The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-04-16 00:00:00

THE STATESMAN;

Iltek;arasied-cfrys thee albeit to Isla yoke, averted
the calmsity by calling to their aid a Rusks
' "*All did not less] ratio these cumquats. Oa the
2 let of March, 1800, a treaty wu signed at Cowmen-
tioople, between Rada *nod Torte'', h Mbish the
adepoodencs of the itepobits of the Seism Islands
✓s. guaranteed, end its e"ltlas°44l dePeadmicies
'ryas/erred t• the dominion of the Sullen, on the fol.:
:.-Tbat the inhebitams. should. be
swaselemealuallasagee relating teasel, Cern and Cri.
Waal Courts ; that they shoed Yr unrestricted in
their rights of property and inhaltanceeem well as
ia their intercourse with As islands : end that en
Umpqua should be erected, Dor may blehopsmassee,he
allowed to domiciliate in their Military, etcogda.' ll
Coesmissioner of appropriate reek to collat the fa-
bate, whkb, ender proper regulation% it ems am.
pellet for the Ports to enact. liven to these avian
the rergelnota refined to submit, end singly resisted
threfforts of the Pasha to subdue them.

" In the ensiling mar between Rossi* arra Tarkey,
the Flair again seised l'revesa, nocintro, mid Vo.
sista, ender pretence of seemri•g Area (rem t►e
Remises ; and that they might never more become an
object of dispel', iu flagrant violation of the
Treaty of 1800, massacred or banished the iirigittal
in►abitantj, gave their bosses and lands So his Al.
Iranian followers, built form, overthiei. the chorchvs,
and pleated the Crercont o• the rains of tiro (,karr.
Tha Pargoinates srerv.rosmsed tongs more frau the
grasp of Ali, by the timely assistance of a Kasai.°
force.

" $y the Treaty of Tilsit, in 1807, the lonise Re.
I.pehlic was spin transferred to the doelienin of
France ; b,t of the continental depoudisecies,
aloes was included in the huufe. ; for the Turks be-
ing 11101/ in posession of all the others, awl hawing
built mosques within their walls, considered them as
an int.igral part of their empire. Parßa wss woo
claimed by All Pash. on the part of the Statham
Pettis, in girt= of tha Treaty of 18011; bet even
the profligate Coes Llerthist, on beteg appointed
Goversoi is thew countries by Boosparre, was di.
rested se seltivate the good-will of Ali Pasha,, was
so 'wed b the earwig sepoostraeces of the chi-
see% that he refused to sake tho cession ; and his
seramer, Geo. Doeselet, adhered to tbe woe di.
wriebtation.

•' 10 1810, Goo of the seven lonian bloods ler.
rooderod to the British forosi soder the corporeal of
Genarol'Osorsid ; bet Corte, Pilo, and the 'toots.
maul dependency of Paris, remained Bader the
From% dominion, swirly until the termination of the
W.f.

" In the comiencessent of the year 1814, the
British four idok possession of the small island of
Paso. It was thee that the wily ruler of Al-
bania, perceiving that the pourer of the French Ens-
peter was on the decline, mad every effort to obtain
the serrender of Parp. UV overture, ban indig-
nantly rejected by General Donselet, he bad re-
course, es steal, to open violence: he invaded tbe
territory of Pewit hot was repoised with great lose
by the intrapidity of she inhabitants. The Bey who
commanded the Psekish forces, • nephew of Ali
Pasha, was killed le Also-action. The Finials, iyhe
bad retired isle Oa fortress, took no share Is the
contest, ant being tatitnrised to act in hostility
against a Power whil which their country was at
pew. 'll3ltlPargiloistes, seeing that their own re-
Amite, w pot adequate to withstand the repeated
efforts of Ffetrilloi enemy, sent a deputation to
Peers, solickiig the protection of the British lag,
seder tilespFers slipulation on their pert, abet Perga
shneltisemairrlft political appendage to the logien
tstiadi. Thieraipelatton being sirteally acceded to,
tho wa took possession of the citadel, seised
tts4 *Tisall, which was delivered to es as.
• ft.
woe; and hoisted the flag of Greet Bd.
rt of the compact being this fellilled,
;i'. ?We teak polliession of Parga.
the &Byte If All Pasha were fors time
bet lab aeries the character of that tyrant
tegglpegoisb say project of eggrandisemeet er.aey
.
of weegintace, when once conceived : his far-
*, is espodients Is only equalled by his indefati.
•pstmese.saise ; end his hopes seem to suffer no
ghotiessest from any delay in their consummation.
The mosetaieeere of Soli were sot sacrificed until
17 years after he had doomed them to destruction ;
sod the-rein eb the city of Gordiki was accomplished
Grier 40 years of premeditatel vengeance. Paris,
*tits *boded him there then the others, has be.

