About the replacement of Normanby by Lord John Russell at the Colonial Office, the formation of his new society in London, and its proposals to the government that an expedition of several steamers be sent up the Niger. He tells him that he had been proposed as one of the five commissioners and asks whether he would consider leading the Agricultural Association there, admitting that he was in no position to speak with authority. He also tells him that he had sent him a copy of his second volume, which ought to be considered as confidential, then changes his mind and writes that he was arranging for the first volume to be sent through Messrs Forster. (Copy.)