In 1806, Sir Alexander Johnston, was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court, & a member of his Majesty's council in Ceylon. On entering upon the function of his high office, he formed the resolution, so accordant with the principles of a pupil of the Apostolic Is [...] of attempting the abolition of domestic slavery in that island. After encountering repeated difficulties, & visiting England in 1809, for the purpose of submitting his views to the government & of engaging the Bible, & other religious Societies to aid in the circulation of the Scriptures, & the promotion of christian information among the natives of that colony, he not only succeeded in this, but also in other objects which he had benevolently contemplated; for in 1811, the Trial by Jury was established in that settlement; & in 1816, it was agreed by the principal proprietors of slaves, that all the children of slaves born after the 12th of August in that year, should be free; by which measure, the state of domestic slavery to adopt the expressions of Sir Alex. Johnston himself, "which had prevailed there for three hundred years, was abolished."