New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-15
THE BRITISH MINISTRY.

The previous mail from England brought news
Of the formation Of the Pslmerston Ministry
that which arrived yesterday, by the Pacific,
brings us a startling word that within one week
chaos sgain regned 10 the British Government.
We bad predicted for the Palmerston Cabinet
brief and troubled existence but we had scarcely
hoped for so speedy verifcsNon Of our words.
The immediate cause assigned for their retire
ment by the Peelite section, whose withdrawal
has occssioned the present disruption, was the
persistence of the House Of Commons in it's reso-
luton for inquiry as to the Crimean Disasters.
That bitter and plucky Representative of Demo-
craft, Sheffield Mr.. Roebuck, having once
planted his teeth in the neck of the Adminstrd-
ton, doggedy refused to let 60 until he brought
down his victim; and encouraged by the cheers
and sympathy Of England, has held on to his Com
mittee. Lord Raglan, as we some time since fore.
saw, has been the first victim, and accompanied
BY lord Lucan, and few ether inca pables, who
have been politely invited to resign, returns home.
Every name upon the investigating Committee
has been fought, inch BY inch, with view of
selecting jury of gentiemanly feeling who will
even if possible, faint praise. But though tho
effort has been partially successful, and Lord Sey-
mour, near relation Of Lord Raglan, has been
selected to preside, the people have one vigorous
counsel at the board in Lsyard, WHO will search
out the truth and take care they know it.
Though this has been the surface reason of the
disruption, far deeper causes lie beneath. There
can be no doubt that the retiring section Of the
Cabinet who leave in body followed their
leader Lord Aberdeen entered upon the war, in
which England is now engaged, in reluctant ODE
dience to strong popular pressure; and while
carrying it on, has been ever looking backward
with q longing eye toward peace. The deter.
Dination evinced by Palmerston to bring at once
to final issue the question of "be or not to
abe" thorough peace or thorough war, BY his
Dispatch of Lord John Russell to Vienna and the
strong dash of Wing pugilistic blood he has in
troduced, to ovspower the peaceful Peelise ele-
ment in the Cabinet veins, have. we doubt not
been the real cause of the Gladstone, Graham and
Herbert detection.
The new Cabinet constructed by Lord Palmers-
ton is, with SEINE few chsnges the same which,
from the overthrow of Peel in 46 TO the dis
missal of Palmerston in 81, under the premier
ship of Lord John Russell, administered the
Government. During their reign of FIVE years
they were, with the vigorous exception of the
present Preniers administration of foreign Of.
fairs, and Lord Clarendon's government of Ire
land, specially distinguished for feebleness aud
incspacity. Nor can we believe they are des.
tined now to present any more emblazoned page
in the annals of EDglish Whiggery. Sir G.. C.
Lewis, who has been introduced to the sinewy
post OF the Exchequer, vacated BY Mr.. Gladstone,
10 brotherin -law Of Lord Clarend on, and Editor
of The Edinburgh Rsrisr. He 10 man of cult
waited literary taste, feeble in health, and below
mediocrity - q speaker. He filed, under Lord
J. Russell, the position Of Financial Secretary
to the Treasury, which has possibly marked him