Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-09-02
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.


LONDON, Sept. 2-The Financier this morn
Ing says In addition to the gold withdrawn
from the Bank OF England, yesterday, (e5O. .Ooo),
the amount received fron the east, about
e169,O ,OOO), was disposed OF as anticipated for
shipment to- New York."
business Failures i'm ENGLAND.
Field Sons, warehousemen and manufac-
tureIS OF straw and Leghorn hats and bOnnets,
ETC., OF Nos 113, ia and us, Fore street, Lon
don &c, have failed. Their liabilities are be-
neved to be large. John MacKfntore, OF Corn
hill. &c. London. whose checks were returned
on Friday night, and who was declared a de-
faulter on the stock exchange yesterday, has
failed. His liabilities are eli 600. His failure
Is due to the fact that for long period his
In Erie shares, but on reaction they failed to
pay.
[The liabilities of Field & Sons, warehouse
meD and hat manufacturers, whose failure was
previously announced, are f3a,000l
Poor Crops i'm Italy.
ROME, Sept. 2.-Reports 2. received by the min
fStry OF agriculture confirm the bad accounts
concern concerning the crops: The yield OF maize iu
years, while In several others 1t is considerably
below the average; The wheat crop is also
generally unfayorable the production being
equal only to third OF that OF 1878.
Wages I'm England.
LONDON. Sept. 2.-The principal coal masters
OF Lanarksh1re issued circulars yesterday, ad-
vancing the price OF coal one shilling per ton
shilling per day. The workmen at Bolekow.
vaughan and CoS2reat iron and steel works near
MiddlebOrough, on Tees, have submitted to a
reouction OF from to 10 per cent. on their
wages.
The Times on the Fisheries CUES.
The Times, reviewing the fisheries question,
says: The opinion expressed In the United
StateS, Cnat the whole question should be set
tied between the State department and the for
elgn ofhce, without the North American colo
nies having any voice In the matter,
Of the British empire, which accords
to its self-governlng colonies freedom
OF action, which Is limited by imperial consid.
able heritage OF Canada and Newfoundland.
and these countries must say whether and on
what terms participation In them should be
Surprising that the United states which S owe I'VE
their existence as nation to the assertion OF
the very principle that q colony must have q
voice IN any negotiation, which affect it's in-
ciple when asserted on behalf OF Canada. The
intrinsic value OF the property destroyed on the
occasion OF the Fortune bay fracas is q mere
sum Is the American estimate of some two
or three boats being prevented from
making single catch Of fish, It looks as Il the
washington were ef greater ~ value snan the Os
people OF the United States have been hitherto
willing to allow. 1t is satisfactory to ind that
tne government at Washington repudiates all
Halifax award on the grounds OF subsequent
III treatment OF fishermen. Were the Fortune
Bay claim the only surviving difficulty in con-
nect1on with the fisheries question 1t would
serve TO show by its insignfncance the dinnen-
sions to which formidable International mat
ter had been reduced. Unfortunately the whole
question will soon come up again. Any further
arrangement on the Halifax plan, unless pre-
ceded by final and conclusive settlement of
the head lands dispute and the rights OF Ameri.
can nsh1pg vessels In British North American
ports, would be unsatisfactory. Seeing that the
nSber1es question Is as old as the war OF 1Slaa
tween the two countries, surely it calls for dip
lomattc action to settle ii Immediately and for
ever" (NoTE.-The foregoing probably en-
bodies the Official view OF the question.