Roebuck, speech of, on recognition, ii. [34] note[1]; motion of, for recognition of the Confederacy, [74] note[1], [144], [152], [164] et seq.; [296] note[1]; W.H. Russell's views on, [166]; Lord Russell's opinion on, [166]; interview of, with Napoleon, [167]; Parliamentary debate on, [170]-[2], [176]-[8]; withdrawal of motion, [175], [176]-[7]; subsequent attitude of, to America, [177] note[1], [299]-[300]; opinion on the failure of democracy in America, [299]-[300]; Punch cartoon on, [170] note[1]; otherwise mentioned, i. [306]
Rogers, Prof. Thorold, ii. [224] note[3]
Rosencrans, defeat of, at Chicamauga, ii. [184]
Rost, Southern Commissioner to London, i. [63], [82], [85], [86], [264]
Rouher, M., French Minister of Commerce, i. [293], [294]
Roylance, ii. [110]
Rubery, Alfred: Lincoln's pardon of, ii. [225] and note[1]
Russell, Lord John, i. [42], [76], [77], [78]-[9], [81]; attitude of, in the early days of the American struggle, [42], [51], [53], [57], [60], [73]-[4], [79], [84]; views on the secession, [52]-[3]; views and action in anticipation of war, [57]-[8]; instruction on possible jingo policy toward England, [60]-[1]; recommends conciliation, i. [67], [74]; refusal to make a pledge as to British policy, [67], [74], [86], [87], [101], [108], [125]; promise of delay to Dallas, [67], [84], [85], [107], [108]; plan of joint action with France, [84], [85]; advises Parliament to keep out of the Civil War, [90] and note[3]; uncertainty as to American intention, [201]-[2]; ii. [237]; interview with Spence, i. [266]; "three months" statement, [272] and note[1]; ii. [22]; effect of Stonewall Jackson's exploits on, ii. [38]; effect of Gladstone's Newcastle speech on, [49]; idea of withdrawal of belligerent rights to the North, [182], [183]; on relations with United States and Seward, [183]-[4]; attitude to Seward's plan of collecting import duties at Southern ports, [198]; views on the conflict: belief in ultimate Southern independence, [198]-[9], [212], [271]; and the Danish question, [203]; action in withdrawing neutrality proclamation, and belligerent rights, [266]-[7], [268], [269]; attitude to piracy proclamation, [267]-[8], and the Reform Bill, [276], [302], [303]; quoted on the degeneration of the American Republic, [285]; succeeds to Premiership, [302]
Diplomatic action and views of, in regard to:
Alabama, the, ii. [120], [121], [124]; interview with Adams on, [128], [131]; private feelings on [121], [124], [130]