The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-18 00:00:00

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CITY, TIVEL TB 0' CL 0 CI.
The contrary winds, with the severity of the weather,
perreventit our having any arrivals this morning, with the
ceeol3,-°3 °f 111! Flanders Mail.
° left off on Saturday at 95i for the Ac-
tour, no
at the same mice, and may be quoted 951
forwar
14d. me next time 95i 96, with little speculation going
hull:e Foreign Market is also void of interest ; nothing
yet been dose in the new French Scrip, the specu-
.4 411 are waiting for the arrival of Mr. Rothschild, who
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hper Cnnt. Gins. 94 4 per Cent. 1826 105 i 6
',1?.) for Account, 95f India Bonds, 73 74
uitte Redneed, 941 f Exchequer Bills, 76 77
TWO O'CLOCK.
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I,°roilig at 95f for the Account, since which the market
24 reillrned its former price, 95f buyers, and 95i 96 for
',it time.
1 the Foreign Market little or nothing doing.
ttlotePort says, it is decided by Government that Prince
Pold is to go to Greece.

TRRIIII O'CLOCK.
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FOUR
O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.
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for Ac. 95f i Greek, 1825 34
litt,ilian Bonds 72 Mexican, 1825 27}
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Col'allilith Do. Russian 1101
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bqtYl3COUllt SIDMOUTH had interviews with the
pt of WELLINGTON on Saturday, and also on Friday.
Lit VESEY FITZGERALD is recovering from
Zdisposition.
ands deputation from the West India Merchants
sat „lancers waited on the Duke of WELLINGTON, on
at the Treasury. The Marquis of CHANDOS, as
4101 an of the Committee of West India Merchants and
4 tr% headed the deputation, having come to town from
t, at at Wotton, Bucks, on purpose to attend the con-
-90,1),4' The agent for Jamaica, and Mr. KEITH
0101,1463) M.P., were among the Members. The depu-
NWere introduced to the Noble Duke, who was
11\ Vknied by the Secretary of State for the Colonial
11)etit, and CNANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.—
kOterview with the Ministers lasted a considerable

MAD DOCTORS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Slll,—The subject of insanity, and those sa-
pient personages t hat have been so facetiously de-
nominated Mad Doctors, having been the object of
just and general comment by yourself and brother
Editors of the Daily and Weekly Press, permit me
respectfully to call your attention to one of the
most important defects in the present system of me-
dical education, viz., the total neglect of the study
of mental diseases in this kingdom, notwithstanding
we have two metropolitan establishments for the re-
ception of lunatics—l mean New Bethlehem and
St. Luke's Hospitals, which, according to the truly
valuable report recently published by Sir Andrew
Halliday, contain about 600 patients throughout
the year; and, although one of the physicians is a
public teacher on the theory and practice of medi-
cine, yet I am credibly informed that he never im-
parts any information to his pupils on the subject,
and, in fact, with one or two solitary exceptions,
the instruction of insane maladies is a subject
deemed unworthy of thought by medical lecturers,
and consequently medical men are ignorant of those
symptoms that :actually indicate the :different de-
grees of insanity ; therefore it is no wonder that an
eccentric person should be considered a madman,
and consequently become the inmate of a place
thousand times worse than a gaol. That they are
so, can be proved by public documents ; neither must
it create surprise that the treatment of an insane
personage should become the almost exclusive
property, of, if I may use the term, of
one or more unprincipled quacks, who, in
all probability, understand as much about the ma-
lady they pretend to cure, as their friends, Messrs.
Lady and Co., do about the afflicting diseases
whose permanent relief they attempt. Accordingly
I have read with considerable pleasure that the
Lord Chancellor has adopted Sir Andrew Halli-
day's suggestion, in calling for a return of the num-
ber of insane persons actually cured in private lu-
natic receptacles, in which I am afraid but few will
be found, as it is to the proprietor's interest to
keep them mad as long as he can receive the pay for
their maintenance. This, Sir, is an evil that is
justly complained of; and, with the exceptions of
the writings of Drs. Spurzheim, Slade Knight, and
the continental authors, nothing valuable has ap-
peared as the result derived from the practice of the
physicians to the public and private lunatic institu-
tions. From what does it arise, then, that the me-
dical public are not made acquainted with the expe-
rience of these gentlemen ? Doe: it arise from igno-
rance or indifference? Probably a. little of both ;
and then it becomes an object of inquiry how far
these men are useful to mankind. This question
will be answered by the returns to the Lord Chan-
cellor's order.

Having pointed out the necessity of medical men
possessing a knowledge of the most afflicting dis-
eases that attack the frame of man, it remains for
me to point cut the means of the medical practi-
tioner obtaining this requisite information. The
following plan will answer the purpose, although,
perhaps, not altogether the most palatable to the
gentlemen in question :
First,—Let the Royal Colleges of Physicians and
Surgeons, the Examiners of the Apothecaries' Com-
pany, require candidates for their respective
diplomas to produce testimonies of their actual at-
tendance on the lectures and practice of the public
lunatic asylums, and, before they grant the diploma,
give the student two or three hours' examination
into the cause, nature, and treatment of mental
diseases.

