Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I 1786–1802
- CHAPTER II 1802–1807
- CHAPTER III 1807–1812
- CHAPTER IV 1812–1816
- CHAPTER V 1816–1817
- CHAPTER VI 1818, 1819
- CHAPTER VII 1820, 1821
- CHAPTER VIII 1821–1823
- CHAPTER IX 1823–1826
- CHAPTER X 1822–1826
- CHAPTER XI 1826, 1827
- CHAPTER XII 1827, 1828
- CHAPTER XIII 1828, 1829
- CHAPTER XIV 1829
- CHAPTER XV 1829, 1830
- CHAPTER XVI 1830
- CHAPTER XVII 1831
- CHAPTER XVIII 1832
- CHAPTER XIX 1833
- CHAPTER XX 1833
- CHAPTER XXI 1833, 1834
- CHAPTER XXII 1834, 1835
- CHAPTER XXIII 1835, 1836
- CHAPTER XXIV 1836
- CHAPTER XXV 1837, 1838
- CHAPTER XXVI 1838
- CHAPTER XXVII 1838, 1839
- CHAPTER XXVIII 1839, 1840
- CHAPTER XXIX 1840
- CHAPTER XXX JUNE, 1840, TO APRIL, 1841
- CHAPTER XXXI 1841
- CHAPTER XXXII 1843, 1844
- CHAPTER XXXIII 1843, 1844, 1845
- RECOLLECTIONS OF SIR T. FOWELL BUXTON
- APPENDIX TO CHAP. XVII
CHAPTER VIII - 1821–1823
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I 1786–1802
- CHAPTER II 1802–1807
- CHAPTER III 1807–1812
- CHAPTER IV 1812–1816
- CHAPTER V 1816–1817
- CHAPTER VI 1818, 1819
- CHAPTER VII 1820, 1821
- CHAPTER VIII 1821–1823
- CHAPTER IX 1823–1826
- CHAPTER X 1822–1826
- CHAPTER XI 1826, 1827
- CHAPTER XII 1827, 1828
- CHAPTER XIII 1828, 1829
- CHAPTER XIV 1829
- CHAPTER XV 1829, 1830
- CHAPTER XVI 1830
- CHAPTER XVII 1831
- CHAPTER XVIII 1832
- CHAPTER XIX 1833
- CHAPTER XX 1833
- CHAPTER XXI 1833, 1834
- CHAPTER XXII 1834, 1835
- CHAPTER XXIII 1835, 1836
- CHAPTER XXIV 1836
- CHAPTER XXV 1837, 1838
- CHAPTER XXVI 1838
- CHAPTER XXVII 1838, 1839
- CHAPTER XXVIII 1839, 1840
- CHAPTER XXIX 1840
- CHAPTER XXX JUNE, 1840, TO APRIL, 1841
- CHAPTER XXXI 1841
- CHAPTER XXXII 1843, 1844
- CHAPTER XXXIII 1843, 1844, 1845
- RECOLLECTIONS OF SIR T. FOWELL BUXTON
- APPENDIX TO CHAP. XVII
Summary
The evening after Mr. Buxton had delivered his speech on criminal law, he received the following letter from Mr. Wilberforce:—
“My dear Buxton, “London, May 24. 1821.
“It is now more than thirty-three years since, after having given notice in the House of Commons that I should bring forward, for the first time, the question concerning the Slave Trade, it pleased God to visit me with a severe indisposition, by which, indeed, I was so exhausted, that the ablest physician in London of that day declared that I had not stamina to last above a very few weeks. On this I went to Mr. Pitt, and begged of him a promise, which he kindly and readily gave me, to take upon himself the conduct of that great cause.
“I thank God, I am now free from my indisposition; but from my time of life, and much more from the state of my constitution, and my inability to bear inclemencies of weather, and irregularities, which close attendance on the House of Commons often requires, I am reminded, but too intelligibly, of my being in such a state that I ought not to look confidently to my being able to carry through any business of importance in the House of Commons. […]
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- Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, BaronetWith Selections from his Correspondence, pp. 117 - 136Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1848