1st Session. No. 155. AMERICAN CITIZENS IMPRISONED IN IRELAND. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN PARTIAL RESPONSE To a resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State on the subject of American citizens imprisoned in Ireland. APRIL 4, 1882.-Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed. To the House of Representatives: In partial response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st of January last on the subject of American citizens imprisoned in Ireland, I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State. EXECUTIVE MANSION, CHESTER A. ARTHUR. To the President: The Secretary of State, to whom was referred the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st of January last, requesting the President "to obtain a list of all American citizens, naturalized or native born, under arrest or imprisonment by authority of the British Government, with a statement of the cause or causes of such arrest and imprisonment, and especially such of said citizens as may have been thus arrested and imprisoned under the suspension of the habeas corpus in Ireland, and if not incompatible with the public interest, that he communicate such information when received to this House, together with all correspondence now on file in the Department of State relating to any existing arrest and imprisonment of citizens as aforesaid," has the honor to inform the President, in part response to this request of the House of Representatives, that for some time past active negotiations have heen carried on between the two governments. These negotiations have been conducted in a spirit of entire friendship, and it affords the Secretary of State pleasure to acquaint the President that on the 2d instant information was received by the Department of State that all the American citizens held as prisoners in Ireland had been released except three; and that since that date the further information has reached him that O'Connor, Hart, Walsh, Dalton, and White are not now in prison. The negotiations are still being conducted with a view to the release of the remaining prisoners, and the hope is entertained that a result will be reached satisfactory and honorable alike to both governments. Respectfully submitted. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FRED'K T. FRELINGHUYSEN. Washington, April 4, 1882. 1st Session. Part 2. AMERICAN CITIZENS IMPRISONED IN IRELAND. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN FURTHER RESPONSE TO A resolution of the House of Representatives, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State in relation to the arrest and imprisonment of American citizens in Ireland. APRIL 5, 1882.-Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed. To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st of January last, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. WASHINGTON, April 5, 1882. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, The Secretary of State, in further response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st of January last, requesting the President to obtain a list of all American citizens, naturalized or native-born, under arrest or imprisonment by authority of the British Government, with a statement of the cause or causes of such arrest and imprisonment, and especially such of said citizens as may have been arrested and imprisoned under the suspension of the habeas corpus in Ireland, and, if not incompatible with the public interest, that he communicate such information, when received, to this House, together with all correspondence now on file in the Department of State relating to any existing arrest and imprisonment of citizens as aforesaid," has the honor to transmit to the President the papers described in the accompanying list. The Secretary of State also has the honor to inform the President that negotiations are still in progress on this subject, and that it is not thought to be compatible with the public interest yet to make public all the telegrams which have passed between Washington and London. The Secretary of State confidently hopes that results will be reached satisfactory to both governments. Respectfully submitted. The PRESIDENT. FRED'K T. FRELINGHUYSEN. LIST OF PAPERS: 1.-The coercion act. 2.-Mr. Blaine to Mr. Lowell (No. 138), March 31, 1881. 3. Same to same (No. 166), May 26, 1881. 4. Same to same. Telegram, May 26, 1881. 5. Same to same (No. 167), May 27, 1881, with an accompaniment. 6.-Same to same (No. 168), May 27, 1881, with an accompaniment. 7. Same to same. Telegram, June 2, 1881. 8.-Same to same (No. 172), June 2, 1881, with accompaniments. 9. Mr. Lowell to Mr. Blaine (No. 193), June 4, 1881. 10. Same to same (No. 194), June 4, 1881. 11. Mr. Badeau to Mr. Hitt (No. 1158), June 17, 1881. 12.-Mr. Lowell to Mr. Blaine (No. 205), June 18, 1881. 13. Mr. Lowell to Mr. Blaine (No. 218), July 15, 1881, with accompaniments. 14. Mr. Brooks to Mr. Hitt (No. 40), July 30, 1881, with an accompaniment. 15.-Mr. Lowell to Mr. Blaine (No. 235), August 11, 1881, with accompaniments. 