New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-26
TyE JOINT COMMISSION on ENGLISH
AND AMERICAN III AIMS.


tween The t.o nations has ever considered and DO
eidei nany important questions. ~ me prey's-
bsUs OF the Convention Al claims against eisaea
Government sris1K out of say trkns.,toa sses
tte us-ty OF Ghsni. ~ 10 tke 18th OF Jane LED,
might Re submitted Cor the decision cf the Comas-
sioner spG -hetoer submitted not are aeaceferth
buried.
The followiG, decisions have bs.n riy,p ~, s,~,,.s
British Government:
Claim Ct n L. Rcsers3 Brothers. Of salem Nus f,r N.
tsturr Of duties as-s'ed in the By Of ans. in New
zesisre daring the ves-. lsio ami iStl.
The Conn Dis greed the saoun, OF damage be
AWARDED ard referred 70 the umpire. .na he
axsfdsd the sum Of ~ olo 90
Claim for O. .eTsre o. the Schooner fidelity Teons' ry
son ewrsr THIS vessel ssix-d At sierrs lecee. on
charge Of srs from which ne vessel AS aNhsses "
TIE Court The records Of The Court sh5~et thM he vessel
ssctargeS IN part srognd that the snuEsnx
enrrsa on ror voyage THE Commissioners d. not reFvt
this es srcuni dsh.se ard besides they say TOD
there eNhsd roshs cause of tae seizure sni the clam fos
cls Tor The .,Ierc c III vessel 8. St HsSs sSsissi wi
for the coss ne vessel AID the value Of tbe vessel and
The Commissioners ss not .s-se; tAey .ever.i declined
,h.ir op n.oIs ard tia referred the uuprs ~Ao
awarded 10 the OF the Jones he san OF sat to
.uuSr' rsscns for ventures Of goods hser follows VIZ;
James bert The m''tsr sls to EbeneIer synoods.
,he use q to ssSto, he suPeFesrso, si 40 ,noast
Bhs c'r'', Peter Du%" owner For 'eisrs and dstes-
Of BE- ius eon,.r,eS in the slave tssae.
S = !n SgsT ss,Py n F' .: ..:
pese BY the Of the Tray OF Client in N. lad
Ta- Con nis.One. as.sreed on the a'nas. and e
fired the umpire 6e ssafdef the srta Of slSes 20
schoouer Levin Lark james Sullivan. owner-rhs veS-a
by her sn chartered 70 ioegn owners on hs
cost of Ares She aeward seized sud eoademaeds sc
& Heles- for being concerned IN the slave tde aud Claim
made befoc the commission b. her original owners. oas
B'is.ptirs Yoass John ~. Disney ard John Graham.
the Of til, vessel N SO by the British
being the sversdo sud for he' condemns
Ths ..on--s dis,sreea III, allowance of he claim.
and il reters so the ur pirs snd hs rejected t.
