13 AUGUST 1842, page 14

Some Men End Where Other Men Begin.

IT is no uncommon sight to see a man born to riches die poor, and the son of a poor man die rich ; and men are apt to say gravely, when such a practical antithesis is mentioned,......

Topics Of The Day.

flik GREAT RELIEF—THE RISING OF PARLIAMENT. IrIT is now what is emphatically termed "the dead season" in London. Members of Parliament have gone out, and Oysters have come in.......

Treaties Of Commerce: Austria.

"Do what we may, our commerce is susceptible of little extension as regards the nations of Europe." —Lord PALMERSTON. IT is possible that in the course of the desultory reading......