Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-03-18
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
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MANCHESTER, ENG, March 1S.-The Manches-
ter Guardian, in its commercial; article this
morning, says: " Business is very dull and life
less The actual sales are on an exceedingly
small scale, and the current transactions are too
small to afford fair text of the course of prices.
Producers are apparently resolved to await
quietly revival Of demand, and there is no ap-
preciable pressure to SELL
The Emperor Williams Eighty.
third birthday.
BERLIN, March 1s-Prince Alexander, of Bull
garta, and his father, Prince Alexander OF
Hesse, the brother of the Empress of Russia, are
coming here to participate in the celebration of
the SD birthday of the Emperor William, on the
22d inst. There will also be present King AL
families Of Baden, Anhalt, Mecklenburg-
schwerin, Mecklenburg- -Strelitz, and numerous
other distinguished persons.
The New German Tariff.
The North German Gazette says" Under the
operation OF the new protective tariff, foreign
man markets"
Russian Anger Over the Hartmann
Affair.
LONDON. March 1S.-The Vienna correspon-
dent of the Times SayS-''There is so much dis
appointment and anger in Russia over the Hart
mann affair that 1t is likely to lead to the dis
placement of those diplomats who are RESPONSE
BILE for raising the issue between Russia and
France without being sure OF succeeding. When
Prince Orion, the Russian ambassador at Paris
arrives in st. Petersburg his friends will join
Prince Gortschakofs adversaries in an endeavor
10 throw the responsibility on Prince Gortscha.
kofi. The revelations made through the Hart
mann affair into the workings of the third sec
t1on police department) gave the coup de grace
to Gen. Drenteln and probably also to Gen.
Gourko, late commander OF the military district
OF st. Petersburg; and Prince Gortschakoff's ad-
VersarfeS are confident that the affair Will be
equally fatal to him.
NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERMEN.
A Fleet Of Sealers Caught in the Ice.
ST. JOHNS \. F.. March lS-Ihe fleet OF
exceptions, did not get far The Resolute, Arctic
and Aurora got clear during the morning, but
others were in sight OF the harbOr all day, un-
able 10 get through the packed ice. The Arctic
put on shore some forty towawayS. and the
Proteus sent on shore two boys who had
secreted themselves in barrel, and who
Throughout the bitterly cold night must have
Catalone state that the Merlin, Kite and MIN
rcd had gone out in due course, but were CON-
PEELED to return, the ice being too heavy for
them. The Bear and TIE Leon, from Trinity,
reached as far as Ragged Harbor, off which
they were tied up in the ice The locality is
dangerous and With an inShore wind
these vessels might easily get into trouble.
The Commodore Naignard and Mastiff, from
conception bay, got clear. Reports from the
western section OF New Foundland relative to
the fisheries are of a cheering nature. At Rose
Blanche and the channel the fish are in abund-
ance, and If the fishermen can get out they will
make some very good catches. The herring
fishing in Fortune bay has not been as good In
previous years, Notwithstanding the fact that
the fleet engaged in that business is smaller
than that OF the last two years. The coast
from st. Johns to the channel is at present
clear OF ice. and there is none in sight, strong
westerly winds having blown IL all well Off.