,bidee the object of I mere rooted hatred ; for the
4611 'mikados of which, he will leave oo stratagem
tpisf!hoti, sod wilt cousidermo delay too tedious.

"' As seas u the Basilisk were iu possessiee of
fireplace, he tried his este arts to indeee thee to
serreeder It, bet the inflesible integrity of Gerard

Campbell Hied the Pargoinotes front so creel a fate;
sod their ettatinbeht to their new friends was
striwithened .by *smiled@ for put prows:lifts and
loops of future *clarity.
" Since she appointment of the Lord Ifigh Com-
stationer in the lonian Isles, and the ratification of
the Treaty of Piths, in 1815, which placed those
States ender the protection of England, their con-
dition sod prospects have been altered.
" The Pasha, conceiving this a favourable tipper-
Unity for realising his intentions, exerted his In.
Avenue to Jailers the Divan to demand Paige from
the British Government, is the price of the ac-
quiescence of the Porte to that Treaty, founding
their pretext on the Treaty of 1800 ; unforteeately
an agreement was perhaps too ►astily entered into
for that purpose at Constantinople, and a preliminary
Coevention, under the auspices of his Majesty's
Lord High Commissioner, fixing the conditions unde►
which Pap is to be surrendered to the Porte, bee
been signed at loannina.
" Proclamations have been issued, ordaining that
those among the inhabitants who ►apatriate them-
Deities, shall receive a pecuniary compensation from
the Pasha for the property which they may leave be-
hind. A British and an Ottoman Commissioner have
been sent to Paige to cliff into @aeration the Con-
',oda', of loannina. The Proclamations in quo,-
u nit, fair sod equitable they may appear to
those who are unacquainted with the circumstauces of
the case, are het too liable to be converted into a cove►
for the insidious views of the Pasha. What commons-
Iles can be made to a action of free men for the loss
of their country, their homes, anti their altars? What
peceoisry indetnni►y eveu fur property can be expected

.

I from a despot, whose avarice Is. if possible► inn
exorbitant Ate his ambition ? Ills very endeereen
to withhold from the enforteeste PargeieSes the
seas required by that ledemnity, have hitherto aloof
retards' lb. *migraine. And where is the slime
to which these exiles an to lieu The Precise's-
tions of ihrir protectors, knell in the spirit of the
Convention, promise them the 'spinets of their stripy
In the lonian Isles, ■ passagetof a few hour, at most.
No place of refege Is held out to them. There Is no
cultivable or habitable spot enoccepied in the islands
nr their ileprmiencies. By a most en ccccc ntable over-
sight, nos. Proclamations are Welly silent respecting
any specific period for realising these indemnities;
and Ibis omission is t►e cause of all the delays which
hare taken place, end which may hereafter be cos.
trired by the artful Pasha."

PRICI: Or STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE IrrLocK.
Hest %seek S pee Gel. Hay* 1.,)
9 per Crew. Red. 7! Ind* Hush Si Sl N.
3 per Cent. Goveroliiti ' I Lama An. IP§
51 per C.N. 911 i • Eseibeipler MU 2 p.
I nom.% Nit Arr. 734 Dogma
: per CaW. 911.

