On the 6th of November, 1837, Lord Glenelg wrote thus to the Legislative Assembly of Jamaica— "Contemplating with lively gratitude to Divine Providence these results of the wise and generous policy of her royal predecessors, and of the Parliament and people of this kingdom, the Queen is deeply anxious that the approaching Crisis of the Experiment should be met by a deliberate foresight of the difficulties that must then occur, and by fitting preparations to avert them".

Now, he never did conceal that he thought the best remedy, during the most important Crisis of the Great Experiment now at issue in Jamaica, was, not what the noble and learned Lord had said—a complete, absolute, and perpetual change in the constitution of Jamaica— but a suspension of the legislative functions of the House of Assembly till that experiment should be carried out to its legitimate extent, and until the emancipated population should have obtained due protection, and have formed those habits which were adapted to their altered condition.

Now, taking into account the period over which the inquiries extended, and the discussion on the bill lasted, considerable warning had been given; and he believed that the Crisis of the Experiment was now passed.