1861.) Hammond's letter mentions also the excitement of "the Southerners" in England and that they had "sent out Pilot Boats to intercept and warn the Packet...."] [Footnote 412: Lyons Papers.

Lyons to Milne, Dec.

1, 1861.] [Footnote 413: _Ibid._, Russell to Lyons, Nov.

16, 1861.] [Footnote 414: Gladstone Papers.

Argyll to Gladstone, Nov.