The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-05-15 00:00:00

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:I;cinth; ;iiiresse • I;were Watep. sod *-
pillars, sad arches came to be relied. The mouser
which the Constitutional Charter, which had
granted to the Hideo States, had teen prepared
worthy of •attention. lo was worm them a &Web
Burgh, which was nothiag N It. The whole proceed-
ings with regard to is were a Assam of injury and ice-
jetties upon that people. The Legislative Assembly
was called on the !4th to bear the Charter reed. As
attempt at discussion was made by ens ledlitldsal. WWI
VMS swan put down, and on the 2Stio they were ea/hel
epos to veal and sign, which was done. and so *oak
of the following. month is was seat to Beglaad to ass
eel,* his Majesty's approbation. This was the Magee
Charia of the lonian Islands Sir Thomas Maitles4l
• was the Alpha and Omega of the Constitution lig k was
called. One remarkable pert of the Glisianutalit of I
these States was, that a Colonel Robin's was de*,
dared the head of the 4:berets with fewer over ail
ecclesiastical aes.—(Hlear, hear.) Illeterbasem,
it was notorious, had been very frolettinthrentlaset She
States from the system of policy panned. 'The Nei.
Member detailed the cases of some .antlividnals who bad
, here imprisoned upon suspicion. and charges Inthstan.
tinted against them. A Nobleman, IN years of age.
Martiningo, *as tried and sentenced to It years impel-
. somnsent ; but his Majesty's Government in the country
, remitted that sentence to four years' beaisintiest. A.
individual of the name of Banal's. was deprival of the
po-session of land that bad bees is his lewdly 40 years,
under pretence of its being church land. On another
occasion a petition was drawn up, and signed by 32 per-
sons, to he presented to his Majesty. estreating him to
cense them to be gfoverned aceordieg to the free price
ciples of the Charter. It was a rest Coestitetimani Pe-
tition, but all those who bed signed it were takes eta
and imprisoned for having siesta what the Senses SSW
ed a rebellious petition. The post office did est performs
its functions, and if his information was deadest it moat
he attributed to that. No one discovered le farrrishlif
information, Englishman or native. mold live in thine
islands. With reference to the petition, s.toet learned
and respectable individual, D. Heed, was stopped, mod
forced to deliver up his papers amongst which was this
petition. This gentleman had bons so mach persecuted
that be was obliged to fly to this coestry, where be bad
been for some time hoping to obtain redress from his
Majesty's Government. Re had been in correspondence
far that purpose with Lord arthunt, but without soy
success beyond that of being refereed back age* to his
nwn country. He got within the power of the iselivi-1
duals who bad driven him away, He had returned to
Venice, where be met his own conutrymea /LW from
gaols. The islands now were declared, by speech
of the Lard High Comanisaioses to be is a state of
peace sod quietness. Bet this state of peace and raid-
ness was produced by martial raw badge bees &Warfel
The iababitasts who had bees accustomed Se tarry
arms with them is a commies way, were me longer per-
mitted to do so. which they felt as a disgrace. The
cause of their being deprived of their arms was the
interest urge!' they had takes is the contest between
the Greeks and the Turks. He was of 'Milos that,
Lirrith respek ' to that struggle, this insular/ ought
•as maintais a perfect aostrelity. We had hose
too mach in the habit of interstellar's with Mime
'mations and this had beweght spew us many of
the burdens under- which we at present greased.—
'Bat what was the neutrality• which bad bees observed?
On reontuls and Agents had In every in stance favoured the
Turks, and appeared hostile to the Greeke and
to oppose the risiag•spirit of liberty. This hsti
' tv sue obese o novel segagottstort had admit pbtes
• times a • Turkish weasel matessee
• who wares of the fight, sobsctiti =dr;
'seeing the ar ran I antl.apos this a May 'ltem).