TEM STATESMAN.

Arilefry
.►MIL 103 .11f 19.

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-How long the People of England will submit lobe
alsu.ed and snaulted by MI VISTFID and their creatures.
it is imposoihto to car ; hut if the saute iseatigres Ire
ollowrd to go no much longer, we are certainly the
most aline, not to say stupid, nation on the free of
the globe. Our ancestors, without boasting of their
knowledge as we do, wet. •ndobtedly much niser,l
They provided againat those evils which we have al.
lowed to !week in upon oar best institutions. They
guarded against the possibility of a war continuing so
long es to endanger the existeoce of the Stale, by
forbidding the exportation of more than a certain
sum iu coined money, under this plea of hiring Pub.
sidiary troops. This law Mr. PITT and his satellites
paid no ether regard to, thin to psis a Bill of In-
demnity for breaking it. Who suffered by this?
Why, not the rich land-owner, not the wealthy
merchant. They nearly doubled their incomes by
the onlawful Proceediog ; but the balk of the Pers.
ple—and the poor especially, by the enhancement of
,rents and Prices of articles of the Grit niceesity.—
The Dukes of Drumm, NORTUITIMPLAND, and
Dreortsutax have their rentals prodigiously encreased
Ly the war. When the Property Tex was imposed,'
they 'more thou laid en equivalent addition en
the teases and rents of their tenants; and when
that as was repealed, It left a clear 15,0001. a yole
eogyneatation to one of the abuse, Noblemen, and
nearly* much to both of the otlshrt. In the same
proportion did every other landioaker feel him.
self enriched. Will such men as their, wkh lb.
Earls of I.oxso VG‘llllOl9l,
&c. &c. Obj Cl to a war again, if eoreleace could be
loved for declaring for owe? The cupidity of the
Bank and the corruption of the Covet mien* have,
'di true, brought the former to brrokrepley sub the
latter to the brink of rain, but both would ebtein a
• kind of prefernaturslesisteace by a new hostility...-.
Not that we see any probability, or can discover pre-
, ten. for adding one soldier to the over-great list of the
army at this moment; bet could we wonder, if sech pre-
tence offered itself, that thereat possessors of pro_
perty io land or money should counteasnce aimed
career, as they hared... before. It i• high lime that
the People of this @booed W. shield taste of the
wonted sweets of peace : but what peace are the le.
helloes, and therefore the most 'skiable classes of
society, likely to taste of ? They work from early in
the morning until late at night, without being
able to earn a sufficiency for *i•ppltieg the maim;
wants of an Infant family. Although we cannot flat-
ter ourselves tbat oar complaints avail much,
yet we should sink in our own esteem, if
we
ceased to mike them. We cannot see a hand-
ful of men, pampered with wealth and power at
the eapence of the suffering community, and not speak
of the outrage. Well may our courtly tntegoohts
task at the little effect we produce by steels expoore
of the condition of ear country. The meet abut
bay. the smallest opportunity of retake, ilyansigke
perpetrators of the deeds are above act feelingiht
sympathy for those who suffer by the.; They am.
side, themselves, in short, as opposed by office, by
ran:, and by self-interest to the idylls and wishes of
the People at large, aod therefore look with jealousy
now, sod will sue der with alright, upon every
movement, moral n well es physical, of the great
body of the People of the United Kingdom. The
mischief they &priest's and would avoid they are in
fact owing ageinst their wills, since, should they
go ou as they do, it will nos be in heman power to
ovoid it. Distress and despair are powerful engines
In conjunction. A system of exclusion, not by law
hut by general consent, is spreading against oar mace.
factures throughout Europe. English books begin to
find a reluctant market out of England, which is the]
more vexatious, because our language is spoken more
generally than ever. In the East Indies—ln the
West Indies—in America—ln Botany Bay (destined
tone day to be an independent State), our language
prevails. Under a wholesome Reform, which would
reduce the cost of every srticle of manufacture, the
trade in books alone might be made to bring en im-
mense sum into Greet Britain. And what is the
reason ? Why the existence of the ROTTEN BO-
ROUGHS, of which the present Ministers do not
date to teach a stick an stone; because if they

the BOROUGLIIIONIMRS 'retold bare them to
their fate, sed therefetti, as thins are now, the fate
or torten, of the one party is interwoven, intro-
twined with that of the other !

