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ILLUSTRATIONS IN SECOND VOLUME.

PORTRAIT OF SIR STAFFORD H. NORTHCOTE, BART.,

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VIEW OF PYNES, FAMILY SEAT OF THE EARL OF

IDDESLEIGH,

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LIFE OF THE EARL OF IDDESLEIGH,

CHAPTER XII.

THE ALABAMA CLAIMS AND THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON.

ASKED TO JOIN THE COMMISSION IN WASHINGTON-PURPOSE OF
COMMISSION-AMERICAN POLITICAL MOTIVES CONJECTURED-
SIR STAFFORD TO MR DISRAELI EARLY MEETINGS OF COM-
THE INDIRECT CLAIMS

MISSION
MISUNDERSTANDING·
SPEECH AT EXETER LETTERS TO LORD DERBY AND MR
FISH-DIARY OF THE COMMISSION-INTERFERENCE BY HOME
GOVERNMENT THE TREATY SIGNED-LETTER TO MR DISRAELI
SOCIAL AMUSEMENTS, AND TRIPS NEAR WASHINGTON
POEM TO A LADY RETURN HOME

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES COMMISSION-OBJECTIONS TO THE BILL-APPRECIATION OF

IT BY MEMBERS OF SOCIETIES.

ON Monday, 13th February 1871, Lord John Manners met Sir Stafford as he was leaving the House of Commons, and told him that he was being looked for in the lobby by Lord Granville. Sir Stafford went back, and was asked whether he would join the Commission which had already

VOL. II.

A

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