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sciously, from the respect due to themselves, to one 

 another, and to their respective Governments. 



CONDUCT OF THE BRITISH ARBITRATOR. 



To the universal expression of mutual courtesy and 

 reciprocal good- will there was but one exception, and 

 that exception too conspicuous to pass without notice. 



The instant that Count Sclopis closed, and before 

 the sound of his last words had died on the ear, Sir 

 Alexander Cockburn snatched up his hat, and, with 

 out participating in the exchange of leave-takings 

 around him, without a word or sign of courteous rec 

 ognition for any of his colleagues, rushed to the door 

 and disappeared, in the manner of a criminal escaping 

 from the dock, rather than of a judge separating, and 

 that forever, from his colleagues of the Bench. It was 

 one of those acts of discourtesy which shock so much 

 when they occur that we feel relieved by the disap 

 pearance of the perpetrator. 



SIR ALEXANDER COCKBURN S REASONS FOR DISSENT. 



The British Arbitrator, who, so frequently in the 

 course of the Conferences, acted as a party agent 

 rather than a judge, had been occupying himself in 

 the preparation of a long Argument on the side of 

 Great Britain, in which he throws off the mask, and 

 professedly speaks as the representative of the Brit 

 ish Government. He withheld this Argument from 

 the knowledge of the Tribunal at the proper time 

 for its presentation as the &quot;Keasons&quot; of an Arbitrator. 

 At the last moment, without its being read to the 



