. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . IbrahimPasha received large reinforcements frontEgypt, and was ordered to put down theGreek insurrection at every hazard. The captains of the allied fleets, however,had received orders not to permit the furtherdestruction of the Greek insurgents. The com- GREAT BRITAIN—LAST TIVO HANOVERIANS. 259 manders of the squadron therefore bore downupon the Turki
. Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time, comprising the development of social instititions and the story of all nations . IbrahimPasha received large reinforcements frontEgypt, and was ordered to put down theGreek insurrection at every hazard. The captains of the allied fleets, however,had received orders not to permit the furtherdestruction of the Greek insurgents. The com- GREAT BRITAIN—LAST TIVO HANOVERIANS. 259 manders of the squadron therefore bore downupon the Turkish Admiral, who had taken his?position at the bottom of the Bay of Navarino,where a battle was opened by a discharge fromthe Turkish guns. The conflict became gen-eral and continued furiously for four hours,when the work was done. The squadron? of the Ottomans was blown to fragments. In that year he became Home Secretary ofEngland, in which relation he was called upon,first of all, to administer coercive measuresfor the discontent of Ireland. In that countryalready, and in the House of Commons, astrong sentiment was developing for Catholicemancipation; and, for the time. Peel was con-strained by his office, and perhaps by his cod-. battle OF NAVARINO. ^Scarcely anything remained but the debris ofships floating on the agitated sea. Thus by asingle stroke the Greek crisis was ended, andthe way prepared for a permanent settlementof afiairs in the East. We may here pause for a moment to speak of, at least, one of the great measures of Sit Robert Peel. That statesman entered the enfeebled ministry of Lord Liverpool in 1822. victions, to lead the opposition to this move-ment. On this question he was defeated inthe House of Commons in 1825, and soughtto retire from the Ministry; but his servicescould not well be spared. He soon found awork more in accord with his faculties andspirit, in reforming and humanizing the crimi-nal code of Great Britain. The history ofthis reform constitut
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