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cried a multitude of voices ; " he di,,graces the Priuce'B

The captain of the guards, assisted by anther
man,'seized hold of Do Croksi, and thrust him into-tae
midst of the partisans of Gondi.
" A present," cried the so'dier, " from the, new faction
to the old. Take care of your precious jewel : we, ask
nothing 'in return."
• • -Shouts of laughter and applause welcomed this coarse
jest.
" Well," cried De Croissi, foaming with rage, pol,:t-
ing his finger towards the party of CondiC, " since you
will have me your enemy, so be it. Brave people,"
said he, addressing the citizens who surrounded him,
" I am now yours ; and I swear to you tnat I shall not
be sorry to see you deal your lustiest blows atnongs; the
insolent factionists."
The citizens looked at De Croissi with a calm and
steady gaze ; but the gentlemen on the side of the Co
adjutor now surrounded him.
" We want him not," cried the Chevalier de Laignes,
Gondi's most intimate friend. " I declare that I know
that De Croissi is personally obnoxious to the Coadjutor.
We want no renegade. Let the new faction keep its
presents to itself: we want no worthless gifts."
A loud cheer welcomed this speech. Croissi endea.
voured in vain to he heard in justification.
" We want no explanations," said the Chevalier de
Laignes. " Away from our ranks ! or we will turn you
out by force."

All that the passions of hate and shame could express
upon the human face might have been read in the fea-
tures of the baffled and degraded De Croissi. His eyes
rolled ; his teeth gnashed with rage.
" Away, away ! ", said the partisans of De Gondi,
endeavouring to push him-out of their company. " We,
want you not."
" If the traitor comes here, we will slit his ears,"
cried the captain of the guards.
Croissi found himself between the two parties, like a
wild boar persecuted by the hunters. He threw fierce,
glances around him, as if to seek some enemy on whom
he could retaliate. He at length darted towards the
captain of the guards, who appeared the most active
against him, and said in a voice of thunder, " Although
I have been disgracefully insulted, Marquis de Crenan,
I am still a gentleman, and have a right to inquire the
reason of this shameless conduct."

" You a gentleman ! Pshaw ! Away !
" Well, then, I proclaim, in the midst of this assem-
bly, that you are a coward, and refuse to meet me in
h'nourable combat."

A terrific tumult now ensued. The friends of De
Crenan insisted upon it that he should not accept the
challenge, upon the plea that De ('roissi, by his trea-
cheries, possessed no claim to the distinction of a gen-
tleman. Others insisted upon it that the Marquis's
honour had been called in question, and that he ought
to meet his opponent, who thus had challenged him so
publicly. Crenan appeared to be of this opinion, for he
exchanged several words in a low tone with his antago-
nist, when, raising his voice, he said authoritatively,
" Let no one now attempt to resent either the words or
actions of De Croissi. I will reckon with him." The
assembly seemed satisfied with this, for at the epoch of
which we write the laws of the " duello" had certain
privileges, which were held as sacred.
" This evening, then, sir," replied Crenan, with a
grave tone, "you can meet me without fear of interrup-
tion."

He saluted De Croissi politely, strangely contrasting
with his previous conduct. Albert immediately bowed
and quitted the hall, without any one taking further
notice of him.

(To be continued.)

SELECTIONS.

