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Show 6 JAMAICA. ~ d . h d vere dom. o- wel l - many of them afforl mg in this netghbor oo '' " r· prcssive and cornpu sOiy ih t the absence o op ample evidence " .· On one of these estates, r II d by prospcuty. l measures, is ,o owe l"b .. l overseer was maldng e even tat'ons "a 1 era · culled «Seven Plan ' ' . . d f six· the former average weekly mstea o ' . hoo-sheads of sugar, ' . cidcntally burnt on tbts e . .,.f acres of cane were .. l.c . . . . .1 quantity. It ty r . ·d of thetr own accord, dllu TJ Q'rocs carne tonvar ' . property. 1e nc., . without remuneration, Ill order to offered to work, for a time, make up the loss! 24 l 0 r route this day, lay ·through · d th (March) t 1• n Thtr -mon ' . . 1 f y ere on the southern coast. Part of the flat. but fertile pair IS 1I~o st d"y' J·ust past, a vast multi- . d tl t on t 1e • Ir · " • · · We were mforrne IU d . bled on the shore to wit-f l of all colors ha assem . tude o pcop e .1 b e of the missionanes ; but all b t. conductea Y on ness a ap tsm 1 sion The appearance of d order on t 1e occa . was decency an ' 1 ood crop . much of it hatl · h" d. t ·ct bespocc a g ' the cane m t IS ts n , ' t ld Ulat a difTerence which - ~ been taken off; we " ere o alre=Y the planters tl.lld the laborers, on -~ 1 t 1 occurred between . ' ' h"'' a e y l d been satisfactorily adjusted, and that h bJ·ect of wages 1a ' . d t e sn ' . II In the afternoon we amve the people were now w;~~~~:;b;r Bay, conducted ~y Henry C. at the Bapttst statwna bl. . ife o-we us the usual hospita- T l ho with h1s o H!Illg\v 'o'- · . d ay or, w ' - .~ th neighborhood were invtte t. The people 111 e ble recep .1 0n. . tl evenm. c·r Altl 1 0ng1 1 the notice was short, to a meetmg m 1e ,. f 1 from a consid-they assembled in large numbers, many o \1em [ h· . "" . h ~ t for them to ffiitke, a ter avmo erable distance-no shg t e 01 h 1 f tl e day BLtt we trust been at work, in the fields, the w o e o 1. ' . d over the . . 1 . d . for there was sprea that they met wtth t 1Ctr rewar ' . to intlicate that assembly, that peaceful solcmmty, whtch seemed"' on this once the smile of divine loving·kmdness was restm., persecuted, but now free ilnd happy coo7~':::~~~~town, to which ·we were now wtthm twelve tmles p . h (March) t rning Third-mont Place \\fe returned, the ncx roo . ' . . d fifteen . . lPft 1t havtng occupte 25th-our excursiOn, smce we - ' to Kino-ston, in days Three of our company went forward C ~ who order· to offer a welcome to our fn·e nd s f ro m Santa mz, JAMAICA. 127 were expected to ani ve, about this time, in the Whitmore. My friend and brother in the gospel, John Candler, remained with me for the day, at Spunishtown, as we wished to attend the Legislature, which was uow assembled, and to pay our respects to some of the principal otliccrs of the government, and other persons of influence. Two or three of our visits may be worthy of a brief notice. vVc first waited on Dr. Lipscombc, 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, hearti ly desirous (we fu lly believe) of promoting the moral and religions welfare of ihe community. He receive<l. us with rnuclt condescension and cordiality, and gave us an excellent account of the large increase of schools, and general progress of education, under the care of ihe clergy of the Church of England. These schools arc at present wholly g(atuitons, and we ventured to suggest to him, that the plan of making a small charge for instruction-a plan which works well in the 1\'lico, and other schools-would not only be easily borne by the laboring people, but would be the means of increasing their sense of the value of education. The peasantry of Jamaica, stand in no need of gratuitous charity; and in all matters of this sort, we cannot do them a greater kindness, than gently to lead them to feel their own wants, and to help themselves. Om· conversation was concluded by an acknowledgment, on the part of the llishop, which is worthy of being recorded in conspicuous characters. He expressly stated, that before emancipation, his efforts for the literary and religious instruction of the people, had been comparatively useless. His ann had been palsied by the influence of slavery. Now, every difficulty was removed. vVhile, on the one hand, the negroes were manifesting an immensely increasing desire for education, all obstruction to its course, on the part of the white inhabitants, had ceased. All parties, under the sway of freedom, were united in the desire, to promote the intellectual and moral culture of the rising generation. · |