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hat after a short time had elapsed, subsequent to his

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declaration to that effect, it had been carried into
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'till operation. He had looked to the translation of
:hat assurance made by Russia (it was to be found
p. 223 of the papers marked A), and there lie
Dbserved the assurance, that Russia would not ex-

ercise her rights as a belligerent, put into this form,
" Now, the Emperor declares, that Russia will cease
immediately to be so," &c. On turning back to the
original, he found the French to stand thus—" Or,
l'Empereur declare, que la Russie cessera monzen-
tanement de l'etre." There wss a great difference

between the two. To be sure it might be, and per-,
haps was a mere inadvertence on the part of the
translator, but these little differences in such matters

were sometimes of importance.
The Earl of ABERDEEN said, that in the first
place he had no papers to produce respecting the
raising of the Greek blockades. Every thing that
had passed between the French Government and his
Majesty's Government on that subject was now on
the table of the House. The Noble Baron had
spoken of some considerable difference between the
two Governments cn that subj,et. He had been
misinformed upon it. it was not true that the
French Government had made a remonstrance
couched in the form of a menace—they had at first
misapprehended what was done—had applied for
an explanation, and on that explanation being
given, had expressed their entire acquiescence
in the statement made by his Majesty's Government.
No orders had been issued to the Admirals to
ic-
stitute the blockades refereed to, and he could only

therefore say, with reference to that part of the sub-
ject, that he had nothing to add in explanation of
that transaction. The subject of Candia in-
volved a question of a much more extensive na•
cure. The cond.tion of that island had varied
much within the last several years, and the
papers required by the Noble Baron were such
that his wish could only with difficulty be com-
plied with, and the papers themselves were not nt-
cessary for the object that the Noble Baron had in
view. however, what the Noble Baron had ob-
served as inconsistent in the statements made in the

}louse, and in the papers laid on the table, was not
at all the case, and the Noble Baron would himself
perceive that there was no inconsistency if he car-
ried his observations to the point of time in which
the declarations were made. At the commence-
ment of the Greek Revolution there was no doubt
that Candia did share in the revolt, and engaged
like the other States of Greece in o arfare with its
Turkish Master. That was its condition as early as
1822 or 1823. Afterwards the island was pacified,
and remained in the possession of the Turks till a
blockade was established there in the beginning of
1828. That blockade had been established by the
Admiral in the discharge of his duty in effecting a
certain object. It was a part of the plan of his
operations to interrupt the communication between
the Morea and Egypt, and for that purpose be had
instituted tile blockade of Candia. The effect of

that blockade was to renew the insurrection, and to
place the island in the state in which it was at this
moment. The Greeks were now in possession of
the open country, and the Turks held all the strong
places in the island. When, therefore, his Noble
Friend had said that if Candia was at all events to
become part of the new Greek State we must con-
quer it from the Turks, he had said that which was
perfectly true, for they possessed the strong places,
and without conquering them the possession of the
island could not be transferred to the Greeks.--

He would only add one word with respect to the
mistake imputed to the translator. The word cer-
tainly ought to have been translated "for the time,"
instead of " immediately," but it was true, in fact,
that his Imperial Majesty did consent immediately
to lay down the character of a belligerent—the
words in the Protocol were " he does lay down"—
"it depose" in the present tense. The mistake,
therefore, was by no means one of material conse-

quence
Lord HOLLAND wanted a copy of the instruc-
tions sent to revoke the orders under which the
blockade had been established,
The Esti of ABERDEEN said, most explicitly,

that he had nothing further to communicate on the
subject. The orders never were revoked, for no
orders had been given to establish the blockade.
He repeated that the French Government were sa-
tisfied with the explanation which his Majesty's
Government had given.
Lord HOLLAND wished to see the ordets
issued to the Commissioners upon this subject.
He wanted to know whether the blockade was
raised by force or not; and if so, what were the
orders under which that force was employed ?
The Earl of ABERDEEN could only repeat,
that no orders had been given for establishing the
blockade; that it had been established by the Ad-
miral himself; and that it was raised when the object
for which it was first established had been gained.
Lord HOLLAND said that particularly with
respect to the blcckade of Candia, he wished to
know whether the Noble Earl had any objection to
produce the orders under which the blockade was
established, and those given for raising it ?
The Earl of ABERDEEN answered, that the
only order that was issued was for raising, not for
establishing the blockade of Candia. There was,
he distinctly repeated, no order given for establish-
ing the blockade of that place. The Admiral, in
the exercise of his discretion as naval Commander
on that station, did institute a temporary blockade;
when the necessity for it had ceased, an order was
issued to raise it. No other order had been given.
Lord HOLLAND trusted that the Noble Earl
would not think him guilty of " pertinacity," but
what he wished to ktic.v was, whether there had
not been further correspondence than that now on
the table on the subject of that blockade ?
The Earl of ABERDEEN tepeated that the
blockade had not been instituted in consequence of
any orders given to the Admiral for that particular
purpose. The Admiral was ordered to assist in
effecting the evacuation of the Morea by the Egyp-
tian forces. For that purpose he thought it neces-
sary to institute the blockade of Candle in order
that he might interrupt the communication between
the Morea and Egypt. When his object was ef-
fected and the Morea had been evacuated by the
Egyptian troops, the necessity for the blockade
ceased, and he was ordered to raise it.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE then moved,
" That an humble Address be presented to his Ma-
jesty, praying that lie would direct that there.be
laid before the House copies of all Communications
received from the Ambassadors of the Allied Powers,
in consequence of the instructions of the 2d of July,
1828, relating to the boundaries of Greece ; and,
also, copies of all Papers relating to the blockades
established by the Greeks, and to the raising of
those blockades."
The Earl of ABERDEEN said, he should have
no objection to the production of copies of the
papers referred to, with such limitations, however,
as he should feel it consistent with his duty to exer-
cise with respect to such portions of-the papers as
related to other matters.
The Marquis of LONDONDERRY was sur-
prifed that the Noble Earl should wish to put any
limitation upon the papers he intended to produce,
after his promise the other night that he would give
any Noble Lord these papers to " his heart's con-
tent." Now he thought that it was important that
all these papers should be produced ; it was im-
portant the country should know whether we were
indebted to the three Allied Powers or to Russia
alone for what the Turks had conceded to the
Greeks. In his opinion, from the information he
had received, we were indebted to the letter, who
had interfered in order to establish a State, that, at
some future time, must depend on her alone for
support, and must, in the course of events, afford
scope for the gratification of her ambition. Under
these circumstances he should move for copies of
such communications from our Ambassadors at
Constantinople, which bore upon the fact of the
portion of indemnity given up by Russia, and. its
ell- ct upon the concessions made by Turkey to the
Greeks.
The Earl of ABERDEEN observed that it was