I came here
yesterday, and found the John Leslies, Dufferin, Frederick Leveson, and Algy
Egerton. Telegrams from America up to the 18th state that the news from England
had created prodigious excitement. The general opinion was that Slidell and
Mason would under no circumstances be delivered up. The French despatch had not
then arrived. Our despatch should have reached them by the 'Europa' on the
16th, but on the 18th the vessel had not arrived at Halifax. It was only known
that the 'Trent' affair had produced a great sensation in England. Lord and
Lady Salisbury came.
SOURCE: Alice
Countess of Stratford, Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville: 1861-1872,
pp. 6-7
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