at2 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
The Clerk’s attention was called to this case by the visit of local Counsel yester- 
day, to learn the expense of printing the record in the case, There is included in 
the record a brief for claimants, which discusses the pretensions of Russia in Beh- 
ring’s Sea. The schooner’s cargo consisted of 1,679 skins, ana the schooner and her 
cargo were appraised at 12,673.25 dollars. 
The schooner is described as of San Francisco; appears to be registered in the 
United States; and there is a certificate of deposit of some of her papers with the 
United States Consul at Victoria, British Columbia. The capture was made 17 miles 
from Cape Cheerful in 54° 12’ north, 166° 50’ west. The vessel was captured on the 
2nd September, 1887, with forty-two unskinned seals on deck. 
(Signed) C. CARLISLE, 
WASHINGTON, October 1, 1589. 
No. 240. 
Myr. Edwardes to the Marquis of Salisbury.—(Received October 28.) 
WASHINGTON, October 15, 1889. 
My Lonrp: [ had the honour to receive your Lordship’s telegram of 
the 14th instant, in which, with reference to my despatch of the 12th 
instant, you informed me that the unofficial assurance given to Her 
Majesty’s Government by Mr. Bayard that no further seizure of British 
vessels in Behring’s Sea should take place pending the discussion of 
the points at issue between Her Majesty’s Government and that of the 
United States, which was referred to in your Lordship’s despatch of 
the 2nd October, was the assurance which was given unofficially by the 
United States Minister in London and also by Mr. Bayard to Sir L. 
West in the month of April last year. 
With the view of removing any misconception on the part of Mr. 
Blaine owing to the reply I had given to his inquiry when reading your 
Lordship’s above-mentioned despatch to him, that I believed the assur- 
ance referred to was given by Mr. Bayard in a letter addressed to Sir 
L. West, and that the letter would be found in the printed correspond. 
ence on the subject which was laid before Congress this year, I wrote 
to Mr. Blaine a letter, a copy of which I have the honour to inclose, in 
accordance with the information with which your Lordship did me tie 
honour to furnish me in your telegram above referred to. 
I have, We. 
(Signed) H. G. EDWARDES. 
{Inclosure in No. 240.) 
Mr. Edwardes to Mr. Blaine. 
WASHINGTON, October 14, 1889. 
My Drar Mr. Bratne: When I had the honour to read to you on Saturday, the 12th 
instant, two despatches addressed to me by the Marquis of Salisbury on the subject 
of the seizures of British sealers in Behring’ s Sea, you inquired of me, when I reached 
the passage which runs as follows: ‘‘ Mr. Bayard did, indeed, conmunicate to us, 
unottcially, an assurance that no further seizures ‘of this character should take 
338 place pending the discussion of the questions involved between the two Goy- 
ernments,” if I could tell you in what way this assurance was unofficially com- 
municated to her Majesty’s Government. 
I replied that I believed it had been so communicated in a letter addressed by Mr. 
Bayard to Sir L. West, and that that letter would be found in the printed ¢orre- 
spondence on the subject Jaid before Congress this year. 
