254 DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE AND FOREIGN RELATIONS. 



In consequence of this unforeseen suggestion, docu- 

 ments have become material, which did not appear to be 

 so when the appendices to the British case and counter- 

 cae were prepared, and which were, therefore, not in- 

 cluded in those appendices. To elucidate this point, I 

 have now in my possession, and am desirous of deliver- 

 in- to the arbitrators, copies of four letters: 



No 1 From Mr. Hammond to Mr. Lay, the agent of the 

 Emperor of China, dated February 28, 1863 (in which the 

 inquiry, which the United States suggests as proper to 

 have been made, was actually made by Earl Russell s 



.,*,. . From Mr. Lay to Mr. Hammond, dated March 2, 

 1863 (communicating tlie information desired). 



No. 3. From Earl Russell to Mr. Adams, dated March 5, 

 1863 (communicating to Mr. Adams the information BO 

 obtained from Mr. Lay) ; and 



No. 4. From Mr. Adams to Earl Russell, dated March 

 11, 1863 (acknowledging the receipt of No. 3). 



Mr. Bancroft Davis, as agent for the United States, 

 stated in reply : 



I have examined the letters which Lord Tenterden 

 wishes to present. They appear to contain nothing 

 which we regard as important, in themselves ; bu^wa 

 can find no authority in the treaty authorizing the tribu- 

 nal either to call for or to admit new evidence from either 

 party at this stnge of the proceedings. I must leave the 

 tribunal to act upon the application as in its judgment it 

 may see fit. 



The tribunal decided to receive the letters from 

 Lord Tenterden, who thereupon presented them. 



The tribunal also decided to consider the case of 

 the Georgia at the next meeting. 



The conference was then adjourned until Friday, 

 the 16th instant, at 12 o'clock, 



FREDERICK SCLOPIS. 



J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS. 



TENTERDEN. 



ALEX. FAVROT, Secretary. 



PROTOCOL XXII, 



Record of the Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration 

 at the Twenty-second Conference, held at Geneva, in 

 Switzerland, on the IQth of August, 1872. 

 The conference was held pursuant to adjournment. 

 All the arbitrators and the agents of the two govern- 

 ments were prseent. 



The protocol of the last conference was read and 

 approved, and was signed by the president and sec- 

 retary of the tribunal and the agents of the two Gov- 

 ernments. 



The tribunal considered the case of the Georgia. 

 The tribunal decided to proceed with the consid- 

 eration of the case of the Shenandoah at the next 

 meeting. 



The conference was adjourned until Monday, the 

 19th instant, at half-past 12 o'clock. 



FREDERICK SCLOPIS. 



J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS. 



TENTERDEN. 



ALEX. FAVROT, Secretary. 



PROTOCOL XXIII. 



Record of the Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration 

 at the Twenty-third Conference, held at Geneva, in 

 Switzerland, on the 19th of August, 1872. 



The conference was held pursuant to adjournment. 

 All the arbitrators and the agents of the two govern- 

 ments were present. 



The protocol of the last conference was read and 

 approved, and was signed by the president and sec- 

 retary of the tribunal, and the agents of the two gov- 

 ernments. 



The tribunal considered the case of the Shenan- 

 doah. 



Count Sclonis having expressed some doubts con- 

 cerning the chief point of this discussion, requested 

 the tribunal to permit the counsel to afford further 

 elucidation with regard to that point. 



The tribunal decided to hear these explanations at 

 the next conference. 



In compliance with the request of the .tribunal. 

 Mr. J. C. Bancroft Davis, as agent of the United 



States, and Lord Tenterden, as agent of her Britan- 

 nic Majesty, respectively, presented to the tribunal 

 tables of figures relating to the losses for which com- 

 pensation is claimed by the United States, with ex- 

 planatory statements and observations. 



The conference was adjourned until Wednesday, 

 the 21st instant, at half-past 12 o'clock. 



FREDERICK SCLOPIS. 



J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS. 



TENTERDEN. 



ALEX. FAVROT, Secretary. 



PROTOCOL XXIV. 



Record of the, Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration 

 at the Twenty -fourth Conference, held at Geneva, in 

 Switzerland, on the 21Z of August, 1872. 



The conference was held pursuant to adjournment. 

 All the arbitrators and the agents of the two gov- 

 ernments were present. 



The protocol of the last conference was read and 

 approved, and was signed by the president and sec- 

 retary of the tribunal, and' the agents of the two 

 governments. 



The tribunal continued the consideration of the 

 case of the Shenandoah, by hearing explanations from 

 Sir Roundell Palmer and Mr. C. Cushing. 



At the close of his remarks, Mr. C. Cushing re- 

 quested to be informed by the tribunal whether the 

 questions outside of that of enlistment, on which the 

 elucidation called for specially turned, remain open 

 before the tribunal. 



After deliberation, a majority of four to one de- 

 clared the tribunal sufficiently enlightened. 



Count Sclopis then concluded the statement of his 

 opinions, which he had not completed at the meeting 

 of the 19th instant. 



Sir Alexander Cockburn, as one of the arbitrators, 

 then proposed to the tribunal to require further elu- 

 cidation by counsel upon the following question : 



The legal effect, if any, of the fact that the Florida, after 

 leaving the Bahamas, did, before entering on her employ- 

 ment as a vessel-of-war, and taking any vessel of the 

 United States, go into Mobile, a Confederate port, and 

 after a delay of four months, proceed from thence on her 

 cruise against the shipping of the United States, under 

 the circumstances appearing in the evidence. 



The tribunal decided to adopt the proposal. 

 The conference was then adjourned until Friday, 

 the 23d instant, at half-past 12 o'clock. 



FREDERICK SCLOPIS. 



J. C. BANCROFT DAVIS. 



TENTERDEN. 



ALEX. FAVROT, Secretary. 



PROTOCOL XXV. 



Record of the Proceedings of the Tribunal of Arbitration 

 at the Twenty-fifth Conference, held at Geneva, in 

 Switzerland, on the 23d of August, 1872. 



The conference was held pursuant to adjournment. 

 All the arbitrators and the agents of the two govern- 

 ments were present. 



The protocol of the last conference was read and 

 approved, and was signed by the president and secre- 

 tary of the tribunal, and the agents of the two gov- 

 ernments. 



Lord Tenterden, as agent of her Britannic Majes- 

 ty, read the following statement : 



As agent of her Britannic Majesty, I have the honor 

 respectfully to represent to the tribunal that the tables 

 of claims which were pro forma presented to the arbitra- 

 tors by the agent of the United States on Monday, the 

 19th instant, but of which I was only furnished wil h copies 

 on the night of the 24th instant, contain new and addi- 

 tional claims of the following description : 



1. a. Claims for wages of crews of captured vessels from 

 time of capture. 



b. Claims for loss of personal effects of officers and 

 crews. 



There is no evidence as to the numb?r of the crews, 

 nor as to the long and varying periods for which their 

 wages are calculated, nor as to any such personal effects 

 having been in fact lost. 



