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4 Se ‘ THE WASHINGTON TREATY. + The Explanations of Granville and Gladstone Before the Lords and Commons, ENGLAND FIRM IN HER RESOLVE The Indirect Claims Not Within the Scope of Arbitration. The British Counter Case—Sir Roundel Palmer's Letter—Dealings with General Schonck~ How Matters Might be Settled—Prosi- dent Grant’s Willingness—Earl Bussell’s Plain Talking and Disraeli’s Views. Lonpon, May 14, 1872, At the meeting of Parliament last night the Ala- ama Claims was the principal subject of discussion, Isent you at the time, by special cable telegram, a sketch of the explanation of Mr. Gladstone before the House of Commons. I now enclose the full de- bate in both houses, which includes the speeches of Granville before the Lords as well as Gladstone before the Commoners, In the House of Lords. Earl Granville—My lords, it will be in the recol- lection of your lordships that on this day last week I made an appeal to my noble friend near me (Earl Russell) to postpone the motion which tien stood in his name on the minutes of the House for that evening. Idid not make that appeal for the third time as had been generally supposed, and I think It necessary to sey that in justice to my noble friend, whosejprevious postponements had beenfmade on no | roquest of mine. At the samo time, I gave an | assurance to the House that I should be prepared | will doubt)—that we had always been of opinion on or before thigday tolay papers on your lordships: | that the Indirect claims were to be excluded from | the treaty, and that we had grounds to suppose | that that wes the intention of the government of ment to your lordships on the present state and | the United States, and fur much doubted—that the tr cludes such indirect claims from the arbitration. I think the next stage in the proceedings was the resentation of our counter case, in the manner I Very soon after came the table, or that I would at all events moke a state- prospects of the negotiationg. In that statement I wish particularly to avoid all irrelevant matter, I do not mean to touch on the general question of the Washington Treaty, though I may perhaps be allowed, after the disparaging language which has been held by some persons with respect to an omission in it, to say that, althongh I deeply regret, and always have regetted, that omission, I think it was inevitable, I think that THAT TREATY WAS A GREAT WORK, not only with regard to the past good, but the Present, and highly advantageous to the interests ofboth great countries in the future. I shall con- fine myself to a statement of what has passed since the Eee rapa of the cases in December last. But there is one subject on which I should be ashamed to go into detall if it were not that some of my noble friends had told me that it was one of the oanses of that want of confidence in the steadfast course of the government which had been mani- fested to a certain degree in this Mouse. Our case Was presented, and so was the case of the American govermnent, in the iniddie of December. If there was aby person guilty of delay in dealing with the American case it was necess. myself, as_con- nected with the Foreign Odie the gentlemen charged with drawing np our case and the duty of the Cabinet itself, lords, I ¥ time, and I should not have thought it necessary t apologize to your lordships if, considering that did not know that that c business-like, dry docum ourselves, considering tl Wwe had four months in | which to deal with it, and considering that I was | NOT AWARE THAT IT WAS THR iNTY AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TO PUBLISH IT. I say, under all these circumstances, my lords, I shou!d not have apologized for not having read thet case until it had been Inquired and reported upon by the very competent persons to whom I have alluded, wh'ch in due course would have been done before it was necessary for me to take the respon- sibility of adopting any course or coming to any de- cision in the matter. As it happens, as soon as I was able Tread the case—I will not describe the feelings with which 1 did read it, Ican only say that the were not a@ specific for the gout, (Laught At the introduction of the indirect claims 1 was greatly annoyed. he chapter rel: ing to motives which appeared to me to be incon- . gruous and out of harmony with that siatesman-like and conciliatory feeling which I did believe—and now at this moment firmiy believe—actuated the government and the commissioners of America in | the negotiations and the conclusion of the treaty. | My lords, I had some private correspondence on the subject, and [cannot help expressing my sense of obligation toa noble and jearned lord behind me for the letters he wrote tome on the subject. On the Sth January I possessed myself of the views of the eminent man who consented to be our counsel in the case, and I think it would be more satisfac. | tory if your lordships would allow me to read tle note hé wrote to me in answer toa query I address- | es regards these 2 was otherwise than a | tling the dificulty. that furnished by | a character perfe Which were most obvio ficult geste WE MIGHT SETTLE THR MATIER BY A TRIFL MENT of five or six millions, This staten | Minister, could not have been acce| but it was a proposal whic! Stat ashamed to the Cabinet. quested again to before the arbitrators, deltberation. (Cheers.) 8, THE LETTER WHICH I WROTE TO GHNERAT. SOMENCK was very short, It was courteous in terms, teous to the American government, which also @x- pressed a strong desire to maintain the treaty. In short, I think it deserved the description which has been somewhat commented upon since, b which I do not shrink, of its a friendly communication. cation used almost words which we ardvised use in her speech from the throne in refer- ence to our understanding of what was the sco) of the treaty in regard to the indirect claims, only difference was that instead of the word “un- derstand” we used the word ‘hold.’ was courteously acknowledged by General Schenck, and in due course of time he communicated to mo a despatch from General Fish In reply, spatch objected to the position we hering to THR POSITION WHICH THE UNITED STATES had taken upon the matter, maintained that the claims was a matter which must go before the arbitrators, Inshort, he entirely adhered to the position which had been firat taken up, and | gave reasons at no inordinate length in favor of the osltion the United States gov: iudire Although you the adverse criticism that conimiuni- eld; und ad- nment had adopted, to offer my best thanks to your lordshipa on both sides of the House for the indulgence you have ex- tended to me, and I think you will allow me to make an Ran to pou. shee 8O erutioat @ moment @ present is not the one when we into a discussion of this case. (C) ” agg NATURE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS NOW GOING ON. The Duke of KicHMOND—Would the noble carl tell us how Jong it will be before he is able to ex- gerd to us what is the nature of the article which an Co lhad the subject of negotiation in the United ates: Earl GRanviLtr—I hope the noble duke will not think there ia any unwillingness om my part, but I have already pat him in easion of all the facts I know, and it is impossible for me to say when we Shall receive an answer from the United States. ‘The Senate may take two or three days, but I am really unnble to give any assurance on the subject. THE KIND OF A SETTLEMENT WANTED. Earl RUSSELL, on rising, pursuant to a notice which stood in his name, was understood to sa: though imperfectly heard, that he had no aout whatever that the noble earl had been perfectly sincere In all his endeavors tn connection with this treaty, He wished to make a@ treaty with the United States which should be honorable to both parties; but he never intended that the claims now under notice should have been Rr forward, It might haye been thought that in the earlier stages of the pegorouons, the Aen earl would have take ‘ain the real nature of the claims. ‘Then it milent i Supposed that the government of Washington would, in