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sons. We called at the residence of Captain W R I G H T , who was from home, but his lady politely gave us what information we desired. The present number of maroons is about six hundred. Moore Town, and Altamont are most accessible from Port Antonio, from whence there is a carriage road, to within five miles from the former. 21st.—We returned this moi-ning to Bath ; and in the afternoon to Port Morant. 22nd.—We returned to Kingston early this morning, where we [had the pleasure of meeting J. A. T H O M E , and J. H. K I M B A L L , of the United States, who have been engaged in an inquiry into the results of complete emancipation and the apprenticeship, in Antigua and Barbados. 23rd.—The following instance of the inhumanity with which the free children and their mothers are treat ed, even at the seat of Government, was related to us, by an individual, intimately acquainted with the cir cumstances. A few days ago, an apprentice at the country property of a medical man, residing in Spanish Town, came to her master's town residence, a distance of nine miles, with her infant in a dying condition ; he refused to look at the child, and ordered her to return immediately to her work. An individual to whom she applied in great distress, saying her child would die on the way, if she attempted to return home, suffered her to remain in his house, at the risk of a prosecution, for harboring an apprentice, under a clause of the Act in Aid. The child died two days afterwards, and she returned to her labor. 4th Month, 2nd, (April.)—We went this morning to pay a visit to C A P T . K E N T , R . N . a Special Magistrate, in the Port Royal Mountains. His residence is the