No. 48.
Earl Granville to Mr. Lowell.
Foreign
Office, April 17,
1882.
Sir: I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 14th instant, calling my attention to the cases of Messrs. William Brophy and John Leonard Gannon, and other citizens of the United States of America, who are imprisoned in Ireland under the protection of person and property (Ireland) act, 1881.
In reply, I beg leave to state to you that I have caused your present application on behalf of these persons to be communicated to the proper department of Her Majesty’s Government.
I have, &c.,
GRANVILLE.