fairness and honor, and in the relations of amity which existed between the two govern- ments, have said that the English Minister was mis- taken, and the United States would feel herself at liberty to advance indirect claims whenever their case Was made. But the noble Parl did not take any such course. He never crhressed any doubt, and the American government had never yet said either that the indirect claims had disappeared or had not disappeared, It was strange that the mat- ter should have been allowed to proceed while the | people of England were determined that these indl- rect claims could not be admitted, The claims were of the most gigantic character, One was that this country should be answerable for Semaeee for the prolongation of the war, and the destruction of com- mercial marine, Never in the history of nations Vo this letter Her Majesty's government thought it | had there been so preposterous a claim as that put was necessary to make @ full and comprehensive | forward by the American government in the Degin- | at al in principle—and it was on this question of prin- reply. We thought it was only fair to the United | States that they should be put in possession of all the reasons which induced us to come to tho deter- mination at which it had arrived. My despatch was Thope tt will not tax your lordships’ patience to read it; and itis tmpossibte, in the compass of a statement y accurate account of the arguments we vrought forward, [ think it suMciont to say that | in that despatch will be founda fulfilment of the assurance I gave on the first night of the session that we could prove that tt had always been our intention to exclude the indirect claims from the treaty (which I apprehend some of your lordships Jong—excessively long. oa vel have alceady alluded to. answer to my note, addr: ag Schenck. Of the cha case exact! there wa: AN IRRBCO! | to the United States government, large number of suggestions aé to the mode of set. Some of these were obviously of unacceptable to Her Majest: government, There were others which at allevi deserved the careful consideration of the gov | the exigencies of the case, that small sum might not remove all the difficulty. will now come to the time when, without giving an | assurance, I informed your lordships that Her Maj- | ‘8 government had grounds for hopes as to the | House of Parliament pending negotiations was satisfactory settlement of this misunderstanding. | delicate in the extreme; but even if they did ent to your lordships arose from a com- | wish to interfere they would be too late. They ha | received from the noble Earl speaking oni the part place confiden- | of Her Majesty's Government the strongest possi- and afterwards oficlaliy, by the American It was a proposal which in several parts | pted by the government, h did appear to afford a | ever the government had done they had never basis of some satisfactory settlement. The United | swerved from that opinion. (Hear, hear.) ‘That es proposed that the arrangement should be | was quite as clear and explicit an assurance as carried out by an interchange of notes. Acting on | they could fulrly ask for in the present situation, | that, was prepared a note stating our views as to | and the possible limits within wiaich a settlement could ninication made to ed tohim, The noble lord then read the following | be arrived at. ‘That note:— SIR ROUNDELL PALMER'S LETTER. 9) Portuaxy Pracn, May 5, 1872, Dear.Lorp Granvirir—The facts as have had to do with them) are as follows:—I saw and road the United Statos case at the very earliest moment at which It was possible for me (o sand ings impr sion from the first was thatit very mate: tally transgressed the limits of the referen ducing the indire claims and in other re tin proposing the counter case (which was the duty to which my own mind was naturally in the first instahce directed) it would be necessary for us to separate What was within the prov: ince of thé arbitrators from what was bey authority. ‘The preparation of the British case had (as you may | suppose) been a work of congiderabie labor and anxiety, especially to Mr. Bernard, on whom (both in this work and in the preparation of the count ment made by the government, reading of this note to boar my testimony to Mr. the High Commission possessed legal attainments, was since the government wi severe criticisms as to the pre: exposed fo certain we did well to pi ditional manne ni I believe that all your lord- ships who have read that counter case believe that it is a document not unworthy of the country from which it proceeds. (Cheers). f cannot help’ point- Ing out that while the counter case was prepared by the legal commissioners at Washington, ite prepa- ration was alded by the sending to the Commission Lord Tenterden—whom I remember that the noble earl opposite recommended to me as one of the three best international Lawyers in tie country— that it was minutely supervised by sir Rounde Paimer, and that it was carefully corrected by the Cabinet, comprising most of those persons who have been described as so inexperienced, ignorant and {napt in the dratting of the original treaty. My lords, I now resume tie reading of Sir KR. Palmer's letter:— All concerned, however, had taken their share, and in the four months before us for the next stage, and the Christmas holidays approaching, we wauted las we nd) to take a litte breathing ttme, the American case on the Sth or 6th January (Mr. bernard had Jnst then Jo relative, in fact, his nother), and it was agreed at that meeting that he should prepare the dranuht of the counter case, and should distinguish In doing so between thow matters which were within the reference and. thos which were vot. Down to that (ime I had not commit cated with you on the subject, say original impressl being that, although it was clear thatthe American eace contained Important dev ations from what f nnderstocd as the limits of the trea itn possibly be suff. cient tor us to define our own position when we presented the counter case. A little further consideradon made me very doubtful on this point and ve desirous that the government should be advi-ed by theif law otfeers as t two questions—first, whether the American case (Aas onsidered it to do) exceeded the lin! the reference agreed upon; and, second, If so, what would be the proper course for the government to take in order to kee y the reference within ite proper Limit. It was think, natural that you, having entrusted us with the ton. duct of what I may call “the defence” should have looked for some assistance or suggestions from us before constder- guuestion of Importance arising on the cnse u Hor Majesty's government might have {o fo1 al judgment;and you did fact, do me the honor, he Ott or 10th o} this subject, to whi directed, and I, on ry (at the same that I reque ‘ed you to use your influence vor of auch Arrangements déinw iad Ae to the. tine oF iy attendhog at Geneva for the oral arguments as might m “Rt a sistent with my other duties) entered Into @ pret Mt explanation in writing of my views on the whole master} and Thave reason to know that you afterwards lost Yne in obtaining the opinion of the law ere of the Jrown upon it in the ordinary way, I may add that Tteitthe niatter to be ove of extreme Tey tnd Amportance, and requiring great a gere- iui deliberation as to the proper course of proceedin: bat that my own Judgment «irom the thine that it be fully matured Re o subject) was altogether In favor of that course which the governme: tually took. my dear Lord Granville, ROUNDELL PALMER, TH INDIRRCT CLAIMS, A very few days to Mr. Gladstone on the subject, mieeting of the Cabinet, | brought the snbjeer before them for their delibelatior were of opinion that it was lmposdone or ciaeeane try to submit these claims to arbitratt vi * nt ion, W never swerved from that opinion; we havedever said or done anything that could wwe: | we wi | feett (sotar ast | whet a their | ner case attorwards) the principal share devolved, according to (he arrange- he was eminently fitted to be one of the legal | time. commissioners we appointed. I cannot avoid | reminding your lordships how short a time ago it | d Me ntation of our coun- | ter case, even svb-modo, velieve, however, that | most of your lordships are now of the opinion that | to adopt snch an article, w put the counter case in that con- | | Fit a very near |x | and are | the honest, rward, namely, on the isth January, On the first | ble for the coun- | WE REVISED AND ALTERED, hing nothing but to keep our meaning per- which the United St: adopt. Wien we had finally sett } FRAME AN ADDITIONAL ARTICLE TO THE TREATY, | whieh might effect the object we had in view, and | were likely to which he might submit to the Senate for their Sanc- ‘ tion, We had some difculty in acceding to a propo- sition to rset tp on the bark eka of Witla | a | But we thought that any question of priuciples | Words, 5 take the iberty to interrupt te | Snr it have een perieetiy, ridiculous, eid that i | e) v rr] eo mbel | We were able to aecomp' ish it we onght to do so, Ber RT aT Naber cok toed Cer | une Cifticnity Was great, ‘ands tooke conslderbie | We thought It better that we should clearly | and at once show that to which we were willing to consent, and the limits of that consent, article was sent by me to General by him transmitted to Mr. Fish, with the declaratt | that if the Unlicd States go to uct under this body like the House of Lords or House of Commons, but of a Senate which in its comes a part of the executive urpose. My lords, I cannot Hopes have greatly tacreased of arriviny ment which I believe in my heart will be gatisfac- tory to your lordsips and the country, and which, moreover, Lam of opinion will be honorable to the | government of the United States, | Her Majesty's government will take no credit for | We have been | CONSIDERABLY HELPED BY CIRCUMSTANCES in the course of these negotiations, tion, in the first instance, that forbearance of this | , House and also of the other House of Parliament, | Lmay further mention that, while public opinion bas been singularly firm and been great moderation both in ® press In dealing with this case, ¥ Course been pursned, great irritation might have relations with tie United with some exceptions, the We owe also the fact of that succes: | been Infused into our | States. [believe that, | time was admirable in t | Much to the manner in which the matter was dis- for my opinion gn | cussed in the United States, Hos already | not the same tem, ject, do it from ought to tions. it her—which has been so aty itself absolutely ex- ready informed yo the case presented t gave ananswer to a portl tion—of the argument we had used, but lef the as it was. It appeared to show that LABLE DIFYERE! TWO COUNTRIES, and did not tend to further a@ tious, If now your lordshi back a little, I may say that Ihave no doubt you will think it Wkely that during these three anx mouths [ and Generai Schenck held aloof from ea er, We wére in constant comm deavoring to find some solution honorable and satisfactory to both countries; bound to bear testimony to the American Minister | that although he always strenuously supported the views of his government, as he was bound to do, he has throughout these negotiations evinced ai earnest and sincere desire to maintain the treaty, and prevent any disturbance of the most friendly relations between the two countries. communications, they came 9 nothing. I made some suggestions to the American the answering that of the United States, oe praly | Minister, but he seemed to think they were too much very ill at the } yy farther negotia- } allow me to ¢ and I here feel as Grant. to He made here a | | under th | was, tl What result would be given to them G PAY- | hended that they would be over sangulne, and cer: | | tainly premature, if they were to thin y oY Wi . Wi e w— | Important for certain purposes to those who Ree icaier corns adhe Ui de | have todo with it in dificnit matters of business, r some sum of that kind, | than the very next day General Schenck came to | and what concerned them to know—was, whatever sonnd me as to whether some arrangement for a | the reception of this proposal might be, they were | pledged to it so far as the government was con- | | cerned. So, if they desired to interfere, which dum April, in the ble assurant not in any form be submitted to arbitration, ight find it diMenuit to that note—I think henck, and was vernment were pre on our part were l yesterday by G tit. I was inform jeuck that he had received a telegram from Mr, h, stating that he had submitted that article to the President, and that it was the intention of the “4 Presidenito submit tt tothe Senate. [understand | ington. For th that at this moment the Senate are in secret exe- cutive session to consider that article. hear.) Your lordships will perceive that It is IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO GLYR ¥ ASSURANCH OF THR § of this affair, It 1s impossible for What the action of the Senate may be retand is thet according to all tl practices of the American constitution, the fact of | have arrived at the conclusion—the reasons for | Ue President having submitted this proposal to the | Senate Indicates that he ts willing, if the Senate | will agree, to carry out the article. will feel that it would be improper for me to | dour lordships greater detail at 4 time when is under the consideration, not of a legislative EMENT me to speak of | relation to the Treaty | admitted to be of general interesi, which are col- | lateral to . Ifwe do succeed I may men- bd from a hi 2 ted, there has re, had another hat respect. There was, perhaps, 8 ptation to discuss it in open ses- sion of te two houses there, but they have shown great forbearance, and it is tm eir Dewspapers, to have read tl to have read the remarkable lette all read and know of, without feeling that the | United States, if they make concessions on this sub- | sible to have read | and the legal advisers 0} ¢ declarations, or | rs which we nay FEELINGS OF FAIRNESS AND gUSTICR, etuated by a stron desire to maintain cordial and friendly relations, such as } ist, between two great and kindred na- take no credit to tie government or yours falth- | myself I must, nevertheless, say that this i® the first | fruits of the Treaty of Washington My I | from the time of the close of the rebellion up to the eo LORDS—I muy state that as soon as I wae in | beginning of those negotiations, if any dite: A pen of their views, and not until then, 1 wrote | ha ¢ noble and learned Lord on the woolgack and | thought that there was a question of great injustice to itself and the other thought it was a@ question, even if only as a matter of form, of making a con- cession, Ibelleve the irritation in this country, | and more especially in America, was such that it | would have been tinpossible to make even the pro- gress that we have done towards a settlement | 4 : fant Papel Fate ates ae aken our posl- | honorable to the United States an Hou with reward to It. ‘4ear. ear.) Tai really | tage to the best interests of both countries, I bem I believe that r arisen between the two countries, one of which to this country, ning of January, Then it ought not to be disguised that THE CASE OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNM oRIVY ACTER WAS CON+ IN TERMS OF THE MOST OFFEXSIVE CIHLAR- x to the ministers of this country, No swindler, no piekpocket at the Old Batley (#) could have been worse treated than were the British ministers by American government. The conduct of the government in| making these offensive charges haust have struck the noble earl with astonishment. It appeared to him that the noble earl ought to have anid then, lainly and direotiy, that the British government could not go to arbitration, couid not send any person to represent them in the arbitra tration uuless (hose indirect claims were at one withdrawn. (Hear, hear.) Even until that day the government had never condescended to informa Pariament what was going on, The negotiations had been cted Dy what was called “secret dipto: Uf they had takea a more open course he believed they would never have occurred, He did not wish to detain their lordshipa, nor would he at