[760] Walpole, Russell, II, p. 362. Sept. 23, 1862.
[761] Lyons Papers.
[762] Lyons Papers. Stuart to Lyons, Sept. 23, 1862.
[763] Morley, Gladstone, II, p. 76.
[764] See ante, p. 40.
[765] Adams, A Crisis in Dooming Street, p. 393, giving the exact text paraphrased by Morley.
[766] Fitzmaurice, Granville, I, pp. 442-44, gives the entire letter. Sept. 27, 1862.
[767] Ibid., p. 442. Oct. 1, 1862. Fitzmaurice attributes much influence to Granville in the final decision and presumes that the Queen, also, was opposed to the plan. There is no evidence to show that she otherwise expressed herself than as in the acquiescent suggestion to Russell. As for Granville, his opposition, standing alone, would have counted for little.
[768] Russell Papers. A brief extract from this letter is printed in Walpole, Russell, II, p. 362.
[769] Palmerston MS.