The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-07 00:00:00

LITERARY REVIEW.

Avt of the pres'eiit increase Of the SLAVE TRADE,
the Cause of tlnit Ificrease, 'and suggesting a made for
"eireeting its total Aniiiiiihitioh; Oheerktiotts on the
Africkis -Institution and t aihblagh Revieir, an 4 on the

Spreehis tif Messrs. Wilberhirce and 13topiliath, delivered

in the House of Codunens, ith Jay, 15t7; also, h Plin
`subinittutl for ciriliaing gfrich, and 'intrOdUcitfg free
luboarets into our Colonies in 'the iVest Indies. of
11,O—enr THORk, Ems,- t 1 D. lite Chief Justice of Sierra
Leone, and -judge-of the Vice-Admiralty Cblirt ift That
'Culony.-Longthan, Hurst, &e.

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The 'horrible traffic in Human Beings is iiot
;on), -a stihject interesting to this Country, and to
every other, but to all mankind, in the present
and evert .futnie age. To We honour of Great
tritely, it totAL the *lead in inslittning and prO-
rooting, those measures witi-eh haVe itninatiy "con-
trit)uteet to lesson this infamous hartere and which,

AVetrust, may, in time, produce its total
The Author of this tract appears to be fully ac-
quainted With the subject, in
..theory and in
.. practice', and to be animated by a genuine, spirit
of .Philanthrophy. He is occasionally severe In

his comments upon several Persons who have ac.
glared considerable reputation for their efforts to
extingaish the odiOus traffic, but his own cha-
racter has been expOsed to unjust censure, and,
smarting under a sense of ill-treatment, it is not
surprizing that the same at dent feelings of lionia-
: nity which induce him to engage in the cause,
"should proportionally operate in resentment, and a
• spirit of retaliation. The milk abounds in in-
formation and pertinent remarks, suppoged by a
rifertnce to striking and interesting facts. The
Author traces the progress of the measures adopted
for abolishing the Slave Trade from the year 1765,
to the latest acts, stating, and commenting on the
conduct of other States in reference to 'a purpose
30 essentially desirable to all. lie points out all
the errors in the measures hitherto adopted, states

the causes of their failure, and suggests what he
conceives to be the only plan that can filially ter.

Initiate so disgraceful' and so execrable a traffic.
The following is a part of what he says in answer
to some injurious comments of Mr. BROUGHAM
" Let the reader only reflect fur a moment, and
consider this Mr. Brougham, without rank or
title, either academic or professional, with nei-
ther character for legal acquirement, nor practice
as a barrister in Westminster Hall, taking advan-
tage of his accidental seat in the Housc of Com-
mons to drag irreverently into debate the name
of a Gentleman who had keen fourteen years one
of his Majesty's Judges in the Colonies, and se-
voi years a Judge of a Vice Admiralty Court, re-
commended to those stations by the highest legal
authority, and whose rectitude of conduct has
been confirmed, during. the whole time he dis-
charged the duties of those Aces, by.the most
continned approbation.
" Had Mr. Brougham any knowledge of the
rules of a Court of Justice, he would nut have

violated them ; had he any respect for the dignity
of the House of Commons, he could not so wan-
tonly have degraded that assembly; had he the
slightest idea of how delicately a Judge's conduct
3bould be spoken of, he would not hare premedi-
tatedly attempted to depreciate the station ; had he
possessed the feelings of a Gentleman, lie must
• have shrunk from such an unprovoked assassina-
• trots of character ; but, unrestrained by '' the na-
tive hue of resolution," he thought the sanctuary
of Parliament invited a gratification, which a
sense of honour must have forbidden hint to se-
. cept.— Entreaty has arrested my pen; I have
done."

IVe shall I►ere stop for the present ; but, as

the subject involves every consideration in which

the happiness of a great portion of the human
race, and the character of the whole is imperiously
concerned, we shall take the first opportunity to
submit it again to the attention of our readers.