In the time of the Romans there were Cf/ItTlttir•
and RCOOLUILS who sacrificed for she public good
Whet I No one of that stamp in England to offer
open the sitar of liberty and jellies, nay, se mar
say of decency, one rotten possecsinn ? 'mien is
tenure tee, as to duration, we positively affirm h
the Toasn ere too mistily devoted to the WI 'fence
the Covet and to self interest to perform .o genet Pus
a pert, what say the Wilms, •hn have rho 1.34
'dealings with the pernicimis caugmotlity ? No mutt--
rim ea their part !!!

The two vessels at Deptford fitted oot for the
North-west Passage diatom!, ere in the most ad.
suitable order possible. The °Meer, me enema.
moody obliging in gratifying the curiosity of thew
friends and acgnainionce. The Comm:dere, top'.
PARRY, had quite a Peeve on hoard the Hecht verer.
day. It becomes a matter of enquiry, whether the
Cahin Officers are Aloarod a Wile .iuriug liteicttay
in the River, as oiberwiae Ihrir Gent'enmity opt.
troy must Snake • Iron.iderahle inroad into their
pockets. Mr. Casetoto's table, when ArniussaJor,
with 15.00111. a year, did not coot him to mech.
Yestroduy merniog die l'ar NOB itiGLNT wive an'ti-
@Ml% In Nen EITIIIIIAZ If, LIM, Dyke of W ELLIN°.
lON, and the Earl of Liveuroot., at Carlow-house.
At half.pan three o'clock his Royal lbglineal left
Oullow.hoese, in his travelling carriage, for Brigh.
roe. The account, therefore, of his departure' en
Wedemiloy, is inert' rect.
Dui or Yonz.—The Dodoes% of Yost, en
heating of the unfortunate occident which had hap..
pened to the Deke, hsatened from 0 Wands to Wind.
sec on Tuesday enured:la, and attended the Duke
during lbe day. In the e...gtug her Row iligg„,.„,
yet gonad to Oatlonds. The Royal Deke conlinites in
gond health, arid takes the eaercise of walking. Sir
tfutoor 11•Lrolso signed the Balletiel yesterday for
the first time, which is as follows:

We/reserle. April
"Hie Rays!. Hahne., the 11,ike of Vo• IL ion pb d away
Pad al 1. and i. goisa us hitmitilM, woriotaft.
" HENRY HALFORD.
" P. M ‘CHHE(iOH."

Yesterday being settling day at the Stock Redrew,
all was, of courrr, hustle and ansirty. The Consols
opened tar money at 74; and, after neural d eves-
final, left off at 741. For the Slay mama they
were done at 73,ri. The Commieshreers gave 73/ foe
Reduced, and were served by the Jobbers gosserally.
There were nn defaulters proclaimed yesterday.
Hy the arrival of the Hunter from U. Janeiro,
advice. hare beers received, tending to establish the
authenticity of the commercial arrangement said to
hare hems agreed upon between the Viceroy of Lima
and Copal, Stuart?, of the Andromache frigate,
sad of which we bite already comannicsied
the panelist stipulations. A smnsitlereble trade
was. 1.. coosecstnce, ra,rylog so from Itb Janeiro
to Valpsititse, is goads, of which a part was riss.
timed to be forwarded to faun. ; sod there wis•tiot
the least doubt vorestaised but that ships belong.
log to the British bad access to the latter place.—
There bad been a most abundant supply of species
in the Brazils from Chill and Bognos Ayres, bat. a
essesiderehle smartly of it had been exported to Ilia
East Indies from Rio Janeiro. With rrgard In the
subject of the diminution of the duties on British
ships, the Portuguese Government had not come to
any deteresinatioo. The csp'sres.by Insurgent pri-
vateets were so frequent, that a member of trading
Velefill wine detained at Rio Janeiro, Pernentheco,
load other ports. The squadron in search of them.
which bad been out cruising in January and Frbre•
ary,hatcleared the seas of only a few of thole "hick
sailed badly.
The following is an attract of a letter Gans the
agent •of the Russian Company in London, by which
it silll bra seen that the important reduction of 10 per
cent. on al) goods imported and exported from Rossi&
has taken 'Ow

