The British "case."

JN BW XOBK, ifOD. 27. Tbo Tribune this mominp; publishes an ibstraot o!' the British caso submittod to he arbitralurs at (runeva. In tliis statement hor Majeety'B governnent complains that it luis had to reply :o au argument, notyet prusentuil. When :hat shall be preseuted, and the claims of the United States shail be deftned pre;isely hei Majesty's govcrntiicnt v.ill exiroiae the right conferredupon it by trti'lc four óf the treaty, to submit to the tribunal au additional or more extended statement of the facts, is the oase may exact, until a comparigon of the cases presonted by both parties shall determine ;liu pointe roally in dispute between the wo eoverninents. It will refrain from UI disoussion intended to silttain ita owri Dositlon, ind will limit itself at present to submittmg to the judgiuent of tho trimnal the following oonsiderations : THE RKSi'ONSIHIUTY OT KZÜT&AXS. As the hips, whatever the oircum stajice, Were procurad in üritish ports tor war purpose?, and were euiployed as belligerent uruisera against tho United Stiitts, while (ireat Britain herstlf romained neutral, these eventa have been b cause of great displeasure and regret to her Brittannic Majeaty. This regret exists, despito tho fbüowiag faote, wliich, it must be conceded, aro important to arri vu at a j ust appreeiatiou ot' the ;ui -tion : The veste's were proeured by Gunning and clandestino means, which bafUyd the vigilance of the govemtnent otfioers. Not one had the least arinament. Soiue had boen conatructcd as ordinary vessels, having nothin; adaptilig them specially for war. In numberthc-y were very smill, and, flnally, the persons who obtained ]ios -ssion and control of them and employed them for belligerent purposes were themselvfis American oitizens, which r i i ■ : United States Government lias always admitted. Such factsshould seriously affect, in the minds of every impartial maD, the question relutive to tho responsibility of a neutral government. THÉ CLAIMS FOB I'MCUNIAUY IDEJtííITY. The Vnited States öovernment profes ses to have a right to pecuniair idemnity for olainu wliicli it ::-.iys resnltod from the acts of these véasela - thftt is to say, the warlike operations carried on by means of these veiaels b}p penona who had them in oharge. It is evident that :i j ii ■tensión of this nature is such that her Hajesty's government, unimated as it is witli the moot amicable sentimen's toward the United States, could not, in virtne of the re peet it owcs to its own rights, and thoso of neutral natione in general, consent to admit, sinceit believei that it is not fotraded on justice. It devolvea on the United States to establish the proposttioDS it. lias advanced ; to state clearly the iuternütioiuil duty or duties on which they are based, and to demónstrate the violation of whioh it complains. A charge against a sover'ign govemment having evinoed culpable negligence in the exercise of one oi the powers of Bovereignty is au impatation which frhould b sustainod by strong and solíd rciisuns. A natión ought noi to bo held responaible f or a delay oromission whioh máy be due simply to accident, and notto want of foresight or ceasonablo care. ï'imtllv, it does not sufHce to demónstrate tlmt an act has been commited which the govornmunt shoulc have foreBeen. What uvnst bé advanoec and proved is that the govemment f'ailec to exorcise the sume ainount ot' car umi il'.y etuploys in international afrairs and whioh it may be reasonably requirec to ose in matten nffecting mternationa intereste and duties. it' the tribunal dethat Greit Britíiin has incurrec nny responsibility whatever toward the United iStat.-s thfl question wiil thei arise ;is to whnt wil] the just mi and extent of that regponsibility. Mei ty' gOTernnient abstains at presen' from entering on this quostion, and reseryes for a more advanced period of discussion all the observations that it slril determine to s'ibmit on this point in th name t' Great Britain. If ol iims ot' this kind are admitted without reserve, ;i belligerent could ask to be idomniñed by a neutral tor resulta whioh jnstly mighl not be laid to the account of the latter but shoold be placed to its own incapacity and initiative. Her JVIajesty's govemmeut is obliged t;i point out that, in regard to the Bhips whioh forni the object of the preoeding Btatemènt, iho Unit d States öovernment, oritsofficera, oviuced extraordinarj' ttirdinesa in employing the natal forces at its oommand, and that ii' ordinary uetivity vore exercised to capture or interfere with these vessels, the of whioh the United States complaili to-divy would havo beun in great part averted. Whether the decisión of the tribunal is or is not favorable, Great Britain is ready to yield to the deerne. Bhé lmsnn-ly one wish - that it be just. Sho raices onl}' one pretensión - that it bo fonnded on a faithful aml equitable interpretation of tho rights of man, and on principies whioh horself and all othcr nowérs will not ïvpent of ríeognizing and observing, either as noiitrals or as belligerouts in timo to come. Loll and "Biocdin? Kaiisas";ïlear(l Trom Topeka, Kan., Peb 28.