The magistrates represented the negroes as naturally confiding and docile, yielding readily to the authority of those who are placed over them.Maj.Colthurst presides over a district of 9,000 apprentices; Capt.

Hamilton over a district of 13,000, and Mr.Galloway over the same number.

There are but three days in the week devoted to hearing and settling complaints.

It is very evident that in so short a time it would be utterly impossible for one man to control and keep in order such a number, unless the subjects were of themselves disposed to be peaceable and submissive.

The magistrates informed us that, notwithstanding the extent of their districts, they often did not have more than from a dozen to fifteen complaints in a week.
We were highly gratified with the liberal spirit and the intelligence of the special magistrates.