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That the Hero, American fishing vessel, captured on the 16th of 

 June, has not been sent in for trial, but is armed, and is still used 

 as a tender to the Dotterel, is entirely false. She was not used by me 

 to annoy a single American vessel; and on her arrival at St. John's 

 was delivered over to the Collector of the Customs, and ought long 

 ere this to have been adjudged in the Vice Admiralty court. " That 

 the officers having charge of the armed boats of the Dotterel, ordered 

 to cruise round Grand Menan and Campo Bello, have written instruc- 

 tions, which have been exhibited, to seize and send into St. Andrew's 

 all American fishing vessels found within three marine miles of the 

 said island." My order to the officers of the boats has been, that any 

 American vessels they may find within three marine miles of the 

 shore, except in evident cases of distress or in want of wood or water, 

 they are to detain and send or carry them to St. Andrew's. 

 I have the honor to be, &c, &c, 



Richard Hoare, Commander. 



Rear Admiral Lake, &c, dec. 



[Sub-inclosure 1.] 



His Majesty's Sloop Dotterel, 



Halifax, November 8, 182 1^. 



Sir: I beg leave to represent, in obedience to your orders of this 

 day's date, directing me to give a statement of the facts, and under 

 what circumstances I detained the American fishing schooners at 

 different anchorages at the Grand Menan, while cruising in the yawl, 

 in pursuance of your orders, for the protection of our fisheries, that 

 on the 2d day of July last, on boarding an English vessel, I found a 

 man named Wright officiating as pilot, to carry her to Grand Harbor, 

 who told me that he belonged to the American fishing schooner Re- 

 becca, then at anchor at AVoodward's Cove, and that they came there 

 for water. Satisfied with his assertion, I continued cruising, and, 

 shortly after, I observed the American vessel getting under way, leav- 

 ing the said man (Wright) behind. 1 ran down towards her; they 

 not heaving to after we fired several -hots across their bow, I chased 

 her over to the Nova Scotia shore, where I lost sight of her. On the 

 6th following, I found the -aid American schooner liclx'ccii at anchor, 

 cleaning fish, and throwing the offals overboard, and the aforesaid 

 man (Wright) on board. It being line weather, and they having 

 three barrels of water on board, with a sufficient quantity of wood. 

 I detained her and took- her to Si. John's. 



On the L5th of the same month I found the American fishing 

 schooner William anchoring in Gull Cove; the weather was fine until 

 after she gol in. when it came on foggy with light breezes; and they 

 having two barrels of water on board, which myself, Mr. Touzeau. 

 anil the boat's crew, sub equently u ed from, and plenty of wood, I 

 detained her. Having found the American schooner Rover^ of Addi- 

 on, ('row ley ma ter, landing :i great part of her cargo of green fish 

 to a Mr. Fowler*-, at (inll Cove, I made the WUUam'a boat fast to 



the yawl for the night, to prevent their crew from doing the same. 



As for their getting water about 3unset, and ;> vet el to anchor along- 

 side of them. Mr. Touzeau and I know it to he Impossible, as I had a 

 sentry planted on shore about two cables' Length from them; and if 



