III,
  cited, i. 261 note, 289 note[2]; ii. 24 note[1]
Secession States, ports of, i. 253 note[1]
Semmes, captain of the Alabama, ii. 119
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,