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 is all that was originally demanded. The expedition is diavowed, and the iland is retored. An injury is acknowledged by the reception of Lord Rochford’s paper, who twice mentions the word injury and twice the word atisfaction.

Spaniards have tipulated that the grant of poeion hall not preclude the quetion of prior right, a quetion which we hall probably make no hate to dicus, and a right of which no formal reignation was ever required. This reerve has upplied matter for much clamour, and perhaps the Englih minitry would have been better pleaed had the declaration been without it. But when we have obtained all that was aked, why hould we complain that we have not more? When the poeion is conceded, where is the evil that the right, which that conceion uppoes to be merely hypothetical, is referred to the