- The Bribery Investigation Oommittee reported to the House to-day. The report was long and signcd by evey luembor of the committee. It sayp that regarding the Senatorial olootion of 1867, they find that inueh money was ueed by Pomeroy, Carney and Perry Fuller, but they had not time to make a thorough investigation. Eegarding the eleotion last winter the co:nmittee reporta a mass of evidenco showing bribery and corruption on the part of both Senator Caldwell and ex-Congressman Clarke. Proofis positive that Caldwell stated that liis eleotion cost him ov.r $50,000, and that lie paid of this over ten per cent to ex-üov. Carr.ry ; that ho several times ofïered to refünd to Clarke all liis expenses if he (Clarke) would withdraw from the contest. The report nlso says thit Alexander Caldwell usod bribery and other corrupt nnd criminal practices, by himself and hls friends with his full knowledge and consent to secure his election to the United States Senate ; that there was an organized ott'ort made from tho commencemont to keep important witnossos out of the way, and that it lias been impossible to procuie their uvidence. Fifty thousand copies of the report and evidenoe were ordered printed, and eopiea were ordered sent to'eaóh Kansas Senator and to the Yieo-1'residont, the latter to bo laid before tho Unitod States Sonate tor its infurmation. Sr. l.oi'is, Feb. 2-i.- The Dcmoi-mt' Topeka Bpeoial, referring to tho report of the Bribery Investigation Committee, mado to the House to-day, sayssomecurious fdcts came to light. It seems that Senator Pomeroy and Sidney Clarko gave M. W. Reynolds, at that time editor of the Lawrence Journal, their notefor $1,000 in Maren, 1866, tho oonsideration of which was that the Journal should support Pomeroy for ro-eleetion to the Sonate and Clarko to Congress. Reynolds went baok on them and they refnsed the noto. Buit was brought, and Pomeroy and Olarfce put in as a defense the fact that tho noto was given for an improper purpose, ariil judgment was given to defendant8. Reynolds had tho papers all made out ready to oarry the case to the Supremo Court at the next term. Just before the meeting of the court Reynolds received the appointment of Heceiver of the Land Office in Bottthern Kansas, and immediataly diamissed the appeal. Ho is now editor of á weel-ly paper whieh is supporting Pomeroy'sre-ëiection for the third term. It also carne out that the President of the Kansas Pacific Railroad promisvd Caldwell .'0,000 to help him to bo elected to the Senate, and after elec:ion refnsed to pay more than he had already paid, v.-iiieli was $10,000. TomAnd(!rson, agent of the Kansas Pacific Road at this place, and through whom the $10,000 was paid, and wlio also paid out largo sums besides, as the tostimony shows, luis lot been hefore the committee. with Jew Smith, business partnor of Caldu-ell and John Fletcher, anothnr person wlio, t was provcd, paid out money, to uso the irorda of the report, werë fugitivos trom he Btate. The ïuport wiü uause i gre.it xnuaiotión in tho State, mid show tbat noiiiy h:is been spent liko water in tho ■liTíi'nis fon yeacs. Lawkeni !■:, Es., Feb. 24. - The report of tlie Qommitfee of the fji'gislature toly in tbo Culdwull bribery caso is reooived hcru with somo surprise. Whilo he evidonco is ovorwhelining agninst üaldwell, tho comuiitteo attack Pomeroy, Jaruey, Clarke and othurs, and it is .huught havi: attemptud to complícate he rooi issue for politica] purposes by assulting ontáde partíes. It is expected icro that Caldweü will now ask an inv;s;igation in the United States Sonate, or hat tlie Senate will order ono. Politically, the partiea iniplicated aro ïko Cipsar's wife, above suspicion. Ko taint of Demooraoy attaches to thein. They aro Radicáis all, Itadicals of tho first wator, "loil" and "patriotic" to the core.