NEWS OF THE WEEK.
PARLIAMENT has finished its work, and will not reassemble till the fith or 13th of February. It has been sitting seventeen days, during which it has voted two millions for the Abyssinian War, accepted a heavy contract with the P. and 0. Company, con- ciliated Londoneostermongers, assuaged the ire of .London cabmen, heard two bad speeches on Education, listened to Lord Stanley's objections to a Conference, and chatted a little about Dr. Beke's personal character. It has never been attended by 200 Members, and those 200 have devoted themselves sedulously to visiting!' gossip, and private affairs. No subject of national importance has been fully or even freely discussed, no great speech has been made, and nobody, except the costermonger, is one whit the wiser, the better, or the happier for the ad interim session.
