Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1839-06-06

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Erom tho Baltimore Chronicle.

ground on Friday night at III O'Clock,
having received q pilot at half past 9 o.
clock. She made the run from Bristol in
thirteen days and eight hours, having
made the shortest Western trip across
the Atlantic that we have on record.
We have been compelled 10 content our
selves with an abstract Of the very late
and interesting Intelligence received by
the Great Western. We make up our
summary chiefly from the Commercial
Advertiser. The London papers and pti-
ces current are to the 18th OF May-Li-
verpool papers TO the 18th inclusive.
We had no expectation that the pos.
session of Office and power by tho Tories
would be Of long continuance /; but we
certainly did as little expect that their en-
trance and their exit would both be inclu-
ded within forty-eight hours. Such, how
ever, was the fact. A history Of the af-
fair, SO far as the high contending parties
have thought proper, to disclose it, will
be found in the Parliamentary explana-
tons made by Sir Robert Peel and Lord
john Russell in the House Of Commons,
and by Lord Melbourne and Wellington
IN Tue house Oh TeefS.
On Tuesday the 18th May, the Wings
resigned, as our readers know, and both
houses adjourned to Friday. The Queen,
according TO the London Herald, was
deeply affected when Lords John Russell
and Melbourne definitely announced to
her that the Wing Ministry was extinct
affected even to tears. Her Majesty
vu,uhaJ 10 send Cor nrl NorpNnnktt md
entrust to him the formation Off new ca.
binet, but Lord Melbourne honestly ad.
vised her to call in the Duke of yelling
ton, and place the country unreseryedly
in his hands.
The Duke waited upon the Queen, and
advised her to place the formation Of the
new cabinet in the hands Of Sir Robert
Poel-thlnking it most proper that the
prime minister should be a member of
the House Of Commons. On Wednes-
day, therefore, Sir Robert was appointed
First Lord of The Treasury and Chuncel-
lor Of the MISUNDERSTANDING, Of
course, carte blanche for the ministerial
arrangements.
Thursday the cabinet was constructed
as follows.
Lord Chancellor, Lord Lyndhurst.
President Of the Council, Duke OF Wei.
lington.
First Lord oftho Treasury, and Chan.
cellor of the Exchequer, Sir r. Peel.
Foreign Secretary, Earl Of Aberdeen.
Colonial Secretary, Lord Stanley.
Home Secretary, Sir James Graham.
These arrangements were announced
in the Morning Post of Friday.
But on Thursday night the Peel min
istry was already at an end. The actu.
al causes of this event are differently re.
lated by the Wing and Tory papers the
Former alleging that Sir Robert, with an
extent Of eyaction that was scarcely
courteous and certainly not prudent, de-
manded the immediate dismissal of all
the ladies composing her Majesty's house
hold and that the Queen Indignantly re-
fused compliance with this demand, say
ing-"I would rather be reduced 20 the
level ola subject, than be deprived Of the
society Of those to whom | am personally
attached, and who have been the friends
Of my childhood"
The Tory journals, on the other hand,
say that the demand OF Sir Robert was
only for such a proportionatc change in
the household appointments as should
give evidence to the country that tho mi
nlsters enjoyed Her Maiesty's confidence,
and that parties who had ceased 10 be re-
sponsible could no longer exercise an in.
iiuence upon the royal mind. The Times
gives the names Of the ladies' whose re.
moval was considered bv Sir Robert in.
dispensable, namely, the Duchess ofSuth-
erland and the Countess of Burlington,
both sisters to Lord Morpeth, Lady Char
lemont, and the Marchioness Of Norman.
by.
Be this as it may, however, both par.
lies insisted, and Sir Robert accordingly
rendered his resignation, which was at
once accepted, aud the Queen recalled
Lords Melbourne and John Russell to
their posts.
The explanations were made in the
House Of Lords on the 18th and both
houses subsequently adjourned to the
eth.
LONDON, TUESDAY,, MAY l4.-Before
5 O'Clock the House Of Commons was
crowded as it is within a few minutes oil
an important division.
Lord John Russell, arose, and sugges.
ted that Sir Robert Peel, having failed in
his endeayor to form a Ministry, should
explain the circumstances Of that failure
before he himself should state the reasons
for the resumption Of the Government by
the former Ministers.
Sir Robert Peel SAID, he had reserved
for this place and this occasion the expla-
nation Of the circumstances under which
he had relinquished his attempt.
He proceeded to say that the Duke Of
Wellington having been sent for by the