It may be remarked that the Corps Diplomatique, resident at Washington, have not been alluded to in the preceding pages. It is equally due to the respect which I owe to the people of America, and to myself, to mention, that I carried out letters of introduction from Lord Aberdeen, the then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in London, to Mr. Pakenham. These letters were procured at the personal request of Lord Sandon, and, I believe, were drawn in the most favouring terms. I called twice on Mr. Pakenham, on affairs of business, once accompanied by my son, and once by Governor Seward, of New York. We found him civil, and he made an offer of his services. But I was in high hands, and required them not. The President himself, the Secretary of State, and every American took care of me.

I never became acquainted with any other Minister or Ambassador, with the exception of M. Serruys, the Belgian Minister, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at the house of the late General Van Ness.

The time has arrived when the Courts of Europe will find it imperative upon them to send to Washington their most talented, influential, and popular Statesmen as their Representatives.