12 SEPTEMBER 1840, Page 1
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
EVERT thing breathes peace at home. No sound is heard to disturb the placid air, but the crack of the sportsman's rifle ; yet that brings with it thoughts of enjoyment, though its immediate effect be death. The harvest-work goes on in the North—Low in sunshine now in cloud—but it still goes on, and well. Some warlike notes of preparation, indeed, reach the ear from the out- ports, but they sound feebly through the distance. Even O'CoN- NELL is gone to his lair, and agitation itself seems to slumber.