16.-Mr. Hoppin to Mr. Blaine (No. 220), November 14, 1881, with accompaniments. 17.-Mr. Blaine to Mr. Lowell (No. 285), December 9, 1881, with accompaniments. 18.-Mr. Lowell to Mr. Frelinghuysen (No. 300), January 30, 1882, with accompani ments. 19. Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Lowell (No. 313), January 31, 1882, with an accompaniment. 20.—Mr. Lowell to Mr. Frelinghuysen (No. 305), February 4, 1882, with an accompaniment. 21.-Mr. Davis to Mr. Lowell (No. 316), February 10, 1882, with accompaniments. 22. Same to same (No. 317), February 10, 1882, with an accompaniment. 23.-Mr. Lowell to Mr. Frelinghuysen (No. 322), February 24, 18-2. 24. Same to same (No. 331), March 14, 1882, with accompaniments. 25.-Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Lowell (No. 333), March 17, 1882, with an accompani ment. 26,-Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Lowell. Telegram, March 3, 1882. Telegram, March 31, 1882. A. D. 1881. No. 1. THE COERCION ACT. CHAPTER 4.-An act for the better protection of person and property in Ireland. [2d March, 1881.] Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, and by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Power of lord lieuten- 1. (1.) Any person who is declared by warrant of the ant to arrest and detain. lord lieutenant to be reasonably suspected of having at any time since the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, been guilty as principal or accessory of high treason, treason-felony, or treasonable practices, wherever committed, or of any crime punishable by law, committed at any time since the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, in a prescribed district, being an act of violence or intimidation, or the inciting to an act of violence or intimidation, and tending to interfere with or disturb the maintenance of law and order, may be arrested in any part of Ireland and legally detained, during the continuance of this act, in such prison in Ireland as may from time to time be directed by the lord lieutenant, without bail or mainprize; and shall not be discharged or tried by any court without the direction of the lord lieutenant; and every such warrant shall, for the purposes of this act, be conclusive evidence of all matters therein contained, and of the jurisdiction to issue and execute such warrant, and of the legality of the arrest and detention of the person mentioned in such warrant. (2.) Every warrant whereby any person is declared to be reasonably suspected of any crime other than high treason, treason-felony, or treasonable practices, shall state the character of such crime. A copy of the warrant of arrest shall be given to each person arrested under this act on the occasion of his arrest. (3.) Any person detained in pursuance of a warrant under this act shall be treated as a person accused of crime and not as a convicted prisoner, subject to the special rules for the time being in force with respect to prisoners awaiting trial: Provided that the lord lieutenant may from time to time, if he shall think fit, make regulations modifying such special rules so far as they relate to persons detained under this act. Any regulations made by the lord lieutenant under this provision shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament within fourteen days after the making of the same, if Parliament be then sitting, and if not, then within fourteen days after the next meeting of Parliament, and when Parliament is not sitting such regulations shall, within fourteen days, be published in the Dublin Gazette. (4.) A list of all persons for the time being detained in prison under this act, with a statement opposite each person's name of the prison in which he is detained for the time being, and of the ground stated for his arrest in the warrant under which he is detained, shall be laid before each House of Parliament within the first seven days of every month during which Parliament is sitting, and when Parliament is not sitting such list shall be published in the Dublin Gazette within the first seven days of every month. (5.) On the expiration of a period of three months after the arrest of each person detained under this act, and so from time to time on the expiration of each succeeding period of three months while such person is detained, the lord lieutenant shall consider the case of such person and decide thereon; and the decision of the lord lieutenant in that behalf shall be certified under his hand, or the hand of the chief secretary to the lord lieutenant, to each clerk of the Crown, by whom a copy of the warrant under which such person shall be detained shall be filed in his public office, under this act, and each such clerk of the Crown shall record such decision by indorsement on the copy of the warrant so filed in his office. (6.) No person discharged from detention under this act shall be so discharged at a greater distance than five miles from the place whereat he was first arrested under this act, unless he shall himself prefer to |