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when papers were not ft fused to enter into the ear
ject sit length, but be was efinvoncedi that their
Lordships would excise Win when they considered
how outsell consequence it was to him, us it regard.
eat a person so near sod dear to bin,. Tim *object
of Peirg i was brought foroserd in 'mother plaice, far
the purpose of orraigittag she conduct of has Min
Xliiii.trre. In that, iisisoiry the character of Sir
Thomas Maitland was. eturntleiely exourosted from
blame, and considered to be deserving of pulp.
he thanks. The question was then, it woo thought,
art at resit ; but *nice that the character of Sir
Thomas Maitland had barn attacked by pain.
plileta, and hole' ly by the war of review, elisiging
him, us Lord High Commissioner of the loniou
I.lsrals, wills having levied taxes without authority,
aii‘l that when he ceded Parga to the Porte he
deceived the people SO ceded. When Varga wits
first taken posn-asion of by this country, it was oily
possesisissu osislerthe oreesaisy of the case.
and the Treaty oltrarletioNt hod born entered into
between the Porte and Roosts befuse that plasma-
bloll was taken, Ilia this country was plediged to
rev it carried into execution. With regard to. the
importance of Pargi to this country, it mint he
made out by the usefulness of ii. He was inf ormed
by the Admiral on at at:olio's that a fishing boat
could not go into the harbour without being Mocked
by the iiitiahttaals. There was they eati•literit-
lion, the expense that it would have been neve.-
rary fur this country to have gone to in furtifd
the place,.which if retained by this country moist hr
immediately incurred. He believed lie was accu-
rately informed ode's he said that there were
dispatches paned at sea from his Majesty's Govern.
ment to Sir Thomas Matitaird. and from the loiter
to the former, which were of the vomit elf et, both
recusedniendiug the giving of certain privileges to
the isiliabitanos ; on the ceding of the place a con-
vesolou was entered boo, and timer of the inliabi-
routs who did dint wish to molls, were to be al-
lowed a compensatioN fur their property, end the
compleint was; that the Lord MO Consinividionee
did nut think proper to grant the compensatiou re-
aurditig to the self-estimate of every individual that
claimed. Sir Tawnier Maitland appointed three of
the Nobles of Corfu, and an eminent land surveyor,
to inquire and report what compensatiou the claim-
ants were entitled to, and itecurdoog to that report
they were paid. It had been said that the
same money was not paid to the Pargin
Motes which had been received, mid that great
delay had taken place its the diuribution. As
to the first objection, the fret was, that although
a different coin was paid, it was of Vac same valise
is that received. As to the charge of delay, the
instant the money was received, Sir Maitland
named three Cominissioneri to distribute it ; but
various Iverson, came forward, eleimiteg to have
mortgages on diKeent guess., said mitres again
having claims against those mortgogeee, so that in
a short space of time 700 claims of that nature
were preferred. His Lordship said he was personaded
that whatever impressions might be made Ott the
public mind here, tint on the spot it very differetst
account would be given of the transaction,. Another
g 0000 iid of objection' had been, that under the Treaty
of Paris the people of Parga were t I to pay fur
the 3,000 troops which they might raise ; but that
was entirely a mistake, the 'Treaty of Pori, said
sib such thing. A convention
the people on this subject, hut Sir TI as NUM.
land thought, and itit his opinion lie thought
correctly, that it would be improper to have
put that Treaty in force at that time. Under
his nionagenient the revenue of the lout tit
'aloud* has been considerably improved, as would
appear by the payments which hail been made from
it of the whole military Staff in the Mediterranean ;
and under the circumstance of that improving re-
venue, Sir Thomas :that/and hail thought it ire-
pi °dent to push the Couvention into effect, moil
they could form a judgment of what the revenue
was likely to it... The next charge against Sir
Thomas Maitland was, that lie had imposed an
01/Cfoll‘ systena or taxation on the people of those
island's; but the Lief was, that he had only imposed
one tax—that on oil—which was far hum being op-
pressive or burdensome, in the increase its the pro-
duce would testify. It bail been said that through
the medium of thin Senate taxes had been impoard.
It was pet fectly true that the Senate had imposed a
tee upon current*, but if any person looked at the
speech of Sir Maitland on opeiiiiog the Sol-
aioll, in whicis he ilescanted in the strongest terms
on their duties as representatives, they would be so-
tiefied lie was not u man to be arraigned its that
manner. Another charge was, that lie had inter.
fend with the freedom of commerce. This arose from
an extensive combination to monopulim and raise
the prier of curio, which Sir Thumai Maitland had
counteracted, by purchasing grain at the politic
expense at Ctiohal 0000 iii,.but from which it would he
difficult to prove that amity injury had accrued. Sir
Thomas Maitland coold not be considleird amen-
able fur any measure of local taxation, oust 'et
blame had been attributed to hint fur that alms, in
the instance of a canal, which had beets executed
by the iolosisitents theniselvee. As to the isiaurrec-
lion at Simla Maori, lie could Moe from the audio.
rity of a native officer of rank, and a mast of intent-
grace, who affirmed that the published account of
that affair was false in all if. details, and that it was
owing entirely to seditious reports which were *edit-
Wooly spread abroad, by which some of the ignorant
proodidistry were actually prisiseded • that they would
be relit to serve as soldiers to his Britannic Majesty
in the Indus. The Noble Lord here read the tams-
niunication from the officer whom he had named,
and it stated in addiii 00000 that no tax had been laid
on by Sir 'fliontas Maitland exeept the tax on oil,
which had been dune at the request of the Won
Imaista of Seine Mauro themselves. The Noble
Lord concluded by saying, that he had gone through
the whole of the charges which had been urged
against Sir Thome* Maitland, and he feared that he
had but barely done him justice, he felt that he
stood in too near a degree of propinquity to dilate
mi his enrol% as they deserved. The Noble Lord