He, however, brou g ht out Lord Granville, who answered the Duke's
attack on the two most serious points,—our weakness in the Conference and our relations with America,—by stating that, on the day after the Conference met, all the Powers passed such resolu- tions with regard to the public law of Europe as placed him on a friendly footing with regard to all other plenipotentiaries, and that the American and British Governments have assented to a joint Commission to decide on all matters in dispute. This Com- mission is to consist on the British side of Earl de Grey (President of the Council), the Minister at Washington, the Canadian Premier, Sir J. Rose, and Mr. Mountague Bernard ; and on the American side of the Secretary of State, the new Minister to England, Mr. Nelson of the Supreme Court, Mr. Hoar, ex-Attorney-General, and Mr. " Williams " Chairman of the Committee of the Senate on Foreign Affairs. That is a strong Commission, and ought to recommend an effective Treaty. For the rest, Lord Granville merely touched on points which, as he said, must be debated afterwards.
