260 APPENDIX TO BRITISH CASE. 



154 No. 95. 185%, July 17: Letter enclosed in No. 100, Appendix, 

 p. 168, from Mr. Daniel Webster (United States Secretary 

 of State) to Mr. Crampton, British Minister at Washington. 



Private 



FRANKLIN, July 17th, 1852. 



MY DEAR MR. CRAMPTON: The threatened interruption by force 

 of that enjoyment of the fisheries which the fishing vessels of the 

 United States have so long practised and possessed, without inter- 

 ruption or molestation is a serious affair, and, I fear, full of danger. 



I wish to see you as soon as you can possibly come north. If I am 

 not in Boston at the Kevere House please proceed immediately to 

 Marshfield bringing with you as many of your adjuncts as you please. 



I have recommended to the President that we take up the whole 

 subject of the fisheries and the Canada trade at once as matter of 

 negotiation. 



You will see in the Boston papers of Monday an official publica- 

 tion by me : is it not possible for you to prevail with the provincial 

 authorities to institute no hostile proceedings against American fish- 

 ing vessels till longer notice be given and until you and I may have 

 conferred together on the subject. 



I am anxious to see you at once. 



On receipt of this inform me by telegraph when you can be in 

 Boston. I am with great regard 

 Your's always truly 



(Signed) DANIEL WEBSTER. 



JOHN F. CRAMPTON Esqr 

 &c. &c. &c. 



No. 96. 1852, July 20: Letter from Mr. Crampton to the Earl of 

 Malmesbury (British Foreign Secretary). 



Confidential. 



No. 105. 



WASHINGTON, 20th July, 1852. 



MY LORD: I have the honour to inclose the copy of a private letter 

 which I this morning received from Mr. Webster, who is now in 

 New Hampshire, upon the subject of the measures lately taken by 

 Her Majesty's Government for the better protection of the British 

 fisheries on the coast of North America. 



I also inclose an extract from a newspaper, containing a copy of 

 the official publication in regard to this subject which has been made 

 by Mr. Webster, and which is alluded to in his letter. 



Your Lordship will perceive from a perusal of these documents 

 that Mr. Webster feels a good deal of apprehension as to the effects 

 which may arise from the sudden interruption of the enjoyment by 

 American fishermen of certain privileges in regard to the British 

 fisheries which, he states, have long been tacitly permitted without 

 molestation on the part of the British authorities; and 2ndly, (as 

 he remarks in the latter part of his official publication), from the 

 different construction which he seems to give to the provisions of 



