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statements communicated by thern.find as the result of the in-
vestigation, that the enemies of the constitutional system,
(among whom are included some of the secular and regular
clergy), taking advantage of the distress of the said province,
occasioned by the continued thy weather and other circunh. ,
stances, have seduced men, who from their ignorance or fana-
ticism, or perhaps, from criminal intentions, have taken up
arms against their country'. Among them ale Monks and other
persons, who, consistently with their character, ought to exhort
to peace, but who have on the contrary taken advantage of it to
preach sedition, pretencnnes to the authority of divine inspira-
tion and revelations. It has been attempted on different point.
to rouse the population to arms. Hence has arisen the perse-
cution of some distinguished patriots, whose property has been
destroyed, and who.- have been obliged to Faye their lives by
flight. The committee is therefore of opinion, that the said
machinations present a chanseter which calls for general and
energetic measures in order to terminate at once such enormous
evils, and crush. the offenders. For which reason, though
the metteuees adopted by the Government might
.prove effica-
cious, they think it necessary to propose others of a legislative
nature, calculated to Obtain the desired object. Setting out,
then, rom the principle that all hope of impunity ought to be
withdrawn from those who attack -ihe laws and are caught in
the act, and convinced of the obstacles which would be opposed
to the prompt punishment of the delinquents, if a process were
instituted on account of each individual, the Committee pro-
poses the following measures :
" Art. 1. In any past of the monarchy in which factious
bands exist, or shall hereafter exist, the provisions contained
in the subsequent articles shall be published in the chief place
of the district. •
" 2. -All factions persons, whatever may be their rank or
condition, who, assembled. or,armed, conspire directly cr by
overt acts to destroy or etteck the constitution,. and who shall
not, within 43 hours from the publication of this decree in the
chief place of their district, surrender to the Military Chief or
other lawful authority, shad be held to be traitors anti rebels,
and, on being taken, shall undergo immediate Military exe-
cution. .
" 3. Those who surrender within the 43 hours mentioned in
the preceding Article, shall be detained in prison, tried accord-
ing to the-law of theel7th -of. April,• 1821, and sentenced fer
two years to public works.
"4. Those conspirators* who have -not belonged to factious
bands, or who have not presented themselves to the authorities
within the term above prescribed, shall be comprehended under
the class to be tried according to thelaw of April 17 ; or if they
have been aiding or assisting the rebels,. they shall also suffer
death. .
" 5. Any town which takes an active part in a sedition, or ,
*protects the factious, shall be considered in a state of siege, and
subject to the litivs of war.
"6. The convents of Poblet and Escornablon, which have
formed the principal focus of the Catalonian rebellions, are
suppressed. The Government' is authorised to adopt he same
measure with respect to either religious houses which man afford
assistance to the rebels.
" 7. The Judges in first instance shall immediately institute
proceedings to ascertain the causes of the insurrection, and shall
inquire how far the Clergy have complied with the decrees of
the Cortes relative to the observance of the Constitution and the
Constitutional Laws.
" 8. The Government is authorized to make any foreigner,
whose conduct may afford ground of suspicion, to leave the
kingdom.
"9. Arelibishops; Ilishepe, tfec. shall not give licenses to
the inmates of Convents to leave their cloisters for a longer pe-
riod than 48 howl. The constitutional alcaldes shall see that

this provision is executed.
" IQ. Such of the national militia as assist in the suppression
of the factious bands, shill have the same gratuities as were
given by the Cort7l to thosevihoperformed a similar service in
Salvatierra.
" 11. The regulations contained in the preceding articles
shall be strictly observed until the installation of the tortes for
the year 1823.
Several Deputies called for the immediate discussion of the
Report. Others contended that there was no reason for de-
parting from the usual course of proceeding in the enactment of
laws.
The Secretary of State for Finance observed, that the Go-
vernment had neglected no measure which it was authorized to
take; The law of the I7th April had been ordered to be exe-
cuted. Troops had been marched from all quarters on Cats-
-lonia. He farther stated, that the province of Catalonia, being
one in which the greatest confidence was placed, it had been
left without any military corps whatever, and that this con&
dence had afforded an opportunity for the enemies of the Con-
stitutional System to seduce the simple peasantry.
The consideration of the Report was fixed for the 21st.

