112 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
{Inclosure 2 in No. 57.] 
The Marquis of Lansdowne to Sir H. Holland. 
TuE CITADEL, Quebec, August 27, 1887. 
Sir: With reference to my despatch of the 19th instant, in regard to the seizure of 
the sealers “Grace,” ‘ Dolphin,” and ‘‘W. P. Sayward” by the United States Revenue 
cutter “Richard Rush,” Ihave the honour to forward herewith copy of an approved 
Minute of the Privy Council of Canada, to which are appended copies of the following 
documents : 
1. A letter from H. Hamley, Collector of Customs at Victoria, British Columbia, to 
the Minister of Marine and Fisheries. 
2. The affidavit of Andrew Laing, mate of the seized schooner “ Sayward,” sworn 
to at Victoria on the 8th August, 1887. 
3. The information filed in the District Court of the United States for the District 
of Alaska against the master and mate of the ‘‘Sayward.” 
It is requested that these papers, copies of which were inclosed in my above- 
mentioned despatch, may be transmitted to the Foreign Office, in order that aremon- 
strance may be addressed to the United States Government against the unwarrant- 
able action of the Commander of the ‘‘Rush,” and a claim made for all damages 
arising from the seizure of the “Sayward,” and the detention of her officers and 
crew. 
I have, &c. 
(Signed) LANSDOWNE. 
{Inclosure 3 in No. 57.] 
Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council, approved by his Excellency 
the Governor-General in Council on August 23, 1857. 
On a Report, dated the 17th August, 1887, from the Minister of Marine and Fish- 
eries, submitting, with reference to the seizure by the United States steamer “‘ Rich- 
ard Rush” on the 9th July last, in the Behring’s Sea, of the British schooner “‘ W. 
P. Sayward,” of Victoria, the following papers: 
1. A letter from W. Hamley, Collector of Customs at Victoria, British Columbia, 
to the Minister of Marine and Fisheries; 
2. The affidavit of Andrew Laing, mate of the seized schooner, sworn to at Vic- 
toria on the 8th August, 1887; and 
3. The information filed in the District Court of the United States for the District 
of Alaska against the master and mate of the ‘“‘Sayward;” 
The Minister observes that, upon reference to the affidavit of the mate of 
94 the schooner ‘‘Sayward,” it appears that all the seals on board the vessel 
were taken in the Pacific Ocean, and before the vessel entered the Behring’s 
Sea, so that even the alleged claim on the part of the United States Government to 
jurisdiction in the Behring’s Sea is not available in the case now complained of; 
and would also call attention to the reply of the Commander of the United States 
steamer ‘‘ Richard Rush,” in which he states his orders were ‘‘to take everything 
he came across in the Behring’s Sea.” 
The Committee recommend that your Excellency be moved to forward copies of the 
annexed papers to the Right Honourable the Principal Secretary of State for the 
Colonies, for transmission to the Foreign Office, in order that a remonstrance may be 
made to the United States Government for so unwarrantable an act as that com- 
mitted by the Commander of the ‘‘ Richard Rush,” and a claim made for all damages 
arising out of the seizure of the schooner ‘‘ W. P. Sayward” in the open sea, and the 
detention of her officers and crew, and also that copies of the papers be sent to Her 
Majesty’s Minister at Washington. 
All which is respectfully submitted for your iixcellency’s approval. 
(Signed) JOHN J. MCGEE, 
Clerk, Privy Council. 
[Inclosure 4 in No. 57.] 
Mr. Hamley to the Hon. G. E. Foster. , 
CustoM-Houss, Victoria, August 9, 1887. 
Sir: On the 5th instant I sent you word by telegram that three more Canadian 
vessels had been seized in Behring’s Sea, and sent to Sitka, ‘‘Grace,” “ Dolphin,” 
and ‘““W.P. Sayward.” This news reached us by the steamer ‘‘ Olympian,” and, the 
