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24 of a Foreign Policy which has made the name of England &apos;to stink&apos; in the world—reduced her from her high place among nations— filled Continental Journals with contemptuous sneers, and our own with indignant complaints—a Foreign Policy which Lord Derby well described as &apos;meddle and muddle,' and Mr. Cobden in his severe review as—an &apos;Anarchy&apos;!!

In contrast to this picture we oifer you another. During barely two years Lord Stanley has saved Europe from a general war by arranging the Luxemburg dispute—checked Spanish presumption—brought to a happy conclusion the Abyssinian trouble, bequeathed him by his predecessor—accepted the principle of arbitration, and toned down American susceptibilities—raised the prestige of England in the East, and restored her to her high place in the Councils of Europe.

The 'Presse' a French paper, at the commencement of August, had an article on the European situation, in which occurs this striking testimony to the ability of the Conservative minister;—"England therefore among the great Powers, is the real arbiter of the destinies of Europe."

But whilst not one Liberal Candidate deems it prudent to draw attention to our Foreign relations as they have been, and as they are, most of them are not ashamed to charge the effects of the Abyssinian blunder, and a year of terrible commercial panic and depression upon the financial department of the