@cI,m 10 e6rvqu,n.e OF th,vss.e having
Ued 10 nav da,ies II Haisx 10 isIg when pot
iheIe msrket merely whereby she Was CON
Yelled 10 orrole # her cnso there At oss -
ds he ..s = eco in a o. sid c%
ship Amelia Robert ao6oris owner csn for the capture
Rico Guadalupe Tire lth OF feba'y 1915 aud Tor her
T. spp~srns that the date OF capture tho
ratification the treaty OF tbs th Of December
Rrik CIolr-Claiu tos damages In lber,tng d,ves
board this the Bahama lsnd'comPelsd to Put In
The disagreed the allowance Of the clm
AID TIE rire awarded TO tie several csm'n" the sun OF
Maria Dolores. w T. Esat snd others FOR proceeds Of this
,s.s ard captured by Bolivian pysteer and brought
mo Bsrbad whore the vessel ard cargo sold by tho
British Colonial authorities Toe claim was held Not to be
The Tsri. and seanen Brooshou'e AMI hunt OF salem
M.ss ownersDsmsse claimed iot seizure Q, .ness S
he st Heeus CHARGED with having violated 'he laws
of
The creed on the amount OF dsm,re aud
the umpire awarded KtsGo flour thousand nme h'ndfe' ana
there were several cases Of seizures of fishing YES
GELS arising under the treaty OF lsls Ibe cases au
turned upon the construction OF that treaty. ihs
United States have cOntended that thelr vessels haa
rigbt 10 fab snyxheSe beyond three miles from tbs
shore while the British Government mantsinei tnst
they must keep out three miles beyond line drawn
foin one heeGlsnd 10 another. By TINS CONSTRUCTION
thew closed the Bay OF Fundy sixty miles wide and
one hundred and fifty miles long, against Anerioan
fishermen. The umpire has sustained the Amsric An
construction of the treaty aud DECIDED the n'nins
cases accordingly. =
Rrig Fnierprise. j. W. Neal and others, owners OF
slaves on board - Claim for damages in liberatlng
slaves on board Of said vessel under the law. OF Dor
muca, when driven into hsrOor in that isiana ny
stress Of weather. - r
The Commissioners disagreed on the allowance Oh
the claim, and it was referred to the smP.0e' anu 10
awarded 70 the eaimants me sHm 81 ~ IVY; os, a,
JIsIm Tor damages N hberatlng Slaves iofceu on
the bahamas by stress OF weather
The Commissioners disagreed on the allowance OF
the clam, and the umpire awarded the sum VI
$4,000.
There were other unmportant American claims,
auopntiuv on the whole 10 about forty, and the par
tculnrs ~ which am unable to give YOU
The British claims were vastly more numerous
ard although many Of them have been rlghted, yet,
80 far a. the decisions have transprei, the amount OF
the aword- to each Government appesrs TO Do nearly
equal The British Government entirely perverted
the Commission from lis original deslgn and presenter
every conc ,ivable claim and pressed all with equal
periir acity IL 10 tne English rule In controvereies
with foreign Governments to claim more tnAh thoy
believe 10 be due.
they claim aud what il ju4f. II is not unusual Tor
Enehehmeu to eTogate ~ Themselves greater meas
ure of Justice than they are willing TO accord 10 tns
prost of any other nation, and then rely upon theV
Government to bully their adversary into granting
their unjust demands.
examples 1T proof Of this opinion.
thv Ahatu TayfO
Yorkshire importers against whom suits were com
menced 81 the iustanCe of the Collector OF New iork,
in l-3o spd 1870 charged with having detrauded the
revenue in passing goods thre uP the
bv false ia voices are the examples to which refer
The pates evaded the service Of process 10 some OF
the cases and hed from the country, but all tue
suits were, under the advice OF counsel, coinPro-
| missed.
They have rested quiet until now, without taking
apy seus against the Collector, any other oiicer
and the British Government now comes forward and
makes a claim against the ,nlte1 ola.s' ior ~"
money these parties paid in comprising these SUITS.
4 his was done Notwithstanding tho treaty OF com
yefce between the two countries expressly p =. he
ctzens of one country resldlDg IN Iue osns, -; -"
10, M ali the US thereof and the general Prin-
cna of inerpatio nal law that every person suJect
10 The laws of the country in which no RESTLESS liner"
claims are however, rejected -, .., ,.v.r
Another cass OF claims, WHOM toe ttesy T no.o'
oa,ayo-Js,ed were the bonds Of Florida and Texas:
Tbe cobnsel for the United STATES took tne GROUND
,bt tbev we're not desgned 70 b. included wltnn toe
! Convention, AZ they were, IN 40 P'"Po' '''' ~
against the United States. -
In he case of the Texas bonds this ground was ss-
tanned and the claims rejected, eai tns decsiph ~aS
substantially az in the case OF uls 'florns D""u',
.bb tte iinpire 10 whoIa these were referred
,yert somewhat into the merits, and showed very
cesrly hat there could be no claim aganstthe United
| States. .., ,,.,o. IA
will be found that tie British Commissionsr az
cds5 uniformly against the American claims, and t0r
,bs R,;,i,b without regard their merits. lie PROB
sbv took this course under Instructions rom DIS
1 Eeiny rnost a h.rmOBy With their