Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . he oppressed. Canning tookan active part in the at-tempt of the Greeks to ob-tain their independence, andin 1827 was successful ininducing France and Russiato join in an agreement tosettle the question. Later inthe year. Sir Edward Cod-rington, at the head of thecombined fleets of the threeallied nations, completely de-stroyed the Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the battle of Navarino. The resu4t ofthis battle was that Turkey acknowledged the independe
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . he oppressed. Canning tookan active part in the at-tempt of the Greeks to ob-tain their independence, andin 1827 was successful ininducing France and Russiato join in an agreement tosettle the question. Later inthe year. Sir Edward Cod-rington, at the head of thecombined fleets of the threeallied nations, completely de-stroyed the Turkish and Egyptian fleets at the battle of Navarino. The resu4t ofthis battle was that Turkey acknowledged the independenceof Greece. Canning also saved Portugal from an attackby Spain, and encouraged Mexico and the South Americanstates to persevere in their struggle to throw off the yoke ofthe Spaniards. One of his dearest projects was the grantingof more civil liberty to Roman Catholics, but he was un-able to carry out his wishes. He became premier in 1827,but died before he had an opportunity to put his manyenlightened ideas into operation. 248. The Catholic Relief Bill, 1839.—Both Pitt and Can-ning had wished to give the utmost civil liberty to Roman. George Canning 1823-29] THE HOUSE OF HANOVER 261 Catholics, but they had been thwarted in their efforts bythe opposition of George III. In 1817, however, severalconcessions were made by which Roman Catholics wereallowed to enter the army and navy, and to vote formembers of the House of Commons. In 1828 the Test Actand other Acts were repealed in so far as they excludeddissenters from holding office under the government. TheseActs had remained on the statute books since the time ofCharles II, although, as far as dissenters were concerned,they had generally been disregarded, an Indemnity Actbeing passed each year for the purpose of relieving thosewho had been guilty of a breach of the laws. In 1823 an organization known as the Catholic Associ-ation was formed in Ireland by Daniel OConnell andRichard Lalor Shell with theobject of securing for Ro
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