present press his tion that no re- enova, Little more vefore they w this he wonhd si of June ne should revert acai n to his motion under these indirect claims ely withdrawn—naless they were with: ctig, but by formal act oF the at, and entirely set aside, nonid disappear altogether, xnd no ative of Rer Majesty should ever ayer’ y room on a table im Which there was Wing nEendacior Unless by were done he certainly sb again and again until ihe 1 of Which he had given no- some agreement was made which ctory, and which was honorable to he could not allow apy representative of Ytoappear at Geneva. At present, he did not appear to him that the qv ne between the honor of the Crown or jeneral Grant as President, and for m tion the el his pa rred the honor of Her Majesty—he preter the honor and reputation of this country to any prospect of the re-election of President EaRI DERBY’S TWO OBJECTIO: The Earl of Deiby said there we bjections to discussing this quesUon at the present moment. of one character, and was not likely to be acceptable ‘The first was that there was no motion before the House; and the second, that this was not a conv bient time to discuss the Treaty of Washington or o the conduct of thoge negotiations which had been 'y’s | in progress, and which were followed by the mis- | understanding that had arisen. What be had i- | gathered and what the House had gathered from ‘TION OF THE | ment, although all upon examination fatled to mect | the statement of the noble eari was, that the | And iam bound to say | Cabin ag to General Schenck, with regard to some of those | they understood had the concurren sly unacceptable, they gen- | can Exe lly followed some suggestions which were made | tions of the treaty. in thls country as to the mode of settling these dif- For instance, no sooner had it been sug- had made a proposal—a proposal which p of the Ameri- | itive—for the modification of the condl- | and that that proposal was now consideration of the Senate. The House sition—they did not know but he appre- erefore, in this nk or act as if | did not, because he knew that interference by either hat these new indirect claims would (Hear, hear.) They had also heard that in what- papers on which alone their judgment could be formed, and with the very limited knowledge they had of the nature and character of the proposition itself, he could not think it would serve | clear, while also wishing to propose nothing | any ‘usetul public purpose to carry this | | discussion further at present. this country, and he hoped ev pdy in | it was on the 8th of May—Igot acommunicationfrom | America also, wished this matter to be brought to eneral Schenck, in which he informed me that he | had received a telegram from Mr. Fish, stating t althongh the President thought it possibly within his constitutional powers to agree to the note we had sketched out, yet he thought our note went be- | likely to be entered into and which was to super- yond what, in his individual capacity, he could ac- | s cept. He thought it preferable to an honorable settlement; but he had a right to utter one word of meaning—Let there be vo more “onferstanding.” (Hear, control all existing obligations, should be in perfectly clear, p se, and unmistak- ms; because if that were not done, they all over again that misunder- standing and anxiety which lad attended these ‘otiations, he debate then terminated, In the House of Commons, Mr. GLADSTONE, Who was cheered on rising, da | in the obsence—the necessary absence—of | Everybody in | hear.) They had aright | to ask that this new engagement, which wag | moment at which I speak have we in the slightest degree receded or departed from them. Now, sul a to the ter or ged of the 3d of February, the House is aware that SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS RELATING TO THB GEN- ERAL ARGUMENT have passed between the two governments, and I will not scruple to state, for the information of the House, the general purport of these communica- tions, especially as I can undertake to do this in a very few words, The despatch of the 3d of Febru- ary did little more than communicate the opinions and convictions entertained by the British govern- ment. The despatch of the American government in reply, addressed to us on a@ later —. In Febru- ary, and received about the 12th or 14th March, in like manner did not enter into the argument at large upon the question, but it signified the dissent of the President and the government of the United States from the conclusion of the British govern- ment as to the legitimacy of the topic of tndirect claims as a portion of the American case submitted to the arbitrators at Geneva. In that despatch the President ooserved that he was in ignorance of the (rer and reason on which the opinion of the ritish government was founded, and we, inter- prea these terms of the President as a friendly invitation to an explanation of these reasons, con- sidered the despatch addressed by Lord Granville on the 20th of March to General Schenck, in which we went into them at length, THE HRADS OF OUR ARGUMENT were these :—We contended that the reference of indirect claims to the arbitration was not within the Treaty of Washington as it stood. We con- tended that separately from the terms of the treaty, as it was not within its terms, 60 neither had it been within the instruction of the parties; and, apart from these two contentions, we endeavored to show that, as 1t was not within the torms of the treaty or the instructions of the parties, 80 like- wise there were considerations drawn from the reasons of the case, considered more at large, which fortified the same conclusion, and sup- ported us in the general doctrine that the niirect claims formed no part of the subject mat: ter of the arbitration to which we had agreed. Be- sides those branches of cat argument to whl IT | have given avery rude and small outline there was a portion of the despatoh, or a memorandum annexed to it, In which we thought {t wise to tndl- cate that those claims, if they could be entertained | ciple we had really joined tssue—that those claims | wore likewise of an amount war than warranting, the longest stat boen made in the respect of 1, although some of these statements appeared to have cansed as. | at at the other side of the water, Of | tonishna course We did not allow it to be supposed that our o matter of amovnt, although we refer to it, and give SOMP RVIDENCE PROM AMERICAN SOURCES Jeth of April Mr, Pish sent a reply, in the nature of an a so portions of the argument advanced by us he dealt in Aetail. WIT respect to others he Was only content so far to state that, according 10 (he view of the government of the United States, the whole sabjeci was @ ft and proper one to be argued before the tritaaal at Geneva. The tone of this a etch, 1 AT hownd to say, Was triendiy wr ort; bub, ON vocelpl of it, We felt It to de oar Aunty to commmniante to Parliarrent Uhat, $0 far as gamentative reply, to that despateh, With | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. into the matter, but it was settled at tthe Lord CUbancellor should be re- commanicate with the law oflicers, and on the 25th the noble and learned Lord, the Prime Minister and myself, met the law officers end Sir KR, Palmer, with a view to decide on the best means of avoiding the introduction of tlegitimate matters At the Cabinet of the goth of January the matter was virtually settled; and on the 2d of February a@ division was taken, and the terms of the note which 1 was to address to General Schenck were settled and approved, to the delay thus incurred, I can only repeat what [ said on the first day of tlre session. may think it presumptuous in me to doso, yet I say now that if the thing was to be done over again, and notwithstanding all which has been passed upon it, [should have dee) regretted if we had taken action on the case ear! than we did, I belteve, both in substance and in appearance, nothing was 80 much to be deprecated as our appearing to act under the impulse of tem- per or pique, instead of ater fall and very careful the exhibition of menaces and threafs and