Star.
London, England, 1808-09-21 00:00:00

BELFAST, SEPT. 29.

The brig Georgetown, M`KIBBON, has been cap-
: tured on her passage from this port for Jamaica, by
the Fiench brig Serpent, of 24 guns• and 120 men,
which fell in with her 60 miles to the eastward of
Barbadoes, and was twenty days towing her up to
Cayenne. The cargo of the Georgetown, consisting
of nearly 1200 barrels of provisions, and some dry
goods, actually relieved the colony from a state of
starvation, there not being, at the time of her arrival
there, a single barrel at market. The Serpent was
from Bourdeaux. Captain M‘KinsoN has arrived at
Belfast.

AUCTION MATlT.—Yesterday the first Stone of the
Edifice which is intended to be an Auction Mart, was
laid with appropriate ceremony. At three o'clock
the following procession moved from the London
Tavern through Cornhill and Bank-street to Bartho-
lomew-lane, the site of the proposed Building :
Four Beadles, Band of Music, Banner, Artificers, Eigbt Brick-
layers, Foreman, Eight Masons, Foe NDATION STONE, Eight
Masons, Foreman, Eight Carpenters, Foreman, Foreman of
Works, the Master Builder, Architect, Model, City Marshall, ' FROM LLOYD'S LIST.
Propi ie•ors, Secretary, Directors, LORD MAYOR, Aldermen, GRAVESEND, SEPT. 20.--!7,ailed the Friendship, smith, for
Sheriffs, Beadles, &c. the Cape of Good Hope; Humphreys, Ycut:g. for Yucatan;
As soon as the cavalcade had reached the ground, Transit, Vaux, for Malta ; Union, Butler, for Stockholm; Eliza,
which was inclosed for the purpose, and around which Evans. for Oporto ; Jamaica, Gibbon ; and the Valiant, Owen,
a brilliant assembly of Ladies had placed themselves for Dublin.
to witness and do honour to the ceremony, the silver I The VESUVIUS bumb, with a convoy from the
trowel was presented to the Right Honourable the Nore for the Baltic, put into the Humber on Sun-
LORD MAYOR, and the Stone (of enormous size) was day last. •-•
suspended above the spot where it was to be laid The The Charming Kitty, South-seaman, from Lon-
LORD MAYOR after the usual formalities of applying don, Captain King, sailed from the Cape of Good
the plummet and the square to the stone, deposited a Hope on the 19th of January last, and has not since
number of coins of his present Majesty in the bed, and been heard of:
the stone was lowered to its place. On a brass plate The Willdebatch, —, for the Baltic, is cap
fixed on the stone, there was the following inscription : tared and carried into Copenhagen.
THE
FIRST STONE
OP THIS BUILDING, DENOMINATED
THE AUCTION MART,
was placed by
THE RIGHT HONOURABI.E JOHN ANSLEY,
LORD MAYOR OF THIS CITY,
ON TUESDAY, TILE TWENTIETH PAT Or SEPTEMBER, IN THE

Saturday se'nnight a most shocking murder was
perpetrated on the lands of Ballinakill, near Shana-
golden, county of Limerick. Some proctors and
farmers met on that day, to ascertain the value of
tythes they had taken on several farms in that neigh-
bourhood, when at the hour of 12 o'clock they were
attacked by a number of men in arms, dre,sed in
shirts and head bands, to conceal their faces : they
were commanded by a man in coloured clothes, who
daringly, without any concealment, seemed to direct
all their proceedings.—They first ordered a Mr.
GRAD and his valuators, to quit the lands imme-
diately. Notwithstanding their quickly doing so, this
fellow ordered.his party to fire and pursue, but pro-
videntially, knowing the country well, they eluded
those sanguinary pursuers, who frequently took short
cuts and fired, to prevent their escape. The second
party was not so fortunate : they were attacked in
the same manner ; one unfortunate man was first
wounded by a musket-ball in the arm, which scarcely
took effect, when a second shot perforated his neck,
and got out at his mouth, of which he insawly ex-
pired, and with him another ill-fated valuator,
whom they also shot through the body. Mr. Lisp-
say, of Tarbert, happened to ride by at the time
this atrocious scene was performing, and has de-
clared before the Coroner, tha: these villains were
about eighteen in number, and filed off into one of
the adjacent fields after the murder, where they per-
formed the manual exercise with military precision.
CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, SEPT. 21.—The
supply of Wheat this clay is short, but waiting arri-
vals, sales are heavy, the samples of new are inferior
and cheaper, but fine old keeps its price!,—Very little
Barley, and with Malt at little variationr,,-White Peas
are dearerr—Beans of the two kinds at a better price—
The supplies of Oats are very considerable, and this
trade inclines lower-41our continues at little va-
ration.

FORTY-FIGUTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF
KING GEORGE THE THIRD,
AND IN TUE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE TUOUSAND EIGHT HON..

DRED AND EIGHT.
DIRECTORS.
Richard Winstanley Richard Jaques
Henry Robins George Adams
Harry Phillips Daniel Rolfe Munn
George Edmund Shuttleworth John Prickett
John Page John Anthony Hermon
Charles Launcelot Hoggart William Snell.
SECRETARY TREASURER SURVEYOR
JOllll Greenwood. John Page. John Walters.
SOLICITOR. BUILDER
Jam& a Meddowcraft. Alexander Copland.
After the stone was laid, three cheers were given
to the King, three to the City of Londop, three to the
Lord Mayor, three to the Ladies who were present,
and three to the success of the proposed Institution.
The cavalcade then returned to the London Ta-
vern, where the company dined, the Lord Mayor in
the Chair, supported by Sir Charles Price, Mr. Al-
derman Newnham, Mr. Chamberlain Clark, the
Sheriffs, Mr. Mellish, one of the Members for the
County, and other distinguished characters. The
dinner was splendid, and the day was spent in great
conviviality.
The principal toasts were the following
The KING, with three times three.—" The Qtreers," with
three.—" The Prince and Princess of WALES, and the rest of the
ROYAL FAMIL"," with three.—" The Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor."—" The Representatives. of the City of London."—
" The Sheriffs of London and Middlesez."—" The Directors of
the Auction Mart."-0 The Members for Middlesex,"—" Mr.
StIOTTLIWORTH, the projector of the Anction Mart."—ft The
Landed Interest."—" The Commercial Interest "—" The Mi-
nistry who have so zealously supported the Spanish Patriots."
When the LORD MAYOR retired, Mr. HOGGART
was called to the chair, in which he conducted him',
self with that propriety, good sense, and spirit, which
are kniawn to distinguish is character. A variety of
additional toasts were given, among which the most
remarkable wasp •
" May an Auction Mart be established in France, awl BONA-.
'arra be knocked down for thy first lot."
The entertain meut terrnivated at au early hour,

GLNZRAL CURIIIICY AS TINDER:
Wheat, 78s. 846.945. Beans (old) 62*. 68..
Fine ditto 965.1005. Tick ditto (old) 581. 645.
Rye, (pew) 506. 551. Oats, 345. 86s. 38s.
Barley, 405.46.. - Pol.ud ditto, 391. 405.
Malt, 1725. 80s. Potatoe ditto, 425.
White Peas (boilers) 11:84.1354 Rape Seed, 4pl. to 431.
Prey ditto, 6-M.645.
Vine Flour 801. 85s.—Seconds 7sl. 806.