A BEDOUIN BRIDAL.—We were informed that the
r bride was safely boxed in the vehicle carried in the midst
' of her friends ; but, that in order to manifest a due re-
luctance to quit the virgin state, it was requisite she should
be forcibly carried off by her future husband, after a pro-
per degree of resistance had been manifested by the escort.
No sooner had she reached the centre of the square, than
the bridegroom with his adherent—some on foot and
others mounted—approached from an opposite direction,
and a scene of tumult occurred which it is difficult to
imagine. The music (if such it could be called) struck up
a louder livelier tune, swords were brandished, and amidst
shouts and yells, under the discharge of musketry, the op-
posing parties—horse and foot—mingled in apparently
deadly conflict, which ended in the defeat of the lady's
party, who was then carried off in triumph by her amorous
suitor.—(From Col. E. Napier's Wild Sports in Europe,
Asia and Africa.)
ETYMOLOGY OF MEOLS.—MeoIs or Meals, is a name
which occurs in both the Eastern and Western counties
of England, Mr. Baines, in his " Lancashire," traces the
etymology of the word (North Meols) to the the Saxon
dialect of the Teutonic melo, a grain of any kind, as
"sand," in allusion to the numerous sand-dunes which
form the sea barrier to this part of the country. "An
Inhabitant of North Meals," in the Gentleman's Maga-
zine for this month, mentions an ingenious, though im-
probable devirations from the Greek, viz. me non, and
alst mare, " no longer sea," because tradition asserts that
the country was formerly inundated by the tides, where
the feeble breakwater of sands now exists. The writer
offers another derivation of his own, and asks, " instead
of a Saxon, might not the term meol have a Celtic origin,
and by a mere permutation of moel, a word still used in
Welsh to express mountain or hill? In ancient MSS.
the word is spelled meOle, moles, or meols indifferently."
ORTGIN OF THE STORY OF BLUEBEARD.—The annual_
anthologies, published by Southey, were not much ap-
proved of by his friend, though he contributed to one of
the volumes a p em of Bluebeard, which we believe was
rejected. In defending it from some critical remarks
made by Southey, Taylor has given an erroneous account
of the origin of the legend. He says :—" The story of
Bluebeard was invented by the Catholics as a satire on
Henry VIII. Demonology was still credible under James
I. I see no objection to dating the incident under bloody
Mary. If the murder of half-a-dozen wives bad been
ascribed to Bluebeard he would have been a mere mad-
man, beyond the limits of the artist's imitation, not a
human being, and certainly not the centre of interest. If
the story in the dark chamber had been pure tragedy, un-
spoiled by hanging up the head to talk like the barber's
block in the pantomime, the first wife would have been
more interesting than the second, contrary to the law o:
climax. So much by the way of apology rather than de-
fence." The story of Blueb-ard is as old as thee! usades,
if not older, and, so far as its earlier forms can be traced.
it was designed as a satire on the marriage of Christian
ladies with Saracenic or Turkish chieftains. The earliest
version of it with which we are acquainted is the Sicilian,
the hero being one of the Saracenic chieftains who occu-
pied a piratical stronghold in Sicily before the Norman
invasion. Some follower of the Guiscards brought the
legend into France, where it was repeated in a variety of
forms. One version of it., now before us, is named "La
Comtesse de Saulx," and clearly belongs to the period of
Norman romance, the language being the same as that of
the " Chroniques Anglo-Normands." It is true that
some foreign satirists of the reformation have identified
Henry VIII. with Bluebeard, but, in doing so, they have
clearly applied an old story instead of inventing a new
fable.—Athenaeum.

A GLORIOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR ATTORNEYS AND
BARRISTERS.—If an attorney has any business at all he
must do well in Melbourne, for his fees are inordinately
high. Protesting a bill is five-and-twenty shillings ;
noting, half-a-guinea : every letter demanding payment
of account, if under twenty pounds, half-a-guinea; above
twenty and under a hundred pounds. one guinea ; above
a hundred, two guineas. Every summons (a summons
being a short printed form) before the supreme court is
charged six guineas : and the clients pay down at once,
without any questions, too glad to do so, provided they
can get rid of their temporary difficulties. Litigation is
short and quick. Conveyancing is downright profit ; a
deed, however short. conveying a piece of land, however
trifling, costs five.goineas. • There are no stamps, and the
work is done in an hour. More valuable ptoperties are
conveyed by a deed generally charged nine guineas. My
friend-has drawn twelve such deeds in his office in
the course of one day ; and with these eyes. I have seen
him earn six guineas in as many minutes, by appearing at
the police office when a dispute has arisen between a
master and his servant. All quarrels of this kind are
arranged at the police office, when the amount of wages
received by the servant does not exceed thirty pounds
annually. An Attorney with brains cannot fail to gec
a-head. lie has only to use despatch, and to begin and
continue in one even and undeviating course. Our bar-
risters are few in number. There are but four of them.
There is still a glorious field for a barrister of talent, and
especially if be be conversant with the nicer points of
conveyancing. Any clever barrister, up to the business,
and a good speaker, might rely upon making immediately,
at least, a thousand a-year; the community are looking
and waiting for such a 1701111.-Blacktoo4.l.---

