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board my vessel with eight men, and asked who gave the authority to 

 hoist that flag. I replied that I took the authority myself. He then 

 said, ' Well, I'll haul it down myself,' which I forbid him to do; but 

 without heeding me he immediately hauled down the flag, unbent it, 

 unrove the halliards, and passed the flag to me. I passed it back to 

 him, telling him as he had hauled it down he better take charge of it 

 himself. He then ordered his men to haul the vessel into the wharf, 

 which they did, and Collector Attwood came on board and put a 

 broad arrow ( t ) on the mainmast and placed two watchmen on the 

 wharf to watch the vessel. On Tuesday, October 12, at 10 a. m., 

 Collector Attwood informed me that the vessel was released, but I 

 must pay the bill for watching, amounting to $8, and to save further 

 delay I did so. On Tuesday evening, October 12, sailed for the 

 Western Bank in continuation of my voyage. 



"ALEXANDER (his x mark) LANDRY, 



" Master. 

 " Witness : 



"J. WARREN WONSON. 



" MASSACHUSETTS, ESSEX, ss: 



"NOVEMBER 13, 1886. 



"Personally appeared Alexander Landry and made oath to the 

 truth of the above statement before me. 



"[SEAL.] AARON PARSONS, 



"Notary Public." 



Mr. Phelps to Lord Iddesleigh. 



LEGATION or THE UNITED STATES, 



London, November 87, 1886. 



MY LORD: I have the honor 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 lord- 

 ship, 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 fisher- 

 men under the treaty of 1818. 



I have, etc., E. J. PHELPS. 



The Earl of Iddesleigh 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 ad- 

 dress 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 



