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character which they never felt before, and
has raised, in a very remarkable manner,
the standard of their moral feelings. All
the Natives of Ceylon who are enrolled as
Jurymen, conceive themselves to be as much
a part as the European Judges themselves
are of the Government of their Country;
and therefore feel since they have possessed
the right of sitting upon juries, an interest
which they never felt before in upholding
the British Government of Ceylon. The
beneficial consequence of this feeling is
strongly exemplified in the difference between
the conduct which the native inhabitants
of the British Settlements on Ceylon observed
in the Kandian war of 1803, and that
which they observed in the Kandian war
of 1816. In the war between the British
and Kandian Government in 1803, which
was before the introduction of Trial by
Jury, the Native Inhabitants of the British
Settlements were, for the most part in a
state of rebellion, in the war between
the same Governments in 1816, which was
five years after the introduction of trial
by Jury, the inhabitants of the British
Settlements, so far from shewing the smallest
symptom of dissatisfaction, took during the
very heat of the war, the opportunity of
my return to England, to express their gratitude

Identifier: | JB/010/164/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings
Folio number	164	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	sir alexander johnston	Watermarks	[[watermarks::j whatman [motif] 1825 balston & co]]
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Notes public		ID Number	3600
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