108 The Frederick Gerring, Jr. 



Dominion, I have the honor to inform your Excellency that a 

 despatch has been received from the Governor-General of Canada 

 reporting that no action can now be taken in the matter by the 

 Dominion Government pending the judgment of the Supreme 

 Court, to which the owner of the vessel has appealed. 



It is stated that the case has already been argued before the 

 Supreme Court, and that it is probable that the decision will be 

 given in the course of this month. 



I have the honor to be &c., 



(Sd.) Salisbury. 

 His Excellency, 



The Hon. T. F. Bayard, 

 &c., &c., &c. 



EXHIBIT 8. 

 Edzvard Morris to the Secretary of State. 



Gloucester, Mass., March -?p, 'p/. 



Hon. John Sherman, 



Dear Sir: As I am owner of the Schr. Frederick Gerring, 

 which was seized by the Canadian Government last May, thought 

 I would write you about her. 



The case was tried in the Supreme Court at Ottawa the first 

 of November and they have not reached a decision yet. This 

 case has been up four times since then and been postponed. I 

 see, now they have postponed it until the first of May again and 

 I don't know as ever they will reach a decision. My lawyer and 

 myself are getting pretty well discouraged over it. 



After the case was tried in the Admiralty Court at Halifax I 

 had an interview with Sec. Olney and he advised me to appeal 

 the case. 



I told him they had treated me so badly in the Courts at 

 Halifax by putting every obstacle in my way that I thought they 

 would do the same in the upper courts. 



I also told him it would cost Five Hundred Dollars. 



He said not to let Five Hundred Dollars stand in my way of 

 appealing this case. 