had come down. who fired on **people. The coaduct
• ptirshed towards thoie who favoured the Greek canoe
had been Etch as to produce, in one butanes a strong
renionstrance.to Mr. PhillipHreen, the British Coned,
from the Provisiomal Government. He then compleleed
of theseverities to which the ishabitaels of cite Isaias
Islands had been subjmted, by martial law hoeing bees
declared. Not satisfied with famishing the gMlty at
Cephalonia. martial law was declared at Santa Mam's
where not a man bad acted stalest the orders of the
Government. The Lord High Osiiimissisast Moiteis
the people of Santa Mears se pass is a abatises
tine minim from the island to aid their 611ims impeorp
men in their win against the Turks; aid allgylldassame
out a oddment from which it appeared that shay had
been suffered to go in the middle of the day carrying
their arms in their bands. He dwelt ea the severities to
whiclithe inhabitants bad bees *objected. and west ea
to *ow that in 1820, 000barnals ofresporder bed bees
sold from the public stereo so Ali Pads, hat in Febru-
ary last, the sale of responder bad been prohibited al-
together by Sir Thomas Maitland. This prebibitios.
as the Greeks wanted to perches* powder and the
Turks did not, was in fact, directed exclesively
plant the Greeks. Sir Thomas Maitland bad le
his opinion, behaved improperly in forbidding
prayer. to be pat up in the Greek Marches. Was
it too meek. that after the enormous weskits perpetrated
by the Turks, that the Greeks shosldlnit up prayers
for the success of their brothers? This however. had
been forbidden by the Lord High Commissiomer's pro-
clamation of November 9th. sad the Bishop of Cepha-
lonia. for petting up prayers, had been carried from
Corfu to Venice, and he (Mr. Home) understood that he
was now wandering alms; Italy almost Is a Marvin
state. Another Bishop who had takes refuge amen
the Pargeinotes, bad in like manner been deported. The
Lord High Commissioner bad exercised the most abso-
lute power. No individual had as yet ventered to oppose
his will, who had not been arrested, banished, or bang-
ed. He felt so strongly is this subject, that be shots
be' disposed at once to move for the recall of this Lord
High Consisoloner, but it was thought by his Meads
sear him that inquiry ought to precede recall. He was
of the same °pintos himself. bat in the present instance
it appeared to him almost Impossible for the *quire to
take place till the Lord High Commissions. heal bees
recalled. Wishing, however, to do nothing that might
appear too precipitate. be sboald seemed his motion for
a recall till he bad ascertained whether his Majesty's
Insisters would consent to ingairy. He eoseleded by
storing Resolutions declaratory of the eircamstasees
cadet which the lonian blank had bees flattest eider
the proteetioa of the British Governmeas setting forth
their present state. sad prayimg his Majesty to innate
an inquiry iate the disaffection sow exhale( is them
Isias, sad also tolerate ism the cireuesstames abide
ceased Martial Law to be declared. and the inhabitants
to be deprived of thole arms.

Mr. WI 1310 Ar tail. the Hos. Gestleans bad Gem-
pied hierefh dazing the greater part ef his "reek is
deseribisc deraments aerialist orbit+ had variously
bees forittight seder the eesehteraties of the Heves.—
Regi seise his "peeett at the hoar of sea. It was set till
shoat tweedy to eight that he had entered apes
a italeusest of toy thin &Aimed set beta ssbuittai to
their eessideratiea before. lie ihereeere Irk that as the
modeaof the Hes. tiestlasas as *early the same Isfor-
wade* lase Yew. had hors metered by a majority of
de to 20, it was asasteasary fee Ids w ge to that es-
terase landrds which sight otherwise has Uses called
fer thee preeeedol eta aboir Hiss, S. his jades's.%
the flea. °fadeouts bad adossdardoed the provides
of the Treaty at tons, sit& word to the events to be

the 'madras had not , He chat.
legged the Hoe. Member to show theses. new tau had
been imposed slue the lashes fames lust beset
British protection, with the aseeptioa dame as the
portation of oll—and for that one. ll other tones in
lately more grievous in 'heir operation had hese omitted.
The fart•was. the same sums had heretofore bees raised
from the people that were now raised; bat these had,
been lesettepted by camels presses who farmed*,
taxes, and en gently ems net available to the slier-
gal purposes el thr Government as they were as prune.
