He claims that the evening he had spent at Lushington's house he had been persuaded against his own judgement by his friend's powers of advocacy. Since he could not, himself, convince him, he would see what he could do to persuade Acland to his way of thinking that sudden attacks on their settlement could not be warded off by twice-yearly visits of a steamer. He asks him that if he disapproved of the letter he proposed either to send Stanley, to send it on with a letter informing Stanley that it was impossible for them to speak with Buxton about it as he was ill in the country, or to send a draft of the letter they thought he ought to write for his consideration. (Copy.)