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 XX - 1833
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 Government plan was now expected with the utmost anxiety. In the interval Mr. Buxton, who stood much in need of rest and quiet, retreated with his daughters to a fishing cottage at Dagenham Breach, near the Thames, belonging to Mr. Fry. This could be reached only by water, and afforded the most perfect seclusion. “We trust,” writes one of the party, “not to see the face of a visitor, nor the direction of a letter, till Monday the 13th.” Dr. Lushington remained in town, to watch the progress of affairs. Many contradictory reports were afloat, and Mr. Buxton's brief holiday was spent in deep meditation on the course which he should pursue. His eldest daughter thus writes from Dagenham:—
“Saturday, May 11. 1833.“
“Here we are in our singular retirement, living out of doors on the rich bank, which is overflowing with grass and flowers, and watching the hundreds of fine ships, which from here seem to float among the fields; but when we climb the bank, there lies the river stretched out — its lovely reaches glittering in the sun. We have tasted some real enjoyment in the exuberance of spring in this place, but far more in seeing my dear father wandering about without his hat for hours together. He has, I fear, been reflecting too deeply during these walks. A set of harassing letters came from London yesterday, which immediately gave him a sharp headache.”
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- Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, BaronetWith Selections from his Correspondence, pp. 319 - 338Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010