NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE louder the storm, the deeper the calm. To a Parliamentary session of more than usual length, and much more than usual in- terest, has succeeded a stillness of repose which sits heavy upon the dispensers of political instruction; who must be up and awake while their readers are going to sleep—who must find novelties, or create them, while all things are growing old—who must appear smart while every one 'around them is dull, and vivacious while all besides are dead.
Our Foreign news this week is small, our Home news less. The Ministers, with one or two exceptions, are in the country. The Chancellor is recreating his spirit with writing out Chancery judgments at Brougham Hall; Earl Graaf dwells among his own people at HoWick House; O'CONNELL is inditing letters from Derrinane Abbey, about a Repeal Rent; nobody knows where Mr. STANLEY is. Of the less notable throng of Lords and Com- moners, some are in the country, some on the Continent; some are canvassing voters, With a view to-the renewal.of their Parliamen- tary labours.; some are content with pondering, over the labours they have already accomplished. The King still lingers in the seclusion of Windsor's green retreat, unless when he glides noise- less to London, to meet the few, not select, who are content to muster at the drowsy Levee. The Dutchess of KENT and the Queen-expectant are delighting the .eyes of the good people of the Isle of 'Anglesey. The skies sympathize with the desertion of proud London, and pour their commiserating drops on its empty.
pavements. . . . The Country is busy, though the Town is idle. The coming elections, and the harvest which has already come, everywhere en- gage the hopes and hearts of the population of our towns and vil- lages; and trade, which is lifting once more its languishing head, promises at length to add its long-denied advantages to the gift of a patriotic Monarch and a gracious Providence.
