No. 328.
Mr. Lowell
to Mr. Blaine.
London, June 18, 1881. (Received June 30.)
Sir: Referring to your instruction No. 168, of the 27th ultimo, I have the honor to say that I have not yet received from Mr. Consul Barrows any information with regard to the citizenship of Mr. D’Alton.
On reception of your instruction No. 166, of the 26th ultimo, laying down the general course of action which I am to pursue with regard to American citizens arrested in Ireland under the coercion act, I thought it proper, without waiting for special directions from you with regard to the case of Mr. Walsh, to address a note to Lord Granville, requesting a copy of the warrant under which the arrest was made, asking to be informed of the particulars of the charge against him, and calling attention to the fact that Mr. Walsh had already suffered three months’ imprisonment. I have not yet received an answer to that letter. I am glad to see that by this action I anticipated the instructions contained in your No. 172, of the 2d instant, regarding Mr. Walsh’s case.
I have, &c.,