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lONIAN ISLANDS.

PAPERS. RELATING TO THE lONIAN ISLANDS.
Copy of a dispatch from Major Getters! Sir Frederick
Adam. to the Right Notiourahle Sir Miens/
'Maitland, dated Corfu, 50th November, 1819; relative to
the distarbsoces at Santa Num; with *se eisclosere.
courts, aettrutau tOvis, 1819.
Sia--.11 will be Is your Riteelleutik recolledoo, that it
was decided to commence the mole at Sails Kura, and the
caul to cossionokate from it to the tows, is coseequwace
of the urgent represestatiou of many of the ishabitsois of
that island; mid you will ao doubt equally recollect, that
yos would rot assent to ibis measure, until it was brought
before you is the shape of a memorial, sigma by most of the
respectable sad wealthy ishabitants of that city, soliciting
that if the Government would &draw* usually the Sum of
4,1100 dollars, the remainder twilight be made good by a local
tax. To this propositiow your Excelleoey *seemed; ►ut the
particular details of the tax were sot regulated, until your
departure from these islands at tbe end of Jose is the last
year.

Is the lest propesitioa which was brought before Govern-
'lmeel, a petit of the supply was to be raised by an imposition
Allatelit Ilaportaties of cora ; but as this would have fullest
peculiarly hard os the rep lowest rusks of the inhabitants,
aid epos the peasantry, the proposition was rejected, sad
the mosey was raised by an larldttioeal tax epos the expert.
silos of oil and wise.
Susie loconvesienee leaving resulted, it was this year pee
'posed to modify the local tat, and after a good deal of use.
saltation sad eserespeademee, it was determined that It
should stud as Axed by the resolution of the Ilkii of Jeer.
This easseere ea! the result of the combined opialenoter
Ara statatst Zambeili and Mn toudari. ifs lennlptibill
between tie direct tax epee the cieglidi or Sipa:
well observe, that She lessees' ammo is -oat
Rs
sopfur
the minimum is Sled... a lower rate, the
**s of that class would feel this inapueblianpeeteedons
Wy kw. -4 ,
Year klerelleary is too well aware or the peened gilds
Iterations wide, actual* almost all individuals is thseeelniti•
etc's, not to (Molest if a repartitiois of this tax had boa Wt.
to the ultimate Satisfies either of it committee of Mali+
duals or af local authorities, much partiality smile -mis
doebtedly have bees thews ; to obviate this, the eirelest*
is sonjesetios with the Regeul, titre directed to make this
repertitise; bet this was aot to he Anal eatil it was see.
Milted Is the Semite. The last prevision was with tlee vie*,
that Mr. Zansbelli, from his local knowledge, might be aids
I. rectify any thing that did net appear Oa be Meetly elide.
able.
With retard I. that part of the reeolitiee which-taxes the
asimals sad the wipe prodatted, I felt eessiderable Mindy,
sot lodged as to the anniud, which is in itself Wiliam est
could out in arty way be considered as oppressive ; het 1
thought the etude of its cullecties might be hamlets* by
Angie,: the ollieers if Governibest to make • ion of impels
skies ism the properties of even the sery..Poorest of the
peasants; but I Cully coincided with the measure, an ho.
keg assarld that it Wes not the istridactids of any thing
that was new, but plenty the extension of the very same
process which has beef Meg established is the collection of
the &clots, did some dther taxes.
Satisfied with this assurance the wade went forth.
The resolution of tie Senate was published is Simla
Blues early is July, Ind all the measures amateurs. apse
it were immediately carried MN effect I. its tows.
I• order to avoid the inconvenience which would have op.
silted to the Individual by calling them is from the distant
pule of the Mimed, it was determined that the sausicipd
'Meer whose duty it was to prepare the lists, according ee
With the taxes Wm sloe Inhabitants of the enmity were Min
levied, should go rotted the villages, aid prepare these this
epee the spot. And bee I may remark, that this mensero
MO takte in coseetpersce of the +direct intafereaes of She
resident, Sir Frederick Stoves : for the municipal . erne*
with that utter iadiffekeace which too generally pec=l:4
teaks here d re ee the isterests of the peasantry a.
