text:  How unspeakably contemptible and ridiculous has the lapse of a few months rendered the petty clamours against him with which the ex-ministerial party commenced their last year's campaign! Without however travelling round the entire circle of our foreign connexions and operations--there are one or two points to which we will briefly refer as striking instances of the vigilant and indefatigable energy and the powerful diplomatic influence of Lord Aberdeen especially with reference to the securing commercial advantages to this country--and which has extorted the following testimony during the present month (December ) from another French journal by no means favourably disposed to this country:--"The English Government is incontestably the best served of all Governments in the means of obtaining new and extending old markets and in the rapid and complete knowledge of the course to be adopted to ensure the sale of the immense products of Great Britain in different parts of the globe