We had the pleasure of meeting these intelligent philanthropic and pious men in the West Indies, and from the great length of time, and the superior facilities which they enjoyed over us, of gathering a mass of facts in Jamaica, we feel assured that their report will be highly interesting and useful, as well among us as on the other side of the water.] We were one month in Jamaica.

For about a week we remained in Kingston,[B] and called on some of the principal gentlemen, both white and colored.

We visited the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, some of the editors, the Baptist and Wesleyan missionaries, and several merchants.

We likewise visited the public schools, the house of correction, penitentiary, hospital, and other public institutions.

We shall speak briefly of several individuals whom we saw in Kingston, and give some of their statements.
[Footnote B: The chief town of the island, with about forty thousand inhabitants.] The Hon.