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sent it back in a manufactured state to sell 

 on lower terms than tlie natives could 

 afford to sell in their own markets. The 

 consequence was, we had entirely de- 

 stroyed the manufactures in that country ; 

 and the House would therefore be f^nilly 

 of an act of gross injustice, to refuse to 

 take from them such articles of commerce 

 as their industry enabled them to produce. 

 He then proceeded to point out, in various 

 ways, the impolicy, as well as injustice, of 

 the present course ; and to contend, that 

 no injury would result to the West Indies 

 from the change, — for, were slavery abo- 

 lished there, the cost of production would . 

 be greatly diminished. Humanity and in- 

 terest, therefore, converged. Mr, C. R. 

 Ellis opposed the motion, which he consi- 

 dered to amount shortly to this, Wlielher 

 •he country wouH make the sacrifice of its 

 West India colonies, fur the encouragement 

 of a new commerrial speculation? and 

 whether, the colonies having been esta- 

 blished, it was consistent with soiind po- 

 licy, and even bare justice, to "destroy 

 them? The colonists considered the pio- 

 teclion given to them merely as a compen- 

 sation for the restrictions imposed upon 

 them: if it were not a formal charter, it 

 was an absolute compact with the conside- 

 ration of value received, and not less valid 

 than positive law. There were other pre- 

 liminary considerations referring to the 

 state of the West Indies. It had been 

 estin\ated, that in tho>e colonies was a 

 capital of not less than 100,000,000 vested 

 nnder the sanction of paiiiamcnt ; and ihere 

 was a negro population of from 7 to 

 800,000 souls, of whom in Jamaica alone 

 from 250,000 to 300,000 would be de- 

 prived of the means of subsistence. The 

 motion for a committee was also o|)posed 

 by Mr. K. Douglas, Mr. Hobertson, Mr. 

 Marryatt, and Mr. Huskisson ; and sup- 

 ported by Mr. Hicafdo, Mr, Wilberforce, 

 Mr. Money, and Mr, Forbes. There ap- 

 peared for the motion, 34 ; against it, 161. 

 SPAIN. 

 Since the Bourbon banditti entered 

 .Spain, all Europe have been insulted, 

 from day to day, by tlic impudent 

 falseiioods of the Bourhon press. The 

 maps prove that the banditti advanced 

 as the Spanisli forces fell back ; and 

 the following Telegraphic Bulletin in- 

 dicates that they have pushed on 

 nearly to Madrid ; but the arrival of 

 advices from Cornnna and Ojjorto put 

 US in possession of the universal feel- 

 ings of the Spanish people, and in our 

 next we hope that a good account will 

 be given of the invaders, and the slaves 

 who receive them with plaudits. 

 Telegraphic Draptilch, 



Bweguillai, May 18, 



Tlie head-quarters arrived here yes- 

 terday. 

 Monthly Mac, No, 302, 



Political Affairs in May. 455 



The vanguard of the reserve is to-day at: 

 Bnitrago. 



Tlie detachments which Abisbal had be- 

 fore Madrid, have retired upon that city. 



General Count Molitor was at Samena 

 on the nth. The division commanded by 

 General Pamphile Lacroix passed the 

 Cinca on the 8;h ; the same day it carried 

 the town of Monzon, and an out-work of 

 the fort. A deiacliment of the garrison of 

 Liirida was charged and broken at Alcaraz 

 by a detachment sent to reconnoitre that 

 place. 



General Molitor is advancing to the 

 Segre. He n)ust now have received the 

 order to pass with his whole corps to the 

 right bank of the Ebro. 



In the sitting of the Spanish Cortes on 

 the 27th of April, the president announced 

 that the government had communicated to 

 the Cortes the Manifesto which his Ma- 

 jesty had thought it proper to address to 

 the Spaniards imder present circum- 

 stances, to show to them the unjust eon- 

 duct of France in invading the Spanish 

 territory without a previous declaration 

 of war. This document is of great length. 

 His Majesty reminds his people, that when 

 Napoleon, after reducing all Europe to 

 silence, attacked Spain, fhcy did not hesi- 

 tate to pursue thepath dictated by honour; 

 they opened the way to the triumphs over 

 the French Attila, and might justly expect 

 that those who called themselves the re- 

 storers of order in E\nope, would not imi- 

 tate iiis examjilf, but that the princes 

 would especially respect a people to 

 whom they owed so much, IJnhappily 

 this is not the case; but pretexts, equally 

 vain and iudecorous, are alleged for so 

 scandalous an aggre.-sion. "The restora- 

 tion of the Constitutional system in Spain 

 is called a military insurrection ; my ac- 

 ceptance of it, violence; my adherence, 

 captivity ; the Cortes, and the government 

 that enjoy my confidence, and that of the 

 nation, a faction; and these are the 

 grounds on which they resolve to disturb 

 the peace of the Continent— to invade the 

 Spanish territory — and again to devastate 

 this unhappy country with fire and sword. 

 Such flimsy pretexts (his Majesty ob- 

 serves) cannot deceive Europe, which has 

 already judged the conduct of our ene- 

 mies ; nor can they deceive Spain, which 

 knows that no change was ever welcomed 

 with such universal approbation, as the 

 restoration of the (Constitution ; and that 

 this solenui expression of the general will 

 of the Spaniaids made it my sacred 

 duty, as a Spaniard and as Kuig, to yield 

 to their desire, and to accept and swear to 

 the laws imder the auspices of which they 

 had preserved the throne, defended their 

 independence, and expelled the enemy 

 from their territory. These laws have 

 been applauded and recognized in Eii- 

 3 O rope, 



