that Walsh's "character as a law-abiding and good citizen is vouched for by well known and respectable citizens of Pennsylvania." I have, &c., J. R. LOWELL. [Inclosure 3 in No. 220] Earl Granville to Mr. Hoppin. FOREIGN OFFICE, November 11, 1881. SIR: With reference to my letter to Mr. Lowell of the 2d of September last, I have now the honor to state to you that an order was issued on the 21st ultimo, by direction of the lord lieutenant of Ireland, for the discharge of Mr. Joseph B. Walsh, who has been imprisoned at Kilmainham under the protection of person and property (Ireland) act, 1881. A copy of this order is inclosed herewith, confidentially, for your information, from which you will perceive that it has been issued on the ground of the illhealth of the prisoner. I have, &c. No. 17. GRANVILLE. No. 285.] Mr. Blaine to Mr. Lowell. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, December 9, 1881. SIR: I inclose herewith, for your information, a copy of a letter to this Department from Mr. P. C. O'Connor, of Baltimore, Md., alleging that his brother, Mr. Dennis H. O'Connor, a naturalized American citizen, has without cause been arrested and imprisoned by the British authorities in Ireland, on suspicion of being in sympathy with the Irish National Land League. I will thank you to bring the subject to the attention of the foreign office, with the request that you may be informed as to the grounds upon which Mr. O'Connor was arrested and imprisoned. Upon being informed as to the facts of the case, I will thank you to take such action, in your discretion, as may seem to be called for by the circumstances. I also inclose herewith a copy of Mr. Dennis H. O'Connor's naturalization papers. I am, &c., JAMES G. BLAINE. [Inclosure 1 in No. 285.] Mr. O'Connor to Mr. Blaine. BALTIMORE, November 10, 1881. DEAR SIR: Inclosed find copy of certificate of naturalization of Dennis H. O'Connor, who has been lately arrested in Ireland under the coercion act, said D. H. O'Connor not having committed any outrage or crime whatever, but having been arrested on saspicion of being in sympathy with the organization known as the Irish National Land League, and committed to prison without trial, judge, or jury. In consequenc of ill health said D. H. O'Connor went to Ireland about four years ago and engaged in the general drapery business in Charleville, county Cork, under the firm name of O'Connor & Molony, and in Kilmallock, county Limerick, un ier the firm-naue of D. H. O'Connor & Co. H. Ex. 155—4 Should your excellency refuse to demand a trial or release for him the consequence of his incarceration may prove fatal, as his health is not good. He will also suffer financially, being the head of two business establishments, with all his means at present in the hands of strange clerks and salesmen. Should this government allow her citizens to be cast into British dungeons to satisfy English brutality and barbarity there is no honor nor advantage in being a citizen of this great republic. Inclosed also find a letter of introduction from his honor Mayor Whyte, of this city, which letter, in consequence of sickness in my family, I have not been able to present to your excellency in person. Most respectfully, yours, P. S.-Your honor will please send me a reply. P. C. O'CONNOR, 449 East Chase street, Baltimore, Md. [Inclosure 2 in No. 285.] STATE OF MARYLAND, City of Baltimore, to wit: P. C. O'C. Court of common pleas for Baltimore City. SEPTEMBER 21, 1872. Be it remembered that on the day of the date hereof personally appears in the clerk's office of the court of common pleas for Baltimore City Dennis H. O'Connor, a native of Ireland and at present residing in the city of Baltimore, and makes oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that it is bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state, and sovereignty whatever, and particularly all allegiance and fidelity to the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. J. FREEMAN RASIN, Clerk. In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said court of common pleas for Baltimore City this 9th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. J. FREEMAN RASIN, Clerk. [Inclosure 3 in No. 285.] STATE OF MARYLAND, City of Baltimore, to wit: At a criminal court of Baltimore, begun and held at the court-house in the city of Baltimore, in and for the city aforesaid, on the second Monday of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, for the trial of all felonies and other crimes, offenses, and misdemeanors committed in the said city. Present, the honorable Robert Gilmor, judge; Augustus Albert, esquire, sheriff; John S. Bullock, clerk. Among other were the following proceedings, to wit: Be it remembered that on the sixth day of September, in