No. 14.
Earl Granville to Mr. Lowell.
Foreign
Office, September 2,
1881.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yous letter of the 1st instant, urging the release from prison, on the ground of ill-health, of Mr. Joseph B. Walsh, who was arrested at Castlebar, in the month of March last, under the protection of persons and property (Ireland) act, 1881.
In reply, I beg leave to state to you that I have lost no time in referring your letter to the proper department of Her Majesty’s Government, and that I shall not fail to communicate further with you upon this subject.
I am, &c.,
GRANVILLE.