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attitude in the conflict, 199, 301; on British sympathy for the South, 301

_Reader_, The, cited, ii. 222, _and note_[2] Reform Bill of 1832 ... i. 26, 28; ii. 276; of 1867 ... 303, 304 Republican Party, The, i. 114, 115 Rhett, cited, ii. 4 _and note_[3], 88 Rhodes, _United States_, cited or quoted, i. 110 _note_[4], 138, 217 _note_[2], 231 _note_[2]; ii. 16 _note_[2], 57 _note_[2], 147 _note_[1], 285 _note_[1] _et passim_. Richardson, _Messages and Papers of the Confederacy_, cited or quoted, i. 261 _note_, 266 _note_[1]; ii. 57 _note_[2], 69 _note_[5], 155 _note_[6], _et passim_. Richmond, Va., Southern Government head-quarters at, i. 81; capture of, by Grant, ii. 248 _Richmond Enquirer_, The, quoted on attitude of France to the Confederacy, ii. 180 _Richmond Whig_, The, cited, ii. 68 Right of Search controversy, i. 6-10 _passim_, 16; recrudescence of, in _Trent_ affair, 218, 219, 233, 235 Robinson, Chas. D., Lincoln's draft letter to, ii. 93 _note_[4] Roebuck, speech of, on recognition, ii. 34 _note_[1]; motion of, for recognition of the Confederacy, 74 _note_[1], 144, 152, 164 _et seq._; 296 _note_[1]; W.H. Russell's views on, 166; Lord Russell's opinion on, 166; interview of, with Napoleon, 167; Parliamentary debate on, 170-2, 176-8; withdrawal of motion, 175, 176-7; subsequent attitude of, to America, 177 _note_[1], 299-300; opinion on the failure of democracy in America, 299-300; _Punch_ cartoon on, 170 _note_[1]; otherwise mentioned, i. 306 Rogers, Prof. Thorold, ii. 224 _note_[3] Rosencrans, defeat of, at Chicamauga, ii. 184 Rost, Southern Commissioner to London, i. 63, 82, 85, 86, 264 Rouher, M., French Minister of Commerce, i. 293, 294 Roylance, ii. 110 Rubery, Alfred: Lincoln's pardon of, ii. 225 _and note_[1] Russell, Lord John, i. 42, 76, 77, 78-9, 81; attitude of, in the early days of the American struggle, 42, 51, 53, 57, 60, 73-4, 79, 84; views on the secession, 52-3; views and action in anticipation of war, 57-8; instruction on possible jingo policy toward England, 60-1; recommends conciliation, i. 67, 74; refusal to make a pledge as to British policy, 67, 74, 86, 87, 101, 108, 125; promise of delay to Dallas, 67, 84, 85, 107, 108; plan of joint action with France, 84, 85; advises Parliament to keep out of the Civil War, 90 _and note_[3]; uncertainty as to American intention, 201-2; ii. 237; interview with Spence, i. 266; "three months" statement, 272 _and note_[1]; ii. 22; effect of Stonewall Jackson's exploits on, ii. 38; effect of Gladstone's Newcastle speech on, 49; idea of withdrawal of belligerent rights to the North, 182, 183; on relations with United States and Seward, 183-4; attitude to Seward's plan of collecting import duties at Southern ports, 198; views on the conflict: belief in ultimate Southern independence, 198-9, 212, 271; and the Danish question, 203; action in withdrawing neutrality proclamation, and belligerent rights, 266-7, 268, 269; attitude to piracy proclamation, 267-8, and the Reform Bill, 276, 302, 303; quoted on the degeneration of the American Republic, 285; succeeds to Premiership, 302

_Diplomatic action and views of, in regard to_: _Alabama_, the, ii. 120, 121, 124; interview with Adams on, 128, 131; private feelings on 121, 124, 130 Belligerent rights to the South, i. 86, 87, _and note_[3]; reply to Houghton on, ii. 265-6, 267 Blockade, the: views on, i. 58, 91, 246, 252-3; instructions to Lyons on, 58, 244, 248, 263, 267, 271, 272; instructions to Bunch, 253 _note_[2]; view on notification at the port method, 246; on British Trade under, 252, 253; aim in presenting Parliamentary Papers on, 252, 267; on irritation caused by, ii. 225-6 Southern Ports Bill, protests against, i. 247-51; instructions to Lyons on, 248, 249 Stone Boat Fleet, i. 254-5, 256 Bunch controversy, i. 186, 187, 190-5; letter of caution to Lyons on possible rupture, 190; anxiety in, 190, 191 Butler's, General, order to troops: advice to Palmerston on, i. 303-4; reply to Adams, 304