the year aforesaid, Dennis H. O'Connor, a native of Ireland, and at present residing in the State of Maryland, appeared in open court here and applied to be admitted to become a citizen of the United States. And it appearing to the satisfaction of the court here that the said Dennis H. O'Connor had declared on oath, taken in the court of common pleas for Baltimore City, on the twenty-first day of September, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventytwo, two years at least before his admission, that it was bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States. And it also appearing to the satisfaction of the court here, upon the testimony of John Barrett, jr., a citizen of the United States, that the said Dennis H. O'Connor hath continued to reside within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States five years at least, and one year at least immediately preceding this application, within the State of Maryland; that during the said term of five years he hath conducted himself as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same. And the said Dennis H. O'Connor having declared on oath, taken in open court here, that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state, and sovereignty whatever, and particularly all allegiance and fidelity to the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The court here thereupon admits the said Dennis H. O'Connor to become a citizen of the United States. WM. F. McKEWEN, Clerk. In testimony that the foregoing is a true copy taken from the record of proceedings of the court aforesaid, I subscribe my name and affix the seal of the said court to this certificate of naturalization, this tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. [SEAL.] JOHN S. BULLOCK, Clerk of the Criminal Court of Baltimore. No. 300.] No. 18. Mr. Lowell to Mr. Frelinghuysen. LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, London, January 30, 1882. (Received February 13.) SIR Referring to Mr. Blaine's instruction No. 285, of the 9th of December last, I have the honor to acquaint you that immediately after its receipt I addressed a letter to Lord Granville, stating the fact of Mr. Dennis H. O'Connor's naturalization as an American citizen, his arrest and imprisonment by the British authorities in Ireland, and the probable result to his health of his continued incarceration. I requested to be informed as to the grounds upon which he had been arrested and imprisoned. On the 30th of December, Sir J. Pauncefote, in the absence of Lord Granville, informed me that he had referred my inquiries to the proper department of Her Majesty's Government, and to-day I have received a further communication from his lordship stating the grounds of Mr. O'Connor's arrest, and that the lord lieutenant of Ireland would cause inquiry to be made with the view of considering whether the prisoner could now be discharged without danger to the peace of the district. I inclose a copy of my correspondence with Lord Granville on this subject. It is proper for me to add that this Dennis O'Connor is the same person about whom I wrote to the Department of State in dispatch No. 194, of the 4th of June last, to which I venture to call your particular attention. I have, &c., [Inclosure 1 in No. 300.J Mr. Lowell to Lord Granville. J. R. LOWELL. LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, MY LORD: I have received to-day from Mr. Blaine a dispatch stating that Mr. P. C. O'Connor, of Baltimore, Md., has informed the Department of State that his brother Mr. Dennis H. O'Connor, a naturalized American citizen, has, without cause, been arrested and imprisoned by the British authorities in Ireland on suspicion of being in sympathy with the Irish National Land League. Mr. Blaine incloses a copy of the certificate of the naturalization of Dennis H. O'Connor, and also a letter from P. C. O'Connor, above mentioned, by which it appears that the said Dennis went to Ireland about four years ago and engaged in general drapery business in Charleville, in the county of Cork, under the firm name of O'Connor & Molony, and in Kilmarnock, Limerick County, under the firm name of D. H. O'Connor & Co. It is further stated that his incarceration, if continued, may prove fatal, as his health is not good, and may also injure him financially, as he is at the head of the two business establishments with all his means at present in the hands of strange clerks and sales men. Under these circumstances, Mr. Blaine instructs me to bring this subject to the attention of your lordship, with the request that I may be informed as to the grounds upon which Mr. O'Connor was arrested and imprisoned. I have, &c., J. R. LOWELL. [Inclosure 2 in No. 300.] Sir Julian Pauncefote to Mr. Lowell, FOREIGN OFFICE, December 30, 1881. