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event tlic Arl/itrutors coulJ not in reason or tleccncy 

 lia\'e commenced ilicir deliberations until the 1st of 

 September; tlicy might well have taken, as they did 

 in fact take, three months to complete their delibera- 

 tions; and thus the Arbitrators and the Auieriafii 

 Counsel I but not the English] would liavc been de- 

 tained at (Jeneva until the 1st of December, and there- 

 fore would not luive been able to reach their homes 

 until January. 



l>ut the reargument proposed by Sii* Iloundell 

 Palmer was conti'ary to the Treaty, which in express 

 terms closes the rights of the two Governments as to 

 hearing, and admits further discussion on their i)art 

 only at the rcfpiisition of the Arbitrators, "if they 

 desire further elucidation in regard to any point." 

 [Art. v.] AVhich manifestly intends, not reargument 

 of the cause, but solution of any doubt, which, after the 

 comj^letion of the arguments, may occur to the Tri- 

 bunal. No consent of Counsel could annul the stij)- 

 ulations of the Treaty. 



Of course, for reasons of right as well as expedien- 

 cy, we declined to accede to the proposition of Sir 

 Koundell Palmei*. 



Ncvertlieless, at the meeting of the 27th, immedi- 

 ately after the conclusion of Count Sclopis's discourse, 

 Lord Tenterden i>resented a motion on the pai't of 

 Sir Koundell Palmer for leave to file a written argu- 

 ment in answer to the Avgument of the United States 

 delivered on the 15th, and requesting adjournment 

 for that purpose until August. Sir Koundell Palmer 

 read a brief of the points he desired to argue, which 



