Mason, James M., Special Commissioner of the Confederates to Britain, i. [183] note[2], [203]; relations with Spence, [183] note[2], [266] note[3]; captured in the Trent, [204] et seq., [234] and note[2]; reception of, in England, [264]; interview with Russell, [265]-[6], [267], [268]; statistics of, on the blockade, [268] and note[2]; effect of the failure of Gregory's motion on, [272], [273]; hope in a change of Government, [273]; views of, on capture of New Orleans, [296]; comment of, on mediation after the Northern successes, [300], and Lindsay's motion, [305], [306]-[7]; on the state of the cotton trade in England, ii. [10]; request to Lord Russell for recognition of the South, [25], [28]; and Slidell's offer to France, [24] and note[2]; refused an interview: appeals to Russell for recognition, [27]; view of the Emancipation Proclamation, [104]; nominates Spence as financial adviser in England, [156]; and Confederate cotton obligations, [157], [158], [159]; and Confederate Cotton Loan, [161], [162]; in Roebuck's motion, [167], [168]-[9], [172]-[3]; opinion of Napoleon, [172]-[3]; recall of, [179], [181]-[2]; determines to remain in Europe, [182]; hope from a change of Government, [185], [213]-[4]; demonstration against, after a Southern meeting, [191]; representations on Kearsarge enlistment of Irishmen, [201]; interview with Palmerston suggested to, [207], [208]-[9], [214]-[5]; returns to London, [212]; opinion of Palmerston and Russell's attitude in interview with Lindsay, [213]; suggests Disraeli to handle Lindsay's motion, [213]; protests against clause in Southern Independence Association address, [220]; attitude of, to slavery, [249], [250]; interview of, with Palmerston, on Confederate offer to abolish slavery, [250]; interview with Earl of Donoughmore, [250]-[1]; quoted on Lee's surrender, [256] Correspondence of, i. [261] note Otherwise mentioned, i. [255], [263] note[3], [267], [292]; ii. [19], [31], [147], [154] note[1], [185], [186], [195], [206], [241]
Mason Papers, cited, i. [261] note[1]: ii. [24], et passim
Massie, Rev., ii. no, [190] note[3], [239]
Maximilian, Archduke, i. [260]; ii. [255] note[1]
Melish, John, Travels, quoted, i. [25]
Mercier, French Minister in Washington: with Lyons attempts official presentation to Seward of Proclamations of Neutrality, i. [96] note[1], [102], [103], [132], [164]; in Declaration of Paris negotiations [157], [158], [162], [163] note[3], [165]; negotiations with Confederates, [163] notes, [164], [165], [184], [185], [191] note[4]; plan for recognition of Southern independence, [192]; plan to relieve French need for cotton, [196]-[201]; supports British demands in Trent affair, [230]; on withdrawal of belligerent rights to South, [275]; efforts for mediation, [279], [298], [300]; ii, [36], [37] note[1], [41], [70] note[2], [71] note[1] [75], [76] note[1]; idea of an armistice, [41], [47] Richmond visit, i. [280] ct seq., ii. [24] note[2], [95]; Seward's acquiescence in, i. [280], [281], [282]; consultation with Lyons on, [281]-[2], [283]; result of, [284]-[5]; report to Thouvenel on, [285]; effect of, on Lyons and Russell, [287]; New York Times report of, [287]; effect of, in Paris and London, [287]-[8]; ii. [95]; effect of, on Confederate agents, i. [288] Southern Ports Bill, attitude to, i. [247] note[2], [248] note[3], [249]; views of, on recognition, [285]-[6]; belief of, in ultimate Southern success, [298]; and isolated French offer of mediation, ii. [75]; proposes Russo-French mediation, [76] note[1]; precautions of, during Lee's northern advance, [176] note[2] Bancroft quoted on, i. [280] Otherwise mentioned, i. [166] note[1] [191]; ii. [23], [40], [155], [270] note[2]
Merrimac, The, i. [276], [277]
Mexican War of 1846, i. [7], [15], [206]
Mexico, British influence in, i. [13]; revolt of Texas from, [12]-[15]; ii. [117] note[1]; contract of, for ships and equipment in Britain, [117] note[1]; British policy towards, after revolt of Texas, i. [13]-[14]; war with United States, 1846 ... [7], [15], [206]; expectation in, of British aid, [15]; loss of California by, [15]; joint action of France, Great Britain and Spain against, for recovery of debts, [259]-[60]; designs of France in, [260]; ii. [46]; American idea to oust France from, [198], [251], [252], [255] note[4]
Mill, J.S., ii. [224] note[3]; article in defence of the North contributed to Fraser's Magazine, cited or quoted, i. [240], [242]; ii. [80]-[1], [90], [285]; on Trent affair, i. [240], [242]; on slavery, i. [240]; ii. [80]-[1]