They were really the destroyers of the slave-trade, and of slavery.

Many of those whom Stephen describes were public men of the greatest weight, Lord Teignmouth governed India in Calcutta, Grant governed India in Leadenhall Street, Stephen's father was Perceval's right-hand man in the House of Commons.

It is needless to speak of Wilberforce.

As to Simeon, if you knew what his authority and influence were, and how they extended from Cambridge to the most remote corners of England, you would allow that his real sway in the Church was far greater than that of any primate.

Thornton, to my surprise, thinks the passage about my father unfriendly.