IG6 DirLOMATiC CORRESrONDENCE. 



Sir L. S. SdclcvUlc ^Vest to 3fr. Bayard. 



WAsniNaTON, Ocfoher 4, 18S7. (Eccoived October 5.) 

 Sm: I have the honor to iiidosc lierewith a letter addressed to tht 

 United States district attorney and United States marshal at Sitka, 

 which has been forwarded to me by the governor-general of Canada for 

 transmission to yon. 



. Lord Lansdowne states that this letter came into the possession of 

 the Canadian Government throngh the captain of the sealing schooner 

 Alfred Adams, to whom it was given by the tirst lientenant of the United 

 States revenne-cntter Richard Mush, after boarding the said schooner 

 and confiscating the skins and arms contained in her. 



His excellency adds, by way of exidanation, that the envelope of the 

 letter w^hich is described by the minister of marine in the report trans- 

 mitting it as sealed and uno]iened appears to have been worn through 

 at one end in transmission by post. 

 I have, etc., 



L. S. Sackville West. 



[Inclosnro.] 



Caplain Shcpard to the United States dhlrict ailornetj and United States marshal of 



Alaska. 



U. S. Revkxue Stfamkr Rush, 



BehrbHj Sea, Jiif/iist 6', 1SS7. 

 Gentlkmkn : I have tlie honor to inform yon that I have this day seized the JSritish 

 schooner Alfred Adams, ot' Victoria, ]]. C, \V. H. Dyer, niaster, and ilii.uli McKay, of 

 Victoria, 13. C, maua,nin<>- owner, for viohitiou of law, section 1956, Revised Statutes. 

 I Iiave taken the seal skins (which will be delivered to the United States deputy 

 marshal at Ooualaska) and his anus on board the United States revenue steamer 

 JiHsh, and ordered the captain to proceed with his vessel to Sitka, Alaslca, and on 

 his ;irrival to set his crew at liberty, and to re])ort in person to you, and I have to 

 request that you will take cliar^e of this vessel and her officers until I can appear in 

 the United States district court against them, about September 1 next. 

 I am, etc., 



L. G. Shepard, 

 Captain United States Revenue Marine. 



Mr. Bayard to Mr. (rarhind. 



Department op State, 



Washi}igto)), October 7, 1S87. 

 Sir : T have the honor to transmit to yon herewith, for yonr informa- 

 tion, a> <;opy of a note to this J)ei)artment from the ]>ritisli minister at 

 this ca])it;il, inclosing a letter, addressed to the United States district 

 attorney and the United States marshal at Sitka; and stating the man- 

 ner in which it reached the minjster's hands. 

 1 have, etc., 



T. F. Bayard. 