Spicaimpi ciir A RA ea VourtrircT.—Ancl really
itmight have confused a less modest man than Tom to
find himself sitting-next that coachman; for of all the
swells that ever flourished a whip; Professionally, he might
have been elected emperor. He did'nt handle hii gloves
like another man, but, put them on—e*en'When he was
standing on the pavement, quite detached froui the coach
—as if the four greys were, somehow or other, at the ends
of the fingers. It was the same with his hat.- He did
things with his hat, which nothing but an unlimited
knowledge of horses and the wildest freedom of the road,
could ever have made him perfect in. Valuable little
parcels were brought to him with particular instructions,
and-he pitched them into his hat, and stuck it on again;
as if the laws of gravity did not admit of such an event
as its being knocked off or blown'off, and nothing like an
accident could befall it. The guard, too Seventy
breezy miles a-day were written in his very whiskers.
His manners were a canter ; his conversation a round
trot. He was a fast coach upon a down-hill turnpike
road • he was all pace. A waggon could not have moved
slowly, with that guard and his key-bugle on the top of
it. These were all foreshadowings of London, Tom
thought, as he sat upon the box, and looked about him.
Such a coachman and such a guard, never could have ex-
isted between Salisbury and any °the,. place. The coach
was none of your steady-ving, yokel coaches, but a
swaggering, rakish, London coach ; up all night, and
lying by all day, and leading a devil of a life. It cared
no more for Salisbury than i; it had been a hamlet. It
rattled noisy ly through the best streets, defiled the ca-
thedral, took the will,/ cot tiers shat pest, went cutting in
every cAhere, making everything get out of its way ; and
spun glut g the open country-rood, blowing a lively de-
fiance out of its key-bugle, as it, last glad parting legai:9.
Mar tin Chuzz hei to,

NOT ICES.

