Adieu，myfriends。Myangeragainstyouisgone；mysadreflectionsonyou，andonthedepthstowhichyouandIandallofusaresunkinthesestrangetimes，arenottobeutteredatpresent。YouwouldhavesavedtheSarawakPirates，then？TheAlmightyMakeriswroththattheSarawakcut-throats，withtheirpoisonedspears，areaway？WhatmusthiswrathbethatthethirtythousandNeedlewomenarestillhere，andthequestionof“prevenientgrace“notyetsettled！Omyfriends，insadearnest，sadanddeadlyearnest，theremuchneedsthatGodwouldmendallthis，andthatweshouldhelphimtomendit！——Anddon’tyouthink，foronething，“FarmerHodge’shorses“intheSugarIslandsareprettywell“emancipated“now？Myclearopinionfartheris，wehadbetterquittheScoundrel-provinceofReform；betterclosethatunderhatches，insomerapidsummarymanner，andgoelsewhitherwithourReformefforts。Awholeworld，forwantofReform，isdrowningandsinking；threateningtoswampitselfintoaStygianquagmire，uninhabitablebyanynoble-mindedman。Letustothewell-heads，Isay；tothechieffountainsofthesewatersofbitterness；andtherestrikehomeanddig！Topuddleintheembouchuresanddrownedoutskirts，andulteriorandultimateissuesandcloacasoftheaffair：whatprofitcantherebeinthat？Nothingtobesavedthere；nothingtobefishedupthere，except，withendlessperilandspreadofpestilence，amiscellanyofbrokenwaifsanddeaddogs！InthenameofHeaven，quitthat！
[April1，1850。]No。III。DOWNINGSTREET。
FromallcornersofthewideBritishDominionthererisesonecomplaintagainsttheineffectualityofwhatarenicknamedour“red-tape“establishments，ourGovernmentOffices，ColonialOffice，ForeignOfficeandtheothers，inDowningStreetandtheneighborhood。Tomeindividuallythesebranchesofhumanbusinessarelittleknown；buteveryBritishcitizenandreflectivepasser-byhasoccasiontowondermuch，andinquireearnestly，concerningthem。ToallmenitisevidentthatthesocialinterestsofonehundredandfiftyMillionsofusdependonthemysteriousindustrytherecarriedon；andlikewisethatthedissatisfactionwithitisgreat，universal，andcontinuallyincreasinginintensity，——infact，mounting，wemightsay，tothepitchofsettleddespair。
Everycolony，everyagentforamattercolonial，hashistragictaletotellyouofhissadexperiencesintheColonialOffice；
whatblindobstructions，fatalindolences，pedantries，stupidities，ontherightandontheleft，hehadtodobattlewith；whataworld-widejungleofred-tape，inhabitedbydolefulcreatures，deafornearlysotohumanreasonorentreaty，hehadenteredon；andhowhepausedinamazement，almostindespair；