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23d instant, requesting, on behalf of your government, to be informed as to the grounds upon which Dennis H. O'Connor was arrested and imprisoned by the British anthorities in Ireland; and I have the honor to acquaint you, in reply, that I have referred your application to the proper department of Her Majesty's government. I have, &c., In the absence of Earl Granville, [Inclosure 3 in No. 300.] JULIAN PAUNCEFOTE. Lord Granville to Mr. Lowell. FOREIGN OFFICE, January 26, 1882. SIR: With reference to my letter of the 30th ultimo, I have the honor to acquaint you that Her Majesty's secretary of state for the home department has forwarded to me a copy of a communication which he has received from the lord lieutenant of Ireland, in which the latter states that Dennis Hayes O'Connor was arrested on the 22d of October last under his excellency's warrant, issued pursuant to the "protection of person and property (Ireland), act 1881," on the ground that he was reasonably suspected of inciting to intimidation against the payment of rent. His excellency proceeds to state that he has no reason to doubt the propriety of the arrest, but will, however, cause inquiry to be made with the view of considering whether the prisoner could now be discharged without danger to the peace of the district. I shall not fail to communicate to you anything further which I may hear upon the subject. I have, &c., No. 19. GRANVILLE. No. 313.] Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Lowell. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 31, 1882. SIR: It has been represented to this department that Mr. Michael Hart, a naturalized American citizen, was arrested without just cause on the 34 instant, in Ireland, under the coercion act, and imprisoned in Clonmel jail, county of Tipperary. I will thank you to lose no time making inquiries into all the circumstances attending the arrest of Mr. Hart, and to report the result of your investigations to this Department; meanwhile making such representations to the British Government as the facts may be found to justify; inclosing herewith for your further information the papers described below, I am, &c., FRED. T. FRELINGHUYSEN. [Inclosure in No. 313.] Mr. McCorry to Mr. Frelinghuysen.. CATHOLIC HERALD OFFICE, Lawrence, Mass., January 26, 1889. SIR: Inclosed here with find duplicate of naturalization papers of Michael Hart, lately a resident of No. 167 Essex street, Lawrence, Mass., and now a prisoner in Clonmel jail, county Tipperary, Ireland. I also inclose slip from Catholic Herald, dated January 28, 1882, (antedated), containing printed copies of letters from the prisoner and from his sister to relations here, by which you will see the manner and cause of his arrest. (No. 2.) Michael Hart came to this country at the age of sixteen years. On the first Monday of October, 1878, he was admitted a citizen of the United States, and thereafter had his name entered upon the "check-list," or registry of voters of this city, in confirmation of which I inclose certificate from the city clerk of Lawrence. (No. 3.) Michael Hart's citizenship is thus established beyond the possibility of a doubt. The fact of his imprisonment is also established, and that he is now and has been guiltless of any infringement or violation of British law can be established to your satisfaction. His arrest and imprisonment being thus wholly without cause, you are now called upon to demand his release. I am, &c., PETER MCCORRY, [Appendix 1 to Mr. McCorry's letter.j COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Essex, 88: Be it known, that at the superior court begun and held at Lawrence, within and for county of Essex aforesaid, on the first Monday of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, personally appeared Michael Hart, a free white person resident in Lawrence, in the county of Essex, and the Common wealth of Massachusetts, and having proved to the satisfaction of said court that he had complied with all the requisitions of the laws preparatory to his being naturalized, was admitted to become a citizen of the United States of America pursuant to the laws in such cases made and provided. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, at Salem, this twenty-fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. [SEAL.] Witnesses: JOHN LIVEHAN, JOHN LANE. ALFRED A. ABBOTT, Clerk. Of Lawrence. [Appendix 2 to Mr. McCorry's letter-Extract from the Catholic Herald.] ARREST OF A LAWRENCE MAN IN IRELAND.-A NATURALIZED AMERICAN CITIZEN IN A BRITISH PRISON. A young man named Michael Hart, formerly a resident of Lawrence, Mass., went to Ireland on a visit recently to see his people. While there he was visited by the |