... MIDNIGhTr LAWMAKTNG. Tilr number of laws has always been deemed a heavy weight upon a nation, and any thing that tended to kevp them down in number, and make those that are adopted good in their kind, has been though11t a chief point in what is called Legislatio:i ; but the Whigp seem to imagine that, no matter what they are, the nurmber of laws is a blessing, and any thing that ' stops ...

... Iii EILAN11 P. (FiOM THE LATEST JOURNALS ) LimExICE, SEPT. 10.-An attempt was made last night by some villanous incendiaries to fire and destroy a farm- 6 house at Flagmount, in the North Liberties, by putting a r burning coal in the thatched roof, when the family had t gone to bed, and then fastening the door outside to prevent a the devoted inmates escaping from the flames. Fortunately i a ...

... WORKINO T I Jfi~ngs ton DeivilI, W~arminst'tr, wilts, October 27, 1838. Sirt,-Greatly admiring the noble stand you have made in 'behalf of the labotiritig populittioln of this kingdout by ex4 116ing, as occasions have arisen, the mischievous and cruel ?? of the . polW mnmn acti I- venture lo iid yod ?? cc~opanyitg c-ofr~slsoideuice, afid a'equest !you tomake use of it in any way younmay ...

... We extract the following from the journal of a cele- brated English officer, who Inst summer was on hoard the Russian fleet whilst it was manceuvring in the Baltic, he having obtained permission of the Government to tisit and examine whatever he might think worth his notice in the Russian naval department: The Russian navy consists of five divisions, of which three are stationed in the ...

... SlfOCKING CASE OF CRUELTY TO A YOUNG CHIMNEY-SWEEP A circumstance occurred on Thursday last in, Uloucester, *which has. given rise to, a good deal of conversation. A sweep, d.diroinutive urchin about 10 years of age-i'was sent tip a-chimney' at the Talbot inn, about nine o'clock in the morning, and, for the purpose of diminishing his size to suit-the capacity of the flue, he was stripped ...

... I A circumstance occurred on Thursday last in Gloucester, iwhich has given rise to a good deal of conversation. A I sweep, a diminutive urchin about 10 years of age, was sent n p a chimney at the Talbot inn, about nine o'clock in the I orIuing, and, for the purpose of diminishing his size to snit the capacity of the ltue, he was stripped entirely naked. Having remained up the t himncy for a ...

... AN APOlOGY TO O'CONNELL. HJo people' are so often in error as the over-charitable; l And we find we were preomature in the opinion to which we last week inclined, that Mr. O'CONNELL was shamed into silence by the multiplied disgraces in which his erooked courses had involved him. We did not do justice to the i rpenetrability of the tough-bull-hide and seven- fold brass, in which he is armed, ...

... I . MR. ,HUME and THE LAND. - TO THE EDITOR OF TilE CAMI'IUVNu. Sma,-There.is a passage in one of the orations of 'Mr. HumE, which 1 thinkl you would do well t6 remind your readers of, as it contains matter very proper, in my opinion, for them to reflect upon just at this time. It has been a' subject of regret with those who have the interest of the country most sincerely at heart, and who, at ...

... 11~ zgf ?? Itg ; ILl Z am - (From, the -Thpein Cronil of Thursday.) -The ik~rhia tus6ionte language of the: Post-office Bgill has oeor two curious points con nedted Mwith it.-: In te first kplcejit3,had ian1836 pagsed through the ?? df ?? and got into the 1, ln4 yet floO( tlie ('ntt scode-ed last night to b ,o ?? liad a/akened attdhtion; before, We have always thought O he peculiar claim set ...

... LENGTH, BREADTH, WEIGHT, AND THICKNESS OC THE NATIONAL DEBT. TO THE EDITOIR OF THlE CHIAMPION. Nonllydra secto cerpere firnior Vinci dolentef crevit in Herctilem, Monstrum. Hon. 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 public eye, you will oblige me by insert- ing the following calculations ...

... THE RECENT GUARDIAN ELECTION ORDER ISSUED nY THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS. At a vestry meeting of the parish of Lambeth, held on Tliureday evening, relative to the sending into that parish by the poor-law commissioners a returning officer of their own appointment, reversing their order of the 2d of March, 1836, two important circumstances took place. First, the reading of the opinion of Sir ...

... THE MANCHESTER PRISONERS. On Wednesday, September 25, some of the Radicals of this town had a tea party in the Carpentcrs'-hall, Garrot- road, at which Dr. Fletcher, of Bury, presided. The prin- cipal business of the evening being to takesteps for the defence of the parties to be tried at the next assizes for po- lities. After tea was over the chairman addressed the meet- ing on the duty which ...