No. 233.
Sir L. West to Mr. Bayard.

Sir: With reference to your notes of the 19th and 20th ultimo, I have the honor to inform you that I am requested by the Earl of Iddesleigh to state to you that the Dominion Government have been asked [Page 428] to furnish immediate reports upon the action of their authorities in the cases of the American fishing vessels Everett Steele and Pearl Nelson.

I have, &c.,

L. S. SACKVILLE WEST.