ns 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 p