New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-05

The Wing Ministry Of England has at
last fallen, never, we presume, to rise again.
1t had long existed upon nothing but the
weakness Of the factions opposing it, and
now family quarrel has made its quietus.
After having ingloriously outlived every as
sault on the ground of principle, it has in
gloriously persisted by personal intrigue.
Thus Lord Palmerston takes vengeance for
has own expulsion by expelling all his for.
mer colleagues at one fell swoop. With
Political notions not essentially different
from those of Lord John Russell, but with
far greater personal adaptiveness and popu-
larity, and much more ability to conciliate
support and to compromise minor differ
ences Of opinion and policy, it was to be ex-
pected that he should take some Just such
occasion as this to put to rout' the Premier
who had so lately routed him from the For
eign Office, in order, amid the Civilizations
and splenGors of victory, triumphantly to re-
possess himself of the honors and TIE au-
thori!y that had been so defantly and
maeisteIially snatched from him. The first
part Of the game is successful it remains
to be seen whether the second will turn out
in the same way.
There would seem to be ne insuperablo
difficulty in the way of concentrating that
alliance between Lord Palmerston and Sir
James Graham, which, as our dispatch i'll
forms us, is on foot. With Sir James as the
Premier and Lord Palmerston as Foreign
Secretary. sufficient majority might be
organized in the House of Commons to get
on for time. Still, even that is ques.
ten. The interest which would follow the
refining ministers over to the Opposition
benches is very strong one and Lord
PalmerstoLs approval Of the NapOleonic
has done him no good with pub
lie opinion in general, or with the more lib
eral and radical fraction Of the House in
particular. 1t seems very doubtful whether
any Cabinet can now be framed so as to OBJ
tain permanent and steady support, and
whether Parliament will not have to be dis
solved and lew election take place before
a settled government can be had. Should
that appear to be inevitable, we see not
why the Palmerston and Graham coalition
should not undertake it. The entire free
trade interest will much prefer that to the
the other alternative an election under
Earl Of Derby and Protectionist Cabinet,
with the whole struggle turning on the
renewal Of the Corn laws in some modified
form. Of course, that issue must play a
great part in any general contest at the
polls, but in the one case it would be the
all in all, and in the other, personal and
temporary questions would keep it some
what in the background. In either event
wo predict that the English nation will not
declare with such unanimity in favor of
their present commercial system as its blus-
teriBg organs would fam have it supposed.
Lord Palmerston has said that the waters of
the Elk will as soon flow up stream as any
serious change take place in the laws regu-
latirg the import Of grain. Let him try
general election, and he may perhaps learn
that the age Of political miracles at least, is
not entirely past. II he does not ind that
the Elk can run up stream, he may discover
that himself and his party can be put
though that process known On this side of
the Atlantic as being rowed up the myth
;al but NEST unpleasant current of Salt