75).] [Footnote 478: Bancroft, _Seward_, II, 250.] [Footnote 479: Mason, Slidell, Eustis and McFarland were delivered to the British ship _Rinaldo_, January 1, 1862.

_En route_ to Halifax the ship encountered a storm that drove her south and finally brought her to St.Thomas, where the passengers embarked on a packet for Southampton.] [Footnote 480: _Parliamentary Papers_, 1862, _Lords_, Vol.

XXV.
"Correspondence respecting the _Trent_." Nos.

27 and 35.

February 3, Lyons reported that Sumner, in a fireside talk, had revealed that he was in possession of copies of the Law Officers' opinions given on November 12 and 28 respectively.