would soon do away all the idle tales which had been invented against them, and who desired the public only to suspend their judgment till the report should come out, when they would see the folly and wickedness of all our allegations, dared not abide by the evidence which they themselves had taught others to look up to as the standard by which they were desirous of being judged:  thus they, who had advantages beyond measure in forming a body of evidence in their own favour, abandoned that which they had collected.  And here it is impossible for me not to make a short comparative statement on this subject, if it were only to show how little can be made out, with the very best opportunities, against the cause of humanity and religion.  With respect to ourselves, we had almost all our witnesses to seek.  We had to travel after them for weeks together.  When we found them, we had scarcely the power of choice.  We where obliged to take them as they came.  When we found them, too, we had generally to implore them to come forward in our behalf.  Of those so implored, three out of four refused, and the plea for this refusal was a fear lest they should injure their own interests.  The merchants, on the other hand, had their witnesses ready on the spot.  They had always ships in harbour, containing persons who had a knowledge of the subject, they had several also from whom to choose.  If one man was favourable to their cause in three of the points belonging to it, but was unfavourable in the fourth, he could be put aside and replaced.  When they had thus selected them, they had not to entreat, but to command their attendance.  They had no fear, again, when they thus commanded, of a refusal on the ground of interest; because these were promoting their interest by obliging these who employed them.  Viewing these and other circumstances, which might be thrown into this comparative statement, it was some consolation to us to know, amidst the disappointment which this new measure occasioned, and our apparent defeat in the eyes of the public, that we had really beaten our opponents at their own weapons, and that, as this was a victory in our own private feelings, so it was the presage to us of a future triumph.

On the 29th of May, Mr. Tierney made a motion to divide the consideration of the Slave Trade into two heads, by separating the African from the West Indian part of the question.  This he did for the more clear discussion of the propositions, as well as to save time.  This motion, however, was overruled by Mr. Pitt.

At length, on the 9th of June, by which time it was supposed that new light, and this in sufficient quantity, would have been thrown upon the propositions, it appeared that only two witnesses had been fully heard.  The examinations, therefore, were continued, and they went on till the 23rd.  On this day, the order for the call of the house, which had been prolonged, standing unrepealed, there was a large attendance of members.  A motion was then made, to get rid of