k,
Mr. Fox, Sir William Dolben,
Mr. Burke, Sir Henry Houghton,
Mr. Grey, Sir Edward Lyttleton,
Mr. Windham, Sir William Scott,
Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Samuel Thornton,
Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Henry Thornton,
Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Robert Thornton,
Mr. Francis, Mr. Duncombe,
Mr. Wilberforce, Mr. Martin,
Mr. Ryder, Mr. Milnes,
Mr. William Smith, Mr. Steele,
Mr. John Smyth, Mr. Coke,
Mr. Robert Smith, Mr. Elliott,
Mr. Powys, Mr. Montagu,
Lord Apsley, Mr. Bastard,
Lord Bayham, Mr. Stanley,
Lord Arden, Mr. Plumer,
Lord Carysfort, Mr. Beaufoy,
Lord Muncaster, Mr. I.H. Browne,
Lord Barnard, Mr. G.N. Edwards,
Lord North, Mr. W.M. Pitt,
Lord Euston, Mr. Bankes.
General Burgoyne]

The committee for the abolition held a meeting soon after this our defeat.
It was the most impressive I ever attended. The looks of all bespoke the
feelings of their hearts. Little was said previously to the opening of the
business; and, after it was opened, it was conducted with a kind of solemn
dignity, which became the occasion. The committee, in the course of its
deliberations, came to the following resolutions:

That the thanks of this committee be respectfully given to the illustrious
minority of the House of Commons, who lately stood forth the assertors of
British justice and humanity, and the enemies of a traffic in the blood of
man.

That our acknowledgements are particularly due to William Wilberforce,
esquire, for his unwearied exertions to remove this opprobrium of our
national character; and to the right honourable William Pitt, and the right
honourable Charles James Fox, for their virtuous and dignified cooperation
in the same cause.

That the solemn declarations of these gentlemen, and of Matthew Montagu and
William Smith, esquires, that they will not relinquish, but with life,
their struggle for the abolition of the Slave-trade, are not only highly
honourable to themselves as Britons, as Statesmen, and as Christians, but
must eventually, as the light of evidence shall be more and more diffused,
be seconded by the good wishes of every man not immediately interested in
the continuance of that detestable commerce.

And, lastly, that anticipating the opposition they should have to sustain
from persons trained to a familiarity with the r