That they will continue to deport themselves as dutiful subjects, and good men and women, we have no doubt.

From the country we wait with anxious hopes to hear that everything has gone off with the same peace, and quiet, and order, and regularity which have prevailed here, and especially that the people have returned to their labor, and are giving general satisfaction." From the same.
Among the various ways of interesting the minds of our newly enfranchised peasantry on the 1st of August, was that of planting a Palm tree emblematical of liberty, and commemorative of its commencement in this island.

Both in Kingston and in Liguanca, we understand, this ceremony was performed by the schools and congregations of the "London Missionary Society." The following hymn, composed by Mr.Wooldridge, for the purpose, and committed to memory by many of the children, who were treated with cakes and lemonade.
Appropriate sermons were preached, both morning and evening, by the Rev.
Messrs.

Woodbridge and Ingraham, and in the evening a Temperance Society was formed for the district of Liguanca, when several signed the pledge.
The thorny bush we'll clear away The emblem of old slavery-- Let every fibre of it die, And all its vices cease to be.
Let indolence, deceit, and theft, Be of their nourishment bereft, Let cruel wrong now disappear, And decent order crown each year.
PROCEEDINGS AT TRELAWNEY .-- A correspondent in Trelawney writes.

The first of August was observed by the people so decently and devoutly, and with such manifestations of subdued, yet grateful feeling, that they appeared more like a select class of Christians celebrating some holy day of their church, than a race but recently converted from idolatry, and who were just emerging from the pollutions and degradation of slavery.
TREAT TO THE CHILDREN .-- The most interesting and truly exciting scene of all in Trelawny, was the spectacle of some hundreds of happy children dining.