100 Tin: -nu'.ATY of Washington. 



bitratiou of the King of tlie Netlicrlauds tlie question 

 of rci^ponsibility for certain prizes, an incident of tlie 

 Irrterventiun of France in tlie alfairs of Sj)ain in the 

 time of Ferdinand VII. In 1827, Cii'eat Britain and 

 the United States referred a (piestion of boundaiy to 

 the King of the Netherlands. In 1843, France and 

 England submitted a ([uestion of indemnities claimed 

 by Hritish subjects to the King of Prussia. In 1844, 

 France and Mexico submitted a similar question to 

 the Queen of Great I^ritain. In 1852, the United 

 States and Portur'al submitted to the Emperor of the 

 French the (piestion of the responsibility of Portugal 

 for the destruction of an American Ictter-of-marque 

 by the Fhiglish in the port of Fayal. In 1858, the 

 United States and Chile submitted a (jucstion of i)ri- 

 rate loss to the decision of th<! King of the Belgians. 

 In 18G2, a ditVerence between some English olhcers 

 and local Brazilian authorities was submitted to the 

 arbitration of the King of the Px'lgians by Great 

 Britain and Brazil. In 1807, Great Britain and Port- 

 ugal submitted a question of territory to the decision 

 of the United States. In 1870, Brazil and the United 

 States referred a ([uestion- of damages to the decision 

 of Sir Edward Thornton, the British i\linister. In 

 1804, Great Britain and Peru submitted a question 

 of private clr-ims to the judgment of the Senate of 

 the free city of Hamburg. 



AVc shall presently liave to speak of a fact of the 

 same class in the question referred by Great Britain 

 and the United States to the Emperor of Germany 

 by the Treaty of AVashingtou, 



