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proper to make to them, with respect to
any subject which is connected either with
the administration of justice, or with the
state of society or morals, in any part of
the Country. The difference between the conduct
which was observed by all the proprietors
of Slaves on Ceylon in 1806, which was before
the introduction of Trial by Jury, and that
which was observed by them in 1816, which
was five years after the introduction of
Trial by Jury, is a strong proof of the change
which may be brought about in public
opinion by the Judges availing themselves
of the opportunity which their charging
the Jury on the first day of Session affords
them of circulating among the Natives
of the Country, such opinions as may
promote the welfare of any particular
class of Society. As the right of every
Proprietor of Slaves to continue to hold
Slaves on Ceylon was guaranteed to him
by the capitulation under which the Dutch
possessions had been surrendered to the
British Arms in 98, the British Government
of Ceylon conceived that, however desirable
the measures might be, they had not a
right to abolish slavery on Ceylon by
any legislative act: a proposition was
however made on the part of Government
by me, to the proprietors of Slaves in 1806, before

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings
Folio number	164	Info in main headings field
Image	004	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
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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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