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[Sub-lnclosure 1.] 



Lord Falkland to Lcn % d Stanley. 



Government House, 



Halifax, January 2, 18J±5. 



My Lord: In accordance with the promise contained in my de- 

 spatch Xo. 281, dated 17th December, 1844, I have the honor to enclose 

 copies of correspondence between the provincial secretary of Nova 

 Scotia and Mr. Philip Dodd, the officer in command of the provincial 

 revenue-schooner Sylph, at the time the American schooner Argus 

 was captured by that vessel on the 6th of August last. 



Mr. Dodd's letter is accompanied by a statement of Mr. Davenport, 

 the collector of customs at Sydney, Cape Breton, which, taken with 

 his own letter, appears to me, as I trust it will to your lordship, com- 

 pletely and satisfactorily to refute the charge of harsh treatment to- 

 wards the master and crew of the Argus, on the part of Mr. Philip 

 Dodd. 



I think it right to remark that Edward and Joshua Doughty, who 

 have preferred these charges, seem to have been simple mariners on 

 board the Argus, of the same name as the commander, but not the 

 skipper of that vessel, who is himself called William Doughty, and 

 therefore, I hope, guiltless of the ingratitude which Mr. Dodd has 

 attributed to him from similarity of name; but whether this be so or 

 not, Mr. Dodd must, I think, be perfectly acquitted of having been 

 harsh in his treatment of the fishermen of the United States who 

 composed the crew of the Argus. 



I have the honor, &c, Falkland. 



Lord Stanley, &c, &c. 



[Sub-lnclosure 2.] 



Provincial Secretary to Mr. Dodd. 



Provincial Secretary's Office, 



Halifax, December IS, 18^. 



Sir: I have it in command from the lieutenant-governor to trans- 

 mit to you the enclosed extract of a despatch which his Excellency 

 has received from her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the 

 colonies, by which you will perceive that the minister of the United 

 States at London has complained of the treatment which the master 



and crew of the American fishing vessel u A /v/z/.v," lately seized by 



you, experienced from the captors, and his Excellency is pleased to 

 call upon you for a full explanation of your proceedings on the 

 occasion in question, in order that her Majesty's government may be 

 able to answer the complain! of the American minister, the substance 



of which is contained in the second accompanying paper. 

 I have, &c, 



RUPEBT i). ( ii IOBGJL 



I'iiii.ii- Dodd, Esq. 



