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Hoare was informed, was one of those actively engaged in the forcible 

 rescue of the said vessel, she was taken possession of, and the man 

 (Winslow) put on board the Dotterel as a prisoner. 



As in these transactions his Majesty's officers have been assaulted 

 in the execution of their duty by armed subjects of the United States, 

 and the property of which they had, in his Majesty's name, taken 

 lawful possession, rescued from them, in violation of the treaty sub- 

 sisting between Great Britain and the United States, I consider it 

 necessary that the subject should be brought officially before the 

 American Government, in order that steps may be taken to prevent 

 the continuance of such proceedings, and therefore request you will 

 be pleased to adopt such measures on the occasion as shall appear to 

 you to be necessary. 



I have the honor to be, &c, 



W. T. Lake, Rear- Admiral and Commander-in-chief. 



[Inclosure No. 2.] 



Captain Hoare to Admiral Lake. 



His Majesty's Sloop Dotterel, 



Halifax, September 2, 182b. 



Sir: I have the honor to inform you that, while running past the 

 Outer Bank of the Grand Menan, on the 29th ultimo, on my way to 

 this port, I fell in with the Pilgrim, American fishing schooner, and 

 as this vessel had been taken by one of my boats on the 16th of June, 

 at Grand Menan, for infringing the treaty, but was retaken by the 

 crew, aided by James Martin, one of the two men put in charge of her, 

 I have taken possession of, and ordered her to this port. 



Inclosed, sir, is the copy of an affidavit, made by William Paine 

 (marine) and the other man in charge of the Pilgrim, on their arrival 

 at Lubec, by which affidavit you will see, sir, that a man by the name 

 of Winslow, one of the crew of the Pilgrim, was the most active 

 person in retaking her, and that he forced the cutlass from William 

 Paine and obliged him to go below. Under those circumstances, I 

 felt I should be justified in considering him a prisoner, and, as such, 

 he now remains on hoard the Dotterel. That he ought to be pun- 

 ished in some way that may deter others of his nation from commit- 

 ting the same offence under similar circumstances, I am sure, sir, 

 you will think necessary. 



I have, therefore, to request you will be pleased to solicit the advice 



of the Attorney General on this important point, that I may be gov- 

 erned thereby in nay proceedings. 



I have the honor to be, &C., &&.. 



Bicha Hi) EIoarb, Commander. 

 Admiral Lake. 



I Sub Inclosure.] 



William Paine, one of the marines belonging to his Britannic Maj- 

 e ty's brig the Dotterel, maketh oath and saith : That, on Wednesday 

 last, the, American fi-hing boat Pilgrim was seized for a violation of 

 the treaty between the United Mates and Great Britain, and the de- 



