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Would any little inconvenience weigh against

The mischiefs that might arise from the discussion of such matters in parliament?' Mr. Fox declared that he felt his share of concern that such questions should ever come under parliamentary agitation; but was the inconvenience likely to arise  little?" Was the casting a damper on the whole service of the navy; was the shewing that merit, however successful, however bright, however illustrious, however glorious in a captain, was no recommendation to the flag, a " little" inconvenience? He conjured the House not to set a precedent that would destroy all enterprise, but by agreeing to the motion for a committee, to restore confidence to the navy, and increase ardour by reviving hope in the breasts of its officers.

On a division the numbers were,trade carried on by this country, and other European nations, upon the coast of Africa, for the purpose of purchasing negro slaves, to be employed in the cultivation of the West India islands and certain parts of the continent of America, does not appear, till of late years, to have been considered with that general attention, which a practice so abhorrent in its nature to the mild principles of modern policy and manners might have been expected to excite. This may probably have been owing, partly to the distance of the object which tended both to conceal the sufferings and to lessen the sympathy of the public for the unfortunate sufferers; partly to the connivance of politicians, unwilling to examine too severely into the necessity of the means, by which distant colonies were enabled to pour luxury and wealth into the mother countries The first public attempt that was wade to put a stop to this traffic, was by the quakers of the southern provinces of America, who, soon after the establishment of their independence, not only presented for this purpose a strong and pathetic address to their several legislative assemblies, but actually proceeded, as is said, in many instances to emancipate the slaves that were in their possession.