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and with, confident expectation only as to the Slien- 

 andoali after, she left Melbourne. Without pausing 

 here to consider particularly the Retribution and the 

 Georgia, suffice it to say that eventually they were/ 

 rejected; but the Slienandoali, after special explana-i 

 tioris in writing submitted by the Counsel of the two 

 Governments, was held responsible by vote of three 

 of the Arbitrators, Count Sclopis, Mr. Stsempfli, and 

 Mr. Adams. As the Shenandodh, after increasing 

 her armament at Melbourne, had made many captures j 

 at the very close of the war, when her cruise could 

 not be of any possible advantage to the Confederates, 

 her exoneration by the Tribunal would have been 

 justly regarded by us as an act of great injustice to 

 the United States. 



THE SPECIAL ARGUMENTS. 



It remains next to speak of the successive Argu 

 ments of Counsel before the Tribunal, as well those 

 heretofore indicated as others called for in the sequel. 



On the 25th of July, as we have seen, the Tri 

 bunal voted to require from the Counsel of Great 

 Britain a written or printed Argument touching cer 

 tain points. 



On the 29th, Lord Tenterdeu announced that he 

 had delivered the required Argument of the British 

 Counsel to the Secretary of the Tribunal. 



The copy thus delivered was in manuscript. As 

 subsequently printed, it consists of 43 folio pages. 



The replies of the American Counsel, each of them 

 addressing the Tribunal separately, were presented 