The Farmer,: and thP I,pagu,. ,c,•preph of IVTr. (;ei,rfie
/),y, o 1 St. /;:••.v. u! .1,74:v-Irj 27,
)8:1. Lo-0100 ; ti: i.er,
Mr. D •th ,dy do, ,:t'nil re' •
ill ;lir` waHtre
waged 11 e inc
twists of Great ; and bis !upwittr ,ticeitt the
ti'itt'S 1N evert- way worthy of re,,titati,,n. In
the parophlo: before us, which o tti ex,eossvelY
ftir."ulattd, he lira fastened 11pOrt the grossest
disfionesty, proving. every staieitn-,-- which he hrings for-
ward ton their own accredited repots, T,, tit,, manu-
facturing and town populati,it he es.oimts !diem engaged
in declaiming upon tile blessings of cneap bread, declaring
that the corn-law has taken a third part of his food out of
the working man's mouth, and poonisioi!, in the event of
a reval of the corn-law, bread at three farthings a pound ;
and again tur,titit: to the farmer and assuring him that
free trade would not hive the efFi‘it of reducing prices a
shilling per quarter below existing prices.
As a specimen of Mr. Day's mode of treating his subject
we extract from his pamphlet the tollowinz
LRAGUE INCONSISTENCIES.
In July last M. Bright, prior to his election, wrote to
the freemen of Durham, that " the corn-law had, for the
past five yea's, caused them to pay twenty shillings a sack
extra fortheir- &Jur ;" and he implored them, " on his'
bended knees, for -their sakes, NOT His, for the sake of
themselves and their families, to claim the right to have
cheap food." Yet this identical Mr. Bright had, in the
previous April only, stated, in the theatre at Plymouth,
that " the price of food was then probably much lower
than it would be, if there were no corn-laws." Mr.
Bright-saps, "I am a manufacturer, and Mr. Cobden is a
manufacturer; and tve have-not the slightest love for low
prices for thelbods'lve manufacture." No, and I dare
say the farmer has no very treat love for low prices for the
goods -hemantifitetUresl Mr. Bright attended a Meeting
amouist,the farnlera:at Dorchester, when, he says, a con-
versation tb,thiii effect occurred :—One farmer stated, he
had an estate 'worth ,about £5OO a year : £4OO went in
interest on the-mortgage, £5O in expenses,.and the other
£5O was all be got-out of it. He asked Mr. Bright what
his conditiert •ivould be with a repeal of the corn-laws? I
am now telling yott 'What the League itself reports. Mr.
Bright replied, " Well, it would he a sorrowful condition ;
but it is clear you would only, lose about -£5O a year !"
This is what we lawyers would call a quietus " But,"
said the firmer; ''llthat should be thestate of things, will '
not all the landed;intirest be redUCed,-and the result be a
national' bittilrintitcY ?" You mistake," replied Mr.,
Bright, "perhaps there would be a feiv in'dividnal'casesnr
bankruptcy, but there would be no national bankruptcy."
Can you &edit lbetie thinti ? 'UT read ' from any
other paper than the League, you might have supposed
the report to be inaccurate. But this League paper is, as
they term it, "the accredited organ of their opinions,"
and a "correct record of their proceedings," I may,
therefore, fairly quote it against the League with just the
same force as I might quote a piper signed " James
Rust," against Mr. James Rust, now in the chair. (Mr.
Rust smiled, and nodded assent.) This " correct record"
of the League'a sayings and doings, then, infornis us, that
this farmer, who had only £5O a year, would, by a repeal
of the corn-laws, lose' that £5O a year. He would not
lose any more ! „
COBDEN'S CONSOLATIONS FOR THE BRITISH FARMER.
This same Mr. Cobden, in a speech to the farmers of
North Cheshire, said, " Ignorant men have told you, that
we want to throw open the market to the Cot ei;,,ners ; and
that, by doing so, we should ruin the agriculturist, and, as
a matter of course, destroy the home trade. Now, we
want to do just the opposite of this. Instead of wanting
to destroy it, we want to double the home trade; and
treble it. And now, farmers, hear.what he said to the
people of Manchester, when he proposed to rid you of
part of your home-market, and transfer it to the foreigner :
" If the Americans will only put down their monopolising
manufacturers, and we put down our monopolising land-
owners here, when our election time comes, we will lay
the Mississippi Valley alongside of Manchester, and we
will have a glorious trade then !" " The Mississippi
Valley has been styled, par excellence, the wheat-growing
region of America. League authority informs us, ' that
its soil is fertile beyond description, and abundantly wa-
tered by the finest springs and streams. Its climate is
clear and salubrious. It possesses unequalled facilities for
forei• n intercourse and commerce, by means of its great
lakes and rivers. The most distant parts of it are now
reached in twenty days from Liverpool.' The land is
mostly sold in fee-simple by the government to the first
purehaser, at ss. 6d. an acre. It is unencumbered by
tithes, high taxes, or poors' rates, and its whole produce
belongs to the cultivator alone. The Mississippi Valley,
which Mr. Cobden proposes to lay alongside of Manches-
ter, could alone supply this country with every bushel of
corn it requires for consumption. Indeed, League autho-
rity says, ' A few years would enable it to feed the world.'
And yet, British farmers! Mr. Cobden seeks to persuade
you that those men are ignorant' who tell you, that he
wants to throw open the market to the foreigner !" On
another occasion, he told the same people :—" Our doc-
trine is, let the working man ply his hammer, or his
spindle, or his shuttle, and let the Kentucky or the Illinois
farmer, by driving his plough on the richest land on the
surface of the earth, feed this mechanic or this weaver,
and let him send home his produce in exchange for the
products of our operatives and artizans." Is this the way:
farmers, that Mr. Cobden proposes to " double and tre-
ble" your home market, by transferring the manufacturing
portion of it to the Kentuckian or the Illinois farmer ?
Is it not, rather, evidence of a desire to carry out the
plan, which another free trader, Mr. Joseph Hume,
seemed to contemplate, when, in the House of Commons,
he " maintained that England might exist and prosper as
a purely manufacturing and commercial country, if it did
not grow a single bushel of corn—if, in exchange for its
manufactures and minerals, it imported from the cheap
corn-producing countries every (router of wheat required
in this rm-
.b 1D ~ It, ... rut 5.a.10, D•
" let distrust be banished ! Why should we not be
friends?" The League paper struggles to equal all that I
have cited from Messrs. Cobden and Bright, on the sub-
ject of cheap tread. It says, "The finest Georgiana
wheat can be laid down at the door of our factories at 30s.
a quarter, at d we are now (October, 1839) paying 70s. or
80s. for the worst." " Spain could land the very best
wheat in England at 405., for which we are now (October,
1839) paying 675." "In the American port of Cincinnati
alone, there are a million quarters of wheat, which we
could purchase at 16a., or less than one-fourth the price
we are now compelled to pay for our home grown pro-
duce !" Now, that very League, in the same year, says,
when writing of the landlords, that they "stay sately do
justice to others, without injuring themselves ; for much
has he2ii said to show that the money price of grain will
ntt be lowered, even bar a total repeal of the corn-laws."
Again : It tells its readers, on the last day of 1810, " that
Mr. William Witham Barrett, of Manchester, was offered
a large order for manufactured goods, from a Hamburg',
merchant, if payment would be received in the best Baltic
wheat, to be delivered, free of all charges, at Hull, at the
rate of 30s. 6d. per quarter." And yet, on the 20th of
January last, it is boldly said, that " the League do not
want to render corn cheap." And here is a little seal,
(holding it up,) bought only last Thursday, at the League
4411ce, Fleet-street, for 4d., and on it is this sentiment,
" Cheap bread, and good trade."

