_Read-y Wit._--A young man, in a large company, descanting very
flippantly on a subject, his knowledge of which was evidently very
superficial, the Duchess of Devonshire asked his name. "'Tis
_Scarlet_," replied a gentleman who stood by. "That may be," said her
Grace, "and yet he is not _deep read_."

CANTON.

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_Anti-free Trade._--An odd instance of the restrictive system
occurred in the embassy from the emperor Otho to Nicephorus Phocas. The
Greeks making a display of their dress, he told them that in Lombardy
the common people wore as good clothes as they.--"How," they said, "can
you procure them?"--"Through the Venetians and Amalfitan dealers," he
replied, "who gain their subsistence by selling them to us." The foolish
Greeks were very angry, and declared that any dealer presuming to export
their fine clothes _should be flogged_.

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