tion Bill, The, ii. 82, 84, 85, 86, 92, 95;
Lincoln's attitude to, 82, 84;
Lord Russell's comment on, 97
_Constitutionel_, The, cited, ii. 236 _note_[2]
Continental Press and American News, ii. 71 _note_[2]
Corcoran, ii. 169
Cotton supplies and slavery, i. 13;
in British-American commercial relations, 21, 22;
British manufacturers' dependence on, 22;
effect of the Civil War on, 55, 246; ii. 53;
the crop of 1860 ... ii. 7
Blockade, The, and, i. 252 _and note_[2], 253; ii. 9;
effect of, on price, i. 262, 270;
Napoleon's views on, 290
England, need of, for, i. 196-7, 200 _note_[1], 294, 296; ii. 17, 99;
cotton famine in, 294; ii. 6, II _et seq._, 16 _note_[1];
cotton manufacturing industry of, in 1860-1, ii. 6-7, 8;
first effects of the war on, 8, 9, 10.
_See also under_ Lancashire.
France, necessity of, for cotton, i. 279, 290, 293, 294, 296, 300;
ii. 17; Mercier's plan to relieve, i. 196-201
Gladstone's Newcastle speech, effect of, on price of, ii. 48;
"King Cotton" theory, i. 63; ii. i _et seq._;
belief of the South in cotton as a weapon of diplomacy, 2-3, 4, 5
Southern orders for destruction of, ii. 16, 17 _note_[4];
effect of, on British officials, 17
Cowley, Lord, British Ambassador in Paris, i. 88;
reports French agreement with British policy on Southern belligerent
rights, 88;
in the Declaration of Paris negotiations, 88, 143, 156, 157, 158,
162, 167;
conversations with Thouvenel in Bunch affair, 189;
disturbed at French evasion of direct support, 189, 192, 201 _note_[1];
in _Trent_ affair fears war with America, 214;
communications on Southern Ports Bill, 247 _and note_[2];
view of French attitude on Southern Ports Bill, 247;
on French policy in Mexico, 260, 261 _note_; ii. 46;
quoted, on Thouvenel's view on mediation in Feb., 1862 ... i.
266 _note_[1]; on Mercier's Richmond visit, i. 288;
statement of, to Lindsay, after interview with Napoleon, 290;
on the possibility of reunion, 290;
on the blockade, 290-1;
denial of Napoleon's "offer" to England, 290, 291;
reports of, on Lindsay's mission, 291-2, 293, 295 _note_[1];
conversations with Thouvenel on Lindsay, 291, 293-4;
Napoleon's letter to, on Lindsay, quoted, 295 _note_[2];
interview with Thouvenel on Russell's mediation plan, ii. 38, 39
_and note_, 46;
on Napoleon's suggestion of joint mediation, 59;
instructed to notify France of Eng