1 OCTOBER 1842, page 13

Tax Upon Travellers.

OUR remarks under this head last week, and the letter of our corre- spondent, have touched a cord of sympathy in many suffering pockets and inconvenienced hearts, who begin to......

Topics Of The Day.

PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH WAR-FACTION. IT is gratifying to see the utter impotence of the efforts of the War-faction to excite the nation's pugnacity, for its own low and selfish......

The Tartan Fever.

THE Queen, says newspaper gossip, wears tartan ; the whole Court ta to wear tartan ; Sir ROBERT PEEL is said to have made at least oqe public appearance with a scrap of tartan......

What It Matters To The Farmer.

"WHAT did it matter to the farmer whether he sold 50 quarters at 70s. or 70 quarters at 50s. ?" asked the Duke of RUTLAND, in the best spirit ; and the cheers of his auditors......