FASHIONS FOR MARCH.

'From the London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of

Fashion.)
Under the name of robes de chambre, very pretty morn-
ng ne'glig6 dresses are made, of plain cachemeire lined
with gaufri satin, which is a pretty novelty for this pur-
pose ; they are ornamented by two biais, one matching
the lining and revers, the other of dark velvet, with eimp
between ; they are also made of printed or Braganza vel-
vet, closing from top to bottom with bradenboargs ; the
sleeves are wide and long, with cuffs or a l'Orientale to
the elbow. and tight under ones of the same materials,
lacing up so as to show the one of muslin ; the open
sleeves, with under ones, are so generally in use now that
much attention is paid to the make of these white ones ;
some are of guipure or rich lace, but many are made of
inletst one row of which is almost tight over a ribbon, the
the other row forming bouillon; the caps fashionable with
this toilette are of embroidered India muslin trimmed with
Valenciennes face, having double brides of ribbon, one
pair tying, the others loose, or of guipure lace, the only
ornament bang lappets of the same. Gimp and braid are
still much used, as well as embroidery, on dresses ; there
is a new style of braid, with the edges pearled, which has
a richer effect; some indoor redingotes are made with
revers, showing the chemisette made of inlets and colonnes
of work ; the skirt is also with revers, which if not joined
shows the under skirt full trimmed. For carriage dresses
the high bodies are ornamented with braid or braden.
bourgs. Walking dresses are generally plain in the skirts,
though fashion tolerates a double flounce of moderate
width, or a plisse of ribbon down the front, the corsages
high and tight, as well as the sleeves ; the principal thing
observable in ball dresses is, that the corsages are worn
higher, some even what are termed half high ; drapes and
Grecian corsages are fashionable, the sleeves are short,
and frequently entirely covered by Oriental sleeves of
lace, and the berlhes are worn` so -deep-sip-erten-to
the sleeve; for dancing the skirts are shorter, others con-
tinue long, double and treble skirts continue in favour,
but the newest style is a single skirt en biais, for tulle,
white, pink, blue, green, &c. The hair is much orna-
mented by flowers, mounted either en couronnes, with
bunches forming diadem, or twisting round the coiffure;
ringlets or bandeaux are equally fashionable. Many re-
silica of gold or silver are twisted round with gauze or
velvet, in the turban style ; some fanchons of cachemire
or crape line with silver fringe are merely fastened on the
head with two diamond pins. Dress hats of black lace,
with bugles, or of blond, or pearls, or pink crape, have a
bouquet formed of tips of feathers, fastened by an emerald
brooch.