various declarations of what we would do an what we would not do, to rouse the patriotism and penile spirit of that yest country across the Atlantic into a temper of exasperation, I cer- Lens do not think we should have reached the int at which we now hay stand, (Cheers.) in et fae —_ Bouse, De ye has fe 80 —f ionths—under circumstances so dificult, exercised such self-command, will feel ich it is about .to reap its (Cheerg.) I trust, therefore, that while the conten and free _ ent of the Honse may at © be freely offered as to the part the gov- ernment has en from first to last it will be seen that the position of the question is at the Present Moment no longer in the hands of tnose who are responsible to you. There is a definite proposal, to which in it and in letter we are und, Which has across the ocean and is now before the tribunal, upon which, so far America is concerned, ié depends aut! atively to decide. I do not think it will be by debates in Parliament that honorable members would like to oxeroise any tnfuence upon these deliberations, I OUR FEELING TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES, and the respect they have manifested for us should make us ambitious to signalize in every way our anxiety that not even the semblance of interfer- ence by way of expen of opinion should from us to appear In the slightest degree to dre. gate from the absolute and perfect liberty—the political Hberty, the moral liberty—in ‘what- ever sense with which the authorities of America will, we trust, arrive at rly conclu sion, (Cheers.) Sir, I take leave in to tender, on the part of the government, the expression of our thanks to Parliament for this remarkable forbearance, together with the assurance that wo do not misunderstand it—that we do not take it as a compliment or as implying in the slightest degree more than an enlightencd regard for the great public interests involved in the present issue. For thisis, after all, a very great issue. It is an tssue upon matters of great Importance between two of the most powerful, of the most free, of THE MOST ENSRGETIC NATIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PART! (Tear, hoar,) Great in Atel aa between them, it Is greater yot because it involves the interests of every: other country. ‘That extraordinary liveliness of thought and movement of mind which we cannot anting, and more | but have witnessed in the press of the Continent ments that had | with respect to these diplomatic controversies, Is no doubt fonnded upon this, that they Know as well as we do that any other Powers may mutatis nomi- nidus stand towards: each other in the samo position that England and America now oc: ction Was based upon or turned upon the | cupy with respect to the Alabama claims: But this is greatest of all with respect to Its bearing | upon the subject of arbitration, and upon the future | of anthority whieh supported our views on the | interests of the world. (Hear, subject, ‘That was on the 20th of March, and on | ear.) Engiind and Amertoa undertook a great responsibility in. the face of all other nations when they attempted to. apply, after some recent discouragements, this principie of amicable settloment toa great contro- versy betwen two high-spirited nations. If these two nations succeed in giving effect to what | undonbtediy ts the desire stneerely and cor: dialy entertained alike on the one side and on the other, something, Uthink, will have been achioved for the benoit of the cause of peace, (Hear, hear”) Tf, on the other hand, they should tail, however the case may stand as between the par- its forms were conorned, it had not afforded to as | ties, they conjointly any opening which would gdvance a frte honorable seetleMeENt OF EIS ErERt questo before the despatch WAS In (he handsot the British government, R New oponing had been found. A commiuntention had beon made by the Minister of the United States to Lord Granville Mal, in the opinion of his government, chore Wi A MOTHOD OF SHTY LEI Witch, {/propoxad by she governmoni of her Maj- eaty hi be open to the government of the United States to consider and acoopi, smd which, in ie view of the United States government, would de ne ly honprable snd satisiactors to the two Ths ce jon of the Minisier of the sd A proceeding, not by aly mere zagement In the nature of # Tweaty, s spondence between the © governments, or by what is commonly calicd $m exchange of notes. Upon this imiimation we numediutely eniered Into consideration of the de- ins of the proceeding that might be adopted, and, as was to be expected In the development ot details, Tarions re fully into view as the coun United $ matter matured, which, although there never was a departure on the part | | of either party from the general basis sketched out | by the Minister of the United States, yet, on the aly and | inis emerged and came | WILL SUPPER GREAT DISCREDIT in the face of all othor civilized nations, and their Tailmre in Dis great case of peaceful settlement will be nothing less, in our judgment, than a misfortune fo mankind. (heers.) It ts, therefore, that we carnestly hope that that admirable control of feel- ing and temper by which such free scope and such ampte advantage have thus far been left to the gov- ernment, as the trustees of the public interest, in their endeavors to bring about a satisfactory settle- ment of this matter may still be continued. Ihave stated in brief terms—but in terms whieh, T hope, Were not devoid of meaning—the basis on which the proceedi were commenced in the months of Jan- | wary and February last, From that basis we have not departed. (Cheers). From that basis it Is practicable, we trust, for the views of the two gov- ernments fo be placed in substantial harmony and conciliation, and with that prospect before them we trust we may make the suggestion to the House— which, undoubtedly, for our own sakes we should have no title to prefer—that they will be contented to wait the short time that yet remains for the re- sult, which can eile be otherwise than decisive, 8 and which, I hope, it is not too beste Fp a temper ou my part if I venture to say there is every pe a bility that we may be enabled to recognize as honor- whole, tended to give to the contemplated proceed- | able and happy. (Loud cheers.) ing more of a substantive character than had been the view of the American government when it was orginally projected and eee on their part. ‘This being 80, sir, on the 8th of May—that is to say, upon Wednesday last, WE LEARNED FROM THE DIRECT AUTHORITY OF THN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, that in order to meet the views which had been stated on our part, it would be necessary, as they exceeded the powers of the President, that a refer- ence should be made to the Senate, and that that | power should be also called in aid with a view toa satisfactory and complete settlement of the case. | That was ‘on the 8th of May, and the House will recollect that I am now opening a series of com- munications conducted entirely by the tele- raph, and, valuable as that instrument is, and all- we are very Well aware that the conveyance of ex- oni and motives, and of those shadings of | hought and expression which very often are vital | “to the fine comprehension of the matter at issue, | becomes exceedingly difficult when that method of communication is adopted, On the sth of May we Were not made precisely aware of the grounds on which this reference to the Senate would be neces- | on, however, of which we were | sary. The explanati in possession on the evening of the 9th, made it per- fectly clear to us that it was THE PROJECT SKETCHED BY THE BRITISH GOVBRN- | MENT on the basis of that sketched by General Schenck, | which rendered necessary this reference. At a | late hour on Thursday evening—indeed, honorable members must have noticed the withd members of the Cabinet from this bench after mid- night—we proceeded to comtemplate the case in that precise point of view; and on the next day (Friday), acting on the suggession of the govern- ment of the United States, we were perfectly willing to deal with that question in this