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bust by CifIMPS had been erected, es chat iall bit
the Ron. Messier, on grstify. Sri T. Maiehtellielbt-
nity; the St•ttote had voted one, bet he *44'o to
etkot to the vote. With respeet to the °Ails Of
St. Michael an 4 st. Jo;in, they had been bestowed,
as such hem-ours Morays were, 011 those persons who
appeared to the Government to be deserving of them.
WWI ',repro let *See% Sheenier de•evipsion er per-
follB were now employed as under the Russian Go-
...eminent ; and it was wholly untrue that they were
filled with the creatures of Sir I'. Maitland. With
respect to the double list in the election of Sena-
tors--under the Russian Government the vetes
were given by bullet, and the neenbers cast upby
the officers in private; but antler the present ays-
tem the votes were peptone!. rood the numbers were
hcost up in the presence of the people. The Moan-
reclivo was not on account of the taxes, bat in cos-

1111-40e041e of erroneous notion that it was intend.
ad to transport the militia when embodied, purer'.
ant to proclamation, to other parts of the world, for
the venire of Great Britain. Welk* ()rile°, whose,
case the Hon. Member merit d, had been
ed, because as in executive officer he had been guilty
of a dereliction of duty; and it surely would nut
be denied that diamond was a necessary act of
power on the part of • Governor in such a ease. He
Cagle now to the Church Establishment. The law
for the protection and regulation of church property
had given great satisfaction to the people, on at-
. count of its having remedied many &boom Tke
. erre of Alesandro Battaglia. presented no ground
*)r supposing him to have been unfairly treated.
The property had been leased to Ins family for
three generations, but tkat did not divest the ori-
ginal owner of his claim ; and it was necessary to
itoinpvl the restitution of what was attempted to be
held under an unfounded claim of ownership.
The individual himrelf, it was satisfactory. to
.know, slid not at present entertain any feeling
of having been unjustly dealt with. [ln con-
firmation of this asaertion. the Honourable Goalie-
man read a letter from Battaglia to Sir Thomas
Maitland, dated Corfu, March 23, 1922. full of
expressions of gratitude, respect, and esteem, and
' concluding with • wish on the part of himself and
family, that Sir T. Maithoil might be blessed with
a long, glorious. and hippy life.) He denied that
Martmerigo hail been tried by on improper tribn-
nal. High tressdn, the offence with which he
iris ehargeef, was, by an act of Assembly,
put under the High Police. at the head of
which eissSir Thomas Mari/and, who had therefore
acted very properly in delegating a tribunal of
competent frown. to try the case. The punish.
merit, Monet severe, was conformable to the laws
of the islands, sad us undue severity had been
exercised in its infliction. IVith respect to .the

Petition reed by the Ho*. Member, it was not
to be considered as at all analogous to the case of
en ordinary Petition. It was illegal, an Act of
Assembly having directed that all Petitionoto the
Government of this country should be transmitted
throsigb the Lord High Commirsiotter, and that
Petition hawing never been offered to him for
trensthisoon. It moreover asserted the constitu-
tional Charter to he a disgrace to those by whom it
was composed, and intruded to .vest erbium), power
in one hand. Its lasg.uage wet disrespectral to the
Lord Coinnaissioner, to the Legidatarre of the
}onion [strode, mid to the Government of the coati-
try under whose protection tbey were placed. It was
. moreover never intended to he respslarty fuowarded
to this Government, bot to be eireulated and made
use of in another way. Was it to be grunted, un-.
dee seek cirevrmitancer, that the parties signing it..
should be comillierd dang,erene person.. The cam
should be considered in conueition with the pint
characters of the parties said supposed ob-
jects ; and in thole circuit-unwires the conduct of
Ste T. Maitland *held Or • very afferent character
front thes *biota she Hon. Member h.ori assigned it.
• The chow wbout'the proclamation of martial law,
and the dimming of the people, had been mixed
up with other considerations which did not belong
to it. fie (Mr. W.) rigid that wastrel law was the
• perwimiewt eonalittori of the people previouo to the
governinent of Sir T. Pdantertd, and the disarming
of the inhabits/its was a perfectly legal Measure,
sail (night be prudent ur orherwiee, according to
the eirennisteuere ender which it was executed.
A 'soot that it had not been so repugliesit to the
forimp of the inhabilauts or the Hon. Member re-
*merited, was, that it load, been carried iota effect
cbuipletely Ind peaceably, without resistance,
although there wen ifey ilsourand armed men
in the Islands, and our troops were so scat-
tered so not to have had it in their power to op.,
pose with effect any general movement of the armed
inhabitants Uguinst them. Under the martial law
not it single iastonce of severity of puuishment had
occurred except whipping, which had been indicted,

the number of hrohr; nut exceeding fifty in any
iliarfailte. The parties who were executed le f the

