52/61 _Ibid._, No.566.May 1, 1862. To Russell.] [Footnote 607: _Ibid._, No.574.Cowley to Russell, May 2, 1862.] [Footnote 608: Thouvenel, _Le Secret de l'Empereur_, II, p. 299.] [Footnote 609: Mason Papers. Slidell to Mason, May 3, 14 and 16, 1862. Billault was a member of the French Ministry, but without portfolio.] [Footnote 611: Several accounts have been given of this episode. |