aspect as a matter requiring the assistance of the Senate, and we proceeded to place our views in the shape of that | cepted by the President ot drawal of | WHAT MR, DISRAELI HAS TO SAY, Mr. DisRakLI—In the critical state of affairs as regards our relations with the United States of America, and which now have subsisted for five months, I think there have been two duties for Par- lament to fulfill, The first was to give fair play to the government, constituted of whatever party or materials, placed in such a position—and Iinay say, without at all binding ourselves to any approbation of their course, or our ultimate decision, that we have given them that constitutional support which they had a right, I think, in a difficult josition to look forward to. Our second point has been at the same time, consistently with the line, to assert the policy with respect to the matters in question on which I believe the great majority of the people of this country are de- cided. Ihave myself been influenced by these two feelings, and I think I may sayI represent accu- rately the feelings of gentlemen generally on this side of the House. fon poR os cheers.) be have been our opinion as to the pigeon policy of the government in this matter, when once the great embarrassment occurred wresolved to give them the utmost Indulgence so far as the forms of the House and the general conduct of party pro- ceeding were concerned, and, at the same tine, we wished to assert the policy which we think, gener- ally speaking, they ougnt to have followed. I col- lect to-night from the right honorable gentleman that he and his colleagues have prepared A DISTINCT ‘PROPOSITION, which has been made to the government of the United States, that that pcan has been ac- the United States, and that in order that it may be ultimately adopted as a solution of these difficulties, it is at’ this moment submitted to the Senate of the United States, That being the case I cannot for a moment hesitate to express my own opinion—and, so far as my opinion can influence others, I wish to express it most dis- | tinctly—that we are in duty bound to continue that forbearance which we have already shown. (Cheers.) | It is quite clear from the statement of the right which might become an article, and might be the | honorable gentleman that it is utterly impossible subject of an international contract between the two countries. This drait, together with a cover- ing letter, was forwarded on Friday evening by 7 noble friend the Secretary of State for Foreign Al- fuirs to the American Minister, and although it was a document of some length, it was, together with that covering letter, immediately telegraphed by | him to the government of the United States, It was taken into consideration by that government on Saturday, and yesterday morning the Minister of the United Statés was in a condition to inform my noble friend that THE PROPOSITION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT, framed asl have stated, was entertained by the | President of the United States, and would by nm said :—I have forborne to place on the notice paper | be submitted to the Senate of the United Siates for for half-past four o'clock the usual motion with re- | spect to the adjournment of the House for the Whit- its approval. (Cheers.) Let it be understood that, while I have stated exactly the literal truth in this matter, | am most anxious not to overstate it. The suntide holidays, for fear it should appear that the government was disposed to exercise any pressure on the House with respect to the cou think fit to take after it hears the explanation Tam now about to give as regards the Treaty of Wash- ment upon this subject of great and general inter- est, [may also say that Her Majesty's government which Tam about to give—that the time has not Your lordships | come to lay papers on the table of the two Houses most wise, and certainly a most signal forbearance, refrained from discussing a variety of matters tn of Washington, which are THE ISSUE UNDER DISCUATION WITH TNE UNITED STATES, | and which may possibly form, either now or at some other time, the subject of derailed, and pos- | sibly hostile, comments, But that forbearance ractised at beth sides of the House—by the right Ronorable gentieman (Mr. Disraeli) and his friends, and by those who sit behind me—has reliev iMieulty that they mi ared On the present oc ht ny ave felt if they had a | sion as parties accused; and therefore I ches and in the | hold it tobe no part of my duty to perplex the | House, or Joad the brief statement] have to make | with reference to matters of that kind. 1 there- | fore will give a very brief analysis to the House, | commencing from the time Her Majesty's govern- ment, assembled in Cabinet, took this question into noble friend the gp tides of State for Foreign Afatrs the government, and af- terwards between him and myself, as well ae my noble and learned friend the Lord Chancellor. 1 BEGIN FROM THE 18TH OF JANCARY, on which day the whole subject raised by the | rong ‘an ease and by those parts which referred to the in consideration of the Cabinet. On that day we ar- rived at the conclusion that those tt were not within the scope of the arbitration to which we had agreed, and therefore that it would hot be possible for us to be parties to their submis- sion tothe drpitrators at Geneva. (Cheers.) On the 2d of February, a8 is known to the House, was ame reason I shall forbear to make | any motion for adjournment, because it isa matter | secret session, | We shall leave entirely to the Honge and to indl- | SHIPS ANY | Vidual members. I appeal, therefore, to the indul- | gence of the House to allow me to make astate- | A state: | {mplics the approval of the President, conditional only on the concurrence and approval of the Senate, | perlod, | of Parliament. In what I have to say 1 shall not | | enter Into any controversial or defensive matter, , | The House has, with remarkably, and, as we think, cullar position be- | vernment for this | ut think that our | country an communication between the President and the Senate of the United States is a strictly con- | fidential communication. it is entertained its e body, but almost as a portion of the Cabinet— as a portion of the Cabinet of the President pro hac vice—and tu what 1s termed in America.a | ¢ Therefore the proposition in its | lay in the production of these papers, Until we are a strictly confidential communication, this much we are justified in stating— terms & Howev that the proceeding tak inaking known this draft to the Senate directly, (Loud cheers.) HAVE NO REASON TO COMPLAIN | of the aitghtest disposition to delay on the part of | the government of the United States, for this pro- wal, received through the felegapi, on i turday, Is at this moment under thé consid at what time that consideration may ter- minate, but we are told tas probably in two or three days the decision 0! project will be sent tous, (Hear, hear.) I would remind the House that the ate i8 a perfectly the action of the President and the whoie circum- the | | oan | stances of the case, what are the present pros- the pects of the negotiations. Now, I hope House will not think me unreasonable in ‘observing that we have not the same o| portunity of communicaung confdentialiy with the Houses of Parliament as the President has with | the Senate, and 1 j bounds of due respect when I express the opmion on my Own part, and more especially on the part of government as a whole, that we trust that nothing will be said or done to interfere with | A PEKFECTLY FREE AND DISPASSIONATE CONSIDERA- | TION of this great matter now advanced, as we trust, s0 hear to its maturity by the Senate of the United | their consideration. I will not refer to the prelimina- | States. (Cheers.) Ihave said we would not now | ry communications which had passed between my | move the adjournment for the recess in any man- | | ner that might appe: rio show a iapoatton to ress our opinions wnduly upon the House; ut we wish, notwitnsianding, to make an ap- | | peal to the perfectly tN hah the House, Ve feel, and feel deeply, that in this