Confederate Commissioners: attitude to, i. 67, 68; interviews with, i. 85-6, 158; declines official communication with, 214 _and note_[4], 265-6; reception of Mason, 235, 265-6, 267, 268; suggestion to Thouvenel on reception of Slidell, 235; reply to Mason's notification of his recall, ii. 181; reply to Confederate "Manifesto," 241-2 Confederate Shipbuilding: reply to Adams' protests, ii. 118, 120-1, 127; advice to Palmerston on, 131; orders detention of contractors, 135; seizure of _Alexandra_, 136; stoppage of, 197; result of _Alexandra_ trial, 197. _See also sub-headings_ Alabama, Laird Rams Confederates: negotiations with, i. 161, 163, 166, 168 _note_[4], 170, 184; attitude to Thouvenel's initiation of negotiations with, 189; explanation to Adams of British attitude to, 190 Cotton supply: attitude to French proposals on, i. 197, 199, 294

Declaration of Paris negotiation: request to France in, i. 142, 146-7, 156, 157 _and note_[3]; instructions to Lyons on, 146-62 _passim_, 184; interviews with Adams, 141-8, 158; proposals to the United States, 153 _and note_[2], 170; instructions to Cowley, 156-9 _passim_; suggested declaration in proposed convention, 143-6, 146 _note_[1], 149, 151, 154, 168, 170, 201 Emancipation Proclamation: views on, ii. 101-2, 107 _and note_[1]

Foreign Enlistment Act: idea of amending, ii. 124; offer to United States on, 124-5; reply to Adams' pressure for alteration of, 149

Gregory's motion, i. 108

Irishmen: recruiting of, ii. 201-2

Laird Rams: conversations with Adams on, ii. 144; orders detention of, 144-5, 146, 150, 151; correspondence with the Lairds, 146; drafts protest to Mason, 147, 148 _and note_[1]; reply to attack on Government policy on, 149-50 Lindsay: approval of Cowley's statement to, i. 293, 294; reply to request of, for an interview, 294-5; interview with, on motion for mediation and recognition, ii. 212-13

Mediation: advice to Palmerston on reported French offer, i. 305; reply to Seward's protest, ii. 19, 25-6, 27; project of, with Palmerston, ii. 31-2, 34, 36 _et seq._, 91, 271; instructs Cowley to sound Thouvenel, 38; letters to Gladstone on, 40, 41; points of, 46; responsibility for, 46 _note_[4]; Russia approached, 45; memorandum on America, 49 _and note_[3]; proposal of an armistice, 31-2, 49, 53-5, 56-7; comments on Napoleon's Armistice suggestion, 61-2, 64; wish for acceptance, 62, 64; declaration of no change in British policy, 71; end of the project, 72, 155; motive in, 73; viewed as a crisis, 73; comments of, to Brunow on joint mediation offer 73 _note_[1] Mercier's Richmond visit, i. 287, 288

Privateering, i. 89, 91, 159-63 _passim_; possible interference of, with neutrals, ii. 127, 138-150; opinion of, on intended use of privateers, 138 Proclamation of Neutrality. British position in, i. 166 _note_[2]; ii. 265-6

Recognition of the Confederacy: attitude to, i. 67, 74, 86, 87, 101, 108, 242, 243; ii. 54, 59, 77-8; influence of _Trent_ affair on, i. 243; reply to Mason's requests for, ii. 25, 27; opinion of Roebuck's motion on, 166, 177; denies receipt of proposal from France on 168-9, 172

Servile War, ii. 80, 97, 98 Slavery, ii. 89, 90; view of Seward's proposal for transport of emancipated slaves, 100

_Trent_ affair, view of, i. 212; letter to Lord Palmerston on War with America over, 215; on possible ways of settlement of, 224; instructions to Lyons on learning officially that Wilkes acted without authorization, 226 Policy of, in the American Civil War: i. 145, 202, 243, 299; ii. 271-2; declaration to Adams on, 55, 71 Attitude to Adams, i. 81; view of, i. 131; ii. 128 View of Lincoln, i. 189; ii. 263 View of Seward, i. 67, 68, 131, 235-6; improved relations with, ii. 72, 197 Criticism and view of, in _The Index_, ii. 51 _note_[2], 68, 69, 196 Otherwise mentioned, i. 96, 101 _note_[1], 198, 274, 277;