The spring bonnets have not yet appeared in great va-
riety ; the forms continue of moderate size, one of the
newest trimmings is fluted ribbon round the front, which
is frequently lined with guipure on the capotes, with wide
runners ; lace often replaces the ribbon. Capotes of pale
coloured satins are often covered with black lace and or-
namented by a drooping marabout.

A SCENE IN THE LORDS.—On Tuesday, after a delay
of a few minutes, and a dead pause—there being no busi-
ness before the House—The Lord Chancellor, sotto voce
—"Campbell, have you nothing to say ?" Lord Camp-
bell shook his head. The Lord Chancellor.—" Brougham,
oh, do say something." Lord Brougham would not be
seduced. He shook his bead too; but in the meantime
rose and took his seat on the woolsack. This motion
without a speech had as much signification in it as a thou-
sand speeches without a motion. Their lordships laughed
heartily at this entertaining pantomime. After the pre-
sentation of a few petitions, on one of which Lords Camp-
bell and Brougham contrived to have a speech r.-piece,
their Lordships adjourned to Thursday,—Morning Post.

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Three o'clock.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—This DAY.

The demand for Cotton to-day has been barely suffi-
cient to constitute a market, and the sales are estimated
under 1,000 bales, without change in prices.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, THIS DAY.

(From Messrs. R. Makin Sr Sons' Circular.)

We had no fresh arrivals of Grain worth naming up to
Friday's market, and either Coastwise or from Ireland
li;tle is reported of subsequently, whilst Flour and Oat-
meal from the latter source, we have to note a fair sup-
ply; and from abroad. chiefly from Odessa, 3740 qrs. of
Wheat, with 1532 qrs. India❑ Corn and 3213 barrels of
Flour from the United States.

We have again to report a very slender attendance of
country millers, and our local buyers taking barely enough
to serve their immediate wants, free Wheat of every de-
scription, at this day's market, appeared to move sparingly
into consumptiin ; all good qualities, notwithstanding
were held with unabated firmness at last week's rates, the
ordinary kinds alone being rather easier to purchase.
Flour continuing to meet a very dull sale, English and
Irish receded in value Is. per sack, and Foreign, duty
paid, being. unsaleable, must be considered cheaper.
The malsters holding out for lower prices, Barley was
depressed Is. per quarter. Malt, however, upon a moderate
demand, maintained our last quotations.

Beans and Pease, continuing to sell to retail consumers,

supported former prices.

MONTHLY ACCOUNT of Imports, Duties Paid,
and Bonded Stocks in Liverpool, viz.:—lmported ;nto
Liverpool from the Ist to the 29th Feb., 1844. .F reign—
Wheat, 7596 qrs. ; Barley, 601 qrs. ; Pease, 1058 qrs. ;
Indian Corn, 1532 qrs. ; Flour, 13,847 brls. British and
Colonial -Wheat, 19,453 qrs. ; Barley, 5118 qrs. ; Oats,
30,541 qrs. ; Rye, 3 qrs. ; Beans, 945 qrs. ; Pease, 593
qrs. ; Oatmeal, 33,810 sacks ; Flour, 28,412 sacks 1150
brls. Duties paid in Liverpool from the Ist to the 29th
Feb., 1844. Foreign—Wheat, 1368 qrs. ; Barley, 95 qrs. ;
Oats, 6 qrs. ; Beans, 1338 qrs. • Pease, 217 qrs. ; Indian
Corn, 317 qrs. : Flour, 75 brls. Colonial—Wheat, 87
qrs. ; Pease, 107 qrs. ; Flour, 1005 brls. Stocks of
Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal, in Liverpool, 29th February.
In Bond—Wheat, 19.631 qrs. ; Barley, 2664 qrs. ; Oats,
551 qrs. • Beans, 20,253 qrs. ; Pease, 636'2 qrs. ; Flour,
51,112 Carrels.

