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gence, 243 ; toleration of insurgent operations 

 in England, and English feeling against the 

 United States, 243 ; duty to detain an offend- 

 ing cruiser when it comes again within the 

 neutral's jurisdiction, and effect of a commis- 

 sion upon such cruiser, 243 ; supplies of coal, 

 244 ; the municipal laws of England, 244 ; the 

 Sumter, the Nashville, etc., 244; the dissent- 

 ing opinion of Sir A. Cockburn, 245 ; protocols 

 of the conferences of the arbitrators, 246 ; 

 proceedings of the first conference, 246 ; the 

 arbitrators, their, powers and functions, 246 ; 

 Count Sclopis chosen president, 246 ; M. 

 Favrot, secretary, 246 ; presenting of the cases 

 of the United States and Great Britain, 246 ; 

 other documents, 246; rules as to reports, 

 documents, etc., 246 ; second conference, 246 ; 

 adjournment to June 15th, 246 ; third confer- 

 ence, 247 ; printed argument submitted by the 

 United States, 247 ; adjournment of eight 

 months asked for by Great Britain, 247 ; con- 

 ference adjourns two days, 247 ; note of Lord 

 Tenterden, asking for adjournment, 247 ; 

 fourth conference, 247; further adjournment 

 of two days to await instructions from Wash- 

 ington, 247 ; fifth conference, 247 ; statement 

 of Count Sclopis excluding the indirect claims 

 of the United States, 248; sixth conference, 

 248 ; action of the United States on the indi- 

 rect claims, 249 ; seventh conference, 248 ; 

 action of the British Government on the ex- 

 clusion of the indirect claims, 248 ; withdrawal 

 of motion for adjournment, 249; announce- 

 ment of the exclusion of the indirect claims, 

 249 ; argument presented in behalf of the 

 English Government, 249; address by Count 

 Sclopis, 249; statement of important points 

 by Sir Roundell Palmer, 250 ; eighth confer- 

 ence, 250; points for discussion proposed by 

 Sir A. Cockburn, 250 ; rejection of the same 

 by the tribunal, 250 ; rules as to agents of the 

 governments and their counsel, 250 ; ninth 

 conference, 251 ; tenth conference, 251 ; order 

 of proceedings proposed by Mr. Stampfli, 251 ; 

 propositions submitted by Sir A. Cockburn, 

 251 ; eleventh conference, 252 ; case of the 

 Florida taken up, 252; twelfth conference, 

 252 ; the days of holding meetings, 252 ; thir- 

 teenth conference, 252 ; fourteenth conference, 

 252 ; argument on certain points required from 

 Great Britain, 252 ; case of the Alabama taken 

 up, 252 ; fifteenth conference, 252 ; written ar- 

 gument submitted by Great Britain, 252 ; the 



cases of the Sumter, Nashville, and Chicka- 

 mauga, taken up, 252 ; sixteenth conference, 

 253 ; the cases of the Tuscaloosa, Tallahassee, 

 and Retribution, taken up, 253 ; seventeenth 

 conference, 253 ; oral argument of Mr. Evarts, 

 253 ; eighteenth conference, 253 ; conclusion 

 of Mr. Evarts's argument, and submission of 

 written argument by Mr. Gushing, 253 ; nine- 

 teenth conference, 253 ; argument of Mr. Waite, 

 253 ; twentieth conference, 2Q3 ; submission 

 of claims for losses by the Sallie, Jeff. Davis, 

 Music, Boston, and V. H. Joy, 253 ; twenty- 

 first conference, 253 ; Confederate ships in 

 British ports, and supplies of coal, 253 ; state- 

 ment by Lord Tenterden, 253, 254 ; reply of 

 Mr. Davis, 254 ; twenty-second conference, 

 254 ; the case of the Georgia taken up, 254 ; 

 twenty -third conference, 254; case of the 

 Shenandoah taken up, 254; tables of figures 

 of losses with explanatory statements sub- 

 mitted, 254; twenty-fourth conference, 254; 

 legal question as to the acts of the Florida, 

 254; twenty -fifth conference, 254; objection 

 by the British Government to certain additional 

 claims, 254, 255 ; votes of the tribunal as to 

 the responsibility of Great Britain for certain 

 acts, 255 ; twenty-sixth conference, 255 ; vote 

 on the Florida and other vessels, 256 ; reply 

 of the agent of the United States to the Eng- 

 lish objection to additional claims, 256, 257 ; 

 tables of claims, 257, 258 ; decision of the tri- 

 bunal on the withdrawal of the claims, 258 ; 

 twenty-seventh conference, 258 ; rejection of 

 the claims for expenditures in pursuing cruisers, 

 258 ; rejection of the claims for prospective 

 profits, 258; claims for freight, 258; twenty- 

 eighth conference, 258 ; dismissal of the double 

 claims, 258 ; twenty-ninth conference, 259 ; 

 consideration of the question of interest, 259 ; 

 estimate of Mr. Stampfli for the determination 

 of a sum in gross, 259 ; memorandum of Sir 

 A. Cockburn on Mr. Stampfli's estimate, 259, 

 260 ; table in reference to the estimate of Mr. 

 Stampfli, 260 ; THE AWAED, 260 ; thirtieth con- 

 ference, 260; draught of the decision, 260; 

 thirty-first conference, 260 ; translation of the 

 act of decision, 260 ; adoption of the same, 

 260 ; views of Viscount d'ltajuba on the sup- 

 ply of coal to belligerents, 260 ; thirty-second 

 conference, 260 ; signing of the decision, 260 ; 

 dissent of Sir A. Cockburn, 260 ; adjournment 

 of the tribunal, 261 ; text of the decision and 

 award, 261-263. 



