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ests of citizens of the United States are concerned, with a view to a 

 better understanding of the questions involved, and the adjustment 

 of points of difference betweeen the two governments, if practicable. 

 I have, &c., 



WM. M. EVARTS. 



Mr. Welsh to Mr. Evarts. 



No. 347.] LEGATION or THE UNITED STATES, 



London, August 13, 1879. 



(Received August 28.) 



SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your most 

 important dispatch No. 347 of the 1st instant, containing the state- 

 ment of the claims of the owners of twenty-two fishing vessels for loss 

 and damage arising from the conduct of certain inhabitants of New- 

 foundland, at Fortune Bay, in January, 1878. 



As this instruction did not arrive until yesterday, and as I am to 

 present my letter of recall to Her Majesty to-morrow, I have no time 

 to embody its statements and arguments in a separate note to Lord 

 Salisbury. I think, besides, that it is so full, clear, and convincing in 

 its present shape that I should weaken its force by changing its form. 



I have taken the liberty, therefore, to send a copy of it to-day to 

 Lord Salisbury with a note, of which I inclose a transcript. 



As the details of the losses contained in the printed pamphlet which 

 accompanied your instruction appeared to me to be important, and as 

 there was not sufficient time to copy them, I have sent the appendix to 

 the pamphlet, and also the original account of the owners of the New 

 England and Ontario, to his lordship for his information, with a 

 request that he should return them to this legation at his entire con- 

 venience. I think it desirable that additional copies of these papers 

 should be furnished to us by the Department of State. 



I have to add that I have also this day sent to Lord Salisbury the 

 statement of a claim for damages on behalf of the owners of the 

 schooner Mist, agreeably to your instruction, No. 346, of the 1st 

 instant. 



I have, &c. JOHN WELSH. 



[Inclosure.] 



Mr. Welsh to the Marquis of Salisbury. 



LEGATION or THE UNITED STATES, 



London, Auyust 13, 1879. 



MY LORD: I have just received a very important dispatch from 

 Mr. Evarts, stating the claims for damages, amounting to $105,305.02, 

 sustained by certain citizens of the United States, owners of twenty- 

 two vessels, in Fortune Bay, Newfoundland, in the month of January, 

 1878, which claims have already formed the subjects of a previous 

 correspondence with your lordship. 



As the argument for the payment of these by Her Majesty's Gov- 

 ernment is presented by Mr. Evarts in a very full, clear, and forcible 

 manner, I have thought it proper to submit this instruction to me in 

 its original form to your lordship, asking for it an early and favor- 

 able consideration. 



I have, &c., JOHN WELSH. 



