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fcndof the more Full organization of % } is lihited class in I 7 # 7 » B The fourth consisted of Dr . Peckard in f » 8 A , of the Author in 1785 , of William Wilberforce , Esq . in £ 786 , and of those who followed . Here the Author gives afc account af the
providential manner in which he Was awakened to this great cause ; of his feelings upon it 5 of the struggle he had in abandoning his pursuits in life to devote himself to it ; of his own Solitary labours ^ and of iiis junction , by degrees , with others , till the class now mentioned was formed .
H aving shown that four distinct classes , in each of which certain individuals seemed to have had a . preparatory education , * as if to qualify theni for taking a part in this great work , were in existence in 1787 , the Author sfoows the providential manner in which ail these classes , liitherto un -
known to each other , were joined in that year 5 and how the committee was formed out of these in L » ondon , which was known afterwards as the Committee of the Society formed for the Abolition of the Slave-Trade . From this time the Author states
the progress of the cause under two heads—the labours of the newlyformed committee , and his own as an individual , tili the end of the year 1787 . The first comprehends the various measures taken by the committee during this period ; their different publications 5 their
correspondence with men of . eminence and others both in England and in foreign parts * and * the result of them in the great spread of the caue . The second comprehends the contents of the journal of the Author during his residence at Bristol an < l Liverpool ;
the objects of his inquiry ; his discoveries ; his painful feelings ; his great difficulties 5 his severe trials , &nd dangerous situation on many occasions ; and , finally , his return , after many interesting anecdotes , to the committee in London .
ihe Author carries'the next period to the end of the session of Parliament 1788- He continues his ao tount of the labours of the ~ com-• ftittee in all the departments before mentioned . He describe the bc-$ innitig of the people ' s attention , to
this subject , the spirit which was awakened ; die petitions'to Parliament which followed ; the inquiry of the Privy Council into the evil complained of ; the examinations which took place in consequence ; the communications of the Right Honourable William Pitt "with the committee ; hii intfbductioifc of the question into the Commons ; the examinations there ; the melancholy facts which came out \ the debate which took place upon thetrt ; the subsequent introduction of Sir William Dolmen ' s Bill
into the same House , in order to alleviate die horrors of the middle passage ; the debate that followed ; its introduction into the Lords ; the debate upon it there also ; and , finally , the passing of the same , and the end of the session . Hence fhe
first voltinUe gives the history of the rise and progress of the abolition from tfie year 1660 to the Summer of 1788 . The second will continue this history tili { the final accomplish * meat of it in 1807 .
As books of history and biography generally Jp lease young persons , and may be made very instructive to them , it is to be hoped that this history may be both entertainin ^ and useful to the yoiith of the present age , and confirm all in an abhorrence of the
evil contemplated in it . It will have a tendency , as a worthy Friend * has remarked , who has read the Manuscript , to awaken our best feelings , to stimulate us to virtuous exertion 1
and , while it is a faithful record of the important circumstances that produced the threat event of the Abolition of the Save- Trade , it will bean instructive monument of the procedure * oi Divine Pitovidence .
% * The Names of Subscribers to be sent to T . Clarkson , at William Allen ' s , Plough- ourt , l >
oaibardstreet . MI 8 C PLLANEOUS . CHARACTER OF MR . FOX , BY SIR . JAMES MACKINTOSH , —The following character of Mr , Fox appeared in the Boa Lay Courier of Jan . 17 th . It ha . been attributed , we have no doubt justly , to the pen of 3 , gentleman who fills the first station * luindley Murray .
Abolition of the St&ve-Trade * SOU