The National Register.
London, England, 1819-09-05 00:00:00

CESSION or rARGA.

Extended from the Courier Patti paper of 'Tuesday, the 10th
of Au twit :
" I war. enough fur England to have sacrificed the Christian
population of Varga. In ceding the territory of Parga to the
Err!..., and in planting the hornet of the Infidel on the spca
where stood the last cross, on the frontier of Christendom in
Groree. England virtually &graded an innocency/topic.
•• Purge never belonged to the l'or lc,. 'Die Pargitinotes are
Greeks, and have ever distinguished themselves by their num s
and industry. They cultivated their native soil up to the very
day that tore them front its bosom. They did not alone cohieme
olives. that furnished them the means of subsistence ; these fen
! tile territory produces fruits of every sort, with which all Epirus
is supplied, and their cedrats find their way even to Itussia.
" I duty the author of the article in the Juut no! des Debate. of
the 7th, to irroduce a single proof in support of the assertion,
' that the Parguinotes are, Air the most part, banditti and high •
way robbers.' I.ord Hyron and Mr. llobhouse never saw Parga;
they never sew a great part ot Greece, respecting which they
meek with as little truth. To be convinced of this, it is only ne.
cessary to consult the work of Mtrjor Lemke, who explored
Greece with more care, niece knowledge, and more observation.
" But why resort to the authority of the English tourists?—
The act of the second session of the first Parliament of the lonian
Islands tetutes the caluinnies published against the unhappy
Pa goinotes.
•• If the Krglish Government attempted to estimate the pro-
perty of the Parvinotes at so high a valuation a+ to oblige Ali
Pathos to aboadon the affair, why did not Sir 'fliornas Maitland,
at least adhere drinly to the very moderate estimate Matte by his
own comtmssioners specially appointed by Min for the purpose.
and announced by pniclamation, which estimate was silted at
nearly 3,000,000 dollars? Why dal he give Ali Pacha the
church property and lands, which were private donations which
belonged to diet community, • whose good alone be consulted ?'
Why did he carry his coniplaisance to the ferocious tyrant of Epi
rus so far, as not to permit the inhabitants to carry with them
the images and other precious articles belonging to their churches;
thus lea wing them CKISOSCd to the sacrilegious insults of the infidel?
Why add to this disdainful treatment of men, a contemptuous
disreganl of the ehings whtch are held most sacred among Chris•
titans ? Was it, as said by the apologists of the cession, to air: id
the threatencd hostility of the Porte to England's immense
commerce in tile Levant? What! England. the mistress of
Malta and Corfu, dread the Porte? What a shame! or what a
miserable pretext !
•• But England has not fallen so law as to tremble before the
Turk. The passage of the Dardanelles and the bombanlment
of Algiers have proclaimed her power, end the English Lion
would rouse at tile first insult to British rights. Not a morning
does the Divan awake without trembling at the idea of /coin
beholding the flag with which Admiral Duckworth appeared in
the waters of Constantinople under the Sultan's palace-walls.
•• With these recollections before us, who shall dare to assert
that to save Parga was not in the power of England ?
" In maintaining the settled valuation, and fixing the fatal
term tor executing the cession, Ali Pacha, who has deceived the
Divan as to the importance of Parga and the public feelirig of the
inhabitants towards the Porte, would have lost the fruit of his
intrigues, and die treaty would have never Ir a completed. But
instead of adhering to this wise resolution, General Maitland, PS
if Ire had to do with an Indian Nabob, temporised, negotiated,
conceded so many frieilities, testified so much deference. and
paid an many obsequious visit+, that Ali Pacha thought he was
conferring a faiour upon England by tc,!civing Parga on the
terms which he condescentle Ito accept,' in compliment to the
Iligh Commiseimicrs of Eneleral.
" It was not enough for the tepresentative of that King, whose
noblest title is drat of • Defender of the Faith.' to descend to a
mendicant solicitation for the degrading friendship of Ali Paella.
Ile could not inspire him with the common confidence among
men in trade. Ere he could touch the proceeds of the sale of
Purge, the haughty Maitland, before whom the Maltese and
lonians trouble, was obliged to leave Colonels Donkey and Ro-
binson as hostages for the amount of 150,0001., until Parga
should have been actually esti:id.
'l'he apolo:,ists for the cession of Parga say, that its
inhabitants will obtain lands in the lonian Isles ; but this
promise is alike illusory and impossible to be realized.—
The stances] survey of the Seven Island proves. that all
the cultivatable lands are the property either of individuals.
of the Church, or of the Ezell:wier. property of which no
one has a right to dispose. Of this fact the British govern.
ment, comprised by a false preceediog, is perhaps igno-
rant ; and the consequence will be this :—the principal inhabi-
tants of Parga, too near Ali Paella to avoid his snares, and not
feeling secure in the islands, will seek a more remote asylum ;
those who have a mcalerate capital will take refuge in Ruse m;
and the poor, inveigled by the promises of the Satrap. who has
his agents among them, will return to their native soil, and fall
yawns to his revenge. What will be the result to Ergland ?
She will know it, when she finds herself called upon to rcinforce
the garrisons of the Seven Islands."

PROSECUTION OF SIR FRANCIS BURDETT.

Mr. Brooks applied on Thursday for further
time to give the answer which the Secretary of
State desired with respect to Sir Francis Burdett's
letter, and the time originally granted, and which
was only for two days, was extended until Monday.
Mr. Brooks having written to the worthy Baronet
an account of the above proceedings, the latter has
come forward in the most candid and manly way,
sad avowed himself the author. Monday morning
the Secretary of State received the following letter :

• Cotteshrnok, Au. '2B, !819.

" M Y !mem—Hearing your Lordship Ivo, apphed to the
Genthon :n through whine hands my Address to the Electors
of Westminster was tiansmilted to the Newspapi is, to gi.e
up the author' and had, at the same time, intimated that •
icfuml would subject him, as well as the Editors of the
Papery, to a hliiiistcrial prnsecutiou ; I bike the liberty, iu
order to save your Lordship further trouble, and also the ern.
Cemen above mentioned on unjust prorreution, to inform
your Loriblop, that I mit the author of the Addieo, io
quesi ; sod loin rover to inform sour Lord•hip that
althinalh penned in a hw ry, ana under the isitliaroer of
stroo;,ly excited feelings, I con dhcover nothing in it on
ic-perusal, unhecoming the character of no busiest man,
and a 0 Luolhbutau. _

" I remain,
" Your Lordship's most obedient
" And very humble Servant,
" FRANCIS BURDETT.

" Lord Visebui.tSidmrmth."

A copy of the above was at the Fame time trans-
mitted in the answer of Sir Francis Burdett to Mr.
Brookes's letter, and received by post on on Monday