Having heard Buxton's draft letter and Lushington's opinion of some parts of it, Forster had encouraged Buxton to send a petition in his own name to both Houses of Parliament, but Buxton was undecided. He reports on the visit of the Old Committee to the Colonial Office to present their opinion in favour of immediate abolition to Lord Glenelg and Sir George Grey, the unanimous support of the Delegates, the doubt about whether the Ministers would be in a minority the following day in a division on Sir George Strickland's Motion, and the general opinion that the Cabinet was not prepared to abandon its measure. (Copy.)