The following is a copy of the Memorial presented:-they will be as careless of the general welfare of their peasantry, in future, as they have been reckless of the lives of their slaves in times past.
Note.-The Parliamentary Papers which should be consulted on the subject, treated of in the foregoing statement, are as follows, viz., No. 180, 2nd March, 1838; No. 232, in continuation; No. 463, 1839. Hill Coolies in British Guiana, No. 77, 1840, in continuation, and No. 58, 1840, Mauritius; and to the information contained in these documents should be added, that which may be found in the columns of the British Emancipator, from the 29th May to the 2nd October, 1839, and in Number 4, of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Reporter, dated 26th February, 1840.
P.S. Whilst the foregoing statement was passing
through the press, the Committee of the British and
Foreign Anti-slavery Society presented a Memorial to
Lord JOHN RUSSELL on the subject to which it refers.
The deputation who presented the Memorial to his Lordship,
were as follows, viz.:-Sir CHARLES STYLE, Bart.,
M.P.; DANIEL O'CONNELL, Esq., M.P.; EDWARD
BAINES, Esq., M.P.; Dr. HODGKIN, and Messrs. W.
BALL, G. STACEY, H. TUCKETT, D. TURNBULL, C.F.
BROWN, J. BEAUMONT, R. RUSSELL, C. PHIPPS, JOHN
SCOBLE, and J.H. TREDGOLD. In the interview had
with his Lordship, it was understood that the government
would persevere in their intention of relaxing the restrictions
on the exportation of Coolies to Mauritius within
certain limits. This is deeply to be regretted; let but
the friends of humanity, however, be on the alert, and the
design may yet be defeated.
The following is a copy of the Memorial presented:-
To the Right Honorable Lord JOHN RUSSELL,
M.P., her Majesty's principal Secretary of
State for the Colonies.
MY LORD,
THE COMMITTEE of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, have learnt with deepest regret, that it is
