Mr. Uhl to Sir Julian Pauncefote.
Washington, October 22, 1895.
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 21st instant, in regard to the trial of the seized British sealing schooners Shelby and Marvin, and to apprise you of the receipt of a letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury of the 21st instant, wherein it is stated, with reference to your note of the 17th, that the commanding officer of the revenue steamer Corwin had been directed to proceed, with his command, to Victoria, British Columbia, and report to Rear-Admiral Stephenson or the senior naval officer at that station, for the purpose of giving testimony.
I have, however, given the Secretary of the Treasury a copy of your note of the 21st instant, to the end that the necessary steps may be taken to secure the attendance at once of the persons able to give testimony in the case of the Marvin.
Asking that I may be advised of the date fixed for the trial of the Beatrice, for a like communication to the Secretary of the Treasury
I have, etc.,