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Patriot under the title of ¦ " Circumstaniial Details of his long Illness and last Moments , " by a person boasting of a seven year ' s intimacy with the departed Statesman . It has come to a th ' ird edition . Mr . B . Flower has reviewed it in the second Number cf his Political ReTie : v , and assures us from authority , ( we believe the authority of ; Lord Holland , whose words also we believe Mr . F . uses , ) ct that the anecdotes are not derived from
authentic sources ; that the pamphlet is little el e than a ti-sue of falsehoods , several of which are as improbable as they are unsupported by evidence . The account of JVLr . Fox ' s last moments copied from the public prints , is genuine : the last words of this illu trious statesman , pronounced while his nearest and dearest relatives and friends were standing by his dying bed , were —god bless you BLESS YOU AND YOU ALL 1 DIE HAPPY 1 PITY YOU . ' *
AFRICAN INSTITUTION . The . happy event of the abolition of the Slave Trade by Great Britain , has encouraged the friends of humanity to contiuue their exeicions . On the 14 th inst . a meeting , convened by public advertisement , washolden at Freemason ' s Hall , and very numerous ' y attended . — 'i he Duke of Gloucester , who has distinguished himself among the royal family by his opposition to Slave Trade , took the chair upon this occasion . The Duke opened the meeting by a short address on the utility of an Institution , whLh shouid have for its object the civilization of one quarter of flic globe , and congratulated the country
tniic the beneficent labours of Mr . Wilhcrforce , were at la . t likely to be crowiici \ with complete success . He then re re vied from that gentleman and r ^ ad irom th'i chair , the following resolutions . That tiiii meeting is deeply impressed with a sense of the enormous wrou .: s
v / iiich tiie natives of Africa have ^ uffcred in their intercourse with Europe , and from a desire to repair those wrongs , A Ol ' ay , well . as from general feclirr ^ of be-Jicvolvii . e , is anxious to adopt such measures ls are best ca .. culat . £ < l to promote tlu *» r civilization and happiness . That the . approaching cessation of the Slave Trade , hitherto curried on by Cireat Britain , America , aud Denmark , w \ H , in a considerable decree , remove tiic barrier which lias bO long obstructed
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the natural course of . social improvement in Africa ; and that the way will be thereby opened for introducing the comforts and arts of a more civilized state of society . That the happiest effects may be reasonably anticipated from diffusing useful knowledge , and exciting industry arnongthe inhabit ants of Africa ; and from obtaining an 4 circulating throughout this country , mote ample and authentic
information concerning the agricultural and commercial interests of that vaft continent ; and that through the judicious prosecution of these benevolent endeavours , we may ultimately look forward to the establishment , in the room of that traffic by which the African continent has been so long degraded , of a legitimate and far more extended commerce , beneficial a like to the natives of Africa and to the manufacturers of Great Britain and Ireland .
That trie present period is eminently fitted for prosecuting these benevolent designs , since the suspension , during the war , of that large share of the Slave Trade which has commonly been carried on by Fiance , Spain , and Holland ; will when combined with the eifect of the Abolition JLaws of Or eat Britain , Ameiicci and Denmark , produce nearly the entire cessation of that traffic along a line of coast extending between two and three thousand miles in length , and thereby affording a pecu . iarly favorable opportunity for giving a new direction to the industry and commerce of Africa .
That for these purposes a society be immediately formed , to be called the AFRICAN INSTITUTION . Earl Spencer , thought that every good man miiFt concur in giving his support to the accompli-hment of such an object . He expressed Hi -i . satisfaction in having this opportunity of pubiicly declaring ui ., sentiments , as he had been prevented by :-. everc imHspo . ition , from joining hi >; voice with tho c who carried the Abolition of ihc biave Trade through . Parliament .
Mr . WiJberforce , said that the great ba : ricr to the improvement of Africa wa : > now removed , and it only remained to bcrui the work of hostowinir the blosijigs ol civilized society u ]> on that country . it would be their duty to proceed with a deliberation worthy of the greatnes oi the cause ; not to at-
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Polilico-Religious Intelligence . 219
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1807, page 219, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2379/page/51/
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