The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-05 00:00:00

(Signed)
Inclosure 3.
CONSUL MURRAY TO LORD LYONS.

H. J. MURRAY.

Portland, June 30, 1864.

Sir—l went over to Camp Berry yesterday afternoon ta
see Thomas Tulley, who had not called on me since his first
arrival, and he told me that Moran, who I understood had
been killed, Hogan and Higgias, had arrived at the camp
on the previous day, Tuesday. He brought them out to
me, and I had some conversation with them. Moran told
me that he had been separated from his regiment during
action, and was thus reported killed. Both Higgins and
Moran seemed in perfect health, but Hogan appeared deli-
cate. They all complained of their treatment during part
of their journey to Portland, having been placed in irons
and lodged in prison. I have requested them to make a
written statement of their cases, which I will forward to
your lordship. The provost-marshal here says he knows
nothing about it, and concludes they must have done some-
thing wrong to have received this treatment. _ _

Cassidy has not arrived from Boston, and Bryne I have
not seen here since his arrival from Cape Fry at Augusta,
on a 10 days' furlough, as reported to your lordship in my
despatch of the 23d inst.—l have, &c.,
H. J. MuitRAT.

Inclosure 4.
CONSUL MURRAY TO LORD LYONS.
Portland, July 1, 1864.

My Lord,—l have the honour to transmit herewith an
original letter which I received yesterday from T. Talley,
at Camp Berry, relating on their behalf, the treatment
alleged to have been received by the three Irishmen,
Michael Moran, James Higgins, and Martin Hogan, on
their journey from the army to Portland, where they were
ordered to come in pursuance of a special order, No 194,
Washington, June 2.
dated at the War Department,

This alleged treatment appears so strange and uncalled
for that I can only presume there must have been some
misunderstanding of their cases upon the part of the mili-
tary authorities who forwarded the men on, or that some
unacknowledged conduct on their part led to it,
The provost-marshal told me to-day that the men arrived
from Washington in care of a sergeant, who gave them
into his charge, but not as prisoners. The sergeant has
returned, and nothing had come to his (Captain Doug,hty'e)
knowledge of their alleged ill treatment or of their miscon-
duct to induce it.
The sergeant's name is believed to be Crook, and he
belongs to the Veteran Reserve Corps.—l have, &c.,
(Signed) H. J. Mtirtaker.
Inclosure 5.
THOMAS TULLEY TO CONSUL MURRAY:
Camp Berry, Portland, June 30, 1864.
Sir,—l beg most respecthilly to inform you that Michael
Moran (reported killed, but still alive), James Higgins.
and Martin Hogan arrived at this camp from the army on
the evening of the 28th instant, and I think it right for me
to make known to you the treatment they received on their
journey. On the receipt of the order from the Secretary..
at-War they were, on the 9th inst., sent from their regiment
to the provost marshal's headquarters, who read and kept
the order, and then ordered the men to be placed in the Bull
Ring, an open space in the fields, surrounded by armed
men, wherein are placed prisoners of all grades. On the
next day there was a number of armed men going to Wash--
ington, and the above-named sent a note to the provost
marshal explaining their position, and requesting to be for-
warded with them; but the captain of tile guard made answer
that they were not going to puff General Partrick with
notes. They were consequently transferred from cue Bull
Ring to another from the 9th to the 23d jest., when they
were well nigh starved, as they had at one time to march
three successive days without a mouthful of food, and con-
sequently were reduced to eating clover and green apples
to support nature. They retuonstrated with the authori-
ties, stating that they were not prisoners, but the
invariable answer was, that they could not be assisted
otherwise, as in fact there were in the Bull Ring men dying
of hunger, and brought-to in hospital afterwards. On an
inspection by the doctor, one of your clients being well
nigh dead of hunger, was seen by him, and after making
inquiries respecting him and the others, he was informed
they were not prisoners bat foreigners proceeding to Port-
land under British protection. The doctor then departed,
with apparent disgust, and gave no Desistance ; and from
the feeling of the meu, and their convereatiou of ouch uh-