...met me on the way. I arrived here on the 8th, and was well received unofficially; but as far as I can ascertain, there is truth in what was told me at the Spanish Legation in Paris, and also by M. Thouvenel , that Spain would not act alone on the American question. When you left, we did not expect that our Government would be recognized, but we had a well founded hope that the blockade would be set asi...