" Psysaissacm, Fits. 43.—Aa bas been lored di-
µTit*. that se the kowtow of doors to she carnal Ca.tisai-
Mows, for the year 11119. the Warr mettle shall be taken at
three roubles and 6,ltropiques o hit P. oink. n rentfe.
tool of 111 pis teat. ea the dunes at as Inspents ard rapers.,
eveeptissig an those that pay ad referees. S..ine per.aus havie4
thinned the tight in ray ditties an goads istipatteld Lea sear
and still in she Crises •hoine, ni the ors late .4 three eauble:
aid MI ',opaque), ii h.., bren decide.l th.,l the old doty *all he
chanced ea all rvials which well hate bees received at asy
Ca.ciira-kowe pte.loa.le to Ike receipt of the Immo nrdrr. P
• s! I win. &duet to asasornee, that the alder hoot the I)e-
-ritl %scot of Emma Casessuerie so she Peleishoigh Crean-
dated MI rehrit..ry. Iv.. bees on:de public, asithariliax
the ivapariatitme of it.. at the swot duty as is levied no btaadv
and &flack, tic 10 roubles per sa.ker (•i:ses); bad I tape ns
be enabled in trod a copy in.l teinsiatosii of the IA de by a..
1.0111.11011 re.
•• In she sivenviiime it it nerevairy to adilltersand, that the
duty en nil roo it levied sun toeing to 11..4 Oreille% I that
inlnpt duty I. IS roatite, per sinker, and if helots, and ant abut.,
what Is bereAleeasinuainit ten degr
" asd 501 above I:1 degree., es eon-Wetted pine
spirit, and pass Itt silver Roubles pee ai,k. r.''

.
Yealetday a Sward was held at the Admiralty, for
the admission of molsod seas.. into Greei.w ich Hos-
pital.

beliefs from Wilmer., la -America, state, that
sit besstifel Devon heifers, sad s ben of th. rime
brood, ars just suited these ss a ramped from P. •.
Coat, of Ilelkkam4 to Mr. PArtsmos, abase
assiltier ass so unfortunately suited to JUMPS,
listrArsars.

Letters flow Malls, dated the I Ith sof Merck,
were received in intro yesterday, but they ere wholly
silent concerning the hurricane said to have happened
there from the 7th to the 10th of the month, and
which was stated to here &circled property to
mensal of 4,0(40,0001. sterling.
Emmet of • Letter front Leto, dated April 3:—
" We widow Isere seen et the same time so many .es.
eels Filming as, as we observed on S.iturday, alien
we newborn' upwards of 30, many of whi.h 1,11 an
the Lite side 441 the Ombra,. Ilia Nlija44).'s ship
Driver, Carknia lista, sailed yeller:a) mornirg it is
a cruise to the Snout, front her stesi•m her.. th. 4.
climate is now delightful ; and it was not without
moron that the first physician of the age nomad Line
the Montpelier of Scotland. We have bean rating
young cabbage, for some mrnths past, avid have is
oar garden green artichoke-4 nearly fit for
It is cart tram that the Corporation of Belfast hiss
'him! proposed or retailed a Petition agynst their
Catholic cones,., Sit no