He thonght that dissatisfaction did sot prevail among
the pimple generally which the Hoe. fientlemen enp-
pissed. and that that mortification and disappoinesest
would not he experienced he the country which he aa-
tiodpued. He delude.' the Charter of the loefee !shreds.
ma as giving them the same degree of liberty which'
was enjoyed in Eagle/NI, but as that wild via
suited to those for who it was intesded. If it
deserved the character which the Haseneable ties-
Senna had given of it, it was meet ifiseramfal to
that House aid to the toiletry. that 'del admitted to
their consideration. it had been suffer ad firms Abut
'Asseverate*. He should wish te k. selVllMeLeigler'
lades Maly in those Islands might MI ("tort& Mau.
sioe airaloeoas to those which pissed in that Heim He
Item of no despotic power exude* there to prevent
them. When the Hon. Gentleman spoke of the statue'
of Sir Themes Maitland propeeol to be erected. as he
had done, be would ask if k was fair in that way to cow
pare those marke of remelt which might be offered to
an individual there. with thou which were deemed suit-
able in this country. The fast was. however, that .e
states or beat had been erected. The Honourable Gen-
tleman bad been nrisiaferumed in this particular, and be
ought to he a little more nations In taking up each
eel capteadona reports. In the same way with respect
to the Orders of At. Michael sad St. John, though it
was to be sappeeed that thaw would be gives to the
frieads of the (forum/bent. did it thefts fellow that
they bad been improperly bestowed -r Other 'natters.
which the Honoura Gentleman hail treated as sob-
=complaint, were felt be the inhabitants le be
sl. He theaght it would be a waste of timid
go lase the transude* which hail occurred at Sesta
Main. The infecund's of the Honourable Gentleman
could set obtain more credit than that which bad bees
received by Ministers —from which it appeared that no.
thieg halms done there which was not similar to what
would have been dose ander the same circunistasces is
this country. For the Public °Seer that had bees re
moved. to whose ease allusion bad bees mode. he had
only to my, that bet was Geld away for positive waiver-
sat on and disobedience of orders. With respect to the
Church. the law which had been adopted was acted open
in the allow of Sir T. Maitland by Sir P. Adam. it
wee ow eller wee received me a boon and a bleeder.--
The promMdswere meet astious to eaters, it Wiperreent
drupe dgimful encroacbmeets our aura property
whisk isiditheirouly occurred. As to theft= if Alm
eadiallibilie, is eoeld thew that that ',divided ad
ass sets ••••••se in the view lakes of it by the Hes.
Heatlememe • MOW a literal tenet a lesser from that
Irmo,. Idled .Ceek, the 23d ef Marsh, addressed to
lir T. Meagan/. which ma followst—m No it
phasspenr Swallow, I bovereceived with peeper gra-
Zilthe duet Ada yaw leuellesey bat been
eed to dew me. My Benny prompt me to say
math, at the sues ties ~emst me from deist ea. 11
bad amiseeir estosalsed foemtz of atom
and mineradon, bet tame Ws
sod the yew NM which JTheaTht li—Wmesad always
pistol to recollect. will me herr he we. Mere me
when I say that it is net odl my wish. bat that of my
family thit Diann may bless yes with a loath:418-er
rime, sad hippy lefe."—(A loqrb.)
liteelther might-be excited by she style of she ismer, It
proved themes ef this 'Miriam! M be diffetest from
what bad beewststed. As to Mardalege's case. he de.
shed that that bellvideal bad bees tried bakes an im-
proppevrr tribesal. His trial was a fair one. and it the
pieeishmemt awaided wets more severe than in this mew
try, it Wee sidsthesser Si know that it had buss mow
meted. For tha siesra who had bees peeithed, he
shoolliaiithat their tandem had bees diemegisithel to
the ve bed is the Lord High Cemmiseiseer,
sad. elk • to that coistry *Wait so.
veldt* Mho had tesedensd that Charter, to Wish that
hides nthrred. Swabia, at the task eseideet of
these perms*, it weld be nee that the imensielew by
Ur T. Shithead murifd a rosy diliend Assn* Slim
that which the His. Heathens yes disposed to Atha
to it. As to martial law, that bed bees use pressmen
of the meow, When Sir T. Madame' took the
ielsasd of the ludas bleeds. The dimmed, of the
bad hue doss in a oesciliateeirmaaneg.--
erkaten" had bees secemary; aid mid OM have
beet thi4Mos bad the meows eineaged e kepis. el
*be inhibition es the See. Heathens bthed astYpeeed ?
Fee the nessestrewes said to bath base muds to Mr.
