The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-30 00:00:00

THE ADDRESS.

The Earl of CHICHESTER (sometimes in a
low tone of voice) spoke to the following effect:—
My Lords, in rising to address your Lordships
on this occasion, I am fully sensible of the difficulties
which attend such a task when undertaken by one so
inexperienced as myself. lam confident that all who
heard the Speech from the Throne will agree with me
in the object which I have in view, the necessity of
directing your attention to the steady purpose
of maintaining the national faith and com-
merce. If I fail in securing that, it will not
be owing to any want of sincerity of my own feel-
ings. In reverting, my Lords, to the Speech
which has been just read, it appears that
his Majesty continues to receive assurances of
pacific relations from all Foreign Princes. I con-
sider this, my Lords, no small source of satisfaction,
for since the engagement which unfortunately
took place in the port of Navarin, con-
siderable fears must have been entertained that
the state of Greece, which we have all so long de-
plored, would be further endangered, and that we
ourselves, scarcely beginning to taste the sweets
of a restoration of peace were about to be involved
in war with our ancient ally, Turkey. My Lords,
whilst I lament the loss of life sustained on that occa-
,ien, I cannot but admire the courage, the skill, the valour of
our force, and no less meritorious conduct of our Allies.
—(Great Cheering.)—But, nay Lords, whatever pride
we may feel for their conduct upon that occasion,
I am convinced that every true friend to the real interests
of this country must lament with me the occurrence of so
unfortunate an event. My Lords, in all victories the honor
which t l.e victors obtain, must very much, if not
entirely dei•end upon the justice of the cause in which
they happen to bed engaged ; and if this engagement with
the Turkish and Egyptian fleets had been the result
on our part of premeditated design, and not the conse-
quence of unforeseen accident and misunderstanding, I con-
fess that I should find cause fur apprehending war.—
But I find, my Lords, from his Majesty's Speech, that so
far from this engagement being contemplated as the ac-
tual result of the instructions bent to the Admiral
commanding our force, it is considered an unlooked for and
untoward event. Moreover his Majesty entertains con-
fident hopes
that it will not be followed by further
hostilities, nor
impede the amicable adjustment of those
accede difficulties between the Ottoman Porte and the Greek
provinces, which it was the object of the Treaty to
t
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markedh help
eondremarkingue upon the dig-
nifiedof the Sultan
upon this occasion ; and I consider such conduct as
an additional proof that we shall obtain the object
of the Treaty, to put au end to those differences which
have so long subsisted between Greece and the Ottoman
Porte. During the war which has .so long unfortunately
subsisted between the Ottoman Porte and the inhabitants
of Greece, our trade, as well as the trade of France and of
other nations, has suffered materially flout piracies occasion-
ed by these hostilities, and it therefore became the policy of the
British Government, as well for the protection of our trade
as for the general peace and welfare of the world, to do
their utmost to bring the contest to a speedy, termination;
and accordingly measures were adopted to bring about
an
amicable adjustment, and the Treaty was entered into
with France, to which, as it is not regularly be-
Core your Lordships, I shall 'lot more particularly advert ;
That the salutary object it expresses may be carried into
effect, is certainly desirable for our own as well as for the
;;eneral interests of Europe ; but I consider it not less essential
•0 our national credit, than the maintenance of that charar-
itr and good faith, and honour, which are the glory of this