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of Lord Solbornc, Is tli(^ jippi'o])rIatc consuinnuitlon of 

 a professional and parliamentary career of di^tin- 

 giiisliod aljility and of unstained honor. In conduct- 

 ing tbc deliberations of the House of Lords; in pre- 

 siding over the High Court of Chanci-ry; in partic- 

 ipating in the aflairs of the Cabinet ; in guiding the 

 conscience of the Queen tlirough the enibaiTassments 

 wliicli now beset the English Churcli, we may bo sure 

 that Lord Sclborne will join to the high autliority of 

 a skillful debater and a learned jurist the still higher 

 authority of a sincerely conscientious statesman, so as 

 to add incontestable force to j\Ir. Gladstone's ^Ministry. 

 And all that authority, we may confidently assume, 

 will be used in the promotion or maintenance of 

 amicable relations between Great Britain and the 

 United States. 



This account of the personnel of the Arbitration 

 would be Imperfect without mention of the younger 

 but estimable persons who constituted the staff of 

 the formal representatives of the two Governments, 

 namely: on the part of the United States, i\Ir. C, C. 

 Beaman, as solicitor, and ^Messrs. Broohs Adams, Jolin 

 Davis, F..W.nackett,AV.F.Pedrick, and Edward T. 

 Waite, as secretaries; and on the part of Great Brit- 

 ain, in tlie latter capacity or as translators, ]\Iessrs. 

 Sanderson, Markheim,Villicrs, Langley, and Hamilton. 

 If tlie labors of these gentlemen were less conspicuous 

 than those of the Agents and Counsel, they were^ 

 scarcely less indispensable ; and they all deserve a. 

 place in the history of the Arbitration. 



A single observation will close u]) these personal 



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