The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-29 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.

At ten minutes past two o'clock the LORD
CHANCELLOR entered the House, and took

his seat on the bench usually occupied by the
Lords' Commissioners.

The other Lords Commissioners were, the
Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Earl of
SHAFTESBURY, and Lord ELLENBOROUGH.

At twenty minutes past two, the Usher of

;he Black Rod proceeded to the Lower House,
or the purpose of summoning the attendance of
;he Commons to their Lordships' Bar, to hear
he Royal Speech read.

The SPEA KER of the House of Commons, was
attended by about fifty Members, among whom
were—Mr. W. Y. PEEL, Mr. Alderman WOOD,
and Colonel TRENCH,

One of the Clerks having read his MA-
J ESTY'S Commission, the LORD CHANCELLOR
proceeded to read the Royal Speech, which was
as follows :

MY LORDS ANI) GENTLEMEN,

" We are commanded by his MAJESTY to acquaint you,
that his MAJESTY continues to receive from all Foreign
Princes and States, assurances of their Desire to maintain
the Relations of amity with this Country ; and that the
great Powers of Europe participate in the earnest wish of
His MAJESTY to cultivate a good understanding upon all
Points which may conduce to the preservation of Peace.

His MAJESTY has viewed for some time past, with
great concern, the state of affairs in the East of Europe.

" For :several years a contest has been carried on be-
tween the Ottoman Porte and the Inhabitants of the
Greek Provinces and Islands, which has been marked on
each side by excesses revolting to humanity.

" In the progress of that contest, the rights of neutral
States and the Laws which regulate the intercourse of
civilized Nations, have been repeatedly violated, and the
peaceful commerce of His MAJE,srv's subjecte, has been
exposed to frequent interruption and to depredations, too
often aggravated by acts of violence and atrocity.

" His MAJESTY has felt the deepest anxiety to termi•

nate the calamities; and avert the dangers, inseparable from
hostilities, which constitute the only exception to the gene-
ral tranquillity of Europe.
" Having been earnestly entreated by the Greeks to in-
terpose his good offices, with a view to effect a reconcilia-
tion between them and the Ottoman Porte, his MAJESTY
concerted measures for that purpose in the first instance
with the Emperor of Russia, and subsequently with his
Imperial Majesty and the King of France.

" IliS MAJESTY has given directions that there should
be laid before you Copies of a Protocol signed at St. Ps-
tersburgh by the Plenipotentiaries of his MAJESTY and of
his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, on the 4th of
April, 1826, and of the Treaty entered into between his
MAJESTY and the Courts of the Tuilleries and of St. Pe-
tersburgb, on the 6th of July, 1627.
" In the course of the measures adopted with a view to
carry into effect the object of the Treaty, a collision wholly
unexpected by his MAJESTY, took place in the Port of Na-
varin between the fleets of the contracting Powers and that
of the Ottoman Porte.

" Notwithstanding the valour displayed by the combined
Fleet, His MAJESTY deeply laments that this conflict should
have occurred with the naval force of an ancient Ally ; but
he still entertains a confident hope that this untoward event
will not be followed by further hostilities, and will not im-
pede that amicable adjustment of the existing differences
between the Porte and the Greeks to which it is se mani-

festly their common interest to accede.
" In maintaining the national faith, by adhering to the
engagements into which his MAJESTY has entered, his MA.
J EsTv will never lose sight of the great objects to which all his
efforts have been directed—the terminatioa of the contest
between the hostile parties, the permanent settlement of

their future relations to each other, and the maintenance
of the repose of Europe, upon the basis on which it has
rested since the last general Treaty of Peace.
" His MAJESTY has the greatest satisfaction in inform-
ing you, that the purposes for which his MAJESTY, upon
the requisition of the Court of Lisbon, detached a military
force to Portugal, have been accomplished. The obligations of

good faith having been fulfilled, and the safety and indepen-
dence of Portugal secured, His MAJESTY has given orders that
the forces now in that country, should be immediately