The committee, during my absence in France, had circulated the plate of the slave-ship throughout all England.

No one saw it but he was impressed.

It spoke to him in a language, which was at once intelligible and irresistible.

It brought forth the tear of sympathy in behalf of the sufferers, and it fixed their sufferings in his heart.

The committee too had been particularly vigilant during the whole of the year, with respect to the public papers.