A letter from Mr. HUSKISS...
A letter from Mr. HusKIssoN to Mr. GLADSTONE, on the occasion of returning to thie latter some papers relative to the insurrection at Demerara, has, by some strange breach of propriety, found its way to the public press. At the same time, wve really cannot detect in that letter, al- though written manifestly under the strictest confidence to a friend, and that friend an extensive proprietor of land and slaves at Demerara, any expression upon the general subject of slavery which can be considered, if fairly con- strued, as discreditable to Mr. Husmsso-N's reputation. Ile undoubtedly affirms, as do most sober men, that if the slaves are to be eiimancipated, they must be so gradually, after a religious, moral, and intellectual discipline, fitting them for thc important office of free agents. Mr. HusKIs- SON admits-as who must not ?-that the existenec of " a " lar,e population, in a state of chattel possession and per- "sonal slavery, is a great evil," of wvhich every good mats must wish for, and medlitate, the final termination ; but he speaks very freely, antd perhaps not unjustly, of the in- discreet and precipitate eagerness with which that party vho assume the exclusive title of Abolitionists, push on- vards by a path of their own selecting, regardless of seasons, difflclties, or dangers-as if but a single interest were to be consulted; or as if all conse- quences, beyond the simple one of nominal emanci- pation, were by rational mitids to be overlooked. Mr. HUSKISSON's opinion respecting the poor Missionary, Mr. SMlTH, has not certainly been borne out by the facts which have since transpired; but his information was fur- nished to him by the Planters of Demerara, and his letter was wvritten above five months ago. We are rather pleased that the sentiments of MNIr. HusKIssoN upon this subject appear to be such as will bear. examination-since otber- wise we shoultl have hesitated long, before we applied any cenisure to a document, composed in confidence, aid we presume surreptitiously promulgated. Mr. HIBBERT has been excludedl from any furtber per- sonal interviews with Lord BATIHURST ; Iils Lordship hav- ing taken umbrage at the reports of his private convarsa- tions being made public at Jamaica.