24, 1862.
Palmerston was here writing of Italian and American affairs.] [Footnote 808: Palmerston MS.Oct.25, 1862.] [Footnote 809: Russell Papers.

To Russell.] [Footnote 810: F.O., France, Vol.1446.Cowley to Russell, Oct.

28, 1862.

Cowley, like Lyons, was against action.

He approved Drouyn de Lhuys' "hesitation." It appears from the Russian archives that France approached Russia.