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Russia, and the latter power and France, prior to
the posaessimi by England in 1815. In the terri-
torial arrangements at the Congress hi. Vienna. it
was said no mention was made of Pares. Why
should there ? for the Porte was no jenny to the
proceedings at Vieena, and it would have been
unfair to have disposed of that to which lie was er:•
titled, by any act of Congress, to which he uses
110 party.—/Hear, hear, heur.)..-it was eel
that the English took possession of Parga as
friends, not as iuvailers, and should not therefore
have afterwards delivered over the inhabitants to
rulers to whom they were inimical ; it was also
said that the itideperidence of the Parganiotes was
guaranteed by pledges given by the Bridal' audio.
retie., mid that tlie were to abide the fate of the
linden latitude. To these stateineuts he would
merely reply, that they were utterly unfounded in
feet. The Hon. Gentleman read a letter from
General Campbell, who was the British officer who
conducted the public matters relating to the pee.
Iscariot) of Pargi, which letter was (lit wed by the
General on his death bed, and positively de-
tiled that hr had •igiveil any authority, di-
rectly or indirectly, to the 1,11)0:d ents for any
pledge or promise of the kind alluded to. There
was, therefore, no authority whatever lie supposing
that the Pargabiotes hail enstained the pmailet
breach of faith throughout the whole tiansacrom.
When it was no longer advisable fir this county;
to retain poseession of Purge, mealy courses erre
open fur adoption. The British garriaon might
have withdrawn without procuring for the inhalhe
tants the terms ultimately obtaineid fur them. In-
stead of doing this, they secured for the inhabitaht•,
who would not live under the Turkish Gover. e
ment, a full indemnity for the altendonnient of
their properly. It was, lie knew, denied that the
Pargailiotes lied received the equiv dent which they
ought for the sacrifice they hail meile. lie (%Ir.
Goultiurn), on the contrary, was prepared to prove
dist they did receive a full bowl fide consideretion
for their property. He knew that a valuation of
doh,ooo/. had beta stated as the valuation of this
property ; but he thought it utterly impossible
that. '2,700 inhabitants could in so short a period
have realized property to any such extent—he
thought it absolutely imposiible. Beeides, f e
would skew that the arrangetneuts tor payment
were made entirely with a view to the convenience
and interest of the inhabitants, for, instead of their
being left to make bargains as individnets with those
to whom the transfer of property was to be made,
the bargain was made for them by the public mass
thoriiies, with a formal stipulation !lectiging the
%node and amount of payment. He knew that an
officer early employed in the traosection had rather
extravagantly raised the expectations of the people
as to the scale of valuation which was to be adopted;
but in point of fact that valuation, though not ern-
bracing their churches, for which 1.. e knew a claim
had been set up, had been made by valuators on
both sides, with the strictest regard to the principles
of justice. They took the average produce of the
land as the criterion of its value, and gave to each
individual a full consideration as an etiolvalettt for his
share of the territorial property. Out the fair aver-
age produce the valuation was struck; eity other
mode would have been unfair. They 'night :is
if some principles that had been recommended
were acted upon, have gone to the cous.tleratio:t as
if they were taking one year's produce as the crite-
rion of permanent value of a West ladle estate.—
' Besides the terms made for securing them the full
value of their property, a convenient and suitable
spot of land elsewhere was offered to these—not, as
hail heel' Nod, a bare and unfruitful spots—to re-
build their places of residence. They were offered
thus at Corfu ; and lie could stele further. that
though he knew some of the inhabitants had com-
plained of their churches not being included in the
valuatiou, yet he did nut hear of one who hunt
sail that his own absolute properly was not
fairly valued. The Honourable Gentleman then
praised the conduct and administretiois of Sir Three
in is Nlaitlassil in the highest terms, and said lie lied
conducted himself throughout this transaction. as
lie hail done in all others, with die Ingliett honour
and most unimpeachable lidelity.--(1/eur„
iVith reference to the new taxes allueed to, he hail
merely to state, that they were laid on le pureuanee
of an agreement between the Goverinuent and die
inhabitants. who recommended the improvement of
an an 'anal which - connected w hi the •
land.

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incient canal which was connected v.;:,t the mina
I. The inhabitants agreed to pay olio hall the
elute, and the Govertunent the tern under. The •
t. Gentleman then defended e rour►e tarts
Sir Thomas Maitland, in alter.og the wade of
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