The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1819-07-29 00:00:00

AVACITATION OF PARGA.

Letters have been received From the lonian
:,Liuds, dated in the beginniug of June, detailing
r), events width toot place on the cession of.Parga
tp the Turks. We crillect from than the following
:refits:whim :
By 'it Thomas .hisidand's orders, the officer
commanding the British venison at Cargo made
kiloton to the inhabitants, that in conformity to Cr.
magetoents with Ali Pacha, a Turkish force was
to miter their territory without delay, but that the
Erigtith troops would remain for their protection
uloug with the Tnrks, uutil they were able to rio.
'range all their affairs, and complete the emigra-
tion. On receiving this intimation, which was con-
firmed by the approach of an Ottoman force, the
Parornotes, having held a consultation to inform
the Commandant that as such was the determina-
tion of the British Government, they had enarri-
innrisly resolved, that should one single Turk
enter their territory before all of akin should have
A fair opportunity of tkiICIOK it, they would
too to ,tragi all their wives and children, and af-
-1.-1 is Ards defend themselves against any force,
Tora.ili or Christian, that should violate the pledge
made to them, and that they would light until only
one remold survive to tell the story. . . .

The •
he English Commandant, perceiving by their
Preparat• that this resolution was irrevocable, in-
stand, dispatched information to Sir Tin... Matt,
land, at Corfu, who slit General Sir Frederick
Adam to expostulate with them. That officer, on
Isis arrival at Fargo, observed a large fire in the
public square, where the inhabitants had heaped
together the boors of their ancestors, collected from
tiw churches and cemeteries. All the mule popu-
lation stood armed at the doors of their respective
-dwellings; the women and children were within,
.aweiting their fate; a gloomy and awful silence pee-
s:tiled. A few of the primates. with the Protopapa
at their lira.s, received General Adam on his land-
lic4, and assured kin', that the meditated sacrifice
would be immediately executed, unless he could
stop the entrance of the Turks, who had already ars
tired near iiw frontier, and effectually protect their
raiimarkalims and departure. Fortunately, Sir Fre-
derick Adam found means to prevail on the Otto-
man Commandant to halt with his force. The
Claspric finger, Captain Maitland, which had been
sent Irvin Corfu, having arrived, the embarkation
l'ommeticc,i, and all the Parguinotto proceeded,
oiler lien protection, to Corfu. 'Flit Turks on
their coltrance. found Parga a desert; and the only
sigcal that marked their reception. was the smoke
ii the funeral pyre, in which its late inhabitants had
consumed the bones of their forefathers.

The unfortunate emigrant* are now principally
st Cerfu, waiting, as houselrs•s wand , the d►►.
41,1,ution of tile tni,wirable pittance of 481. per head,
obtained for them by their prott,:tors, which is to
lie called a 'compensation for the loss of their 'no-
petty. thirst endive soil, and social existence. Thus
t,iv closed this memorable negociation in a scene of
cwhintity which the most lively imagination could
tint lo.vr anticip.iterl ; but which. until gunge new
multi r•iiall have ettliced the recollection of it.
will reuse attoiwit the counsels and counsellors of
th►s i•inpire the antipathy and indignation of anon-

In REIGN INTE LLIGENCE.