ers, as having voted for
Mr. Wilberforce's motion at this time.

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

]

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 acknowledgments are particularly due to William Wilberforce,
Esq., 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
co-operation in the same cause.

That the solemn declarations of these gentlemen, and of Matthew Montagu
and William Smith, Esqrs., 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