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country proving that the case is one of great hardship, and that a total 
disregard of international rights has been shown in the action of the 
authorities of the United States. 
I have, in consequence, sent you a telegram this day requesting you 
to report how this case now stands, 
I am, &e. 
(Signed) IDDESLEIGH. 
No. 17. 
Sir L. West to the Harl of Iddesleigh.—( Received by telegraph, Novem- 
ber 19.) 
WASHINGTON, November 19, 1886. 
My Lorp: Upon the receipt of your Lordship’s telegram of yester- 
day’s date I sought an interview with the Secretary of State, and asked 
him whether he had received the official Report of the proceedings of 
the Court at Sitka (Alaska) against the British vessels seized in Beh- 
ring’s Sea. Mr. Bayard replied in the negative, and said that he had 
been urging the Attorney-General in the matter since he last saw me. 
It would be, he continued, a complicated question of jurisdiction, for 
he had been told that many of the seal-skins found on board the British 
vessels were skins of seals which had not been shot, but clubbed, which 
proved that a landing had been effected. He said that he would reply 
to your Lordship’s despatch which I had communicated to him as soon 
as possible. 
I have, &e. 
(Signed) L. S. SACKVILLE WEST. 
No. 18. 
Foreign Office to Messrs. Lampson and Co. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, November 19, 1886. 
GENTLEMEN: I| ain directed by the Earl of Iddesleigh to acknowl- 
edge the receipt of your letter of the 12th instant, relative to the seizure 
of certain LGritish-owned seal-fishing vessels by the United States Reve- 
nue cutter ‘* Corwin,” in the waters of Alaska; and I am to inform you, 
in reply, that the question is now under the consideration of Her 
Majesty’s Government. 
lam, &e. 
(Signed) JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. 
27 Noosa: 
Sir L. West to the Harl of Iddesleigh.—( Received November 26.) 
WASHINGTON, November 14, 1886. 
My Lorp: With reference to my despatch of 21st ultimo, I have the 
honour to inclose to your Lordship herewith copy of a note which I 
have received from the Secretary of State, explaining and apologizing 
