... TIHE NEW POUU-LAw ACr.-EMIGRATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHAMPION. ''III fates the land tb hsl'1inig ills a prey,lI Where metliI, nrenmelatis antI tstea decay; c Princes and Loids may tluorisrl or may fade; t A breti, can make themn as a breatl has madle;t Bilt a bold peasantry, their coanity's pride, When once dehstrold, can never be snpplned. Goi.DusmTH. SIR: On looking over that atrocious ...

... FAC EPTIE. At the time Dr. Johnson visited Aberdeen, an old turreted house in Huxter Row was being newly harled. Struck with this operation, the Doctor approached the labourer, and inquired how he produced that regular irregularity. The man explained the composition, and the Doctor requested next to see how it was applied. But, perhaps, said he, I am in your way, my good friend l Na, na, ...

... LATESTr FROM LISBON. (F17rom o7n own Correspondent.) FALMOUTH, Sept. 29thA 1836. The Cglpe steam-vessel arrived to-night from the Medi- terranean and Portugal. She left the Tagus on Sunday last, up to which time Lisbon had remained not merely tranquil but unusually dull. The supposed Ministry con- sisted of Manuel de Silva Passos was the Minister of the Home Department and President of the ...

... 2? ?Olr, o iii ?? f -,w ft?v I C. I 0 v §. (HELD WITHIN THE PRESENT WEEK.) DEATH OF SIR W. HEWITT, BART.-An inquest was held at the Merlin's Cave Tavern, Upper Rosomon-street, Pentonville, before Mr. Stirling and a respectable jury, touching the death of a person known by the name of Sir WILLIAM HEWIrT, Bart. Mrs. Eliza Thompson, of 52, Margaret-street, Wilmington-square, deposed, that last ...

... UNPUBLISHED LETWER OF SIR WALTER SCOTT ON THE STATE OF IRELAND. The rnverness Courier hag published the following frank and cordial epistle from Sir WALTER SCOTT, which exhibits that great man in his private undress, among his family and friends. Without adverting generally to the sentiments contained in it, the letter shows that on the side of a conciliatory system of government in Ireland, ...

... PESON SOCITE'V.P0- S. TO THE EDITOR OICTAHE CHAMLON.- Sin: Can it be possible for, the public to sleep under. the impression that the severity of the Poorlaw. Amend- meat Act creates, without their energies being awakened to -a remedy, in their own hands, of rendering relief to the really deserving poor, without subjecting them to the refusal -of men invested -with tyrannic power? We have ...

... LONDON MECIHAN16S INSTITUTION. ON Wednesday evening last, a Lecture was delivered at the above Institution upon the subject of English Literature, by Mr. Robert Strong, which, as will be seen, was rather an interesting and instructive one. After a few introductory remarks, Mr. Strong proceeded to explain the progress of the English language, which at the period of the invasion of Jalius Cmsar, ...

... JMEWrIi?? G A1?UVGI?. - A MONUMUNT to the memory of M.'Huskisson has been erected- at Tlverpoolb' It is a statute of fine white marble, seven feet-nine iiiLcbeehin-height, and conveys an admirable likeness of the deceased statesman, It cost about 15001., and the -building, in which it is placed -14001. - The sum of one thousand pounds has been subscribed for the endowment of a new church-at ...

... PENSION sOCIEr'IES i. POOIt-RATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHAMPION. SIR; Can it be possible for the public to sleep under the impression that the severity of the Poor-law Amend- ment Act creates, without their energies being awakened to a remedy, in their own hands, of rendering relief to the really deserving poor, without subjecting them to the refusal of mer invested with tyrannic power? We. ...

... TO THE 1DIT1OR OF THE CHAMrPON. Non Hydra secto corpere fitrnior Vinei ?? crevit in Hercalem, Monstrum. HoR. Ode iv. v. 61. SIR, Should you think, with me, that the enormity of the debt, commonly called national, cannot come too fre- quently before the ptublic eye, you will oblige me by insert- ing the following calculations in the Champion. The weight of the National Debt, in gold, amounts to ...

... [In the Chronicle of Friday last, we find a letter addressed to tie Editor under the alove head. The newspapers of the same day tell us, that this lady was not dead more than two hours, before her husband hal1 given full directions, in writ- ing, ior having her buried at Manchester, had presented the people of the house where she lay dead with such tokens of his gratitude as-he deemed proper, ...

... IAFFAIRS OFSPAfN. I WE regret that a press of matter prevents our noticing at length the inextricable perplexity into which everything I connected with our foreign policy is thrown. The affairs of Spain, alone, present difficulties and disgraces enough to bewilder ten such heads as the one appertaining to our present Secretary for Foreign Affairs. It appears, that up to the latest intelligence ...