He asks for the return of the letters and abstract after use as he had not had time to have them copied. (Memoir, p. 367.)

He reports on his visit to the Colonial Office, where he learned that Sir Benjamin D'Urban's actions and the annexation of the Eastern Cape region of South Africa had been opposed, Stockenstrom had been appointed Deputy Governor of the Frontier, Protectors of Natives were to be appointed wherever settlers came into contact with them, and that the officials had proved that everything Buxton had told them was true. He asks Anna Gurney to prepare a résumé of the Xhosa war and the death of...

He warns of his possible recall to England, the London Missionary Society's doubts over its advisability without a summons from the Committee on the Aborigines, the willingness of the Society to pay his expenses if the government did not, and his own application to the Colonial Office for Philip's summons. He appeals to Philip to come but urges him to exercise the utmost economy in case the cost of his journey should, after all, need to be met by him, Buxton. He instructs him to come well...

He discusses the possibility of the French Government doing something about slavery during the next session, the affairs of the Mico Charity, the lack of education in Mauritius, Sligo's letters, and the opinions of both Sligo and Mulgrave that not one tenth of the horror of slavery in Jamaica had been told. He expresses satisfaction that he had been able to devote his parliamentary life to the abolition of slavery. He informs him that no more Parliamentary Papers had been issued and asks his...

Dr Murray having been an eyewitness to the act and being an adviser to the Governor; he refers to Murray's letter published in the Commercial Advertiser, 20 Feb 1836. He answers all her queries about the details of the Report on the Aborigines, about which she had written to him on 30 Sep, (see pp. 110-113), pledging to make all the necessary corrections to the text in proof. He also asks if she knew Buxton's opinion on the additions proposed by the Aborigines...

Comprises: Priscilla Johnston to Hannah Buxton, about the defeat of her father and husband in the House of Commons the previous night, 16 Feb 1836 notice of Motion by Buxton for papers on the Xhosa War and the death of Hintza, 1 Mar 1836 resolutions agreed to in Parliament concerning slave trade bounties, 1 Mar 1836 cover to the ...