Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-02-23

The news of the resignation of the Aberdeen adj
minstraton, brought by the steamer Asia, will sur
prise one who has paid any attention TO the
progress of events for time past. The mIserably
inefficient manner in which the war in the East has
been conducted-the unparalleled suffering and loss
of life among the troops, occasioned by the most
gross and papabe Encouragement, had aroused the
indignation of the whole country. and rendered
continuance in office by the existing cabinet matter
of impossbility. Immediately the assembling of
Parliament, Mr.. Roebuck in the House of Commons,
made motion for the appointment of select COM
rnittee to investigate the of the existing dis
tress among the troops, by which they had been
reduced to state bordering restitution The
passage of such motion would have been equva-
lent to a vote of want of confidence. Upon Lord
John Russell as President of the Council and admin
straton leader in the House. devoved the business OF
opposng the motion and defending the course Of the
administration This he did not do, but announced
his retirement from office, saying that in order to
oppose the motion he must either be able to show
that such disgracef9 state of things did not exist
or if they did, that efficient measures had been
adopted to remedy it and prevent its occurrence In
future aud as he could do neither, he felt bound TO
retire He could not deny what was charged, nor
could be give the necessary assurances tor the fu
ture He went on 10 show that under the existing
distribution of power among the members of the
government, there was really efeclua head of the
war department - no one clothed with sufficient
power to control all its branches effectively In the
beginning of the winter he had urged upon Lord Aber
deem and the other members Of the Cabinet the
sodaon of the Offices OF Minister at war and Secre
tary of under one efficient head, namely, Lord
Painerston, but his urging had been without effect.
Although not in so many words, yet in effect Lord
John minated that respect for the Duke of Newcas
tie, who would have been superseded by the proposed
arrangement, had more weight with Lord Aberdeen
than any consideration of the public interest pub
lie honor.
After these admissions the part of of the
ablest and most popular members of the government,
and the withdrawal of that gentleman from all con-
necton with it, its fall could hardly be regarded as
matter of time. The motion of Mr. Roebuck, the
passage of whch was equivalent to vote of want of
confidence passed by an Overwhelming ajority, and
the Aberdeen Cabinet resigned covered with odium.
More bitter and scahng attacks have been ma lie
any body of public than those upon the Aber-
deem Cabinet in the Commons while its friends rather
pIedo III excuse ol unoluudUe lotdheS IMAM PIeeHu'
ed to make any defence founded upon justification of
the cement of affairs denial of it's ruinous
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What move will next be made it is difficult to say.
Some difficulty will certainly be experienced in the
formation of cabinet. The position of affairs a.
broad is a critical in the extreme, and will call for
the energetic exeron of the highest abiles,s ustan-
ed by the fullest confidence of all parties at home,
while such is the position of the parties that the OBJ
tainment or this essential confidence is extremely diff
fcult if not impossible. L. ID Derby, the leader of
the Tories has failed Pamerston, Clarendon and
Lansdowne may be tried with doubtful success.