ARRIVALS OF CORN,
From the 20th to the 26th Feb., 18i4, inclusive.

LAND. ,CANADA
IRE- COAST. TO-
"r-j" REIGN.

Wheat .. Ors. 2142 6) i 1 374)
Barley Qrs. 146
Malt Qrs. 66g 470
Oats Qrs. 2022 342
Rye Qrs.
Beans Qrs. _ _
Pease Qrs.
ShelledßarleyQrs.
Indian Corn. Qrs.
Rapeseed Qrs.
Oatmeal .. Loads i 5562 i 27
Flour. .... Sacks 5757 , 13 i
Ditto this. ! 1 3312

le 1

1531

TOTAL.

5942
145
1139
2364

5581)
5770
3312

In Ire a 11Td and-Coastwise, Wheat. .—qrs.
Malt, qrs. ; Oats, 350 qrs.; Deans, qrs. ; Oatmeal,
1 loads; Flour, 908 sacks.

EXPORTS.—Foreign. Malt, qrs. • Oats, 280 qrs. ; Pease,
qrs.; Indian Corn, 0 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 2 loads ; Flour, 432
brls.--Ireland.._ Wheat, 65 qrs.; Beans, qrs ; Indian
Corn, 102 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 200 loads; Flour, sacks, brls.—
Coastwise. Wheat, qrs. ; Barley, 180 qrs. ; Malt, qrs.;
Oats, qrs. ; Beans, 8 qrs. ; Pease, 53 qrs. ; Indian Corn,
qrs. ; Flour, 147 sacks 524 brls.

Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Feb:24, 1344.
Wheat 555. Id, I Barley 335. 7d. Oats 19s. 7d. I Rye 325, led.
Beans:. 30s. 4d, I Pease.. 31s. 2d.

Aggregate average of the six weeks.

Wheat 52s 1171 Barley 33s 5d I Oats 195 2d.; Rye 32s 9d
Beans.. 29a. Ild. Pease.. 30s. 9d.

Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week.
WheatlBs 0d I
Barley bs Od Oats .. . 7s Od I Rye.. 10s 6d
Beans 11s 6d Pease .. 10s 6d I Ind. Corn Os Od Flour los 10d

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Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe.
Wheat.. Is. Od. I Barley,— Os. 6d. I Oats ..2s. Od. I Rye., is 6d
Beans 3s. Od I Pease 2s. 6d. I Ind. Corn Os. Od. I Flour .. Os 7id
Liverpool Averages, week ending Ferbuary 27, 1844.
Wheat, 1650 qrs., price 60s. Bd. Oats, 37 qrs., price 18s Bd.

A SPECIMEN OF YOUNG ENGLAND.---During the de-
bate last Tuesday evening, on Lord John Manners's mo-
tion in favour of Don Carlos, Mr. Hope, the member for
Maidstone, rose to address the house at tbe same moment
with Mr. Montagu Gore. The hon. member was in full
evening dress, and had a double telescope opera-glass in
his band. On rising he was greeted with much laughter,
and his friends behind him, pointing to Mr. Gore, pulled
him hack by the coat. The hon. member gravely raised
his opera-glass,. and turning round, slowly surveyed those
who had committed the trespass upon the nether part of
his outer garment, and then resumed his seat amidst
shouts of laughter.—Times.