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trial and hearing, but many have been fined without hearing or 

 judgment, for technical violations of alleged commercial regulations, 

 although all commercial privileges have been simultaneously denied 

 to them. In no instance has any resistance been offered to Canadian 

 authority, .even when exercised with useless and irritating provoca- 

 tion. 



It is trusted that the agreement now proposed may be readily 

 accepted by Her Majesty's Ministry. 



Should the Earl of Iddesleigh express a desire to posses the text 

 of this despatch, in view of its intimate relation to the subject-matter 

 of the Memorandum and as evidencing the sincere and cordial dis- 

 position which prompts this proposal, you will give his Lordship 

 a copy. 



I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 



(Sd.) T. F. BAYARD. 



EDWARD J. PHELPS, Esq., 



&c. &c. &c. 



No. 221. 1886, November 27: Letter from Mr. Phelps to the Earl of 



Iddesleigh. 



LEGATION or THE UNITED STATES, 



London, November 27, 1886. 



MY LORD, I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of an 

 instruction, under date of November 6, 1886, received by me from 

 the Secretary of State of the United States, relative to the case of 

 the United States fishing vessel, the " Marion Grimes." 



The subject is so fully presented in this document, a copy of which 

 I am authorized by the Secretary to place in the hands of your 

 Lordship, that I can add nothing to what is therein set forth, except 

 to request your Lordship's early attention to the case, which appears 

 to be a very flagrant violation of the rights secured to American 

 fishermen under the treaty of 1818. 



I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration. My Lord, 

 Your most obedient humble servant, 



E. J. PHELPS. 

 The Right Honourable 



The EARL or IDDESLEIGH, G. C. B., 



&c &c &c 



No. 222. 1886, November 30: Letter from the Earl of Iddesleigh 

 (British Foreign Secretary] to Mr. Phelps. 



FOREIGN OFFICE, November 30, 1886. 



SIR: I have given my careful consideration to the contents of the 

 note of the llth September last, which you were good enough to 

 address to me in reply to mine of the 1st of the same month, on the 

 subject of the North American fisheries. 



The question, as you are aware, has for some time past engaged 

 the serious attention of Her Majesty's Government and the notes 



