DEAR BRETHREN, Your communication, dated London, December 31, 1833, was received some time since, by one of the officers of the Baptist General Convention; but as the Convention, to which it was chiefly addressed, will not convene till April, 1835, the communication was, after some delay, presented to the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions, as the executive organ of the Convention. The board referred it to a Committee, and we now communicate to you a copy of their Report, and of the Resolutions adopted by the board.[A] We commend them to your candour, with a confident belief that you will do justice to the views and feelings of the board, encompassed as they are by difficulties which cannot be fully understood by persons in other countries. [A] The Committee, to whom was referred a communication from "the Members of the Board of Baptist Ministers in and near London," directed to "The Rev. Spencer H. Cone, President; the Board of Managers; and the Delegates of the Baptist Triennial Convention, United States, North America;" and addressed to "The Pastors and Ministers of the Baptist denomination throughout the United States of America;" the principal object of which communication is, to express the views of the writers "respecting the character of negro slavery, and as to the course enjoined by religious principle on the household of faith;" present the following report:-- That they have examined the communication with much care, and have been gratified by the spirit of Christian affection, respect, and candour, which it breathes. They receive it as a pleasing omen of a more intimate correspondence and a more endeared fellowship with our Baptist brethren in Great Britain. The Committee, however, are unanimously of opinion that as a Board, and as members of the General Convention, associated for the exclusive purpose of sending the gospel to the heathen, and to other benighted men not belonging to our own country, we are precluded by our constitution from taking any part in the discussion of the subject proposed in the said communication. They, therefore, recommend the adoption of the following resolutions:-- _Resolved._ That the Board reciprocate, with great pleasure, the assurances of respect and affection which our brethren, "the members of the Board of Baptist Ministers, in and near London," have uttered in their communication. _Resolved._ That the Board earnestly desire a closer intimacy with their Baptist brethren in England, believing that the cause of truth in both countries, and throughout the world, would be promoted, by a more cordial union and co-operation of the two great branches of the Baptist family. _Resolved._ That the Board have viewed, with grief and anxiety, the calamities which have befallen the Baptist Mission in Jamaica; and they rejoice that the Mission has been resumed, with cheering prospects of success.