NEWS OF THE WEEK.
AFTER an election, the victors always dine tcgether, and talk about the glorious things they have done, and the admirable spirit of the country ; and the vanquished dine together, and spout with so much valour, that one would suppose they had been the conquerors, were there not every now and then a hint about not being discouraged—bribery—undue influence—appeal to an Election Committee, and such like triste topics of consolation. Dinners, then, and speeches, are the order of the day. It is to be hoped that the former, of which we have not had the luck to partake, are better than the latter, which it has been our vocation to read, else indigestion must be dreadfully prevalent. To our best recollection, we never before read so much unmitigated stupidity, as that which has occupied the columns of the journals this week in the shape of postprandial oratory. Why, absolutely, it might have been delivered in the House of Commons, between the hours of seven and ten, to fifteen Members and the Speaker. When, therefore, the gentle reader turns to a subsequent page and sees but a small portion of the speechification, he must not suppose that we have barbarously curtailed his delight, but rather that we found exceedingly little which would not make him yawn.
