But no one would hear of a refusal.

The Bishop of London, Mr.Pitt, and Mr.Wilberforce, considered my appearance on this occasion as an imperious duty to the cause of the oppressed.

It may be perhaps sufficient to say, that I was examined; that Mr.Norris.was present all the time; that I was cross-examined by counsel; and that after this time, Mr.Norris seemed to have no ordinary sense of his own degradation; for he never afterwards held up his head, or looked the abolitionists in the face, or acted with energy as a delegate, as on former occasions.
The hearing of evidence continued to go on in behalf of the abolition of the trade.

No less than twenty-four witnesses, altogether, were heard in this session.

And here it may not be improper to remark, that, during the examination of our own witnesses as well as the cross-examination of those of our opponents, no counsel were ever employed.