Star.
London, England, 1818-10-08 00:00:00

PHIL ADELPIIIA, ♦UGUST se.

BANKS trw.utz.—On Saturday List a crowd of
people, about two hundred, assembled in the town
of Elkton, Maryland, and demanded from the Bank
specie for their notes. This being refused, the in-
dignation of the people was so violent that they were
proceeding to tear down the banking-house. when a
negociatiou was set on foot, which ended in the Bank
promising to pay specie on the Ist of Serember.
The price of slaves inVirginia has riicn from three
and four hundred dollars, to six and seven hundred,
owing to the demand for the new States.
One Anson Smith, who has beer. imprisoned at
Philadelphia on nine charges for counterfeiting Bank
notes, was allowed bail in the sum of 15,000 ch litre
himself; and security to the same amount. This being
thought too low, and that he would end no stiff-
unity in obtaining it from his insptortance to the coun-
terfeiting gang, nineteen other commitments were

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issued against him, for counterfeiting 1900 dollar bills
of the Bank of Philadelphia.

BOSTON, SEPTEMBER

We learn, by a Gentleman from Scituate, that a
schooner anchored off that place list evening under -
very suspicious circumstances, and that early this
morning five men landed from her, and took diffe
rent directions suspicion being strengthened against
them, they were apprehended, and one turned State's
evidence, and informed that the crew had murdered
the Captain and Mate, took possession of the vessel,
and brought her off Scituate; and shared the mbney
found on board her, and intended to abandon her.—
In consequence of this information, persons were sent
in different directions after the other men, who were
apprehended in Hingham, and all of them seat to
IPlymoutb gaol. Our informant understood the ves-
sel was loaded with cocoa, hides, logwood, &c. but
did not learn to what nation she belonged'; but it
was supposed she was a Ow to a Patriot Privateer;
• She is a topsail schooner, amiPearzlita a largp-brailed
'or lug foresail.
A letter from St. Thomas's, dated August 6:h,
states, that the Patriot army on the Main is to be iv
future commanded by five Lieutenant-Generals, viz.
Par; Arismcndi, Il...rinuda% Gregor M'Gregor, and
Morino. Bolivar Is President. General *Gregor
is said to have ascended the Oronoco.with 600 Eng-.
lish recruits. Several vessels had arrived from Eor
land with munitions of war of all kinds. The cam-
paign will open in I).!cember next with a determina-
tion on the part of the Patriots to establish tile inde-
pendence of Venezuela Admiral Brion is said to
have ordered two English Officers to be shot—Colo., •
nel Gilmore, and a brother of Colonel Campbell,
who is at present in the United States on a missioa
from Angustura,
A British Officer has arrived at Trinidad front
Venezuela, and announces the arrival in that pro-
vince of the eleven British Officers who were impri-
soned at Philadelphia last winter. They had joiner
the Patriots. Mr. Clay's speech, delivered last Ses-
sion on the floor of Congress, had been translated
into Spanish, and read at the head of the Patriot
regiments.

Extract of a letter from an Officer on board his
Majesty's ship Ceirmun, off the Ilavattnah, Cuba,
West luklies, dated August 21 :—" We have just cap-
tured a valuable Spanish ship for a bleach of the lis.d
Treaty on the Slave 'ft :Lie; and have just xeceiveci
orders to take her to Sierra Lcoce, and therefore are
not likely to be in England before next y"ear,"