Lord Broughamwished to observe to his noble Friend, that very great anxiety prevailed relative to the maintenance of peace in the Levant. It was for very many reasons most desirable that peace should be preserved in that quarter of the world, and he hoped that his noble Friend would be able to state to the House that the reports and rumours which had recently reached this country on the subject of impending hostilities in that quarter were unfounded.
§ Viscount Melbournestated in reply, that he entertained confident hopes that public tranquillity would be preserved in the countries alluded to. But, as the accounts which had arrived lately were of a more menacing character than formerly, he could not answer the question so satisfactorily as he wished.