DUKE AND• DUCHESS OF CLARENCE

CANTERBURY, MAY 2B.—At a Common Assembly of the
Mayor, Jurats, and 13:n.ons•of Sandwich, held in the Town-
hall on Saturday last, the Commotillr eal was unanimously given
to the following Addresses, proposed by the Rev. W. WODS-

WORTH, and seconded by JosEPn STEWART, Esq.

TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF caautNor, &C,
May it please your Royal Highness,
We, the Mayor, Jurats, and Commonalty. Barons of His
Majesty's most ancient Town, and Port of Sandwich, crave
leave to approach the Royal Brother of our August, and most
gracious Liege, with this dutiful Address, in testimony of our
loyalty to the reigning Monarch, and of our attachment to every
branch of the Imperial Dynasty. • -
In congratulating ourselves on your Royal Highness's pre-
sence within the Liberties of our Municipal Jurisdiction, we
claim, in profound respect, to over oor condolence on the cause
of it ; and with it, our hope that the event may, by the good-
ness of Providence, happily respond' to your own conjugal soli-
citude, in the return of your amiable Duchess's re-established
health. And we pray that the same blessing may long be pre-
served in ample measure to your own Royal person, as to one
of the firm pillars of that Security and Liberty which this
Nation has invariably enjoyed, in the pure administration of
the Laws, under the auspices of the Brunswick line of our
Kings.
As Barons of one of those ancient Cinque Ports, which, in
former days, occupied the van of naval arms, and formed the
bnlwark of this isle, we feel (we trust a not unbecoming) pride
in cherishing, with the remembrance of our ancestors' glory, a
continuanceof the same British feelings which animated their
breasts, and constituted these ancient Cinque Ports the nursing
mothers of that modern renown which your Royal Highness, as
Admiral of the British fleet, has helped the n Ktion to earn, and
whose laurels we hope may flourish, in pristine vigour, on your
Royal brows.
TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF CLARENCE.
May it please your Royal Highness, •
We, the Mayor, Jurats, and Commonalty, Barons of his Ma-
jesty's most ancient town and port of Sandwich, as dutiful subjects
ofyour Royal Husband's august Brother, our m ost gracious Sove-
reign, crave leave to approach your R.H. in unfeigned condolence,
with this expression of our anxious wishes for your restoration to a
full measure of health a destitute of which blessing, neither the I
exalted station to which it has pleased. Providence to call your
Royal Highness, nor even the conjugal, regards of your Royal
Husband, can tifford that tranquil enjoyment of domestic fe-
licity, and unalloyed happiness, which (in common with all his
Majesty's dutiful subjects) we, who now have the honour to ad-
dress his Royal Sister, most:cordially wish may, through life, at-
tend'your Royal Highness: Unused tooffer the incenseof flattery,
and conscious thatayour chaste ear would be deaf to its voice, we
trust that one of the most amiable of her sex will condescend
to accept this hearty tribute of profound esteem from free
Britons; whose ailicere hopels, that the untainted. air of our sea-
-girt shores may. Contribute td your Royal Highness's speedy
recovery.. • „ . . .
Their Royal Highnesses signified. it their pleasure to receive
the Mayor and Corporation, with the Addresses, at Walmer
Castle, on Monday. . . • •
Thu Corporation proceeded to Waimea Castle yesterday, to
present the Addresses, to which the folloWing Answers were re-
turned : • •• '
GE arr at atE ar—l receive. with great satisfaction this Ad-
dress, so full of loyal and dutiful attachment to the Sovereign
of these realms, and of personal regard for the family of his
Majesty.
I also feel sensibly the expressions of interest directed to my-
self, and am grateful for the kind wishes in the Address, for
the future health and welfare of the Duchess.
In the naval concerns of the empire, I must ever be most
peculiarly interested, and cannot forget the great services ren-
dered formerly by the Cinque Ports to the rising maritime
greatness of this country.
I must therefore be anxious for the prosperity of the town
and port of Sandwich.
GENTLE mtia—l fed with sincere gratitude the expressions
of regard towards myself, as well as the kind interest about my
health, contained in this Address, and assure you that I ever
shall form the most anxious Wishes for the welfare of the town
of Sandwich. •

Notwithstanding Btsrr sold in Shares both the
Two last Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds
ever drawn, yet we understand be feels a pre-
sentiment he shall sell one or both the Twenty
Thousands, which must be drawn NErr
pay, when•the entire Lottery will be decided, as
it is all in One Day. •