[2] Lord Lyons to Lord J. Russell, July 9.

[3] Lord Lyons to the Duke of Newcastle, Oct. 29.

[4] Lord Lyons to Mr. Griffith, Nov. 10.

[5] Lord Clarendon, upon the death of Lord Palmerston, became Foreign Secretary in place of Lord Russell.

[6] British minister at Bucharest.

[7] Lord Lyons to Mr. Stuart.

[8] In consequence of the change of Government, Lord Stanley (subsequently Earl of Derby) had now become Foreign Secretary.

[9] It used to be said that it took a Franco-German war to secure the correct spelling of this name. It is certainly a curious fact that another Foreign Secretary also used to spell it incorrectly.

[10] Alaska.

[11] The vanity which was responsible for Prince Gortschakoff's love of conferences is frequently referred to in Busch's 'Bismarck.'