... 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 ...

... The annual summer festival of the Ancient and Ho- nourable Lumber Troop took place on Wednesday after- noon at the Highbury Barn Tavern, Islington. The dinner and wines were, as is usual at the festivals of this society, of the most rechercheAdescription, and the rompany, which was very numerous, in'cluding several of the leading commercial and political characters of the city of London, ...

... 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 ...

... -: : :1 -6F-T --W ?? WANT PIIACES-SOME FINE YOUNG MEN. The Times, with a candour which seldom adorns its colusnns, has been pleased to make public the very rea. sonable circumstances urged by sundry of the young and zealous Conservatives, upon their more astute leader, Sir Robert Peel, who is not yet quite ready for office. The nmes says, How then, say some of the younger and more eager ...

... ~~j~RALCONVENTON. .. ?? NIONDAY. , elrg5S assembled at eleven o'clock. when 'Mr. b, delegate from, Birmingham, was called to the r. eirnigINGHAM TREASIVRERS. l read from ME- Muutz, stating, in reply to Sstiatt regarding the detfctiveleass of the Birmingham U11o. that lie wars appointed a trustee of the national utllthat hle never had received any of the contribu- .i uI that be mitust refer the ...

... THE COST OF AN -'OLIGARCHY. [Digested by the Northern Liberator,fron Carpenter's ; Peera efor the People.] . r (Continued from our last.) Belbaven, Baron.-Place, 1,2001; Relations' places, 1,500ol Barony gained for fighting against the Common- wealth. Belmore, Earl of.-Relations' pensions, 1,2251. His lordship, who in his better days opposed the desolat- ing act of the Irish Union, has now ...

... The anticipated excellence of the sport, and the ex. traordinary and, we may add, as far as crack wagers are concerned, unusual beauty of the weather, on Monday, drew together an assemblfge of beauty and fashion but rarely surpassed. It has not been usual for any of the leading watermen to row on this part of the river, but the gentlemen belonging to the great aquatic clubs were determined ...