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Mr. Thomson. — If Mr. Kostor seriously tliiiiks timt F am wrona; in snyinp tlint thi« 

 man ivriiscd to |iay (lie lii;lit money, I will do so. Tlu* officiT disfinrtly cainc (o collecf, 

 the iiu'ht money, and this man pnt llic ollicc;- ovi'iijoin'd, and into liis hout. I will 

 cuiitiniii' tin: ((uotiition : " I It; was bound to take mc«, because I had landed a poor girl." 



"<| Wiis Ihi-i ..»ii| niMlniliiiiiil ' A. Yes, T siip|iCHi'il llifV I'nlln! In'i- -o iit iniv nilf. I iln imt. 

 ktinw lliiil sliii is iinw ill town, lint she licciiiiic liiwyiT I'lliincliiiid's wilf iiln'rwiinlM, I imiclv inr.k licrull 

 liiiiuil in a pa.sNHiij,'ci', iiikI IiiihIi'iI ]w\: Al'Unwiiids I was lii'nl ill iitiil diiwcd liy lliit:i^ ciallcr.s. 



" y. For imltin),' iIiih uilkvt civurbdurd ^— A. Nn, I ibd iinl [ml, liiin (ivurboaid, Imt I |iiii iiiin ialo 

 UIh bnat, 



"(,). Ill lawyrr's [ilinisi', did ynii j,'ciitly liiy liiinds oii liitii ?— A. F fnil liini in liis tidiit, in llin 

 shortest w.iv. Ill' slii|i|ici| lift' Mild siiid it wmild liikr ii nirii In liiindlo him, but I tiiiidc iiji my iiiiiid 

 tliiit III' sliiiiild iii.t sioji, tliniiu'li F did imt wiiiil tn tii,dit, still I wns (|iiiti' uMi' In tiikc my nwii |iiirf. [ 

 tiilkid with liiiii ;iiii| lull! him tliiil I hud iiii'iidy liiiiddd ii jiodr jfiil with her rtli rts, ii trunk and a Imiid- 

 liiix. ill ., Iiiit this wmild lint dn him ; whioi he liiiiiii' mi linard licaHkiicl : ' Who is master (if this vessid I ' 

 Says I, ■ I iiiii li"i- iai'k uf a hcllci.' Says he, ' I seize tliis vessel,' iilld with red i halk ii<' put the Kin^j'iH 

 hinud I! nu till! iiiaiiiiiiasl. He waiilecl llie jih haideii dnuii in mclcr In have tlie Imal taken nii Imaiil. 

 We had lint eiiliie In an ailehnr, lull I tnld him thai lie wnilld liMVe tn wait a while, l-'ilially lie eaiilt! 

 dnwii heliiw mill I tnnl, the |ia|iers mil nf ii canister, and heiiij; a little exeited nl' enurse, in haiiliiiL' nfV 

 the envcr, ii reeei]it Inr buhl dues, whieli I hud | mid that yiiur, (lrn])))ed nn the tnreea.-ille tlnnr. lie 

 pieked it u|i and said he wmild ),'ivu me a receipt mi llie hiuk nf it, .Says I, ' Wlin me ynii T ila 

 answered, • I am .Mr. liiLtelnw, the l,if,'hl Cnlleetnr.' ' Widl,' .says I, 'where lire yniir dneunients i' Says 

 he, ' I hiive lelt them iishnre.' 'Tiien,' says I, ' ;,'n ushnii', you vii).'iibniid, you havu no busiiie.sH lii're." 

 Says he, ' Won't ymi pay me?' ' Nnl a red cent,' says I; ' nul. with you.' Jle cried nut, ' i'lil. llui 

 helm dnwii.' Says I, ' I'lit the helm up ;' hut he eiiiiie jnetty near shoving us ashore, a.s we were within 

 III lathnms nl' the rneks. Says hu, ' Whn are you:'' 1 said, 'I itm Mr. I'utlilo.' Siiys he, ' Vou 



vat.'uli I, r know the I'alliln-.' ■ Well,' says I, ' iiieii ymi iiinsi kiinw me, Inr there are nidy two of us.' 



Says he, ' I \\ ill lake ynu iiiiyiinw ; I will have a cutler fimn IVvj Canso. There will lie ii mmi-nf-war 

 there; iind if tiiiie is not ii iiiuii-nf-war," there «ill he a eiiltev, and if there is imt a euttei, I will raiso 

 the militia, fur I am bniiiid tn lake you.' I asked him if he meant to do nil that, and he said he was Ju>t 

 the man lo do it. 1 .sci/cd hiin In put him hark into his boat, and be siripjied oil' and tnld me that it 

 Innk a man In handle liiiii ; wilii that I made a luiiu'e at him. and juni]>e(i ten teel. If he had not 

 avnidecl nie, I wmild lia\e liikeii his head nif his bnily, 1 then seiziid him and chucked him into his 

 linut. 'I'lieii tliivc cult, rs canii- dnwn and chiLsed iiic!." 



Now, tiiere is the whole story. It is perfectly ridiculous to suppose that the officer 

 when he went down to ccdiect the money, went down to seize the vessel. 



Mr. I'ostrr. — The whole of that recital is something which you introducod in your 

 cross-e.vimiiiiati(ai. 



Mr. Tito 1)1. "(I II. — 1 certaiidy introduced it in my cross-examination. There can be no 

 doubt about that at all. There were a good many disaijrceable things which I introduced 

 into my eioss-cxainiuation of .American witnesses; 1 was probably here for that i)urpose. 

 It was hard to jret at all that this gentleman had doiie ; but I wanted to discover it, and 

 there is the story as told by himself^. Taking his story, according to bis own account it is 

 this : He and the oflieer went down into the cabin, and the otficer supposed that he was 

 going to pay the iij.dit dues, This mm opened a canister, and a former receipt l()r light 

 dues fell out. The oHiccr was sroing to give him a receipt on this paper, when Fattilu 

 askiMJ, "Where is your auliiority !" folimved witii "Get out you vagabond," when be 

 found that tiie oHieer had not bis pajiers vitii him. In reference to Mr. Dana's uncidled- 

 for remarks retlecting upon the ollicers oi eruizers, which from time to time have been 

 engaged in pioteiting our tislieries against the trespasses of American tisbermcn, I deem 

 it my tluty to make a few observations. To the instructions issued in April liSfili l)y 

 .Mr. Cardwell, .Secretary of Stiite for the Colonies, to the Lords of the Admiralty, I have 

 already bad tlie lionour to call tlu- attention ol'tbis Commission. 



'I'lie >pivit of I'orbearanee and courtesy in which they were wiitten speaks for itself. 

 No unprejudieed mind can fail to appreciate it. Tlie instructions issued by tiie Dominion 

 Government for the guidance ot its own eruizers are nearly similar in lorni. and wholly 

 similar in ,s])irit to those issued by the mother country. And here I would remark that 

 tlie Imperial (iovernment does not appear to have entertained for Dominion Commissions 

 the same contemptumis opinion which, unfortunately for us, has taken possession of 

 Mr. Dana's mind. ' 



You will see that each of the Imperial otlicers is advised to obtain, if possible, 

 Commissions from the Dominion Ciovernment. 



Mr. Card well says, " .\ny otlicor who is permanently charged with the protection of 

 the fisheries in tlie waters of any of these Colonies may find find it useful to obtain such a 

 Commission." 



Now, you will see that, under tlicsc instructions, no posvor of immediate seizure was 

 given, although such power to seize existed under the Convention of 1818, and under a 

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