"said, to save laleatelf trouble, have obliged the Oriels 4.
Isms Weenie into town, had not Sir F. Stoves very pee-
ray pretreated it. As however no part of the lax was to
be levied before the meads of November, it was not the**
aft-emery to begin the Needham of the lists until the hon.
lays eseinteseedi this was conceded to ilia municipal oils
err, that the prattice of his protegees might not be alter-
fer;d with.
Taus a period of six weeks intervened between the men.
shwa of the Ctirerntsent being made known; and the pelf.
misery steps to their execution being effected. Theriot the
vrit..le of this bog period nothing transpired which could at
all Mad to the emersion, that the new taxes were is say
degree aupiipelar, at least amoagat the peasantry.
Amongst the higher !asks, indeed, awl_ partieulasty oa
lbe pin of some individuals who hid been the most clamm-
ily.* for the eking of the email, eipressioas of disennied
fee theppoonst they were called upon to pay, Mere Ward;
but ilipelleacy 4 too well aware of led
at ee Site
sheet Iskods to be shrprised at this; bil'ea
1 tilleigiethiag had occurred tie lead to the nest distant
infilledlimi that any discontent excited amongst the pea.
saatry, sad the senator Zamhelli, whir had passed near three
weeks in the island of Santa Marra, and who bad opporiu.
shies of knowing the Nate of public feelings there, as
equally iiiiiwast of the existence of is such dirroatest....
' I was them sit a little surprised, whet I received a ossmes_
niceties from kW Frederick Steve; statiag not only that
the Mdeicipal weer had been imOdled in carrying en bls
duty is the very last iillate into which be what, Out that
use of the Inepeetert of police, who had been scat out by
the head be the local otermaeat with a posse of coisteithre
is esioselfamme of tie repreerntatiens of the siterocipal.
dew, Mid bees obliged, owing to the tumultuous men:.
doge of slime the whole population of the village, sad'
the threats of premed Violence, to return to the tarn with-
out having bete able to cummede spun the ditty with
' Ithiele be was isinasted.
Is tessequence of this, Sir Frederick Sloven tbtiodlot It,
right to proceed with a small detachment of troops taiwerdis,
the village, but on approachisg if, the hills were settleoslyt
tweeted. pith a body of anted me* to the arsouitt of safropli
hundred. • •
Unwillitig to commit the Geverameut by feeds' obe Dee.
seats Its may art iir hostility, Sir erederirk wed Vellegy
deterntiortd to suspeud his march, and seat footled wren.
ter to leers from the peasants the mottoes. which had im.
dined Ostia to adopt such terneltuary !averting.; emit
afterwards ea the approach of the tread of the church of the:
Island, who resided in the +teak he hitaiself • elli dews tie'
;valet with the lenders of the peasantry; from them he'd
teed that their Mobility to pay the new tax bad `lien rise II
(o the tumult which his preseme appeared to apneas', aed
the pessaltts a:Tiredly dispersed' with the ideated of re.

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amie, to lb* WAIN, Mt Nib Neeleauce thel L. *font( "-
piing.* their esemisiate ao list Gams! Gerrecomeot.
• Tic meet May, beinemr, *bra Sir Frederick Stoves was
4crosse4ieg Smoke village of Ilesebiotie, with the istsanith
of more mineleiy iitto the circumstances of the
' lit p. be foetid List a large hotly of armed uses
.hod again mid bad approached tames seam fire
:rlle mccreded is !plumbs' than, by the seeriumses„
e they would draw up a petition, he world &man
to Abe GareratOoveratheat ; and as the pessowts expressed
great cositimmo iii.gasktil'Oris sod Mame Vales, be coo-
seated that sheet two gemilemee obssoW drew op their a 5....
i rid, which. was aceordielly.ilmi Is the Asp, in which it
stands in the. melesore,. which Ste Frederick Storm pro-
mised should be forwarded to Corfu. The result of these
imesseres was the appetites dispersisa of the lesisigeata.
