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THE CORTE4—S4TeftDAT, MARCH 24.

The Special Committee appointed yesterday to inquire
into the events winch have lately occurred at Valencia pre-
sented their Report. They mated, that in the discharge of
their duty, and in support of their opinion, airy bad intro
fur the basis of their inquiry 'he representation made by the
Ayanumtesto of that city, from whic► document, as well
as from the dispatches addressed to the Gusset omen', •nd the
lettere received by some Denuder, it appearsd that the
troops had bred on the define:clams population; and having
Derisively rill•cled on the incslculable evils which might be
produced by so tunate occurrences whirls thre.lru so
frightful a future, whether viewed singly or in emijunctioo
with others, the Committee proceed to state their opinion as
to the means whereby such evil. are to be met ; and fur thee
purpose they submit the two following p,. :-
1. To adopt peremptory measures fee immediately geoid.
tag against the fatal comorpicaces which nosy result to the
city of Valeweia front the occurrences of the 171 h, mad to
calm the minds of the isilialniants. 2. To consider of the
measures which the Curtis ought to take to prevent the
spreading of those evils throughout the nation. In order to
attain the object of the first point, the Committee called to a
particular conference the Secretaries of Dispatch, and to pro.
poise to them, as the moat convenient preliminary measure,
to remove the Political Chief end the Commandant Gem rot
of the movisice, sold to anhatitute for them other permit.* who
',tiny th► apiuntmitou of the %%Scarifier, and the confideore
of the Government; and at the same time to remove the 24
regiment of artillery from the garrison. To tine the Secre-
Caries refused to accede; and the Committee therefore pew
pose so the Cortex she following legialative measures:—
I. To expedite the organization of the national militia.
2. Ti. expedite the proceedings in the peudaug causes tell-
tive to coeeporacies.
3. To exclude fureigaere from any command, ueless they
bare the approbation of the Conies.
4. To enforce the respoustbility of those who have ob.
etrocted or delayed the prompt execution of the decree• or
the Curter, it'd to cause such decree. as remained uuexeculed
to be caviled into effect within eight days.
b. That She Cortes Avoid couturier of the inraitores
adopted in the office of the Secretary of Grace and Justice,
sad Council of State, relative to the appointments to tr.-
boasts and offices of joilicaturs, in weirr to the examine-
lion of the same by a Special Committee.
8. That the Curse, send a message to the King, explaioing
to him the mate of distress and discontent preamling
throughout Ilse ratios &lad in the public mind, in order that,
in close unison with the 11141i011.11 representation, sisea•oies
may he taken to calm the otieseineas of t►e prostates, rod,
ogee fur ail, to evinaulialatia the cu.stitutiowat system so s►is
great um ton, which has made sacs ihn., eudored adltettoua,
and displayed a heroism, unexampled in history.
• The Committee Bopp:Mel each of these legislative and a-

