PERIOD FROM 1854 TO 1811. 609 



Mr. Fish to Mr. Thornton. 



Department of State, 



Washington, !+th June, 1870. 

 Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communi- 

 cation of the 26th ultimo, enclosing a copy of letters which have 

 been addressed by the Admiralty to Vice-Admiral Wellesley and 

 other papers relating to the instructions to be given to Her Majesty's 

 and the Canadian officers who will be employed in maintaining order 

 at the Fisheries near the Coasts of Canada. 



I am happy to find in the considerate terms in which those instruc- 

 tions are expressed, evidences of a disposition to respect fully the 

 rights of the United States under the Convention of 1818. 

 I have, etc. 



Hamilton Fish. 

 Edward Thornton, Esq re . C. B., &c. 



Lord Granville to Sir John Young. 



[Telegram.] 



Keceived in Ottawa, June 6th, 1870. 

 Her Majesty's Government hope that the United States fishermen 

 will not be for the present prevented from fishing except within three 

 miles of land or in bays which are less than six miles broad at the 

 mouth. 



(Signed.) Granville. 



Mr. Fish to Mr. Thornton. 



Department of State, 



Washington, June 5, 1870. 



Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of 

 the 8d instant, and of the papers accompanying it, giving the names 

 of the British vessels to be employed in maintaining order at the 

 Canadian fisheries, and the instructions proposed to be issued by 

 Vice-Admiral Wellesley to the commanders of those vessels. 



I beg leave to point out to you and to her Majesty's government 

 an apprehended di crepancy between the terms of the instructions 

 thus communicated and tho e which were given by Hie admiralty t<> 

 the vice admiral, a copy of which, dated the 5th ultimo, accompanied 

 your note of the 26th ultimo, and which direct thai "no vessel should 

 be seized, (meaning fishing ve el of the United States,) unless it 



is evident and can be clearly proved thai il (Tense <>f fishing lias 



been committed and that the ve el i captured within three miles 

 of land. 