attack on the troops bed all acknowledged their
guilt after conviction. But the martial law now
no totiger existed there. By the last dispatches
he was niformed that perfect troaquillity prevailed
throughout the islands. and that an Act was
about to pass to pot an end to martial law. With
rersieret to the conduct of the Consul tat Patrol.
the Hon. Gentleman read a long extract from a
French paper, denying the whole of the charges
oganist him, denying also that the document con-
taining those charges bud emanated From the Pro-
visional Government iu the Peloronnesus, and at-
tributitg it to same person unknowir. desigoing to
injure has character. That piper he (Mr. W.) be-
lieved to be written by Green, the Consul, in his
own vindication. He war not at all surprised
that such a sympathy with the Greeks of the Con-
tinent as had. replesented should exi.t in the
lotitau Isluuds ; but he maist confess that he was
eurprisett. under the ecinsideratiow of all the cur-
cunistances which encoded the conduct of the war,
Outs* powerful a feeling for them shisold be felt
by persons in this country. It was to be expected
that the funiems should sympathise with the Greek.;
but it was the duty of Sir T. Nlaitianil to support at
strict neutrality. It was to he expected !bat the
measuras which he adopted for that purpose should
displease ono or other, if not both. of the pestles.
Aud it fins soniewbat satisfactory. sea proof of' his
impartiality, that many compliant, had been made
on that head by the Turks. He complained of
the systematic attempts on the part of the pub.
lic press to prejudge this case. Front the mouth
of Jautury Lou, up to the day precediug, Oast
vu whivb he was speaking. cultism alkilnifrii

MINI of deliberate falsehood had been pub.
nos wittli no other end in view. An aceuration
bad b. made, and often repeated, that by the
pormuto if 115 per cent, ally person under the
Geenerafttint might po•seas Inat•elf of the properly
of airyindividual in the lonian Islands. The fact
on which that p ted statement was founded

,411.11Dperts

on the Paine principle as t hal fifth's country and A me-
rice. whereby, in order to check fraud, upon the
revenue, by perorates undervaluing thaw goads, it was
mode !airfoil fur the officers of the reverse to rear
any goads enterer) for the dory, on psym eel to the
°water of 13 pee ceut. above the value pot upon thrua
by the.owuer, rod only oust atn*ie instance had or.
coned of that law toeing acted on iii those iplandr.
Another subject of Kruse nsisrrpreseretattas rod
falsehood was the monopoly :n corn, which, it was
Prated, Iwd tern eatebliclied by list► T. S 1 iiMund, in
order to raise the prices of grain io Corfu airovr thn,e
of the other tslsuds cud the neighhuariugcoutiurut.
some time taken off, UM'
and the censegentar
suchtl'hloi e
tadsrdelosipfioterleiyenewtwayliatepell'ot r;
sit the supply of grtnn, that it
vets deemed expedient to revive iytA;sfaotnt,i:ritdat::lff,h,,e.cettianente:,
• esfumitisitior7orwf acit:inthiuefetheivieslraend°.lll
prices; the fact was, that on the nein age of the lot
lour years, the price had been lower in Corfu tloici
in the other !shuts, and. these islands Iran dertscil
pert of their 'applies from the store in Curia:—
He mentioned those iiistancra to oliew that tour
was tat one measure of the Government of those
ietandi that was not hhareprevehte4l and made
the pretest of a charge against the Governor.
When the adminirtratieni of SirT. fllaitland came
to be fairly and diepestiouutely considered, he was
satisfied that the impression of tyranny which had
been produced in this country, as cramectest with it.
would he gradually lone away, and a true estimate
would be formed of the relit" and tendon' of his
government. He thought stronger grouuds thanauy
of those which had been producer) ought tebesheen
before that House 'hoe 'd content to call lot inquiry
into the conduct of a high and distnignished of
as he thought the motion of the Hon. Member on-
necesetry. and pertieularly oriel.' the *auger which
had been given last year by an Hon. Friend alto;
and he thought the Hoare wtneW concur with him
in pitting the previous queetiou oft site two first
Resolution'', and the two following Heeolotions lie
should meet with a direet negaitter.
The previous question will dams pet by the
SIPBANER, as. which—
Mr../. Lefton rose; he Mei diarist heel-
tate to think that the Hod. Geotlentio (Ire. Wit_
mot) had been somewhat iticausistent iu'the remarks
Ate lied made on the course adopts, by hie Hon.
Friessel (Hr. Hume), for he hod bees hy obeern rrg
that for an hour and forty minutes hie Hon. Friend
had gone in a beaten track. without introducing coy
new fact or argument, and hito concluded by de-
daring himself not 'peOgnit)ed to eider imo the die-
ciission. It it were time float lee Hon. Fnessd had
said nothing bat what the goo. Gentleman could
have seen to print, he .was thO MOM IlUtpetbe# teat
the main parts of she slotossacet load beets left so
completely onanswered, foe he had stet mode.
reended to go into a single Rent of the expendi-
ture, or to give a single contradiction to his Hos.
Friend's stistente.ut ; but he. heal adopted moiler
dnode, and hid recourse 12.c4 chtsitite, imisgining
(bat on the article respecting, tbe teem)* he could
found setae larghaht4l4 drawn brew the lent/mem at.
it ; but if there could be any expresemos free kom
doube, it was titer of the remand article. ',Melt pre-
scribed that all the expenses +Mould be pet.? by the
Wends, and yet there bad beets paid by thee (KW-
try above one million. The Wit. Gewilemaa de-
precated remit use discussion. end the persorsiest
of facts industriontlyc irculated ; yet he afterwards
admitted that his Iron. Friend had not retied on
any one of them. The floOonrable Gentleman
had told the Hosier that the lonian Lahroslo soma not
encumbered with soy Dew presseve under the
pre-
ge+tt Government ; but the argument of go Run.
Friend ors. that the people of Engtaud bad' been
subjected to a pressure, from which„ by UM bin-
guage of the charter. they ought te We twat
exempt. He bed said that the 6teekt were Rei-
fied with the management of ecetiihistrett affairs,
and were particularly gratified eith the nomination
of abbots and abbesses by a gallants oirseer. Non
he did not pretend to base what the religious feel-
logs of the Greeks might be, but he thought
that, recording. to eeminete experience. it asst
"shock their pnjudicee, if not their piety, to see
religonts offices tilled up by the directions of those
whir know more (derma than of religious orders,. The
Hoe. Gentleman had said there was no etatement
or rerometrence from any individotil cempleming
of Amy grievence; but that was in truth the com-
plaint made by his Hon. Friend, that no indisidual
dared to complain, Ituwever gross the oppression
might he which wall practised on limo He (Mn.
Il'illisms) coutended that much had arisen to call
tor a reconaleretion of the question. The Honour-
able Member contended, that till the arrival of
the gallant General the Greeks knew 'milting of
liberty, and were so accustomed to martial low.
stowed to it, to MeOreets
sthkamt,ne,liikfr%:nhebeeint•gls..csiho thought
eu little of being
of
mweLetialbuiate
;litytelet did
hold out to them sonic reversimitiry licipeoul tut alt..-
itiffilielettiodriatulrohlethecreit:tifikeerstuni°°
vzst,to,,,h,:oth,nehu..,,tiow,b,:y.cunis:otteut with t
why
tiou been pressed upon them, slid why hid t,iev
suffered the indignity of being disarmed ? Whet.
dhttiswilifitt•he:
was the complaint against them ? That they had
dared to st inpathire with their brethren the Greek*.
who had ritett in terms optima their oppremoss. Was
it not a new circumstance that England wee now to.
beseeti sidlig with the infidels of Europe against their
Chnsttau brethren ? Hr ores qureed that againot
this imputation the Hon. Gentleman had said
nothing—

