342 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
{Inclosure 1 in No. 219.] 
Captain St. Clair to Rear-Admiral Heneage. 
‘¢CHAMPION,” AT ESQUIMALT, July 80, 1889. 
Sir: Lhave the honour to report, for your information, that during the forenoon 
of the 20th instant a deputation of owners of sealing-schooners came on board of this 
ship at Esquimalt to report that an English schooner had been captured in the Beh- 
ring’s Sea by a United States cruizer. 
A copy of their statement is attached. 
I informed them that I would submit their statement to you on my arrival at Port 
Simpson. 
I have, &c, 
(Signed) A. F. St. Carr. 
[Inclosure 2 in No. 219.] 
Statement made by Owners of Sealing-Schooners at Victoria, B. C. 
The Enelish schooner “Triumph,” Captain McLean, arrived at Victoria last evening 
(28th July) from Behring’s Seas, and reported that she was boarded in these seas on 
the 11th instant at 8 P.M. by the American steamer “Rush,” Lieutenant-Commander 
Shepherd, at longitude 170° west, and 70 miles off the shore. 
The Commander of the “Rush” searched the vessel and found no seals on board. 
He ordered her (the “‘Triumph”) out of the seas, and said if she was found there 
again She would be taken prisoner to Ounalaska. 
Lieutenant Shepherd, of the ‘‘ Rush,” also had informed Captain McLean that he 
had that day seized the English schooner ‘ Black Diamond,” and his instructions 
were to seize all vessels found in these seas. 
A prize crew had been put on board the ‘‘ Black Diamond,” and the vessel sent to 
Ounalaska. 
(Signed) JOHN GRANAM, 
Owner of Schooner ‘‘Sapphire.” 
WILLM. MIMSIL, 
Owner of Schooners “Viva,” “Pathfinder,” and “Mary Taylor.” 
H. SAUNDERS, 
Owner of Schooner “Ourel,” 
“CHAMPION,” AT ESQUIMALT, July 29, 1889. 
The Marquis of Salisbury to Mr. Edwardes. 
FOREIGN OFFICE, September 9, 1889. 
Str: I have to express to you my approval of your proceedings, as 
reported in your despatch of the 26th August last, with reference to 
the representations you were instructed to make to the United States 
Secretary of State in regard to the seizures of British vessels in the 
waters of Beliring’s Sea.- 
Lam, We. 
(Signed) SALISBURY. 
