858 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



A scrupulous regard for international respect and courtesy should 

 mark the intercourse of the officials of these two great and friendly 

 nations, and anything savoring of the contrary should be unhesi- 

 tatingly and emphatically rebuked. I cannot doubt that these views 

 will find ready acquiescence from those charged with the administra- 

 tion of the Government of Great Britain. 



You are at liberty to make Lord Iddesleigh acquainted with the 

 contents of this letter, and, if desired, leave with him a copy. 

 I am, sir, your obedient servant, 



T. F. BAYARD. 



EDWARD J. PHELPS, Esq., &c. 



Sir L. West to Mr. Bayard. 



WASHINGTON, November 9, 1886. 



(Received November 10.) 



SIR : With reference to your note of the 16th of July last protest- 

 ing against the action of Captain Kent of the Canadian cruiser 

 General Middleton in expelling Stephen R. Balkam from the harbor 

 of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, I have the honor to communicate to 

 you herewith, in accordance with the instructions of the Earl of 

 Iddesleigh, and in reply to your above-mentioned note, copy of a 

 certified report of the privy council for Canada upon the subject. 

 I have, &c., 



L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 



[Inclosure.] 



Certified copy of a report of a committee of the honorable the privy 

 council for Canada, approved by his excellency the administrator 

 of the Government in council on the 21st September, 1886. 



The committee of the privy council have had under their consid- 

 eration a dispatch dated 5th August, 1886, from the right honorable 

 the secretary of state for the colonies, transmitting a copy of a letter 

 from the foreign office with a copy of a note from Mr. Bayard, and 

 protesting against the action of Captain Kent, of the Dominion 

 cruiser General Middleton, in refusing Stephen A. Balkam permis- 

 sion to buy fish from Canadians. 



The minister of marine and fisheries, to whom the dispatch and in- 

 closures were referred, submits the following rep art from the first 

 officer of the General Middleton : 



" HALIFAX, August 25, 1886. 



" I have the honor to state that when boarding several boats in St. 

 Andrews Bay I asked Stephen R. Balkam if the boat he was in was 

 American. He replied that he thought she was. I informed him that 

 if she was American he could not take fish from the weirs on the 

 English side without a permit frjm the collector of customs at St. 

 Andrews or West Isles. 



" He asked permission to take the fish from the weirs in Kelly's 

 Cove without a permit. I declined to accede to his request. 



"Mr. Balkam went around the point in his boat, and, after accost- 

 ing several others, I met him again, evidently trying to evade my in- 



