IIG Tin: TUKATY OF WASHINGTON. 



of llic'ir duly on ilio i)m't of tlio Court ami of tlii' 

 utloi'iicy i'"i)ivs('iitIiiL,' (lio Oovt'i'inuciit. No njipcal 

 Wii^ taken liy Ihu (lovi'i'uiuciil. 



'J'lui Ordo tlicii tlii'c'W oil' all iJi't'tcnsions of liino' 

 orntv; sIk' ojH'iily c'(>iiii^)U'teil licr i'(]ui])iiKjiit, anna* 

 UR'ut, and crow, i)artly aL one j)lacc and partly at an- 

 otluT, under tlio eye of the colonial authorities; and 

 l^roceeded to cruise and to make prizes as an avowed 

 man-of-war by tlie name i}^ FloriJa. i\reanwliile,wlth 

 the illes;ality of lier operarKjus in England, and also 

 in the J>aliania If<lands, now notorious and admitted, 

 hho continued to come and go in JJritiwh ])orts, and to 

 obtain supi)lies there as her base of operaiions, witliout 

 intert'-'iH'nce on the part of the British Government. 



On these facts, the three neutral Arbitrators and 

 ^Ir. Adams convicted tlu' Jjritish Ciovernment of want 

 of due diliix<^'ncc, and of disrcLjard otlierwise of the 

 Kules of the Treaty, notwlllistanding tlwit the Flovhla 

 had entered and remained some time in tho Confed* 

 crate ])ort of Mobile. 



Their several o]»lnions were precise, definite, clear, 

 and with ])ositive conclusion, as to all the material 

 jjoints of the case, in favor of the United States. 



Sir Alexander Cockbunfs adverse opinion Avas a 

 verbose special plea, — wliicli, wliile admitting all the 

 material facts charged, and conceding the jmlpable 

 fraud ])raeticed by jMiller tt Sons and Thomas, — the 

 original guilt of the vessel, — the absurdity of the ac- 

 tion of the Admiralty Court of Nassau, — the illegal 

 ecpdpments at Nassau and elsewliere in British ports, 

 — and the continued use of British ports as a base of 



