No. 193.
Mr. Hoppin
to Mr. Evarts.
Legation of
the United States,
London, September 28, 1878.
(Received October 10.)
No. 17.]
Sir: I have the honor to inclose copies of further
correspondence upon the subject of the pardon of Edward O’M. Condon, since
my last dispatch, No. 13, in relation to this matter.
I have, &c.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 17. ]
Mr. Clifton to Mr.
Hoppin.
Government House, Portland, September 13,
1878.
Sir: His excellency the American minister, at
his recent visit to Portland, for the purpose of seeing the prisoner, E.
Shore, alias Condon, informed Captain Hume,
deputy governor in temporary charge, that he was prepared to advance £10
or £15 to Shore on his release, and that fact was duly communicated to
the prisoner.
A few days since, E. Shore applied to me to obtain this money for him,
and on the matter being referred to the directors of convict prisons, I
received instructions to apply for the same to his excellency, pointing
out, at the same time, that the sum of £7 will be provided by the Crown,
in addition to a suitable outfit for the voyage to America.
Under these circumstances I have ventured to address his excellency
through you, and shall feel obliged by an early reply.
I have the honor to be, &c.,
- GEORGE CLIFTON,
Governor.
- W. J. Hoppin, Esq., &c., &c., &c.
[Inclosure 2 in No. 17.]
Mr. Hoppin to Mr.
Clifton.
Legation of the United States,
London, September 16,
1878.
Sir: On my return on Saturday evening from
Liverpool, I found your note of the 13th, to which I could not
conveniently reply until this morning. I regret that you had not
addressed it to the legation (Members’ Buildings, Victoria street,
corner of Great Chapel street), as I had left instructions with Mr.
Nadal, the second secretary, to send the money for Condon, in case it
should be required. However, I presume it will still reach you in time
for his purpose. I accordingly inclose my check to your order on the
London Westminster Bank for fifteen pounds, which please send to Condon
on behalf of Mr. Welsh, and also kindly acknowledge the receipt of
this.
I have, &c.,
- W. J. HOPPIN,
Chargé d’Affaires ad
interim.
- George Clifton, Esq.,
Governor, Portland Prison, &c.,
&c., &c.
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[Inclosure 3 in No. 17]
Mr. Clifton to Mr.
Hoppin.
Government House, Portland, September 17,
1878.
Sir: I hasten with thanks to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of yesterday, forwarding me a check for £15, for
Edward Shore, alias Condon. I have had the same
cashed, and the money will he duly handed to him, and his receipt taken
for the same will finally [be] transmitted to you.
I have the honor to be, &c.,
- GEORGE CLIFTON,
Governor.
- W. J. Hoppin, Esq.,
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, &c.,
&c., &c., United States Legation.
P. S.—I informed Mr. Condon of the safe arrival of the money, and he
has requested me to convey his thanks through you to his excellency
the United States minister.—G. C.
[Inclosure 4 in No. 17.]
Lord Salisbury to
Mr. Hoppin.
Foreign
Office, September 26,
1878.
Sir: I referred to Her Majesty’s secretary of
state for the home department, your letter of the 7th instant, inclosing
copy of a communication addressed to you by the secretary of the
“Political Prisoners Visiting Committee,” relative to the convicts
Condon and Melody, and I have the honor to acquaint you that a reply has
been received stating that although the application of the committee
arrived too late to he acted upon, it was, at the same time, one that
could not in any case have been entertained by Mr. Cross.
It is added, however, that before leaving the prison the convicts were
carefully examined by the medical officer of the establishment, who
reported them to be in good health.
I have the honor to be, &c.,
- SALISBURY.
- W. J. Hoppin, Esq., &c., &c., &c.
