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treaty of Adrianople ; and the English Minis-
ter who permitted, and in a great manner
occasioned, that disastrous settlement was
Lard ASERDEEN. The secret despatehes
of the Court of St. Petersburg which were
obtained front the portfolio of the (hand
Duke CoNNTANTINK itt the suck of WalailW in
1830 attest for ever the indecision, the want
of energy and resource, the servile deference.
to Russia, of the present Priem. Nlinister of
England.
From the period of the Reform Bill to the
late resignation of Lord lbotay. English
Ministers, of all parties, have attempted to
fulfil one paramount duty—namely, to repair
the consequences of the maladministration of
our aflitirs by Lord AstanEEN in 1.420. Even,
when under Sir HONEST Pr.m., Lord AHERDEEs
resumed the seals of the Foreign-office, he
was himself, though constrained, to a certain
degree not an exception to this principle.
King Louts Pmn.urex was then in the
aceendant, and gave the tone to our foreign
poliey ; anti uncompromising resistance to
Russian aggression was the cardinal principle
of a Sovereign otherwise devoted to peaee.
The fall of the Orleans dynasty in 1548, ap-
parently terminating that "cordial understand-
ing " between England and France, which,
though retarded by the folly of the elder Bony
lions, was, in fact, the inevitable consequenee
of the preponderance obtained by Russia,
seemed to remove the great barrier to the
advancement of " the. scheme." Simulta-
neously, I.ord Am.:III4:EN violently reverted
to his Russian predilections, and, we have
reason to believe, in personal eommunieation
with the Russian Court, spared no efforts to
prevent any renewal of the mutual V 4 Inlidenee
existing between the two great Western
Powers. TI gh a timid man, Ine had re-
course, in order to gain his end, to some des-
perate expedients. Lord PALMERSTON was the
objeet of his incessant intrigues. Though not
then a responsible adviser of the Crown, Lord
A to:anExN, at any rate, Teillailled a member of
the Privy Conned, yet he hazarded a secret
eorrem deuce with foreign agents, in order
to embarrass and subvert a British Minister.
His machinations were partially betrayed to
the Whig Government.and Lord Jou,: !Lessem.
properly denounced him as the agent of a
foreign conspiracy. There was (Wen ali inten-
tion at the time of bringing I.orel Anzinizxx's
conduct before the House of Contnoms, and
of addressing her Majesty to strike his name
front the list of Privy Councillors. The high-
est, influence was called into play to prevent
this startling disgrace.
The rnotnent that Lord AnEnnEuv aseer-
taineel that Lord IKanT was resolved to main-
tain and to cherish the French alliance, he
withdrew from the late Government the in-
sidious support that he had at first proffered
them. All his efforts were now directed to
decry Lord Mxtmcsauftv, and to hold up the
ruler of France to public distrust and reproba-
tion. The influential relation» of Lor,l Am.:n-
-ov.1t?l with our public journals enabled him for
a time to succeed in this aim. The pat • See re
tary of State for Foreign Affairs—one of the
most indefatigable men ever entrust-el with
public business, who combines this capacity
for labour with great knowledge of the world,
and who sorreeiled iu everything he under-
took was the °Newt of unceasing attack
eluriew the whole of his ministry by the lius•
sian journals, metier the direct and immediate
inspiration of the present Prime Minister.