DESPATCHES, REPORTS, CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 761 



31. May 7, 1843, Washington seized, taken to Halifax, and condemned August 1, 



1843. 



32. In 1844, Argus seized by the Sylph, off the coast of Cape Breton, when " 15 



miles from any land." "This was the second seizure under the new con- 

 struction of the treaty of 1818." 



455 33. In 1845, " an American fisherman * * * was seized in the Bay 

 of Fundy at anchor inside the light-house at the entrance of 

 Digby Gut." 



34. In 1846, " the seizure and total loss of several American vessels," not 



named, is noted in S. Doc. 22, 2d sess., 32d Congress. 



35. May 10, 1848, Hyades seized, taken to Halifax, and condemned September 



5, 1848. 



36. May 11, 1849, Leonidas seized, taken to Halifax, and condemned June 29, 



1849. 



37. September 14, 1850, Harp seized, taken to Halifax, and condemned January 



28, 1851. 



38. October 29, 1851, Tiber seized, but there is no information as to the dispo- 



sition made of it. 



39. June 16, 1872, Coral seized, taken to St. John, and condemned July 28, 1852. 



40. July 20, 1852, Union seized, taken to Charlottetown, and condemned Sep- 



tember 24, 1852. 



41. August 5, 1852, Florida seized, taken to Charlottetown, and condemned Sep- 



tember 7, 1852. 



42. September 11, 1852, Caroline Knight seized, taken to Charlottetown, anrt 



condemned. 



43. In 1852, Golden Rule detained and taken to Charlottetown, and liberated on 



the owner acknowledging violation of the treaty and that the liberation 

 was an act of clemency. 



44. November 16, 1869, Vice-Admiral Wellesley reported that during the past 



season 162 vessels had been boarded by the British cruisers, of which 131 

 within the three-mile limit had been warned once, and 19 had been warned 

 twice. 



In 1870 the following eleven (11) vessels were seized and taken into 

 the provincial ports, some of which were condemned, while others, 

 perhaps, were liberated: June 27, Wampatuck (condemned); June 

 30, J. H. Nickerson (taken to Halifax) ; August 27, Lizzie A. Tarn 

 (condemned) ; September 30, A. H. Wonson (taken to Halifax) ; 

 October 15, A. J. Franklin (taken to Halifax) ; November 8, Romp; 

 November 25, White Fawn (taken to St. John) ; and S. G. Marshall, 

 Albert, and Clara F. Friend. 



In January, 1878, the Fred P. Frye, Mary M., Lizzie and Namari, 

 Edward E. Webster, William E. McDonald, Crest of the Wave, F. A. 

 Smith, Hereward, Moses Adams, Charles E. Warren, Moro Castle, 

 Wild-fire, Maud and Effie, Isaac Rich, Bunker Hill, Bonanza, Moses 

 Knoiulton, H. M. Rogers, John W. Bray, Maud B. Wetherell, New 

 England, and Ontario were driven from Long Harbour in Fortune 

 Bay by the violence of a mob, which destroyed some of their seines, 

 and did not again that season return to their fishing-grounds. 

 Twenty-two vessels were included in this list, the interference with 

 which w r as made the occasion of a separate and important correspond- 

 ence, conducted, on our side, chiefly by Mr. Evarts, Secretary of State. 



The following lists are taken from the subjoined correspondence of 

 Secretary Bayard and Professor Baird with Mr. Edmunds, chairman 

 of the Committee on Foreign Relations: 



Revised List of Vessels involved in the Controversy with Canadian Authorities. 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 

 Washington, January 26, 1887. 



SIR : Responding to your request, dated the 17th and received at this Depart- 

 ment on the 18th instant, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Relations, for 



