The Statesman.
London, England, 1820-06-30 00:00:00

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AND ONLY H.tl. WEDNESDAY,
JULY 12.
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ALL EOUR PRIZES or TIIIRTYTHOUS4NDPOUNDS.

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fiLares are SeSlog; also at his Age'sis in the Counts).
Cameos'. shared 101,1 sold in the last few Months.
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700 21.000 2,228 2,000
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Lord JoiiN Itcssru„ in rising to bring forward his
motion on this subject, was aware how little any mat-
ter not connected with the great question which occu-
pied the minds of the House and the public would be
attended to. The Noble Lord proceeded to state what
the history of Parga, as connected with this country,
as, but his Lordship spoke in so low a tone as to be
at times totally inaudible in the gallery. As far as
we could catch the Noble Lord's observations, he pre-
ceded, after pointing out the situation of Varga, under
the Treaties of l&Ot) and ISIS, to show what the ac-
tual situation of the Parguinotes was at the present
moment. After various valuations had be en made of
the property of the persons about to be driven from
their houses, it was found, that reduced as that valua-
tion had been, those persons possessing property over
the amount of 71101. were obliged to receive their 6 um-
presation in Turkish alloy. The Noble Lord pro-
ceeded to state what the actual situation and power
of General Maitland were. The Parguitmes had,

Mr.liectotrax said, when the whole of the case was
laid hefore the House, it would be seen whether the
conduct of (treat Britain was such as was described by
the Noble Lord, or whether her conduct did not afford
another instance of the great advantage which ?sates
derived from the protection of England. The Noble
Lord, he said, thought it necessary to state the subject
to the house In a way to create an opinion adverse to
the Govetninent. He detailed grievances not merely
relatiug to Parga,_ but to the whole of the Islauds,
whilst under the protection of Great Rrit::in. There
were representations made is hich were not well found-
ed; there was a great perversion of the filets, in order
itpossible, to bolster up a case. The Noble Lord
Rate a history of the republic of Parga, but he (Mr.
O.) had no hesitation in say* that it was impossible
forlirept Britain, under the principles elich she took
possession of Pacga,to do any thing el.e but to restore
that place to the power which had the legal right to
rite possession. The Noble Lord hail stated that Parga
was an independent State, had been in a state Of Inde-
pendence at Posse_ period or other. In 1795, a war
broke out between France and the torte, and the fleets
of France and Russia took possession of the lonian
islands. In I Mtn, a treaty was executed hem...es:
Russia and the Porte—it was a treaty of temporary
distribution, awaiting a final secession, on the part of
its anthorised powers. By the treaty of 1411 be-
tween France and Turkey, France transferred the p s-
oessien she atop: red by war in the State of Parga to
paildernter power. In I soM, Prance took possession
of Pbega, and continued to hold it for militiry purposes
till 1614, when it was taken possession of by offirers
en the part of Oreat Britain, with the approbation, I,e
admitted, of some of the inhabitants ; but from the
whole history of oar connection with that country,
there was nothing to justify Great Britain in clainiing
the right of sovereignty over it. It was said that in
the Treaty of t'ongress, which carried into effect the
whole territorial arrangements, no mention was made
of Pero; hat be thought that tientleinen would agree
with him, that in a treaty which relatill merely to the
convents of the powers of Europe, "turkey could nut
have formed a part in any negorlatien ; and was it be-
canse Great Britain laid hands on an isolated spot, he-
hoisting to a power which took no part in that negotia-
tion, that she was therefore not bound to r: store posers-
sion of it? On the contrary, we entered Parga nosier
circutostasees which must prevent us front assuming a
sovereign power over it. It was said that an engage-
ment Lad been entered into with the inhabitants of
Parga tin the part of lira at Britain. After making
. eery possible at arch, he could find no document con-
taining any eng.i!ement of the kind ; he addressed a
letter on this subject to Sir James Campbell, request-
lag to know (rout him whether any oilieer in the name
of Herat Britain entered into any engagement with the
lehabitants ut Parga, conveying to theta any assur-
ances under the protection of Great Britain. Sir James
Campbell in answer, said that he was tomtits •ed that
no such engagement had been ever entered into---tbat
no officer was ever authorised by him, either verbally
or otherwise, on the part of Great Briteiu, to give any
such assurances to the people of Parga. Meat Bri-
t tin It, ver entered into any such engagement; a! e
acted merely as the strict line of they pointed out :
the could not exempt herself (rout fulfilling a treaty,
entered into with Turkey—she could not violate that
treaty. The only question then was, whether the
mode of restoration adopted was the beet mode ? In
order to come to a fair opini .n on that subject, it
would he necessary in the first place to consider whe-
,ther there Was any other mode left for the tins ernment
to take. Much had been said as to the sufferings the
inhabitants ware exposed to : but from l'sfßl to I SOO,
daring which time Parga was under the shay of Tur-
key. they had not heard of there sillier:ow, or of these
violations. What were the circumstances of the ease ?
Parga it!, unable, in point of situation, in force, she
had neither the power nor the means of subsistence to
enable her to hold oat for a single. week against an
enemy. Parga was placed so near 'turkey as to leave
it open to frequent attacks. (treat Britain could not
interfere on the part of Parga without being pre-
pared at all times, and at every hazard, to defend it
front the attacks of Turkey. Kith respect to the pro-
perty of the inhabitants, he could assure the Noble
Lord, that notwithstanding the etaten en ts which found
their way into print, if he would take tl.e trouble to
read the documents on the subject, he could have little
doubt but that the inhabitants received the full value of
all the property they possessed in the place. He was aware
that extravagant demands hail been made. Ina memo-
rial to I iovern ment, the property was st.,ted at 600,000/.,
whilst the whole number of the inhabitants was 2,700,
he people of Parga, in fact, had, with respect to the
claim for property, left behind an advantage which
the inhabitants of none of the islands possessed. The
6overetnent guarded them against all inconvenience
on this bead, and, indeed, of waiting to get purchasers,

