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It is a curious feature of the published correspondence con-

cerning the Congress, that there is about a month's blank in the story of the negotiations,—between the end of the first week in February, and the end of the first week in March,—and that no trace exists of the views taken by the other Powers, except Austria, of the reasonableness of Lord Derby's condition. Austria indeed intimates clearly that she is satisfied with the Russian declarations as to the discussions in Congress, and that she regards it as " neither for the interest of England nor of Austria to raise difficulties in regard to this question." As to the other Powers, a mysterious silence is observed, and Sir Stafford Northcote declines steadily to answer questions.

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