15 MARCH 1856, Page 9

A deputation, headed by Lord Robert Groirvenor, and including Mr.

'Cobden, waited on Lord Palmerston yesterday, to present a memorial -praying that ia the treaty negotiating at Paris, a clause might be inserted 'binding the contracting powers to refer to arbitration any subsequent -causes .of difference. Lord Palmerston agreed that the principle of arbi- tration is sound in the abstract, and perfectly practicable between indi- viduals, but not equally applicable to nations. Where it can be applied, it is the duty of Government to adopt it.