Mr. Hume etid Parga had not !wen independent,
but hail liven dependent on Venice, and was expressly
conveyed to France (as he believed) by the Treaty .f
Tilsit, when the other places on the coast which had
lelonged to Venice were allowed to'remain in the hands
of the Turks. When it cave into our /lauds in I al:e
tee were plerlud to protect it. It
,was hinted that
General Campbell had
sexcited exaggeratedhopee iu the
minds of the inhabitant'. lie could srak from a
knue ;Mt/. of that officer when he commanded in Ce-
phalonia, that there was nut a more honour/11,1e .1r
well-ileeerving -.errant of the Cr,.sen, and he would rest
the defence of that alter on the qnestion, whether one
out of led of the inhabitant+ would refuse to tear tee-
timuny In his favour. 'I he Centmicsioners who valued
the proieetv of the Parguinotes, proceeded iu an ab-
etted manner, viz. on the ground of value of the pro-
perty at Corfu. This plan was about as reasonahle,aa
if any one should undertake to value property in Er.&-
lanai by its price in France. The only fair nay was ,
that which the officers adopted, vie. by ascertaining
the rental and fixing the number of years' purchase.
After the valuation, too, 150,000 f. was arbitrarily
fixed as the sum, to be paid, without reference to the
estimate. In the payment of this sum there wa+ ninth
vexation. A desinetien of .04.001 q. WAS rnad^ fur the
I rate of iiange, and then the payment was made 11,
I had coin. Sir T. Maitlaud finally offered to repay tl,::
I sum of 15,0001. if the Parquinotes would accept in
lien of all demands a proposition which he believed
Ilicy reasonably refused to agree to. It had been said
in the House sense time ago, that the Parguinotes were
to !tame a spletkiid domain on an bland which h. knew
t, be a heap of ston:s. Ile believed the saute to be
the case of the settlement now promised them in Corfu.'
'the (iovernment had not the means, if they Lad the
disposition, to pro% ide them with any ground.
3110;trIARl'HN denied that the Parguiuutcs were
not paid the whole suns promised them.
3lr. Ware said, he rested uu the Proclamation ::
the tiovernur of the 19th of J une, stating that 113,t Vt.
only should be paid.
31r. trot:Let:an said that circumstance admitted t I
an extlanation.
Lord J. RI ssatt, in reply, said, that as the inhabit-
ants of Parga had surrendered themselves on the Un-
flerstinding that they should follow the fate of the
lonian Isles, he still thought that faith had not been
kept with them. If the great powers of the t inwrt•-i
at Vienna had acted as they professed, un the prim .-
ple of. restitution, he should have been satisfied. Ve-
nice would then have Len restored, and Parga would
have been put under the 1 rotectiou of Venice. Let
they had destroyed Venice, they had destroyed Parrs ;
they had divided Saxony and destroyed Genoa. So
much was their profession of a return to the aneieet
state of things attended to. -
The motion was ape.. si to.
Mr. Maxwzu. presented a Petition front the Society
for the Encouratenient of Industry, praying the House
to take some Imams to prevent the degradation of the