Thews traneartioas took place ow the Seth of September.
O• the follewiag day, with the view of uarmisiolisisi the
Made ails peasant', the Resided persuaded smeral ger..
demon of property to proceed to the Villeffell 611
to appease the minds of the ishabitants ; two of these per-
sees were however arrested, and after numb 111-ireatineat
mat MO N the Iowa; amid • MA who had been employed
as a emotable by the police, was assassinated by s party 9f
peasants. It became exident after this, that the Ararat
was by no 1114•1114 allayed • but as, from every circumstance,
it did sot appear probable that nay further valence would
be emissitted, Nat'l the answer to the Petition prat to
Coda should anivi, Sir Frederick Stoves mut wisely ab-
*Mimed Irons doing say thin' which should iscrease the irri-
totem, and coolined himself to talus' such measures as the
asters of the Scree under his command restlercil expedient,
to prityeat soy attack upon the town of Saute Mean ;
devinues in which, 1 ant gamy is say, be was but feebly
supported by the Weal authorities, sad very slenderly sad
noefillingly assisted by the iolishitasto of the town, abbess%
the peanuts had declared, that it was against thews pia-
Mostly that their woogeaue• was directed. I received m
Corfu the int ishirmatim of Me transsetimes of the ISO
September on the morning of the Mth, sod cooesiving that
trasquillity might be restored; without haviag recourse to
force, I directed Sir Frederick Stoves to mallimta 111te,,Itra-
derd litre of Aromas sad coaciliation which be had adopted;
and to amain the peasantry, that if they reltorried to their
homes, and coodoeted themselves peoreably, the Covers.
meet would give an iadelgrot coasideratios to their cum-
pla kits! _ _

On the following day, Boding by Sir Frederick Slovens
kites, of the lifith, that he had beds disappointed, I hell/Mt..
disk!, determiaed epos stadia( of a considerable rent-
forcemeat, which sailed In the mune of that evening,
structiug hint at thews, lime to adopt tie utmost forbear-
ance, and mot to have recourse to force, unless obliged to du
it by the coadoct of the peasantry themselves, at the same
time directing hiss, if obliged to ad, to proclaim medial
law. During the whole of the td October, things remsised
tranquil at Santa Maur*, sad no appearance of any of the
people beteg in arms existed, except a small body which had
the appearance of an outpost on the road hetweeo the rd•
loge of Sfsehiotio and the town. Things continued in this
state during the early part of the day of the 3d; bus, its
since appeared, a report was moot issidiussly spread, that
Sir Frederick Stoves had not forwarded the Petition to the
which report appears to have incited them to
break out into *pea violestee ; fur, oil the sfaernooe of that
day, a body of many hundreds of than suddenly collected,
and rushed down upon the town, which they entered after
Sting upon a small detacheaeut of our troop., and set bye
to the magazine of an individual. la the memo time, the
reisfureemeat from Coda had lauded, sad Sir Fresletirk
Stoves repossessed himself of the part of the tams the isaut-
gents had entered, and they retired to the hills.
Oa the following day, notwitbstaading the open nets of
rebellion which the peasants had committed, Sir F. Stoves,
with a degree of forbearance which does him the highest
credit, instead of at Dace attacking sad dispersing then
by force, had again recourse to measures of mildness sad
persuasion; he rade out
.ito the place where they were abi-
hetet!, accompanied by oaly one or two officers, and his in-
terpreter, sod still ofered these deluded people to briag
their ease before the Goverumest, if they would quietly dio=
perm., awl go to their homes, and **treating them rut to
erg, him by their obstinacy to have recourse to a, ms ;
pistols( w them, at the some time, that the face ens er his
command was such as to make resistance impossible. All
his endeavours wen is vain; hik propositions were treated
with contempt, sad toss of the leaders (a priest) carried his
ism/lend se far as to deueand,that if be expected they should
withdraw, he ihould give tie hostages of she king. soldiers
iota the bamboo( the inoorgeata, as a guarantee of his keep-
ing his weed, pad of their grievances being redeemed.
