These are the two principal liberal presses in Jamaica, and are conducted with spirit and ability.

Their influence in the political and civil affairs of the island is very great.

They are the organs of the colored people, bond and free, and through them any violation of law or humanity is exposed to the public, and redress demanded, and generally obtained.

In literary merit and correctness of moral sentiment, they are not excelled by any press there, while some of their white contemporaries fall far below them in both.

Besides the workmen employed in these two offices, there is a large number of colored printers in the other printing offices, of which there are several.
We called at two large establishment for making jellies, comfits, pickles, and all the varieties of tropic _preserves_.