THE LIFE OF WILLIAM WILBERFORCE. BY HIS SONS, ROBERT ISAAC WILBERFORCE, M. A. VICAR OF EAST FARLEIGH, LATE FELLOW OF ORIEL COLLEGE; THE LIFE OF WILBERFORCE. CHAPTER XVII. JANUARY 1801 TO DECEMBER 1802. Change of Ministers-Distress of the poor-King's recovery -Letter to Pitt-Peace made-Yoxall Lodge-Bath— Guarantee of Turkey prevented-Pitt's support of Addington -His own feelings-Contemplates a general convention for Abolition-Letter to Addington-Opposes settlement of Trinidad lands by newly imported negroes-Abolition mo. tion delayed Dissolution of parliament - Unanimously chosen a fourth time member for Yorkshire-SpeechBroomfield-Private reflections-Society-Parliament meets -Speech against foreign connexions. THE opening of the nineteenth century was dark and threatening. "What tempests," says the Journal of January, 1801," rage around, and how are we urged to seek for that peaceful haven, which alone can insure real security and happiness!" |