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London, England, 1830-03-01 00:00:00

of a liberal form of Government in Greece, and the ex-
tension of its limits, that the Earl of ABERDEEN at-
tempted to put a construction on a letter of Mr. Fox,
by which that great man would appear to consider the
existence of Turkey as necessary to the general interests
and safety of Europe. We are glad to be enabled to lay
the following remarks on this interesting point before
our readers : remarks for which we are indebted to the
same correspondent whose observations on the policy of Mr.
Fox's administration appeared in the STA a of Friday :

" The meaning which both the Foreign Secretary and Mr. PEEL,
in the lower House, wished to affix to the letter in question, would
contradict the whole tenor of his (Mr. Fox's) political opinions
during his life. Those opinions—right er wrong—leant uniformly
to a predilection for alliance with Russia, and jealousy of the power
of France in the Mediterranean ; and to a notion that the downfal of
the Ottoman Empire—in itself a great benefit to mankind—would
furnish the means of a counterpoise to the preponderance of France
in the Mediterranean Sea. That such were his opinions, the Minis-
ters deny ; and they found their contradiction of them on the fol.
lowing circumstance :—Mr. Fox—in his first answer to a letter
from M. TALLEYRAND, which conveyed the Emperor NAPO-
LEON'S expressions of a desists of peace with England—after aug.
gearing a basis on which such negotiation might be established
urges the necessity of including Russia, as the ally of Great
Britain, in such negotiation. TALLEYRAND, in reply, evades
that proposal without mentioning Russia in particular : he labours
to prove the Inconvenience and unreasonableness of admitting a
third great military power into such a negotiation; and concludes
by remarking—

' That the intepity, and complete and absolute Independence of
the Ottoman Empire form not only the sincerest desire of the Em.
peror, but constitute the undeviating object of his policy." Mr.
Fox answers—as it is translated—" As to what relates to the inte-
grity and independence of the Ottoman Porte, no difficulty can
present itself—that object being equally dear to all the parties in-
terested in the present discussion.'

"I will not dwell on the different force of the expression
of an object equally dear in English and in French ; which,
though it may appear slight, is not altogether immaterial in consi-
dering this passage of Mr. Fox's letter. The original French, in
fact, conveys little more than it would if it had run in English
thus :—" As to the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, there will be
little difficulty about that. All the parties interested will be as
ready, or as glad, as you, to concur in that point." However, be
that as it will, It is necessary to look to the circumstances in which
the passage was written; and they will account for It clearly, with.
out imputing to Mr. Fox a dereliction of all his general notions of
European and English policy. It is quite obvious that M. Tat..
LICYJIAND, in his observation, had two objects in view: first, to
insinuate some suspicions of the designs of Russia on
Turkey; and secondly, to suggest apprehensions in Mr. Fox's
mind, that the admission of that power to the approaching nego-
elation would lead to difficulties and delays. Mr. Fox replies,
with great civility and frankness, but with great address, that
Russia has no such designs as France suspects; and that she will
be as ready as England to acquiesce in the arrangements for the in.
tegrity of the Ottoman empire—such objects being equally dear to
all parties interested in the discussion." He, thus, delicately con.
veys an answer to the insinuations, and says, in substance—' Russia,
whom you affect to suspect, is as sincere as you in disclaiming all
designs against Turkey ; and we will gladly acquiesce with you
both in arrangements of that sort.
" It is not impossible that Mr. Fox, and it is manifest that, at
that time, Russia suspected France of harbouring designs on
Greece, Albania, or Egypt; and they might think it rather for-
tunate, at the commencement of the negociation, to procure a dis-
claimer from France, which would preclude her, in case of peace,
from executing such projects. Throughout the correspondence it is
quite obvious that Mr. Fox laboured to protect Russian interests,
and gain the full anti entire confidence of that Court ; and the ut.
most extent that can be given to the meaning of Mr. Fox's phrase
is this : that the independence of Turkey is as dear to England, as to
Russia and France. The attachment of neither at that moment to
such an object could be presumed, though it might be professed,
to be very extravagant. Each was suspected by the other to be
meditating designs inconsistent with such a feeling. The general
policy of Russia, for a century, was directed to an opposite end;
and the Emperor NAPOLEON himself had not long since invaded
Egypt, and was known to retain great predelictions for that part of
his military career. Subsequent events confirm this view of the
subject ; and they disprove any strong predilection for Turkey in
the Ministry of which Mr, Fox had been the head. England,
urged, by menace and force, Russian objects on Turkey
at Constantinople and Alexandria; and was more anxious
to protect the Porte from French influence than from Rue.
sian aggression. Moreover, whatever Alr. Fox's general and
ablated opinion might be, he was compelled, at that time, by the
actual state of the engagements of the Crown, to hold such lan-
guage as is found in that letter; for a treaty then subsisted between
Turkey and England, to which Russia was a party, by which each
was bound to protect the integrity of the other's dominions. That
treaty expired a few months afterwards; but not till the Turks
had, in other respects, grossly violated the articles of it.
" It is, moreover, observable, that the proposal for guaranteeing
Turkey originated with France—a fact that does not disprove my
position : that, excepting France, no European power ever wished
to admit Turkey into the system of European politics, at least till
1789. Our treaty with Turkey arose from our Russian conneedep.,
and from the invasion of Egypt by France it lasted only wen
years."

We have the pleasure to announce to our readers that
the Regents of Her Majesty, the Youthful QUEEN of
PORTUGAL, having taken into consideration the grie-
vous complaint made to Parliament by the Earl of
ABERDEEN, of the existence and residence of the
Regency in this city : they, notwithstanding the false
statements, and the unjustifiable and ill-matured lan-
guage made use of by the Noble Earl on that
occasion, have determined to afford his Lordship
the most unequivocal satisfaction on this point, by the
Dissolution of the Regency in London—for the legi-
timate and more essential purpose, however, which may
not prove so satisfactory to his Lordship of estab-
lishing themselves and entering on their func-
tions, with all possible dispatch, in the capital
of her Faithful Majesty's own dominions—where
we would recommend his " usurping, treacherous,
perfidlous, cruel, perjured, and cowardly" • Majesty, not
to await their arrival; but by a timely retreat permit him-
self, through absence, to suffer that retributive justice, the
reward of his crimes, viz. by having his head cut off in
effigy, rather than in reality, in the way that the pre-
sident of the regency was executed in effigy some
time ago at Oporto. Should Don MIGUEL wish to
take refuge in this country, he must, no doubt,
be again received as a Royal Guest, and as such we
would recommend that the Foreign Secretary, instead of
following the Lord 'DUDLEY'S example, by giving up to
him Argyll House, should direct apartments to be got in
readiness for his "incorrigible*" Majesty in the King's-.
mews, at Cross's Royal Monster Hotel, where
we suppose he might be permitted to mingle
in kindred ferociousness with the savage inmates of that
menagerie, and where he might prove a profitable lion to