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We are requested to state that the family of the

late Mr. Buxton are unaware that he was offered office by Lord Palmerston. That is, of course, final as to the fact, but it was universally be- lieved in 1859 that Lord Palmerston's complaint that he had in one ease offered the Under-Secretaryship of the Home Office to a gentleman who declined from inability to neglect private affairs, referred to Mr. Buxton. A statement to that effect was cer- tainly made in the papers, and was from its fitness too readily believed. Mr. Buxton, with his calm mind, deep philanthropy, and habit of watching the public impulses, would have made an excellent Under-Secretary or Secretary for the Colonies, though his tastes unfitted him for some departments of public life.