6, 1863.] [Footnote 1032: _Ibid._, Lyons to Russell, Oct.

16, 1863.] [Footnote 1033: Hammond wrote to Lyons, Oct.

17: "You will learn by the papers that we have at last seized the Iron Clads.

Whether we shall be able to bring home to them legally that they were Confederate property is another matter.

I think we can, but at all events no moral doubt can be entertained of the fact, and, therefore, we are under no anxiety whether as to the public or Parliamentary view of our proceeding.