488 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



with whom it might differ in the construction of a national compact. 

 But when it is considered that these are the acts of a provincial 

 government, with whom that of the United States has and can have 

 no intercourse, and that they continue and are repeated while the 

 United States and Great Britain, the only parties to the treaty 

 the purport of whose provisions is called in question, are amicably 

 discussing the matter, with every wish, on both sides, to bring it 

 to a reasonable settlement, Lord Aberdeen will perceive that it be- 

 comes a subject of complaint of the most serious kind. 



As such, the undersigned is instructed again to bring it to Lord 

 Aberdeen's notice, and to express the confident hope that such meas- 

 ures of redress as the urgency of the case requires will, at the in- 

 stance of his lordship, be promptly resorted to. 



The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity to renew to 

 the Earl of Aberdeen the assurance of his distinguished considera- 

 tion. 



Edward Everett. 



The Earl of Aberdeen, &c, &c, &c. 



Lord Aberdeen to Mr. Everett. 



Foreign Office, October 12, 184-4- 

 The undersigned, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for 

 Foreign Affairs, has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note 

 dated the 9th instant, from Mr. Everett, Envoy Extraordinary and 

 Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, bringing 

 forward the complaint of the master of the American schooner Argun 

 against the seizure of his vessel off the Cape Breton coast by one of 

 her Majesty's colonial cruisers. 



The undersigned has lost no time in referring Mr. Everett's letter 

 to her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the colonies, with a 

 request that an inquiry may be instituted into this affair; and the 

 undersigned will again have the honor of communicating with Mr. 

 Everett upon this subject as soon as the result of the inquiry shall 

 have been made known to the undersigned. 



The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity to renew to 

 Mr. Everett the assurance of his high consideration. 



Aberdeen. 

 Edward Everett, Esq. 



Lord Aberdeen to Mr. Everett. 



Foreign Office, March 10, 1845. 

 The undersigned, her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for 

 Foreign Affairs, duly referred to the Colonial Department the note 

 which Mr. Everett, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- 

 tentiary of the United States of America, did him the honor to ad- 

 dress to him on the 25th of May last, respecting the case of the 

 " Washington" fishing vessel, and on the general question of the 

 right of United States fishermen to pursue their calling in the Bay 



