Lord Glenelg, with whom he commiserated on being out of office and advised him to accept the pension offered, and James Stephen, whom he advised to remain in his post even though he wished to resign and devote himself to literary activities and with whom he spoke about the situation in Mauritius in the presence of Labouchère. She also mentions his attendance at the dissolution of the former Anti-Slavery Society, encompassing the gift of £100 to Stokes despite the Society being in debt, and...

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He relates the rumours he had heard that the troops of the Pasha had been carrying on the slave trade extensively, evidence collected by him from eyewitnesses when he arrived in Cairo, and his determination to persuade Colonel Campbell to accompany him to the Pasha to acquaint him with the matter. He reports an incident of the selling of a child slave taken at Sennair to his own brother, a soldier, for five dollars, the depopulation of whole districts, and the expulsion of indigenous people...

He intimates that the more he thought about Buxton's ideas on the way to abolish the trade, the more he was convinced that he was right, and adds that he hoped to come to see him soon to discuss them. (Copy.)

He wishes that Buxton had sent him news of all his circle, and comments that they should not have war for [sic] Mohamet Ali and that Palmerston had shown consummate ability in his correspondence. He remarks that he always feared militarism in a country like France. (Copy.)

Comprises: The Times; report of the Admiralty's testing of patent anchors made by Porter and Co., the constant stream of visitors to the expedition's vessels, and the departure of the 'Soudan' for Plymouth on the first leg of her voyage to Africa, 31 Mar 1841 The Times, list of the officers of the 'Soudan' (copy), 5 Apr 1841 ...