NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE Queen of England has reached her husband's native place ; and, for all the congregation of crowned heads, and the unex- pected discovery that Coburg is a domain worth ruling, her residence there settled down more into the manner of a family- visit than anything else. The social ease of German life con- tributed to that effect. Balls are held to enjoy the dancing, not to be a state wonder to the vulgar ; and the court-footmen do not retail to the press minute rhapsodical catalogues of the dresses and furniture. The most public pageant has been an annual fete, in which the girls and boys of the town were the chief actors ; the royal persons playing but a second part. The English visiters learned that kings and queens can be com- panions of the humble without danger or contamination. Mean- while, Queen Victoria has been busied in tracing the scenes familiar to Prince Albert's boyhood ; immersed in contemplation of the family-portraits, and sleeping in the very room where he was born.