Secondly,--That the Government take the ma-
nage►nent of these and all charitable institutions
under their contrail!, as I believe is done in France.
Thirdly,—That the Government appoint an-
nually Medical Officers to these institutions, who shall
undergo the ordeal of a public examination by a cer-
tain number of Commissioners appointed for that
purpose.

Fourthly,—That these Medical Officers shall de-
liver daily, in a Theatre belonging to the Hospital,
a lecture on the nature and treatment of one or
more of those diseases denominated insane; and
that every person connected with the science of me-
dicine shall be allowed to attend these lectures
gratuitously.
Fifthly,—As some knowledge of this subject
would be beneficial to those persons who generally
constitute juries i■ Commissions of Lunacy, a po-
pular course, 'divested as much as possible of tech-
nical jargon, be given gratuitously to all who chose
to attend.
Sixthly,--As this duty would occupy much time
on the part of the Professor, a suitable salary be
paid him from the Hospital funds.
Had something like the above existed, and me-
dical men known the difference between eccentricity,
fear, and madness, I doubt whether the inquiry re-
specting Mr. E. Davies, and others I could mention,
would ever have been thought of.
I have to apologise for the length of this letter,
and shall feel honoured by its being inserted by
yourself, and copied by your contemporaries.
I have to remain, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
H. W. I)EWHURST, Surgeon,
Lecturer on Human and Comparative Anatomy.
Jan. 15, 1830.

P. S. It is admitted by the most eminent phy-
sicians who are acquainted with the nature of insane
diseases, among whom I may mention Sir Andrew
Halliday (through whose private, but laborious
exertions, I believe the late Act of Parliament was
procured), that all these maladies are curable, espe-
cially in their early stages.

----
JEFFERSON.—The Memoirs and Correspon-
dence of this celebrated individual who figures so promi-
nently in Transatlantic annals are now completed by the
publication of the third and concluding volumes. It has
been observed by a contemporary critic that " without
these Memoirs the history of our own country, during a
remarkable period, is extremely deficient." Among the
Correspondence we observe letters to the following well
known individuals :—Gen. WasittxGrow—T. ADAMS—
Drs. FRANKLIN, JAMES, MADISON—Capt. JOHN PAUL
JONES—Madame Da STAEL HOLSTEIN—JOHN JAT—
CHARLES PINCKNEY—Emperor of Monocco—Colonel
MONROE—Gen.KOSCIUSKO—T. PAINE—Count DR FLO-
RIDA BLANCA—COI. PICKERING—Madame NECKER—
Governor Moans—Dr. JOSEPH PRIESTLEY—GeneraI
DEARBORNE, &C. &C.

DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE.—The sudden and
unaccountable disappearance of a respectable young man
from Woodhouse, about six weeks ago, who bas never
since been heard of, has spread suspicion that the prac-
tices of BURKE and HARK are not confined to Edinburgh,
but have extended to Leeds; and the fallowing alarming
occurrence, which took place on Wednesday evening last,
has greatly increased this suspicion. Between six and
seven o'clock in the evening of that day, as JOHN Bort-
Lxr, 23 years of age, a quarryman, was passing along
the road from the Shoulder of Mutton public house, at
Chapletown, towards his own house at Potternewton, two
men came up to him suddenly, and, without speaking a
word to him, one of them struck him a violent blow
under the ear, by which he was so much stunned as to fall
upon the road. Instantly a large piece of rag was forced
into his mouth, so as to deprive him of the'power of speech,
and almost at the same moment a sack was pulled over his
head, and drawn so tightly round his body as completely
to pinion his arms. In this situation he was carried along
the lane to Potternewton, on the men's shoulders, when a
woman, who was standing at her door, heard a moan
proceed from the sack, which awakened her suspicions, and
she set up a loud scream. This cry brought .out some
others of the neighbours, when the men, finding them-
selves closely pursued, threw the sack with its contents
over an adjoining wall, six feet high, and instantly made
their escape. On opening the sack, which was done im-
mediately, it was discovered that BURLEY had been en-
closed in it, and when taken out he remained speechless,
and was in such a state of exhaustion as scarcely to be able
to stand. On more particular examination it was found
that he was gagged, and his face had the appearance of
that of a man in a state of suffocation. The rag being re-
moved, BURLEY gave the above account of this mysterious
affair, and added, that he believed it was the intention of
the men by whom lie had been so cruelly treated to Burke
him. This horrible transaction has excited great alarm in
this town and neighbourhood, and a strict search is making
after the delinquents.--Leede Mercury.