The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-29
Speech Of the Representative Of the
King of Italy to His
Colleagues.
George Washington's Maxim as a
Creed for Civilization and
the Cabinets.
ADJOURNMENT TO JULY Is.
Could Lord Westbury's ''Ten- Year-0ld
Boys" Have Accomplished as Much?
TELEGRAM TO the new YORK WsaAlu.


The following special despatch to the
HERALD has been received from our CORE
spondent in Geneva
GENEVA, June %, 1872.
During the session of the Court commits
stoned for the settlement of the Alabama
claims between the United States and Great
Britain, on Thursday, the 9th inst, after the
English agent had agreed to proceed with
the arbitration, Mr.. Bancroft Davis, acting in
the name and ON -bshalT of the American
government, consented to the British counsel
withdrawing the application Of Her Majesty
Victoria for prolonged adjournment of the
proceedings.
RULING AGAINST INDIRECT DAMAGES.
This fact having been duly recorded the
President of the Court, Count Sclopis speak
ing in the name of all the arbitrators, deliv-
cred formal declaration, in which he said it
had been ruled ''that the several claims put
forward in the American case for indirect
damages were, and shall be, wholly excluded
from the consideration of the arbitrating tri-'
bunal."
THE BRITISH ARGUMENT IN COURT.
Count Sclopis also, and at the same moment,
gave to the Right Honorable Lord Tenterden
permission to present the Queens argument
on Friday, the 2sth inst
LANTHRoPY.
The arbitrators, agents and national coun-
sci on both sides remain oil and each Of
them decorously quiet and placid, as usual,
in their every day personal demeanor. They
are all most undeniably satisfied at the present
result of their successful endeavor for the ac-
complishment of O reconciliation of the two
countries-America and England-by judicial
negotiation, and also by the first effect of their
striving against difficulties of such great i'm
portance in saving the Treaty of Washington
an event which is fully acknowledged to be
the greatest experiment for the keeping
of the peace of the world which has ever
been made so far as is known from the his
tory of nations.
THE SESSION OF FRIDAY, JUNE 28-MGHLY
IMPORTANT WORK.
The members of the arbitrating tribunal
convened in council to-day at the hour of
eleven o'clock in the forenoon. The session
was mainly occupied in giving technical form
and official completeness to the results of the
pleadings and joint deliberations which have
been already obtained.
The first portion of this latter part of the
duty which was considered was the protocol of
yesterdays proceedings, the agreement upon
which in a case of such vast interest is very
important, as affording the official and formal
expression of either side and Of both countries
in the matter and also showing the exact
points of difference and Of agreement be
tween Lnem. consequently uocuneHt
in which the misplacing Of particle Of the con-
tents may give q false color to the record, would
be exceedingly harmful, and destroy the fruits
of the anxious labor Of many days, by the
initiating of loose expression used with ref
erence to this negotiation, required especial
| care for its drafting. besides moments. Of,