P.lelti lore opprubri a
Nubia not tiiri potteme aut
Non potuitoe refelli.

It must be conndered as a fact that at this I'M
nine the [onion Wands were kept down front jesa.
Mg their countrymen, the Greeks, by the freemen
of England. Tnere were two grounds on which
• his Hon. Friend's motion rested : one regarded the
expenditure, to which no reply shzitirerr had bee,'
given ; the other ground was as it atfeeted,the
honor's of this ei tttttt ry. mid for the sake 41
that honour he would only sac he wished s sicic

particularly kiraiiaeti wnu soar ......
end abbesses by ale/Mani Ant. blew
t pretend V. k.ow what the religious feel-
he Greeds might tie, bet be thooglit
ovitieg to eentivert eeperiencei it crust
•ir prejudice., if not their piety, to see
offices filled up by the dire:intone of those
more of Mein. thin of religious order*. The
dleman hod said there ass no statement
.trance from any lathy/Wind ciernplaming
evince; but thy wee in truth the corn-
de by his Hon. Friend, that no inchildual
complain, huwever gross the oppression
which was practised on him. He (Mr.
oontended that much had arisen to call
iividemtion of the ques'ino. The Honour-
nber contended. dist till the arrival of
It General the Meeks knew, nothing of
nd
were so accustomed to mottled I.w, •
the eels, who thought Wilt of brit%
rom being accustomed to it, in MeGreets
t little efflicted by the infliction of •
so; yet the Honourable Gentleman id
:o them some reversineery hives of on all. -
+irk to be centirtelit with himself, h-
k eirrnecesoury. But why had this nate-
pressed upon them, amid why hid t•iev
lie iiidignity of being disarined ? %I lute
implaint against them ? That they had
)inpsthise with their brethren the Garekv,
izien rn orms against their opprrmots. Ws,
:* circumstance that England 0,1111 110* to.
141 c with the infidels of Europe sgainat their
hr. t turn ? He **ll geleved that sgaiort
'tuition the Hon. Gentleman hod said
--raetet ere opprubris
obis sat Mei potable nut
on rennin& reftilli.
e considered as s fact that at this very
kminu Wands were kept down frees join-
countrymen, the Greek., by the 'mewl,
There were two ground. on "filch
Friend's motion rested : one repotted the
ire, to which no reply whatever had been
he other gronsid was 1111 it affected the
f this country, mid for the sake 41
nir lie would only say he wished a mu'