The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-19

TONS Canadian white whea. In bond sold as 81 20,
a. common Southern red a. 81 II. Corn was
none active, and free sslcs we're ma5e, iacludlng
considerable lots for export, Prices ranged chiefly
from Csc. 81 for white and yellow. Old mess pork
YVES easier, and sales were made .; sl2 o. Coffee
was about 4c. per ID. hig er tor RIO, with mora
doing. Cotton frsighis TO Liverpool indicsed same
Improvement.
We publish this morning half dozen letters from
Washington, detailing the transactions, social and
political, finspciA snd flibustsro, diplomatic and
domestic, naval and Know Nothing, during the past
week, a. the capital Of the republic, all narrated
with sprDkii,g OF spice and speculation just suf.
fcisnt to render the otherwise tresoMe details OF
congressional doings agreeable and interesting.
II ere aie rumors Of all sorts Of burgarious designs
on the strong box Of Secretary ca .hris-schsmes
for buying MP Mexico in instalments AMI Santa
Anna in the lump plans for dsspoiiirg the Iadians
of their hunting grounds and enlargDg the area Of
land speculators--in fact, proj.c for plunderag
without end and Of inconceiyable variety, all eYinc
ing wonderful versatility and ecuodity of res ,urcs
On the part Of the jobbsrs and lobbyites who con-
grega'e at the capital.
The Ministerial Crisis In England-The Disas-
tiers OF the CrImea Valuable Political
Lesson.
There never was an administration which has
closed its career under circumstances of greater
discredit and humiliation than that Of Lord
Aberdeen. Composed of the cleverest states
men Of the old wbig and tory parties, with
slight infusion of the radical element, it seemed
from its very constitution to be Of all others
the best calculated TO carry on vigorously q
ks.Il H. H.
it's interest all party distinctions and differences,
and united the whole Of the Bristish people in
one common bond Of patriotic policy. There
was only one. drawback to the hopes which this
administration held out, in connection with the
war, and that was the lurking suspicion in
duced in the popular mind by the intimate and
cordial private relations which the head of the
Cabinet was known for many years to have
entertained with the Emperor Of Russia. 1t is
not to be wondered at, therefore, that, when the
conduct of the war began to show evidences of
want Of vigor and earnestness Of purpose, when
in addition to the failure Of its military plans,
the disgracefnl negligence and incompetency of
the departments at home placed in still clearer
light the Indifference and lukewarmness Of the
head of the government, popular discomfort
should loudly attribute to treachery the short
comings and disasters which have marked the
opening campaign. This suspicion has not GER
tainIy been weakened by the extraordie airy dis
closures which Lord John Russell thought proper
to make in defence of his dosertion of his late
political associates. The conduct of Lord
Aberdeen in wilfully persevering, in spite Of
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of his colleagues, in course Of administration
which was running the honor and the influence
Of his country, presents, to say the least Of it,
an example Of faulty and obstinacy so unac-
countable as to justify the most unfavorable
differences that could be drawn from it.
In the general distrust created by these evil
dences Of political and individual perfdy, in
highest statesmen, the man who undertakes to
form a new ministry will have difficult task
Few will be inclined to accept the legacy Of
labor, suspicion and personal annoyance which
the abortive and disastrous measures of these
men will bequeath to those who succeed them
For the present, at least, it seems to be the
general opinion in England, that another coalition
Disraeli party can Of themselves do nothing.
Nor do we imagine that another coalition min
istry will embrace any of the leading members
of that clique Lord Derby is unpopular with
the people Of England generally, and would
inspire no confidence, and Diraeli's antecedents,
both Of family aud conduct, render him dis
tasteful to the higher class Of the Commons,
whilst at the same time they are not Of ma
ture to recommend him to the democratic men,
bers Of that body. The only combination that
could possibly give force to Derby admins
tration would be Lord Palmerston's adhesion;
but Lord Palmerston remains 'master of the
situation" and will be Caesar aut nuilus But
though supported by the unanimous feeling Of
the English people, and armed with all the
prestige that unbounded personal popularity
can give him, we fear that even this able states
man will experience great difficulty in gather
ing together elements that will work harmo-
niously together 1t is objected that his ad-
vanced age incapacitates him from combining
in his own person the offices and duties of
Premier and Minister at War; bat unless
be can do this or secure the services
Of some one in the latter Office on whose
energy, experience and 10y atty he can rely, it
is likely that bis administration will disappoint
the sanguine hopes that are formed of it. There
is only one English statesman that we know Of,
besides Lord Palmerston himself, who possesses
the necessary qualifications for that important
most and that ia Earl Grew. Int thera oro con-