Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-06-22
REPUBLIC OFTHE SEVEN ISLES.
Palermo, March 2.

Palermo, Maycb 3.
The laf letters from Corfu have bro't
the intelligence that the Seven United lies
having been fubje6ted to the Porte, the lat
ter, in virtue of convention with the
Emperor of Rufia, had Gent to Corfu
Turkilh Commsndant with fnall
flute.
The Corfots, finding themielves govern
ed by the Mobiles, on the arifocratic foot
ing, would not lufer that domination !;
the people removed the Senate and all the
Magitrates they ado difbanded the regi-
ments, and pretended even togovern them
ielves democratically. This intelligence
having reached the other lies, they fol
lowed the example Of Corfu.
Paul the FirG had fent the Count d'Orio
his Councillor Of State and Commander Of
the Order of St. John of Jerulalem, to &C
cupy in that Republic the poR of Prince.
Prince Teotochi, who filed 6milar pof
to the iatisfaetion Of the people, having
learned that Count d'Orio had arrived at
Brindili, on his way to Corfu, made a
fpeech to the people, inviting them not to
accept of foreigner in fuch dignity, and
particularly the Venetian Mobiles. Count
d'Orio is one.
The Count, from the badnels of the Tea.
fon, remaining two months in the Vallou;.
Having at lalt arrived at Corfu, he was
informed of decidon of the people, de
claring that no military honors lhould be
paid him; that no perfon ihould take off
his hat TO him as he paaed, and that no one
lhould 90 to compliment him.
Count d'Orio went in grand Uniform to
kits the body of St. Spiridion in conte-
quence of his fafe arrival. The gates of
the church of ST. Spiridion were lhut a.
gaina him.
Count Metaxa having gone to pay him
a viGt, was arreited as ioon as he LEFT the
Count d'Orio's homie he was afterwards
banifhed, with his whole family, and all
his eltate conhicated.
The nobility are leldom ieen and are
continually menaced by the people. The
FIVE brothers, Tagara, rich and powerful,
have been taken up, under pretence of me-
ditating plotagaina the people, & when.
this account came from Corfu, the lhooting
of the brothers was talked or.
The people with that the Grand Coun.
ell Mould conGa of IS individuals, few OF
whom hould be Noble; but that there
ihould be one Deputy from the people and
one from each town. The Council to elect
its PRECEDENT for limited time. tits de-
fired that the Parliament of the people
fhould be eRablifhed in the country, and
it is {uppofed that this has already been
done.
On the III January there were three
Englifh frigates In the port !; when they
appeared the people began to be more
calm.
The feven Ties, Corfu, Cephalonia,
.Zante, Corigo, Mature, Ithaca, sc. lay
ing along the coat of Albania and the
Morea, were for centuries dependent on
the republic of Venice, now to the Trades
of departed Empires gone down. During
the revolutionary war, they fell into the
hands Of the French, from which, in d.
plomatic phrafeology, they were deliver
ed by rhe united fleets of Rui1ia and the
Sublime Porte, aided by the Supreme Ar
bitter of victory. BY the Convention of
the aft of March, 1900, between Ruff
fla and the Porte, theGe Hands were erect
ed into republic, to be governed by the
notables of the country, under the vafal-
age and protection Of The Porte. This