The text of the telegram is in a letter to Flahault of July 26, in which Thouvenel shows himself very averse to any move which may lead to war with America, "an adventure more serious than that of Mexico" (_Ibid._, p.

353).] [Footnote 700: _Ibid._, p.349.July 24, 1862.

See also resume in Walpole, _History of Twenty-five Years_, II, 55.] [Footnote 701: Farnall's First Report.

_Parliamentary Papers_, 1862, _Commons_, Vol.

XLIX.] [Footnote 702: Lyons Papers.