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Show By l'ulcg raiih. DECAY OF EVGLISD'S lXFLC- London, 0. In the House of Lords this evening, the Marquis of Salisbury attacked the foreitru policy of government, govern-ment, sbowiug that foreign powers were all contemptuous in their manner towards England. Pru-is a bad de elined England's aid in negotiating a peace with France; and Russia had repudiated re-pudiated the obligations solemnly agreed to at the end of the Critnr an war. These insults ho placed in contrast con-trast with the guarantees uh-ch England Eng-land was a party to, and therefrom be dciueed the decay of her influence, lie urged the ivur::aiii.:it!Oii ! the army. To its wiikne-s he .vtributcu much of England' luv of r.e-tiee. Granville protested aain-e the uu reasonableness of the aault in .do on the government's conduct in loreign atl.or?i; and quoted the opinion of h dinliuguiolicd American officer, who had expre-.ed surprise at the complete sta'e of preparation f .r war in v. high be found the Unti-li navy. The di-i-u-iion rude I by tho adoption of an ord t for the u-pritit-iiitf of the t".xt nf the guaranteei. given by England in continent d matters. |