CO129-056 - Sir Bowring - 1856 [6] — Page 285

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Attorney General.

A

you have given this Minute to the Judge it is not consistent with the language I understood

A

you to hold to me if the Government Kees when you informed me that Your attempts (made at my suggestion) to bring about a settlement had failed. You agreed with me there that the referee ought not to be bound as to the conditions

- you said you would yourself necessarily be guided by the reference if your hands were tied as to terms of the judgment you might have to give that

- you had been often an arbitration but would never arbitrate if a particular conclusion were insisted beforehand - you added that the Judge was extremely susceptible and required that the apology should be tendered at the club, but that you did not agree with him that such a condition ought to be imposed upon the Arbitrator, and you thought that Sir Michael Seymour might intelligibly be trusted with a decision upon the whole matter at issue.

"Cymour was in the neighbouring room when this conversation took place with you. I repeated it to him immediately. He agreed in my views as to inadmissibility of such a stipulation as the Judge demanded, and I have reported to the Secretary

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282 Attorney General. A you have given this Minute to the Judge it is not consistent with the language I understood A you to hold to me if the Government Kees when you informed me that Your attempts (made at my suggestion) to bring about a settlement had failed. You agreed with me there that the referee ought not to be bound as to the conditions - you said you would yourself necessarily be guided by the reference if your hands were tied as to terms of the judgment you might have to give that - you had been often an arbitration but would never arbitrate if a particular conclusion were insisted beforehand - you added that the Judge was extremely susceptible and required that the apology should be tendered at the club, but that you did not agree with him that such a condition ought to be imposed upon the Arbitrator, and you thought that Sir Michael Seymour might intelligibly be trusted with a decision upon the whole matter at issue. "Cymour was in the neighbouring room when this conversation took place with you. I repeated it to him immediately. He agreed in my views as to inadmissibility of such a stipulation as the Judge demanded, and I have reported to the Secretary
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Attorney General.

A

you have given this Minion

to the Judge it is not consistent

with the language I understorá

A

you

to hold to me it the fovernment

Kees when

you

informed me

that

Your attempts (made at my suggestion) & bring about a settlement Rad failed_ You agreed with me there that the referee ought not to be

bound as to the conditions

- you

saia

you

F

the award,

would yourself necest

is reference if your

hands

were tied

as to terms of the judgment you might

V

have to give

that

-

you

had been oftem

an arbitration but would never

arbitrate if a

if a particular concluum

were inreted before hand - you added

that the Judge

was extremely susceptible

and required that the arology chould be

ported at the club _ but that

not

agree

with him that suck

you did

a

condition ought to be imposed upon

1

the Arbitrator, and you thought that si Michael Seynour might intely be trusted with a decision upon the whole

matter at issue.

"Cymour

A

was in the

Sir Michael

the neighbouring

room when this conversation took riace

with you. Irepeated it to him immediately. He

agreed

in my views

as to inadmissibility of cuci

a

stipulation as the Judge demanded. and I have reported to the secretary

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