The Secretary dial sot resume his speech.
It was then debated whether the Report of the Committee
should be immediately disrupted; and after several Deputies
bad spoken, this questiou was decided in t►e affirmative.
Senor Adan cumplanied of the instienlion which t►e Secre•
tunics of Dispatch had shown lu the recommeudatiou of the
Committee.
The Secretary of Dispatch, who was still present, repliel,
(bat as the Government w.. responsible for the 'seamier. to
be taken, the Ministers mast follow their owe jodgmeut
with respect to she measures for the mtoratiots of
lily. In the conference which the Secretaries InH night had
with the Members of lbe Committee, the Wier proposed the
removal of the Political Chief sod the CommandattsGeor
and also the second regiment of artillery; but the GUS. rn-
meat did not thick it to punish prisons without kousiing
whether they weir guilty or not; and she Secretaries, there.
fosos meted to the fdatentlee, that the Government would
fafl Mime of its most sacred donee if coercive measures were
adopted iwAste thereat feels of the ease were koows.
Senor Mars. said, that tits Committee bad proposed MI
ponishmeoron the authorities. On a former OtCYSIOI. it bed
torn said by the King himself, that the removal of a Cum •
mandant•Geistral or a Political Chief implisd no disgrace,
nor in any way compromised the honour of such penis's's.
Senor ♦.liven observed, that many Political Chlrfs tad
other authorities had been removed without soy muse beteg
assigned, when the Government thought tit so to do. He
instanced the case of the Emperinsdn; •od observed, that
•wbe. the •Seereisties of Dispatch were garo•i•l.ed on the
subject, they drily observed that his Majesty had been pleas. d
to exercise hie powers. Here was a strikiut iliti.rence in the
itooduct of the Gorerament. %ben may abuse of liberty was
to be repressed, au memos were weglecied ; bat white it woe
required so repress the abuses of power, obstacles presented
themselves every where.
The Secretary of Dispatch repeated, that the Government
had not received solSriesst information to act open.; sod
sold they wire is possession of the details, they could not
molar upon the quietism of tie removal of tie authorities of
Valencia.
A long discussion council, in the course of n hich out of
the Deputies stated, that lee (Ahem sad 14 •nether, had
iu the conlitel with the iiilialitteists 4.f Pampeluma, and
that a flamber of the latter had also been k it.

It was at fast derided that the inrasures worm aed is the R.
pelt or the Communee .could be pot to the tour.
The further proteediugs acre thee adjoui 41.

AtlsmAY, MARCH 24.

The eoaederation of the Report of the CUmmltire w•s Re.
sumo d, arid the first recommendation—viz. that relative ta
the exiiediting of the orgniiix gime of the ostIon•I
was, with some •1111elldilleulll •11.1 1111(11114.11, PI it flellted.
TLe 'mead messure rerommesided--rismely, the expedit-
ing the trials for state offeures—was pox' iiirroaa.J.
This proposition was agreed to, sud Ow ilisrussoms of iLe
third was suspended. The fourth was thin read la the fol.
lowing terms:—
" To eitoree the responsibility of all persons who base
prevented, esellilie.l, or delayed the sitreution of the ilerrets
of lie Crites, suit to provide that those sloch fristaill
esectio d be car. led tote doe effect wilful) the turbid of eigot
days"
After a discussion of some length it 110 itrei•kd that the.*
was at ground for voting on this quert MO.
abisor Cong• then proposed 'bat the Government should Le
ealle4 open to inform the Cortes is what state the decrees it
thisiCongress reonsioed with ',semi to their fivalisieut,
Illeises..s of the delay of their titivation.
a division of 67 to 61, at was ordered that Sewer Can.
gs'is.pruposision should be referred to the Co onsistre om
political state of .he ration.
Tiber fifth measure re atme to the a ppnint mewls f.rolho T:
Miriade was, after a doicussiuu of some teng,h, tortsCssil t y
08 is At

The President uppo,nted n Esrsryordin+ry Sittioe •1 riett
o's leek, for the 411...0-stun of the oth propositivo GO tho
purl of the Committee.

SITTING EXTR 4ORDIN AR Y.

The sloth pruporitia• of the &tont racing to • imosatire
to the Ktna was reed.
After a abort discussion, it was rrsolre.l t►at Owe wae
ground for voting sin the proposition, toy 66 to 41. No.
other diorisioe took phaeton the propositivo, whselt was eat.
tit d by 60 to 17.
Some arpoilea were about to enter thr boll a•rkal itos
counting, but the Presideoot 'ordered that they abeeli not

be admitted 'mitt it was over.
The same Committee which hod prop,oied the slz init..
cures to the Cortex was directed to atm op the inetwige to
the King.

MONDAY, mAlteu 45.

The Cortes proeeedrd to the il•srus.isit u( the bases pee-
sestrd t.y Übe Convotttee of nii-toce, es prelistiross to a
by.lcal of •coitany.
The fifth basis, which is conceived is the follosiog
terms, ass road, via.

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