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No. 742. (CANADA.)
LAW OFFICERS to FOREIGN OFFICE.
MY LORD,
We are honoured with your Lordship's commands, signified in Viscount Enfield's
Temple, January 20, 1872. letter of the 13th instant, stating that he was directed by your Lordship to transmit to us the accompanying papers in regard to the seizure of the United States vessel "E. A. Horton" by a Canadian cruizer for a breach of the fishery laws, her subse- quent rescue, and the issue of new papers to her by the United States authorities; and he was to request that we would take the papers into our consideration, and favour your Lordship with our opinion on the case, as represented by the Canadian authorities. In obedience to your Lordship's commands, we have taken the matter into consider- ation, and have the honour to
Report
That this case is, in our opinion, clearly distinguishable from a border raid, where American territory is made the direct base of an enterprise in violation of the laws of a neighbouring State, and the raiders withdraw with their plunder immediately into American territory. The schooner "Horton" appears to have escaped from the dock where she was in custody into the high seas, where she might have been pursued, and although she was subsequently carried into an American port, we are of opinion that the latter circumstance does not require that a representation should be made by Her Majesty's Government to the Government of the United States on the subject of her escape from Canadian territory.
The Earl Granville, K.G.
&c.
&c. &c.
We have, &c. (Signed)
J. D. COLERIDGE.
G. JESSEL.
T. TWISS.
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