Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 4, 1882

No. 27.
Earl Granville to Mr. Lowell.

Foreign Office, March 6, 1882.

Sir: I have the honor to state to you that I have lost no time in communicating to the proper department of Her Majesty’s Government the letter you have addressed to me this day, communicating a telegram you have received from your government relative to the cases of citizens of the United States who have been arrested under the protection of person and property (Ireland) act 1881.

In reply, I beg leave to assure you that this matter will receive the immediate attention of Her Majesty’s Government.

I have, &c.,

GRANVILLE.