, Viscount Althorp and
Sir James Graham went to the Colonial Office, and joined
the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Dube
of Richmond, Viscount Goderich, &c. The Ministers were
engaged in deliberation nearly too hours.
A deputation of glass-manufacturers had an interview
with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at the
Treasury.
The Speaker of the House of Commons gave, his first
dinner this season, on Saturday, to a party of Members of
the House of Commons.
A Dublin Correspondent informs us, that Mr. (Mos NIL'.
was to leave that city on Saturday afternoon for London;
his trial being postponed till next term.
THIRTEEN REASONS.—On a certain King's Counsel
proposing marriage to a fair, young, and very beautiful de-
scendant of Galen, the lady replied, that she had thirteen
objections to wedlock with him. He asked her to state
them, when she said there were twelve in his twelve chil-
dren, and the thirteenth was himself.

MIRTH.
&b. 9. at the Gametal Aln. Freeing. of a son.
MARRIED.
Nor. 23. in the English Church, Cape Town, Samuel Smart, Esq.
late King's Advocate at Skmt Leone, to Mary Ann, daughter of the
Rev. Eat Oakes, D. D.
DIED.
Feb. 11, Mrs. Ann Truwhitt, of Devonshire-street, Quay-square.
aged 79, widow of use late George This/hitt, Eel. many years vestry
&TIE of St. Maryale-Strand,—Nov. 9, in the Wand et St. Vincent, 11 •
Cosiaghwat, Esq. aged 700—At Munich, the Iles. Margaret In.
king, daughters! Lord Erskine, his Majesty's Envoy Esuaortlinury
and Anniston Plenipotentiary at the Coen of Rook.

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