Senior, Nassau W., article on "American Slavery," i. [33]; quoted, [33] note[1], [34]
Servile insurrection, i. [271]; ii. [83], [87]; British apprehension of, i. [93]; ii. [49], [79], [80], [81], [101], [110]; emancipation viewed as provocative of, [49], [81], [86], [98], [101], [114]; as an argument for intervention, [98], [101], [103] note[6]; use of as a threat, [18]-[19], [83], [94], [95], [97], [98], [100], [114]
Seward, W.H., American Secretary of State, i. [39], [49], [59], [60], [64], [79], [80], [115]; British view of, [60], [80], view of, as unfriendly to Great Britain, [39], [67], [68], [113]-[4], [125] et seq. [242]; reputation as a politician, [80], [114], [115]; efforts of, to secure European support for the North, [67], [137], [152]; view of his relation to Lincoln, [114], [115]-[6], [118], [120], [127]-[8], [130]; document "Some Thoughts for the President's Consideration," [118]-[9], [123], [124]; advice on Fort Sumter, [118], [120]; his "Despatch No. [10]", [125]-[30], [154], [155]; reversal of his policy, [130], [132]; action on Britain's necessity of intercourse with the South, [164]; instructions to American diplomats on slavery as issue, i. [176]; ii. [95]; offers facilities for transport of British troops, i. [213] note[4]; change of attitude to England, ii. [72]; quarrel with Chase, [72]; influence of, lessened by signing Abolition Proclamation, [100] note[2]; friendliness to Lyons, [72], [141]; appreciation of Russell's expression of esteem, [147]; attitude to Russell, [197]; policy in regard to reunion, [197]; plan of collecting import duties at Southern ports, [198]; tests British-French harmony, [198]; anxiety to avoid irritating incidents, [199]; considers abrogation of treaties with Canada, [253]-[4]; denies rumours of prospective foreign war, [254]; accepts notification of ending of British neutrality, [268]-[9]; meets with an accident, [257]; attempted murder of, [257]-[8], [265]
Diplomatic action and views of, with regard to:
Belligerent rights to South denial of, i. [87], [102], [169], [233], ii. [182]; remonstrance on concession of, i. [247], [274], proposes withdrawal of, ii. [264]-[5], [266]; See also under Declaration of Paris and Neutrality infra.
Blockade, i. [54] note[1], [65], [246], [295]; interviews with Lyons on, [244], [245], [246], [251], [256], [257]; suggested alleviation of, i. [274] Southern Ports Bill: reassures Lord Lyons' on American intentions in, i. [249]; attitude to issue of, [248] note[3], [250], [251], [252]; on closing of ports by proclamation, [250], [252] Stone Boat Fleet blockade: statement on, i. [256]-[7]
Bunch affair, i. [184], [189], [191] and note[4], [192], [193], [194] and note[1]
Confederate debts: statement on, ii. [197]
Confederate envoys: British intercourse with, i. [105]
Confederate shipbuilding in Britain: ii. [121], [139], [140]; effect of seizure of the Alexandra on, [140]; despatch on Alexandra case decision, [143] and note[2]; refuses to allow British Consul through the blockade, [148]