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Show .JAMAIVA. wending their way to onr meeting. lt was a touching sight, coupled as it was with the recollection of the cruelties which many of them had once suffered; now, without exception, they seemed respectable and happy. Brownstowp is a free settlement and country town, rapidly improved, and improving, since freedom,-thc land in it is already quadrupled in value. We were hospitably received by our worthy friends, John Clark the missionary, and his wife, and held an interesting and affecting meeting for worship, with about twelve hundred black people. After it was concluded, my companion delivered to them a written message sent from the venerable Thomas Clarkson, now in extreme old age, to the peasantry of Jamaica, expressing his Christian love and sympathy, and advising the continuance of that patient and orderly conduct by which they have hitherto been so remarkably characterised. The message was received with respect, and called forth a warm response. The work of religion going on in this district is remarkable-a multitude have been added to the church, since the date of full freedom, and hundreds of others are awakened to anxiety respecting their souls. This delightful village is nested among luxuriant hills. Every thing in it seemed to be thriving, with the single exception of a dark-look· ing little building, now forsaken and useless. This was the dungeon and public flogging place, during slavery and the apprenticeship. Our friends assured us that these scenes of cruelty generally took place once in the week; and vain were their attempts to escape from the horrid sound of the cries of the suf~ ICrers. Now, under the banner of fi·eedom, the drsert |