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Show 1G4 whole of the clay. But we trust that they met with their reward; for there was spread over the assembly that peaceful solemnity, which seemed to indicate that the smile of divine loving-kindness was resting on this once persecuted, but now free and happy com. munity. We were now within tweh·e miles of Spanish town, to which place we returned the next morning, Third month (March) 25th-our excursion, since we left it, having occupied fifteen days. Three of our company went forwrrrd to Kingston, in order to offer a welcome to out friends from Santa Cruz, who were expected to arrive about this time, in the Whitmore. My friend and brother in the gospel, John Candler, remained with me for the day at Spanishtown, as we wished to attend the Legislature which was now assembled, and to pay onr respects to some of the principal officers of the government, and other persons of influ· ence. Two or three of our visits may be worthy of brief notice. We first called on Dr. Lipscombe, the Bishop of Jamaica, with whom we were desirous of obtaining some conversation on the subject of popular education. He is a learned and amiable high-church man, sincerely desirous (we fully believe) of promoting the moral and religions welfare of the community. He received us with much condescension and cordiality, and us an excellent account of the large increase of and general progress of education, under the rare the clergy of the Church of England. These I are at present wholly gratuitous; and we ventured to suggest to him, that the plan of making a small char~ JAMAICA. I. · · IG5 or mstructwn-a ph'n w 1li .C 11 works ' II . and other schools-would not only b ve ..I1 ll the Mico the laboring people bnt ld e east Y borne by . ' wou be the creasmg their sense of tlJ e vaI ue of. edu mef ans of' 'i npeas. a ntry of Jamaica sta'n d m. no ne I caf JOn. . lhe charity; and, in all m'a tt ers o f' t h' .ec 0 gratmtous IS sort them a greater kindne·s s , tlJ an gently t ' w1e dc annot do feel their own wants 'Ln~ t h I .0 ea them to ' , " o e p th I conversation was conclud I b emse ves. Our ec Y an ack 1 d on the pa.r t of the Bish op, w IJ I.C h I.S wonrtohw e f gbm e. nt rr.corded m conspicuous c1 J aracters H Y 0 emg stated that, before em· n . . · e expressly •L ctpatwn his If literary and reliaious 1. t . ' c orts for the b ns ructwn of the been comparatively usele H' peo. pie had . d . ss. IS arm had b sw by the mfluence of s 1a very. Now le' fefin pal-was removed. Wh'l every c I culty 1 e on the one h· d h were manifesting an i I . an t e negroes d · mmense Y mcreasin d · · e ucatwn, all ohstructiot t . g estrc tor I 1 o Its course h tIe white inhabitants h d d on t e part of h a cease All . t c sway of freedo . · parties, under m, were umted in th I · · mote the intellectual d . e c estre to pro- . ' an moral cult . f' h . . generat10n. l1l e o t e nsmg '. We next stepped into the H listened for some t' ouse of Assembly, and nne to rather -1 r 1 d though relating to b' . ' tve y ebate, which a su ~ect of littl . ' rest, would not h I . e comparative inte-avcconed 1· . minster or W I . I scree It etther to West-as ungton. One f speakers was a colo d o the most animated . re membe. Th m the Assembl . , d I. ere are several such porters of th Y' ,m some .o fthe, m are staunch snp- H e measures of tl h appy would it h · . Je orne government. ave been for J· · h more ''Cnerall th ,unatca ad this been " ' y c C'' lS e W.i t Il the members of thi. s |