137 _et seq._, 184, 201; British suggestion to France in, i.

88, 91, 142, 146-7, 156, 157 _and note_[3]; American offer of adherence, 104, 137, 141-2, 150, 151; convention agreed between Britain, France, and America, 142-3; addition of a declaration in support of British neutrality proposed by Lord Russell, 143-6, 149, 151, 154, 68, 170, 201; American rejection of convention, 145, 168, 201 American argument at Geneva on effect of British diplomacy in, i.

146 _note_[2] Confederates: approach of, in the negotiation, i.

161, 164, 165, 166, 168 _note_[4], 184-6, 188, 192, 193; Confederate Congress resolution of approval in, 186 Convention, the, proposed by U.S.
Cowley's opinion on, i.

167 _and note_[3]; Thouvenel's opinion on, 167; Palmerston's suggestion on, 167 _and note_[4] Seward's motives in, _See under_ Seward Delane, editor of the _Times:_ Palmerston's letters to, on American rights in interception of Confederate Commissioners, i.