In April 1842 Lord Stanley, then Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in the second Peel Administration, wrote to Sir George Napier that the establishment of a colony in Natal would be attended with little prospect of advantage, but at the same time stated that the pretensions of the emigrants to be regarded as an independent community could not be admitted.
I april 1842 skrev Lord Stanley, daværende "sekretær for krigstilstand og kolonierne" (Secretary of State for War and the Colonies) i den anden Peel-regering til Sir George Napier, at oprettelsen af ​​en koloni i Natal kun ville have ringe udsigt til at have en fremtid, men erklærede samtidig, at udvandrernes forhåbninger til at blive betragtet som et selvstændigt samfund ikke kunne indrømmes.