Star.
London, England, 1824-10-25 00:00:00

CORN-EXCHANGE, MARX-LANE, OCT. 25.

Last wee', there was a good supply of most descriptions of Grair,
and Phis morning there was a very fair arrival of Wheat, Barley,
and Beans from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, and some more foreign
ships with Oats. The Wheat trade has been dull since this day
se'nnight, and the prices are 21. per quarter lower on the brat sam-
ples, and LAher sorts cannot be sold at a great r decline. Barley is
dull, and 2s, per quarter lower. Beans do not sell near so freely as
of late, and they have declined in value 2s. per quarter. Boiling Peas
maintain last quotations. Gtey Peas are unaltered. The Oat trade
is dull, and having but few buyers to-day, this trade is rather lower
than this day se'nnight. Rape seed is unaltered. Linseed does not
sell so freely as last week. The Flour trade is unaltered.

PRICES ON BOARD SHIP.
114thett, Red (1824), 50$. 645. Rye, old, 00s. Oils.
- old, 50s. 655. Bean*, Small, new, 48$. 50s.
White 1824, 525. 721. - old, 00s. 00s.
- old, 545. 735. Tick, new, 38s. 421.
Barley, 1824, Ms. 48s. - old, 00s. 00s.
Old, ON. Ms. Oats, Feed, new, 17s. Vs.
Peas, Grey, 1824, 355. 38s. - old, Os. Os.
Old, 00s. 00s.
• Maple, 1824, 395. 40s. Poland, new, 18s 241.
.
-... old, Os. Os.
- old, 00s. 00s. Potatoe, new, 20s. 275.
Whitt*, new, 555. 40s. - old, Os. Os.
- old, Os. Os. --- Scotch, 271. 28s.
Boilers, 1824,463. 50s. Foreign Oats. 17s. 245.
-4.--- old, 00s. 00s. Flour, per Sack, 555. 655.
Rye, new, 325. 365.
Wheat, English, qrs.
Barley
hlalt
Oats
1 Beans

ARRIVALS LAST WEEK.
7,569 I Peas .
5,878 I Irish 0- is
4,01 s I Foreign Oats -
'2,808 F.nglisk Flour, sacks
2,755

SMITHFIELD MARKET, OCTOBER 21

1531

2717
23,145
$BB5

There was an excellent supply. of all descriptions of Cattle at
,mat act this morning; the trade was heavy, and all descriptions of
meat are 1 swer than on last market day.
13eef, per stone of sibs. 2s. 3d. to 3s. M. Mutton, 3s. 2d. to
4s. Al. Veal, 4s. Od. to ss. Od. Pork, 4s. ed. to 54. Od.—Hay,
per load, 41. 104. to 5/. 1.55. Clover, .51. Os. to 71. 03. Straw, 91.
to J.

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Conversations or Lord Byron, noted during a- Residence
with his 1 ordship at Pisa, in the Years 1821 and-1822:'
TWIMAS MEDWIN, Esq. of the `24th Light Dia-
goons, 4to.
However different may be the opinions of individuals
a: to the character of Lord Byron (for of his talents
there is tout one opinion), the v.h.le reading public will
seize with aviJity on a work w hich affords us so many
opportunities of judging fairly of his Lordship. The
destrac.tion of Lord Byron's Memoirs of himself disap-
pooted the public; some compensation, however, will
1-t• found in the Conversations of his Lordship, as noted
down by Captain Medwin, during a long and intimate
acquaintance, where he appears to hare unbosomed
himself without reserve. From this work, which has
just appeared. we shall glean 'a few extracts:—

DUELLING.
" I have been concerned," said he, " in many duels
as second, but only in t%to as principal ; one was with
Hobhouse, before I became Litimate with him. The
best marksineri at the target ate not the surest in the
field. Cecil's and.Stackpoole's affair proved this. They
fought after a quarrel of titter years, during t‘hich they
were practising daily. S•ackpoole was so good a shot
thit be used to cut offthe heads of the fowls for din-I
.
net., as they drank out of the coops about. He had
cites:y.l;4N to. kill his antagonist, but he received his
death-blow ftom Cecil, who fired rather flog, or rather
watthe quickest shot of the two. All he said when
D-n it, have I missed him?' Shelley is a
much hewn. slot than I am, brit he is thinking of me-
taphysics rather than of firing."

OPINIONS OF CAMPIIIML, COLERIDGE, AND MA-
DAME DE STAEL.

" The conversation turned alter dinner on the lyrical
poetry of the day, and a question arose as to which was
the most perfect Ode that had been produced. Shelley
contended for Coleridge's en itzetland, beginning,
4 Ye clouds,' &c. others named some of Moore's Irish
Melodies, and Campbell's HOlienlinden; and, had Lord
Byron not been present, his own Invocation to Manfred,
or Ode to Noptaron, or on Prometheus, might have
been cited.
" Like Gray,' said he, Campbell smells too much
of the oil ; be is never satisfied with what he does ; his
finest things have been spoiled by over polish the
sharpness of the outline is worn off. Like paintings,
poems may be too highly finished. The great art is
eifect,.no matter how produced:
" Of Coleridge he had the highest opinion.
" Coleridge-is like Sosie in Amphitryon ;he does
not know whether he is himself or not. If he had
never gone to Germany, nor spoilt his' fine genius by
the transcendental philosophy and German rnetaphy-
siti, not diet* to write lay se:limns, he would have
Made the greatest poet of the day. What poets had
We hi 1795? Hailey had got a monopoly, such as it
Was ; Coleridge might hate been anything ; as it is, he
is a thing that dreams are made of.
" 4 No woman had se much bonne foi as Madame de
Stael her's was a real kindness of heart. She took
the greatest ;:ossible interest in my quarrel with Lady
Byron, or rather Lady Byron's with me, and had some
influence over my wife—as much as any person but her
mother, which is not saying much. I believe Madame
de Stael did her utmost to bring about a reconciliation
between us. She was the best cueature in the world."

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