Stuart's "nothing to be done" refers, not to mediation, but to his idea in June-July that the time was ripe for recognition.

He was wholly at variance with Lyons on British policy.] [Footnote 731: Gladstone Papers.Aug.26, 1862.] [Footnote 732: _Ibid._, Aug.

29, 1862.] [Footnote 733: Palmerston MS.Aug.6, 1862.].