matter it is not only the executive governments on both sides of the water that are concerned, It is oniy by con- | ect elaims In particular, came under the | Sareea N gi and circumspection upon th | part of w direct claims | ence and destinies of free peoples that delicate and the great Powers which act for the tntu- Ainieult negotiations of this py issue. (Hear, he for ourselves, for I can say nothing beyond that nd can be conducted which I would say of every governinent—that we | Willdo our best; b | ut I will Venture to say this, that addressed a friendly communication to the govern- | the House of Commons, by its remarkable forbear- ment of the United States, in which it | ance and self-restraint, has powerfully contributed Was stated that, according to the holding | to a favorable result, and If that result be attained | fovernment, these claims | it will in no small a | culmspection and se | of Her Majesty's Were ‘not included within the imite of the refer- ence; and the purport of that communication—the eskential part of it—was made known to Parliament In the speech from the Throne at the commence ment of the session. These declaration’ and these opinions, formed within the Cabinet, have been the basis of the whole of our subsequent proceedings. We have not found it necessary in a formal manner to go bevoud them, and at uo time up to the estraint of the bedy I have how the honor to address, (Cheers.) Let me say also we should not do justice to this case if we did not takers a srong sense of the friendly feeling which has pervade THE CONDUCT OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT (cheers)—and which in a@degree not less remark- able has actuated that free and ee hh peo- vie, (Obeers.) Lf this House had thought fit, by eration | | of the Senate, It is not for us to say the Senate on this | free Geliberetlye H ea Of a perfectly free and great | we camhot foréstall its judgment. It | | Must be for the House to consider, taking into view pe I shall not go heyond the | ) Twill say nothing | ree be due to the wisdom, cir- | for us to give any opinion, under the circumstances In which we now find ourselves, of the course which Her Majesty’s government have pursued. It is quite clear from the statement of the right hon- orable gentleman that there have been, perhaps, even voluminous despatches, and everyone must feel that our opinion as to the policy of the gov- ernment must depend upon the exact language | contained in the eaeettan which they have made the United States. Every one | to the government o! must feel that it is totally out ofour power, without we were in possession of precise and authentic docu- ments, to offer an opinion at this moment. At the same time I may express my hope that these papers will be laid on the table of the House without any unnecessary delay. When we are in possession of these documents we shall be able to form an opi- nion as to the course of the government. I trust that whatever difference of opinion as to that | course may prevail in this House, only one result will accrue from these labors of Her Majesty's gov- ernment; and from this forbearance of Her Majesty's e it may | by the Senate not in its legislative, but in | Parllament,1 trust we shail find a settlement of | ecutive capacity, and not as a public | the question which will be satisfactory to the feelings of both countries, but which will in every respect satisfy the honor of England, (Cheers.) I trust there will be no unnecessary a in possession of them we can offer no opinion as to the course of Her Majesty's government; but 1 am en by the President in | clear that, under the circumstances detailed by the right honorable gentleman, the conduct of Parlia- ment should be, as it had been for a considerable one of complete forbearance. (Cheers.) Mr. GLapstone—he desire of the government will be to lay the papers at the earliest possible moment before Parliament. ALLEGED MURDER BY A RUFFIAN, A Young Womsn the Victim—Brutally Kicked and Beaten—Aritst of the Per= petrator. About eleven o'clock Thursday night, as Coroner Herrman was retiring to rest, he recelyed & sum- mons to call at Bellevue Hospital as quickly as pda- sible for the purpose of taking the ante-mortem ex- amination of Mary Ann Gallagher, twenty-three years of age, living with her mother at No, 77 Allen | | street, who was répresented to be lying in an ex" | tremely critical condition. Ga reaching the bed- | side of the dying woman she expressed a willing: ness to make a truthful statement as to the manner in which she received her injuries. Mary at first had told Dr. Mather that she had been | injured by slipping on an orange peel | and tailing on the pavement. This she did to shield the guilty ruffian from arrest and punishment. Finding herself growing worse, Mary reluctantl told her mother that she was indebted to Patric litford for her sutYering, Mary stated to Coroner | Herrman that on Saturday evening, the 11th inst. she went to 172 Mott street to see a friend, and while ent, home from there was met by Clif- ford in Elizabeth street, who asked her to go to a disreputable house with him, which she refused; whereupon he kicked her in the abdomen, besides striking her several times on the arm and once in the eye, Mary had no quarrel with the villain, and the only reason he had for assaulting her was be- canse she refused to go with him, She states that she was injured by no one except Clifford, The jury rendered a verdict against Clifford, and Coroner Herrman, issning a warrant for his arrest, fees it in the hands of Captain Cameron, of the ‘ighteenth precinct, for execution, a detective starting prieclatey in pursuit of the alleged mur- derer, who, it is said, is an ex-State Prison convict. eine Shout two. o1coue yeanreey morning Captain Dlinchy, of the Fourtcenth Clifford in the immediate neighvorhood of his fa- vorite haunts, near H and locked him wp in th result of an inquisition. Captain Cunchy also secured several girls ag wit- nesses, One named Brown ts said to have seen the kicking by Clifford. Aiter making her statement Mary Ann sank rapidly and died about three o'clock in the morning. Coroner Herrmann will hold his investigation gn Tuesday or Wednes- day of next week, ‘ation house to await the hatever | ) dence, led in Dr. Gilbert Have | after which a verse of th | to Thee,” &c., was sung by the audience, standing; | and thus ended the ordination services. The sac- | ramental services usual upon such occasions were | to qdarens the Conference, but declined. n | resumed, when the report t | the special order was taken up, namely, the report recinct, arrested | rand Elizabeth street, METHODIST GENERAL GUREEKERUE, — Consecration of the New Bishops—Thoir Res donees Fixed—A Crowded Honso and @ Solomn Service—The Secretaries of the ‘Missionary, Church Extension and Froedmen’s Aid Bogieties To Be Elected To-Day. “Tis done, the great transaction’s done,” and the doctors of yesterday are the bishops of to-day. As large an audience a8 has gathered into the Academy at any time since the Conforence com- menced its session assembled there yesterday, Evory seat was occupied and the aisles ana all standing places were filled, The stage fixtures were set back and seats were fixed fora large num. ber of delegates and prominent visitors. The off. ¢lal reporters had to get down to the level of their non-oMicial brethren, so that the front of the plate form might be clear for tho transaction of the great business betore the Conference. But as there was near one and a half hour preceding for routino busi+ ‘ness thé session was opened in the usual way with religious services, led by Rey. Dr. Hunter, of Illinois, The newly elected Seoretary, Dr. Woodruff, was in his place, smiling and pleasant, evidently appre clating the honor so richly deserved and so worthily and unanimously conferred upon him, and read the Journal, which was approved, THK .CONVEREN“E'S TRIBUTE TO BISHOP HARRIS. The following preamble and resotutions, compll- mentary to the retiring Secretary, and now Bishop, Harris, were then presented by Drs, Eddy an@ Kenny, and were adopted unanimously :— Whereas the Rey, William L, Harris, D. D., Sooretary tho Goneral Conference since 1856,’ has resigned ‘oftice, to enter upon the duties of a bishop of the Method. {st Episcopal Church; and whoreas he has performed Inborious, complicated and sometimes delicate duties his position ina manner highly satlaf and whereas ho has thor¢ of our varied proceediny Journals with rave abillty, and by his readiness and tona- 3 memory has often saved much valuable time in our berations; therefore Resolved, that the General Conferones highiy appreet ates the servicos of Dr, Harrls, and hereby tenders to bina’ its hoarty thanks, aud that we, lis membors, trast that hé nay, bo ds aucoessiul Iu the bishop's chair ad at the score. ary's table, Resolved That a copy of this action, slened by the Ave present bishops and the secretaries, be furnished w Br. Harris, LOOATING THE SUPERINTENDENTS. The Committes on Episcopacy presented a report locating the newly lected Bishops at San Francisca, St. Louis, Chicago, St. Paul, Omaha or Council Biufs, Cincinnatl, Atlanta, and Boston, upon which considerable discussion arose between Dra, Trimble, Ives, Reid, Slate, Slicer, Jacoby, Cowles, Nesbit, Evans, Hunter and others, for and against this loca- tion, some preferring that it should be deferred un- til the committee reported the episcopal districts; an arbitrary clause requiring that the newly clected Bishops be allowed to choose their homes in the or- der of priority of election. Dr. Slicer moved to ay the report on the table until the Conference cout | hear from the districts. Dr. Jacoby wanted Berlin inserted in place of Omab These motions were lost. Mr. Cowles, of Iowa, said the episcopal dis- tricts will be changing, but those great centres will not. He argued in favor of Omaha or Council Bluffs, as the great crossing between the Atlantic and Pa- | cific States, and he hoped that the Bishop to be located there would be awarded a good, liberal sal- ary, that he may be able to entertain the ministers who are perpetually passing and repassing. He may be called to entertain angels unawares, and should be well provided to do so. Dr. Nesit believed it was a great mistake which gives three Bishops to the Northwest and leaves out Pittsburg altogether. He therefore moved to recominit the report. Lost. Governor EvaNs wanted Denver City, Col., in- serted instead of Omaha, because a Bishop there will be 1,000 miles from any other. Lost. Dr. Hester wanted Louisville put instead of St. Paul. Lost. General ALBRIGHT then moved the previous qces- tion, which wes carried, and the report of the com- mittee was adopted, Dr. QuEAL moved to reconsider the vote, but his motion was laid on the table. Report No. 4 of the Book Concern Committee was read. It fixes the time for the election of Mis- sionary and Church Extension Secretaries for eleven A. M. to-day. Several amendments were made to change the day, but they were voted down, and the- vapors was pending when the oyder of the day was taken up—namely, the . CONSECRATION OF THE BISHOPS ELKOT. Solemnly and slowly, as if keeping time to a fu. neral march, the Bishops elect were led upon the stage from an ante-room by the foliowing named ministers and in the order following:—Dr. Thomas Bowman walked m between Drs. Goode, of North- ern Indiana, and Gere, of Central Pennsylvania; . Durbin, of Philadelphia, and Harmount, ol Central Ohio, led Dr,Willlam Logan Harris for- ward; Dra, Miley, of New York, and Ramsay, of Holston, led Dr, Randolph Sing Foster; Drs. Crane, of Newark, and Wentworth, of Troy, led in Dr. Isaac William Wiley; Drs. Trimble, of Ohio, and Hitchcock, of Rock River, led in Dr. Stephen Mason Merrill; Drs. Bannister, of Wisconsin, and Hunt, of New York East, led in Dr. Edward Gayer Andrews; Drs. BE, O. Haven, of Detroit, and Upham, of Provi- ni 01 a rs. Peck, of Wyoming, and Love, of Central New York, brought up the rear with Dr. Jesse Truesdell Peck. All these ministers stood up, facing the Conference, while the Bishops—Morris, Janes, Scott, lke ot and Ames—formed a semi-circle before them. Each couple then presented their candidate for episco} consecration to the five Bishop§, ina set form words, and then retired a pace. The entire number having been thus presented, Bishop Janes read the opening prayer prescribed in the Discipline for this service; Drs, Hunter and Thompson read the Scripture lessons, and Bishop Simpson read the invitation to the congregation to join in a prayer, which he also recites Bishop Janes then made the Disciplinary inquiries of the candidates and received the usual responses, after Which the “Ven! Creator’? was recited responsively | by the Bishops and the candidates, THE FIRST QUESTION AND RESPONSE in this form seems so cpntradictory and absurd, in view of the mode of ve to the episcopacy, that it should be transcribed for general information, The Bishop asks the candidate, ‘Are you persuaded that you are truly called to this ministration, ac- cording to the will of our Lord Jesus Christ?” The candidate replies, “I am so persuaded,’ It may be asked what would their calling and per- suasion have amounted to had not the Conference voted for them, and what_evidence have they be- side this fact that the Lord Jesus Christ wahta them to be bishops rather than editors, professors and pastors? And what becomes of the score of candidates who were equally persuaded that the Lord wanted them, but whose call and persuasion lacked the necessary elective confirmation? The candidates all kneeling Bishop Ames read the prayer of consecration, after which the five bishops and the two elders laid their hands on the heads of the candidates severally and prayed for the out- pouring of the Holy Spirit upon each—the four effective bishops reciting the prayer, each over two of the candidates. While they were still kneeling each of the four bishops again presented the open Bible to the candidates, with a command to give heed unto reading, exhortation and doctrine, &c. 3 to be faithful shepherds, feeding the flock of Christ | and not devouring them, &c. Bishop JaNks then read the final prayer, and the venerable and senior BISHOP MORRIS PRONOUNCED THE BENEDICTION, hymn, “Nearer, My God, omltted because of the Pascmvenienice of the place sho) and the surroundings. Simpson was asked he fégnlit business of the loniergnce was then na was pending whéeir (No. 4) of the Committee on Book Concern was put gaits aseage nnd adopted, and to-day, at eleven o'clock, the SécPetaries of the Missionary, Charch Extension and Freédmen'’s Ald Sogieties will be elected, a ete ‘ ‘The Conference, after some routine business, sung doxology, and adjourned with Father Boehm’s blessing. THE UNDERTAKERS’ ROW. A Card and a Correction, Ina brief notice of a row among undertakers over a dead body in Yorkville, great injustice was unintentionally done to Mr. Hart, the well known sexton, and Mr. Hugh McConnellogue, whose names were prominently mentioned in connection with the affair. From the annexed card of Mr. McCon- nellogue, who is a quiet, inoffensive gentleman, it will be seen that our reporter was misinformed as to the true facts of the case :— To THE Epiror oF THE HERALD You will please publish the following in explant tion of an article which appeared in this morning's bn at entitled, “Disgraceful Occurrence Betweem ndertakers.” The following are the facts:—I was sent for to take charge of the remains of a deceased person, and, on arriving at the house, met Lang, who, Without any provocation, struck’ me, «I did not return the blow, as was shown by the testt- mony of witnesses given at the examination before qudge MeGuire, Twas not put nnaer oo but Lung was, for $500, to appear at the Special Ses- sions, Hoe TCCONNELLOOUE, with Hart & Brenen, 1,477 Third avenue. FATAL RAILROAD CASUALTY, Julius Miller, a German, twenty-five years of age, died on Thursday in Bellevue Hospital from a com- pound fracture of the leg, received in First avenue, near Twenty-sixth street, on the 22d ult., by bein: run over by one o/ the Firstavenue cars. Deceased waa on the front platform, from which, it is sald, be, had fajien. Coroner Young will investizayes