Russell to Palmerston, Oct.

24, 1862.] [Footnote 803: Palmerston MS.

Marked: "Printed Oct.

24, 1862."] [Footnote 804: Morley, _Gladstone_, II, 84.

Morley was the first to make clear that no final decision was reached on October 23, a date hitherto accepted as the end of the Cabinet crisis.