PYSp Oren, was' part of the Hfeeka, we had to op.
pass to it an sathorleed openseist hem the Preach pe-
pies, )bleb spilled the seismal impeeni bies.—(llWar,
hear) That 13endeeme than staled that be had set
received a paper like that which had been described.
and believed the linemen to have boss fabricated fee
the parpme of Miming him. The trials and the exa
cedes, with bad takes piece at Lute. be chewed to
have been justified by the circumstances which lid to
them; aid each of the iodividsals who had snared bad,
preview to execution. confessed his guilt. The revenue
was improving ; and there was a prospect of the [masa
lehodsiming ultimately enabled from that improvement
to bear the whole expense of the troops of the protect's(
oustry. He complained of the coarse adopted by the
sews-papers fora ousiderable period past with
to the question before the home. It had ben Prej=
is every possible way by repeated accurst,' of chaos
since the Ist of January last. One of them stated, that
by the paymeat of 16 per amt. the Government became
possessed of the property of any persons trading to the
Italian Islands. This was stated- in a paper of the Ist
January last. and was repeat:rid yesterday. Now the fast
was. that the paymeat alluded to was sorbing bat an sal
valorem duty, the same as was required in America and
isSaFland. This had beg stated is formal paragraphs,
gall with every circumstance which could give it the app-
paeans of troth. with the evident desire to crests the
belief that a species of confiscation of property wag pee-
rally practised throughout the islands. With regard to
I the monopoly of corn, Sir T. Maitland had does all is
his power to provost it. He was convinced that the
more the toilful otthe Gallant Hems' was
sot abstractedly. but in redraws to bissituationned the
peculiar circurstasces is which be was placed. the more
would it vindicate his character to the country and to
Europe. against the charges which the Hon. Minder
and ethers bad.thought fit to brier against him. He
bad diseharged the duties of his high elks wader air-
cametaaces greet dignity and delicacy. in a runner
which deserved the moire appielatiaa of the Hamra-
mem which had 'sweated it to his hands. typos the
'abject of the silo of ginpowden. he would stale, that
that which was sold, was damaged. and was Wit to as
individual mercheatt At that time Ali Pacha was set
favourahle to the thererussat of the Tads, and there-
fore so interfaced contradictory to the neutrality pro-

connected es
which Mil at
neutrality had
'int to state
arks as well
Thomas Malt.

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pneloneith-eifon. WyMilkeltareiassi
don taws the two first, Iteseiwksa,,whae
Mssal ; and a decided negative typos the two
Clseerlsg.)
Air. J. WILLIAMS contended that the main body at
the mamma of hie Hen. Friend vespectiog the egress
ditare of the louden Isles bad remained untouched and
ancontradieted." It had been met by a reference to the
charter of the Islands, which he conceived went to sap.
port the motion. The article providing for the payment
of troops was so FINN that if language could be eller,
five, it clearly laid down that the expense of animals.
lag three Moused Wraps should fall upon the Trusery
of the Weeds. it was the complaint of his Hon. Fn
sot that the people of the Islands had been pressed, has
that the pool* of thiaommatre had bees praised lay the
taxes which went to pay thraitroops. He conceived the
'vitamins of the. Hon. Member calculated to lead the
House from the real merits of the case, to points tint
went wholly immetetiai to it It was therefore a jest
inhalant Hat theist wen nothieg to ofi'er against the
amounts of lois Hots. Friend. He should not ester
into** elegancia, which they had heard is detail, has
should 'stand lessee the first groomd of his Hos. Friend's
nesdostiett stateureolv that a million bad hers tipm4,4
by MB esentry upon the laden Islands, whereas by the
charter they were booed to defray the uliole militate
expenditere themselves. lie remarked up .n the missir
I. whirl' the Hoe. Secretary bad spoken of the peoples(
the iodise& being placed eider martial law. lie item
ask why they had been PO ? They hail area their he.
threw, the descenders, of the otscient Creeks, risisg
ageiestatim most abominable avid infamous Malay that
eves disgraced the world, and they wished to mitt
them. They wished to be free sees, and would have
been so if they bed not mesa amier—be would borrow
his expression from the Hen. Member, if he mast repeat
it—the protective of Reties& Formerly England was
alwayi found siding with the oppressed against the "-
minion; but now they Famed England torppertiag the
infidel Turks ageism our Christian brethren the Urea.
AO ISO answer had bees gime to the statements of his
Don. Friend, lie should vote fee the notion.
The House the cilvided--For the motion 67 i Ageless
It 152—Majority 85.
CON N LAWs snmennalle aiLL.
