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raised by successive requirements of the Tribunal. 

 They had thus arrived at the point of discussing 

 matters, which only affected the form and the amount 

 of the judgment to be rendered against Great Britain. 



And here, on the 26th of August, the Tribunal 

 voted to deliberate with closed doors, in spite of the 

 objection of Sir Alexander Cockburn. 



Thenceforth, and until the final Conference of the 

 14th of September, the Tribunal sat with closed doors, 

 that is, without the assistance of the Agents and 

 Counsel. 



Down to this time, the Agent, Counsel, Solicitor, 

 and Secretaries of the United States had been assid- 

 uously occupied in preparing, copying, translating, and 

 printing Arguments and other documents for the use 

 of the Tribunal. And even when the regular dis- 

 cussions were ended, we had still to attend to the 

 laborious task of preparing schedules of the claims 

 of the United States in resj^onse to argumentative 

 estimates filed by the British Government. 



FINAL JUDGMENT OF THE TRIBUNAL. 



On the 9th of September the Arbitrators defin- 

 itively adopted the Act of Decision, which had been 

 considered at the preceding Conference, and ordered 

 it to be printed. They also resolved that the Decis- 

 ion should be signed at the next Conference, to be 

 held with open doors, and they then adjourned to the 

 14th. 



