31, 1862.) Morley, _Gladstone_, II, 84-5, speaks of the French offer as "renewed proposals of mediation." There was no renewal for this was the _first_ proposal, and it was not one of mediation though that was an implied result.] [Footnote 813: Russell Papers, Nov.

2, 1862.

Monday, November 1862, was the 10th not the 11th as Palmerston wrote.] [Footnote 814: Palmerston MS.Nov.3, 1862.] [Footnote 815: Gladstone Papers.

The memorandum here preserved has the additional interest of frequent marginal comments by Gladstone.] [Footnote 816: The letters of "Historicus" early attracted, in the case of the _Trent_, favourable attention and respect.

As early as 1863 they were put out in book form to satisfy a public demand: _Letters by Historicus on some questions of International Law_, London, 1863.] [Footnote 817: The _Times_, Nov.