F'iddiug it utterly impossible to bring them to any reason,
or to induce them to disperse, Sir F. Stoves had nothing lett
hut to attack them,t which he accordingly did ; and motwith-
stsodiag the extraordinary local diacritics, and the streagib
of
the grestad so 'Arch the how/trent' had pooled themoelveit,
they were very soon put to flight, ond Sir Frederick, with Ito
troops under his koasmaad, took possession of the village of
affehlotio. The result of this act of Vigour, was the cola.
plate restoration of troaquilliiy ; bre most of the iingkadds
in the insurrectioa foiled meats to cameral themselves, and
subsequently to escape to the neighbouring contineut.
(To k cowlinued)

lITIVIITINGS 6F CRRDITOR4 AT btllLbliA LE
To moilitot.
W. N.
b. Willis.ll, liotbeirlaidie, staster...surriser ...... 3 12
J. Lee, Boaderbutd. grocer 3 12
J. Lougbloo; Coanotereial.road, apaater.anarisser 3 ill
J. Wait% Bosbury; brewer . " • 3 12
T. sad J: D, Pays, Celestes-street, Warebosormeis
B. Glower. Wailung.tereel warehouseme'
A. Despite, St. Martirealtse. bidler ll 12
H. W. Sealy, Stamford, upholsterer • 2 11
T. Day. Blaekosan.street, muck-broker• 1 10
GI 8. Funk Great Biseb-Ilse, wine-eareelissl • • 210
H. Maas, Isle of Gran chords-street, diorama. ::
H. Troll Ope, Resiiiip, Ilnes.droper 2 11
' J. Edingtuo, Lower Tbsatea.aireet, 'tattooer
C. .1. Bolden, West Ssiitlifeld, Paiute' •• ' 2 11
W. B: Hirt, Cliespoide, /merchant
I 10
R. Part, jos, Porters, evel.sterclutat
IT. Musk, H leash-ref, brandy-dierrlsami' 1 II
J. Bourn, Holbuin, bookseller • •
W. Cirdleatose, Norwich, bekei
DIVIDENDS.
P. B. Jai* Birwilsghons, kardearr-isistifortsegr ... • 12
P. Dixie. see. sod P. J. Soil B. Dixie, Pateeroetwere end
Goswell.street.esed, midis • 1
' 1:-Olihr. Ilwasepatb, rattle-B,llkt ". • ' • • it
J. Wawa sad G. Ware., Akleregate sweat, rdiskeesle
Lowers li
W. taylor, *trued, tavern keeper l2
W. I'. %Pelee Touley-btreel, baiter ' II
A. Riebardit:b Tork.strett, arta T. Weide, Cleeelaba
street, lotil., - ' ' " .;.1.00 l2
J. Mills, Water-lest, wine-sterebant • •
L. Moser. Goodation'..arlds merchant ...,.... II
G. ilardisty and J. Cowie& Coresi:pedati, .well_.
drapers • " ii 4 il
C BAT* FICAT ES.
T. Hind, soli or late of Mandl, Hoildersield, cloth-
dresser.—J. alsberly, of Welbeek.street, St. Mary-le-Bose.
Id Idillelex, eootk.roasiiifseturer.W. Taintell, late of Tsui.-
ton, Sasurreet, telliar.-...1. Illitebell, eel.: a we.4-4.a Cottage.
buendea, Hertford, &abr.—K. leloasesion of Great Mee-
low, Boekisibags, borne-dealer ..:I'. C. tioison, of IMMllia-
§,itsr, Her.ford,draper.—W. Jortlau, of Soinbury, Middlearap.
victualler.

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