On the 17th of the month (July), the Tribunal proceeded to take up the case of the Florida and to hear the opinions of the Arbitrators upon
The decision of the
Tribunal in the
case of the Florida.
Upon the reassembly of the arbitrators, Baron d'Itajubá called on the British counsel for a statement or an argument on the questions of due diligence, and of the effect of commissions held by Confederate war vessels which had entered British ports, and of the legitimacy of coal supplies to Confederate vessels in British ports. Of course the counsel of the United States would be permitted to reply.
The Tribunal approved the proposition, and then proceeded to the case of the Alabama. The Arbitrators agreed unanimously in their views of
The decision in the
case of the Alabama.
The Tribunal then took up the case of the Shenandoah. The Arbitrators were unanimously of the opinion in this case that the British
The decision in the
case of the Shenandoah,
and other vessels.