Another lull in the world of party politics. Even the
little stir which electioneering caused in some towns appears to have nearly ceased. Weeks pass away and few care to inquire about the pros- pects of' candidates or parties. Never was apathy more general, than on this the eve of what cannot escape being a most important session of Parliament. In the newspapers a sort of vapid and unreal show of earnestness in political controversy is kept up, but readers in general glance over the long leading articles with indif- ference or disgust. " Whig delights not them, nor Tory neither." For a slight fillip we are indebted to Mr. GEORGE DAWSON, who, to gain votes in Devonport, has promised, if required by the consti- tuents, to vote against the Corn-laws. In 1829, Mr. DAWSON, it is remembered, announced his conversion to Catholic Emancipa- tion a short time before his relative Sir ROBERT PEEL abjured Pro- testant Ascendancy ; and the most logical conclusion from DAW- SON'S speech at Devonport is, that Sir ROBERT is now going to betray the Agricultural interest and carry a repeal of the Bread- tax. This desertion of his party some Ministerial journals are straining bard to fix upon Sir Ronsirr PEEL; ::,..getting that their argument implies his return to office, and a higher bid for popu- larity than Lord MELBOURNE is prepared to make.
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