New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-31
pALmpRsToNs RESIGNATION.

pAIMyRsTONs RESIGNATION.
The ost interesting and portant piece of intei-
genoe brought by the steamer Africa is the resignation
Of Lord PAINTRsTON as a member of the Coalition
Ministry under Lord Aberdeen. This is a master
stroke Of that interruptions and cOnsummate taccian
Those journals at London which speak forthe Ministry
carefully inform the public that the event does not
grow out OF the Eastern difficulty but that his consci
entous Lorlship like true guardian of the British
Constitution quits Office because he cannot give his
consent to measure OF Parliamentary Reform even
of the pigmy Dimensions natural to such Wing as
Lord John Russell Such u.s. indeed the Official motive
of resignation he has condescended to communicate to
bis colleagues of the Coalition But he has taken good
care thst the public shall have impression AMI
in spite of all the declarations Of tho official organs it
is generally believed that willie the Reform Bill
is the pretext the Russian policy of the Cabinet is the
real cause. Such has been for some time, and espe
cally since the close OF the last session of Parliament
the tenor Of all The journals in his interest On various
keys ard in nultOrm styles they have played single
ture, representing Lord palmerstOn vaioy strug-
Cling against tire influence Of the Premier and revolt
ing at the gDominOus part forced upon him in the
Eastern drama Ramors have been necessarily circu-
lated concerning the division Of the Ministry into two
great parties oud nothing Las been omitted to prepare
the British public for an exhibition OF characteristic
energy from the chivalrous Yiscount. The comedy
having been thus introduced the mise ssne arranged
tie noble Lord placed behind the crtan has chosen,
Wit astonishing saeaoty the exact moment when his
Appearance the stage would DC most startling and
Oh Give
Lord Pameracn secedes from his friends of the Co
aliion just as Austria has eagerly seized the proposi
tion for conferences just the Car is spreading
wider bis nets of intrigue and war; eaectng an armed
collision between the Seryans aud BOSnians, and
threatening the reieng prince Of Seryia with deposit
ton should he persis in remaining neutral in the
nct just the Turks rely ing the presence Of the
British and French fleets have suffered the destruction
of otilla and the slaughter of 5000 men by Russian
fleet three times powerful; when Russian captains
allowed to defy the British law in British ports
and board Of British vessels when the dnastic IN
trigues Of tie spotless Queen " and her German
ConsOrt have become in matters of public nOtorie
ty and lastly, when tie duh British people Injured in
their national pride abroad, and tortured By strikes
famine, and commercial stagnation at home begin to
assume a threatening attitude AID have nobody upon
whom a5ergc themselves but their own ptifu Gov.
eminent. BY retiring at such moment, Lord Pal
mers;on throws of all responsibility from his own
shoulders Upon those Of his late partners His act be-
cones grea. national event. lie is transformed at
once into the representative OF the people against the
Government from which he secedes lie not only saves
bis own popularity, but he gives the last finish to the
unroluaIiiy OF bis colleagues. The inevitable down.
fail OF the present Ministry appearing to be his work,
lie becomes necessary element OF any that may sue.
coed it. lie ndt only deserts doomed Cabinet but he
imposes himself on its successor
Besides saving his popularity and securing promi-
nert place in the Lew administration Lord Palmerston
directly besefts the cause OF Russia, BY Withdrawing
at the present momentous crisis The Coalition Cab
met. at whose procrasnatng ingenuity Russian d.
pomaey has mocked whose Orleanist and Coburg pre-
elections have ever been suspected by Bonaparte.
whose treacherous and pusilanimous weakness begins
even to be understood at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ministry
will now lose what little influence it may have retained
in the councils Of the world An administration dis
united, unpopular, not relied upon by It's friends nor
respected by IT'S foes considered merely provisional
and On the eve of dissolution whose very existence
has become matter Of doubt-such an administration
is the least adapted to make the weight OF Great
Britain felt in the balance Of the European powers
Lord Palmerston's withdra Sal reduces the Coalition.
snd with IL England hersef TO nullty as far as for
een policy is concerned and never has there existed
an epoch when the disappearance of England from the
public stage, even for week CT fortnight could do
so much .or the Autccrat The pacific element has
tTiumphed over the warlike one in the councils of
Great Britain. Such is the Interpretation that must
BE given at the courts Of Berlin Paris aud Vienna 70
Lord Palmerstons resignation; and this Interpretation
they will press upon the Divan, already shaken in
its sefconfdence by the las. success of Russia and
consulting under the guns OF the united fleets
IL should not be forgotten that since Lord Palmer
ston became member of the Coalition Miastry. his
public acts as far as foreign policy is concerned have
been limited TO the famous gun-pOwder plot, and the
ayowed employment Of the British police as spies
against the political refugees to speech wherein be
loosely treated the obstruction BY Russia of the nay
eaton OF the Danube Of no account; and lastly to
the grafton with which he dism ;saa Parliament assur
ing the Commons that all the Government had done in
the Eastern complication had been right-thst they
might quietly disband since the ministers remained AZ
their posts and peSgng himself for the honor and
g'od iaith OF tie Emperor of Russia