I must say that I think the King _meant well_, but I should not have _abstained_ from the Conference as he did, though, in France, interference with Mehemet Ali was certainly not popular.

In England much of the _fond_ is logical, but the form towards France was, and is still, harsh and insulting.

I don't think France, which these ten years behaved well, and the poor King, who was nearly murdered I don't remember how often, deserved to be treated so unkindly, and all that seemingly to please the great Autocrat.

We must not forget what were the fruits of the _first_ Convention of July 1828--I think the 16th or 26th of that month; I ought to remember it, as I took its name in vain often enough in the Greek affair.
This first Convention brought about the battle of Navarino and the second campaign of the Russians, which ended with, in fact, the demise of the poor old Porte, the _Treaty of Adrianople_.[30] Your Majesty was then afflicted with the age of ten, in itself a good age, and may not remember much about it except that in 1829 the affair about my going to Greece began, and that your affectionate heart took some interest in that.

Lord Melbourne, however, you _must encourage to speak about this matter_.