888 COBEESPONDENCB, ETC, 



now transmit to you herewith, for your further information, a copy 

 of the letter of Mr. Solomon Jacobs, of the 12th ultimo, in which 

 the matter was brought to the attention of the Department. 

 I am, etc.. 



T. F. BAYARD. 



Mr. Bayard to Sir L. S. Sackmlle West. 



DEPARTMENT or STATE, 

 Washington, December 11, 1886. 



SIR : I have the honor to acknowledge your note of the 7th instant, 

 with which you communicate, by the direction of the Earl of Iddes- 

 leigh, a copy of the report of a committee of the privy council of 

 Canada, approved October 26 last, wherein the regret of the Cana- 

 dian Government is expressed for the action of Captain Quigley, 

 of the Canadian Government cruiser Terror, in lowering the flag of 

 the United States fishing schooner Marion Grimes whilst under de- 

 tention by the customs authorities, in the harbor of Shelburne, Nova 

 Scotia, on October 11 last. 



Before receiving this communication I had instructed the United 

 States minister at London to make representation of this regrettable 

 occurrence to Her Majesty's minister for foreign affairs, and desire 

 now to express my satisfaction at the voluntary action of the Cana- 

 dian authorities, which, it seems, was taken in October last, but of 

 which I had no intimation until your note of the 7th instant was 

 received. 



I have, etc., T. F. BAYARD. 



Mr. Bayard to Mr. Phelps. 



No. 471.] DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 



Washington, December 13, 1886. 



SIR: On the 8th instant I received from the British minister at 

 this capital a communication dated the 7th of this month, accom- 

 panied by a copy of the minutes of the honorable privy council of 

 Canada, in relation to the action of Captain Quigley, of the Canadian 

 cutter Terror, in lowering the flag of the United States fishing 

 schooner Marion Grimes whilst under detention by the customs 

 authorities in Shelburne Harbor, on the llth of October last. 



As this occurrence had been made the subject of an instruction to 

 you by me, on the 6th ultimo, whereby you were requested to bring the 

 incident to the attention of Her Majesty's Government, I hasten to 

 inform you of the voluntary action of the Canadian Government and 

 of their expression of regret for the action, of the officer referred to. 



The copy of the correspondence and proceedings of the Canadian 



authorities discloses the dates of their action in the premises, of 



which, however, my earliest information was on the 8th instant, in 



the note of Sir Lionel West, a copy of which is herewith sent to you. 



I am, etc., 



T. F. BAYARD. 