The Marquess of LONDONDERRY brought in a Bill
to sowed the laws for regulating the importation of
foreign corn. The Bill was read a first time, and or•
dered for a second reading OD Monday nest.
Mr. OOULBUICV moved that an humble Address be
to his Majesty, praying that there might be
aiJ roliste tablesf the Boom. the Eleventh Report of
the Coususissioners for Inq into the state of the
Courts of Justice in Inland.-greed to.
The Hoeft adjourned at Eleven o'Clock.
POLICE.
Bow•manT.—Yesterday, Mr. P. Bronclsatd,
the sus of a schoolmaster, in ResseWstreet.
• Hato.

Brest
Bloomsbury, was brought before Turmas
Esq.. on a peace warraay charging him with *radio,
a challenge to Mr. Moms William Staples, a petle-
man residing in flarpur-street.
Mr. Staples stated that be sent a boa of
yearslais.a:3.
about 'eves yea of age, to the ashool of As 411
ameohdisev when the delmlant himself was al as-
sigma. A few dWa ork the child smug I. emi*
&cable pals. aid one of Ike servants, es ezamisiag
his person, foetid marks of violence which mast hare
been predated by very bested chastisement. The
41144-whoa aoestionod; mid they were predated by a
boating which Mr. Bravebard bad gives hlm; bit
begged her sot to etudes it to any oaf, foe that if
Mr. Brosehard knew that be told it, be would best
his ten times worse. H. (Mr. Staples). apoq being
informed of it, went to Mr. Broachard, stake. to re-
monstrate aria the treatment of the child ; and in a hie
bones afterwards he was favoured with a letter free
the defendant, is which he accused *hoes' of mange
sad aegendemaoly behavieur to his father; each as
aalliag him an old French blackguard, and thrones-
log to make his boats appear through his skis ;
that his father was a gentleman by birth sad
isimatios. and had fought the battles of his cosatry
Mader Loads XVI.. aid even now, but for hie femme
0.41. he would not shrink from a contest with him
(Idr. Staples.) The letter concluded with the fol-
Wein matinee
rI. his sou, will sot suffer his old age to be is-
olated, while a drop of blood flows is my yam, and
therefore I expect you will send an apology to my parcel,
or meet me at Clalk-farnt with a emend, at suck time as
may be convenient to yea.
(Signed) " P. finoucsano, jam."
Um' the receipt of this letter, he thought peeper to
look doe of a Magistrate.
t, in answer to the charge, repeated the
Olollemeote contained la his letter; and said, with re
=:o his beatiag the child. that be had used no ee-
ry violeace.
Mr. HALL@ severely condemned the andect of the
defendant, and said he ought not to coasider himself
to a situation to seed a challeng, to say ems, sad
jialticularly ander the circumstances which had beta
described. Young men is his situation ought to eel-
Om themselves to the care of their pupils; aid ant
arra every imagined affront to be.sending cludker
to the parents of those intrusted to their can.
The defendant was ordered to find bail. himself is
125 L, and two sureties is 501. each, to keep therm'.
In.the course of the afternoon Mr. Staples hammed
Ai Magistrate that the defendant bad coaseated to
make a public apology, and he would therefore with-
draw the charge. and suffer him to be liberated--The
defendant was accordingly discharged.

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AI a key IMO these Id not fairly bi called apitineio contribute Mar. ; neither could It is any way be connected e;
direct do* affinities; a thittil _. ____c_.. He
skewed that ti_noaditioa fro soy &Woo with the proclamation which was mg.
I:
I Cross of the War the usual.-'""' `O7
trim,' FaTaanZa`;'7l,lmVic'ine woes' Inwards issued. To skew that a perfect neutrality lug
pill list w.slJ snPlislit an formerly. wee incomparably better than it bad been ban. "atisiDed• it was only necessary for him to state
sal bow • the mats" while tha lure mow iiic vonitioa. the minim or the that remoestrances bad been made by the Terks as well
mi. Ilse magus is Preach *mascots. Th„..,. the charges to which as the Greeks' paint the eavasates or Sir Thomas Malt.
that the Heise would concur with him
re. which had bee, *army „hinted awe Oi7l;coa ty"gra:tat than for. laud. I;Rdse ail the
eircionstances, he was consisted
I been PesTund wan' dandy the bardraa had sot bees increased. He chal-
• 0.—...1. t in meeting the